A Man In Red

Birthday Party

You pulled out your phone looking at the time '19:52'
"oh shit-" You say starting to run to the shop as it closes at 20:00 and it is atleast a 10 minute walk. Out of breath you manage to make it to the shop on time. Inside there were, jewellery, dresses, boquets and expensive chocolates. You brab a beautiful boquet of white roses along with a diamond necklace and a box of chocolates. Walking up to the counter you get in a queue of a few other men all in neat suits buying bouquets with special messages on for their girlfriends.

It's your turn and you place the items on the counter.
"and that will be €103.99 please" the lady smiled holding out a card reader. You pull out your card and as you go to tap it on the reader you feel a hand on your shoulder. You look back to see Charles standing there holding out his card and sliding it in front of yours.
"I'll pay for this" He said coldly pushing your hand back down and tapping his card on the machine
"... I thought you were going to watch football?" you ask still a bit shocked at his kind gesture
"By the time I get there it'll already be over there's no point.Here" He said handing you the flowers, necklace and chocolates
"Oh.. thank you" you say smiling softly taking the items out of his hand and placing them into a beautiful, white bag and heading back to the hotel.

Slowly, you open your eyes laying in your bed, you roll onto your side and grab your phone '5:43' It read. You throw the blanket off getting up and heading to the bathroom to take a relaxing shower. Once you finished cleaning of you grab a beautiful dress and throw it on
(You wear this)

You slide your feet into a matching pair of heels that match your flowly, white dress. You check your phone again '6:10' the you needed to be at the party for 6:45 and it was about a 15 minute drive from the hotel. You grabbed the bag full of Flowers, Jewellery and Chocolates and headed out the door to your taxi.

About 25 minutes later you arrive at the restaurant, a beautiful, luxurious palace. You weren't the first to arrive but you definitely weren't last. You walk through the doors being greeted by your friend, Charlotte,whose birthday it was.You hand her the bag and a huge grin spreads across her face as she places it down on the table along with a multitude of other wrapped gifts and bags. You sit down at a long table with 12 other people, most you knew but some people you have never seen before. As you sit down more people stroll through the door, a group of three, 2 men and 1 women. One of the men seemed fairly familiar but you couldn't tell because of how far away the entrance door was, suddenly your attention is drawn to a waitress asking people for what they want for starters. You scan the menu and place you finger on a dish you have never heard of before. The waitress walks away, your attention heads back to the trio, as they approach you, you slowly realise why the man was familiar... It was Charles..

He pulls out a chair next to you and sits down the other couple sitting next to him
"So.. the things I brought for you yesterday were for a party" He says smiling at you sarcastically
"How sad do you think I am? Buying flowers for myself"You laugh grinning at Charles. The waitress come back out holding a dish of cylinder rolls
(This was the food)

"You like those?" Charles say raising his eyebrows his smiling dropping
"I've never had them before, why do you not like them?" You ask taking a bite "Not to bad actually,"
Charles looks at you with fear "I hate them" He laughs resting his elbows on the table watching you take bites of the food. After you finish, you push the plate away leaving a clear space in front of you.
"You not going to have anything?" You ask looking up at Charles
"Nah, I'm saving myself for the cake" He chuckles looking to his left at the bottom of the table to see a beautiful white cake with pink, edible tulips and the number 21, in gold on the top.

10 minutes later 5 waiters and waitresses come out asking everyone for their order, you were sat in the middle of the table so you were one the last to be served. You scanned the menu for a bit before deciding on a basic steak,which Charles also got. Since everyone had finished eating everyone engaged in conversations, some people talking about football, some about dance and some gossiping about relationships. 20 minutes into conversations the food came out and everyone started eating. The food was delicious, cooked perfectly, the best you have ever tasted. It didn't take people long to eat because of how delicious the food was.

30 minutes into dinner music suddenly switched on and a dance floor lit up, most couples walked over and started dancing with each other whilst some stayed back at the table sitting and chatting with friends. Charles got up and grabbed your hand directing you to the dance floor. Once the pair of you were on the dance floor he wrapped his arms around your waist and swayed side to side.

Charles' POV:

I wrapped my arms around her waist, she fit perfectly in there. God, she looked beautiful, like I've never seen before, I couldn't keep my eyes of her, she just looked so, pretty in that dress. As slow, romantic music started playing I started swaying side to side. Slowly th song came to an end and more lights turned on a bright sign flashed that read 'BAR' I grabbed her hand and walked her over and ordered 2 glasses of red wine and handed her one. God, she looks perfect...

Normal POV:

You drank the glasses of wine before ordering another, you weren't planning on leaving before you were drink out of your mind, the bartender handed you another glasses and you chugged it quickly. You looked to your left to see Charles, resting his chin on his plan and his elbow on the table, looking at you.

Throughout the night you just got drunker and drunker, Charles had only had one small glass of wine, which didn't see to affect him,but you were drunk out of your mind, you could guarantee that you would remember nothing in the morning. Slowly people started making their way home leaving the party. You were still having the time of your life on the dance floor with a couple friends, dancing like it was your last night on earth. Suddenly you feel a pair of hand grab you waist.
"I'm taking you home" You feel Charles whisper in your ear..

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