Deidre's Midnight

22

The next six months pass in a blur. Noah and I had started talking more and more, leading to him asking me out. I actually said yes, to my surprise. It's been great, he is literally the sweetest guy ever. After how we had started out with meeting, I never would've expected him to turn out to be probably the safest relationship I have ever been in.

He came from a perfect family who adored him, and was so good to everyone he met. He was the kind of guy they named saints after. He had asked me about moving in with him and he completely understood when I insisted on staying in my own apartment. I didn't feel like we were to that point yet.

I look down and see my phone ringing. 'Noah'. I quickly answer it.

"Hey."

"Hey hon, I need you to do me a favor."

"And what would that be?"

"I need you to find your fanciest dress, and be ready by seven."

"Where are we going?"

"That would ruin the surprise. Love you."

"Okay, bye." I hang up the phone. That's been a new thing lately. The 'love you' thing. I don't know why it made me feel so uncomfortable, but it did.

I look at the time and it's almost five o'clock so I get up to take a shower and start getting ready. I try to shower as quickly as possible, and once I'm out I wrap myself in a towel and go to my closet.

I didn't have too many dresses let alone ones that could be considered fancy. I sift through them and decide on the only long one I owned. 

It was red and some kind of thin, silky fabric. I don't remember why I had ever even bought it. It still had the tag on it. I lay it out on the bed and go into the bathroom to do my hair and make-up.

I blow dry my hair and curl it. I keep my make-up pretty simple except for the red lipstick.

I walk back into my room and step into the long dress pulling it up. It flowed down to the floor and had a slit on the right side coming up to just over mid-thigh. I searched through my shoes finding some black heels.

As soon as I sat down on the couch to put my shoes on, there is a knock on the door.

"Come in!" I shout. Noah comes walking in dressed in a black suit, looking very sharp.

"Well look at you handsome." I stand up and walk over to give him a kiss.

"Wow." He takes my hand and spins me around. "You are stunning."

"Thank you. Ready to go?" I ask. He nods and leads me to the door.

We go down and he opens the car door for me. Once he's in we start driving.

"So what are our plans for the night?" I ask.

"I told you it's a surprise. You'll just have to wait." He takes my hand in his and focuses back on the road. I really hate surprises.

Turns out his surprise consisted of going to the fanciest restaurant in the city. I honestly have never read to much about this place, knowing I would never be able to afford a single thing off the menu.

I don't say a word as Noah comes around the car and helps me out, handing the keys to the valet.

"Surprised?" He asks, and I just look up at the building and nod.

Once we get inside, they bring us to our table almost instantly. Looking at the menu's that were placed in front of us I swear my breath got caught in my chest momentarily.