Lacuna ¹

40

When Amélie told Benedict about the girls day out and planning to buy herself a prom dress he truly couldn't contain his excitement. His stomach fluttered with butterflies, and his dead heart felt like it was going to beat out of its chest at the thought of his beloved in a gorgeous flowy dress that complemented her in every beautiful way possible, from the curves of her hips to the colour of the hair on ner head. Many images came to mind but he couldn't wait to see her in her choice of dress.

He couldn't wait to see what she picked out and as many times as he begged to go with her she was firm with her answer 'no', after all she didn't want to ruin the surprise of their prom night. Although Benedict was disappointed and pouting at her firm answer he insisted to still drive her there as so Jessica and Angela could go straight to the boutique and Bella could take her own car. He also really wanted an excuse to spend more time with his beautiful beloved.

And so that brings us to where the two now sat in Benedict's silver Volvo. One of Benedict's hands was set firmly on the steering wheel of the car while his other hand was placed securely on Amélie's thigh, giving it a squeeze every now and then. Amélie had both her hands placed over Benedict's one that laid on her thigh, squeezing back after he squeezed her thigh, as their was no need to exchange words between the two as they were so comfortable with one another.

"Quelle est ta couleur préférée? (What is your favourite colour?)" Amélie asked softly into the warm silence of the car.

"Hm," Benedict hummed as he thought. He knew she was asking of his preference of the prom dress, he was unsure if she felt guilty about not inviting him to choose a dress for her, or perhaps she was just asking out of the blue, but he knew her better than that. "L'arc-en-ciel (The rainbow)"

"L'arc-en-ciel? (The rainbow?)" Amélie's eyebrows shot up in question.

"Oui (Yes)" Benedict nodded with a large smile spreading across his face. "Parce que chaque couleur de l'arc-en-ciel est si incroyablement belle sur toi (Because every colour in the rainbow looks so incredibly beautiful on you)"

Amélie's cheeks couldn't help but flare up in a bright red. Even after the two being a couple for many months now his compliments still made her heart pound faster and cheeks blush. She giggled in her seat. "Tu étais censé m'aider avec le choix des couleurs (You were supposed to help me with the colour choice)"

"J'ai aidé! (I did help!)" Benedict laughed."Vous savez désormais que toutes les couleurs vous vont! (You now know that every colour suits you!)"

Amélie huffed and hit her lover playfully on the arm. "Ce n'est pas une aide (That is no help)"

Benedict continued to laugh and tease Amélie as the journey towards Port Angeles continued. Amélie could only roll her eyes and giggle for the entire journey as he lover was in a very playful mood that morning.

If only they knew what was to come...

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"I like this one," Jessica paused before putting it over head, noticing it was now a one shoulder dress and she cringed slightly. "I don't know about the one shoulder thing."

"I like this one," Angela held it to her body, the bright blue colour complimented her very well and the creative design made it look beautiful.

"I like the beading," Jessica commented, yet still stood their unsure.

The four girls were now in the smallest - yet cheapest - boutique of Port Angeles. The girls had been there for a little over half an hour and they had still yet to find anything of their liking.