I'm not in love with you... Right?

The date

Matteo

   It was illegal for someone to look this ... Enchanting. Because this wasn't pretty, or cute or hot, there was something about her beauty right now that was Ethereal.
   Her dress was red like blood, and so was the lipstick she was wearing, it was everything I could do not to press my lips against hers. Her heels seemed like they were made from  obsidian and she had red eyeshadow on as well. The upper half of her blonde hair had been done into cones leaving some delicately curled strands falling to her face, the rest flowing down her shoulders. Holding those cones in place was a beautiful red ribbon. Fuck, red was my new favorite color.

" Matteo... This is... " She seemed at a loss for words.

" I don't know who Matteo is " I said with a smirk " I'm Cardan Greenbriar "

I offer her my hand and we walk a few feet down before we saw a white steed tied to a lamp post. One I had rented.

Her eyes widened as she saw it.

" Is it ours? " she turned to me in awe.

" Of course, Darling " I said, mounting the horse, thanking God for all those horse riding classes I'd taken with my mom for fun.

I offered her my hand and she took it, mounting the horse with a little more trouble than I did.

I didn't think she'd wear such an exquisite dress, if I had I would have called an Uber, but the smile on her face, the way she hugged me lovingly from behind told me she was happy. And if she was happy, so was I.

" Where are we going? " She asked.

" You'll see " I replied.

Fifteen minutes later we're at the book convention and I'm sure we'll win the ' best dressed couple award '

Fake couple a part of me reminisced and my smile faltered.

" Oh my gosh! I've been trying to get a ticket for this place for two weeks and you got two in less than a day? How?! " She asked in awe

" I have my ways " I smirked

By ' my ways ' I meant I bribed Jay with a date with Allison McAlister in exchange for his tickets. God only knows how I'll get the coolest girl in chem class with that clumsy idiot.

We went around, meeting other book nerds. It wasn't my ideal way to spend time, but it was refreshing and some of them were really cool. I even recognized a few of them from school.

We got a lot compliments from different people on our outfit and honestly? This was the most open I'd ever seen Daphne. She was thanking them for their compliments, complimenting in turn, joking, heck, she introduced me most of the time like she knew these people before me. She was so comfortable, I could tell this was her kind of space, her kind of people, and it made me a little scared that she'd never be this comfortable with me.

We bumped into another couple dressed as Annabeth Chase and Percy Jackson from PJO and Paige started chatting again.

" Hi, I'm Paige, that's Matt. I love your outfit. "

" Fiona and Klaus, we love yours too, everyone's talking about you two. Cardan and Jude, right? "

" You can tell? ''

" Of course, you are eating those horns by the way "

" Aww, thank you. I really wanted to dress as Annabeth, but a chb shirt and jean shorts didn't feel right for a first date outfit "

The couple looked at me like: ' You took your girlfriend to a book convention for your first date? '

And I gave them a look that said 'Not proud of it, Percy '