Jerrie Oneshot Book

Lucky

Summary: Jade is late to her blind date and sees Perrie eating alone and thinks that she's her date. Perrie just goes with it because she doesn't want to eat alone.

The one thing Perrie kept reminding herself of, was that it took a confident person to eat alone. She'd been single for so long now that she'd had to make some adjustments to her life and one of those adjustments was to learn how to eat by herself in a restaurant. It was just that people looked at you differently sometimes. There were older women who would whisper about how sad it was that she was alone, and then there was always the chance that some stupid guy would walk by and take it upon himself to end the agony of being alone as if his conversation was enough to turn her whole life around.

And sometimes, even though she wasn't seeing anyone, it was nice to dress up and treat herself to a good meal and an even better drink. On the night in question, she'd chosen to wear a slinky black dress with a leather belt around her waist and shiny black pumps to match. She'd even done her hair and put it up in a messy bun with little tendrils falling down on either side of her face and slapped on a little eyeliner and some red lipstick to pull it all together. She looked damn good, if she did say so herself. It was almost a pity to waste this outfit on an evening alone.

The restaurant she'd chosen was a small, intimate place with low lighting and the loveliest ambiance she could think of. She had every intention of getting a glass of wine (or even maybe a bottle) and enjoying herself without fear of judgement. Not that she wanted to eat alone, but a girl has to do what a girl has to do. And so, she walked in with her head held high and moved to the bar for the time being. She ordered a glass of red wine to start and crossed her legs.

What Perrie hadn't expected was someone rushing up to her and apologizing for being so late. She definitely hadn't expected that someone to be a gorgeous brunette all done up in a beautiful burgundy dress, brandishing a little bouquet of daisies that she pressed into her hand before she could protest.

"I'm so sorry, my car wouldn't start, and I wasn't sure how to get here by bus, so I had to get a cab and that took forever with the traffic."

Perrie blinked. Blind date. It had to be a blind date, and the brunette just assumed that the woman around her age at the bar alone was actually waiting for someone. And god only knows what possessed Perrie to say what she said, but the minute she opened her mouth the damage was done.

"That's okay," she said as she accepted the daisies. "Better late than never."

The brunette was gorgeous, alright? And whoever she was meeting obviously didn't know what she was missing out on, so why not? It was still technically a blind date. Sort of. Anyway, Perrie allowed the other girl to take her hand and lead her up to the hostess, who led them to a little table right away. She watched in awe as her surprise date pulled her chair out for her – the last date she'd been on had involved sticky floors and fast food, she wasn't going to take something like this for granted – and sat down while the brunette quickly took her own seat.

"Oh, sorry. I'm Jade, by the way. It's really nice to meet you, um...?"

"Perrie," she filled in, draping her shawl over the back of her chair. "The pleasure's mine."

"You must be starving since I've kept you waiting so long," Jade said sheepishly. "Let's order first, okay? And then I want to know all about you."

Well, Perrie couldn't disagree with that; she was starving. "Are you sure you can handle hearing all about me?" she teased. "I might have some scary hidden past you don't know about."

Jade laughed. "I'm pretty sure Leigh-Anne would have said something about a scary hidden past," she countered. "But even if she doesn't know, I'm ready for it."