The new girl nextdoor

chapter 25

Tara's POV

I walked into my apartment and left both jack and mark in Mark's apartment to get dressed for dinner. As I walked over to my wardrobe I sighed having no clue what to wear I flicked through my clothes in the rack "I suppose this will do" I told myself grabbing one of the cloak hangers off the rack and placing it on the bed, we were told this was a fancy restaurant so we had to dress well fancy, this wouldn't be a problem for mark because he always looks so good. As for me on the other hand I will need a lot of work and effort.

I looked down at the dress I had chosen that was still on its hanger which I had placed on the bed. I took the dress off the hanger and slipped the clothes off that I was currently wearing before putting on the dress, I walked over to my bathroom mirror and applied some makeup on my face before I walked back over to my wardrobe to choose my shoes.

Finally I was finished I walked over to my mirror to look at my final result I looked into the mirror and looked at my reflection to see me wearing a very light blue flowly dress  with a black shash at the waist with  gems sowen to the shash the bottom part of the dress falls just above my knees which is made out of silk i wore little heals making me a little taller but so I can still walk, I did my hair in a elegant up do and my make up was very light creating a natural look. I heard a knocking on my door "Coming!" I called out as I rushed to the door I pulled the door open to see jack standing their "I was just coming to check how you were going" jack said looking me up and down "but I can see that everything is just fine. You look amazing by the way Tara" I smiled "you don't look too bad yourself jack" I smiled as I noticed that he was wearing a grey suit with a black dress shirt underneath "thank you! Anyway looks like we are just waiting on mark, do you want to wait with me?" Jack asked me I nodded my head "let me just lock up and I will be right over" and with jack left back to Mark's room, I quickly checked to see if I had everything I re-entered my bedroom and grabbed some clothes before walking out of the apartment and locking it behind me. I walked into Mark's apartment and placed the clothes in my hands on the kitchen table "I'll be right back. I've got to use the bathroom" I told jack who was sitting on the sofa "okay, hopefully mark won't be any longer" then i walked to the bathroom.

The bathroom was attached to Mark's bedroom so I entered the door that lead into marks room. When I saw Mark his back was to me as he was looking in the mirror "ready yet?" I spoke up making mark jump "sorry didn't mean to scare you" I said looking at the ground I heard footsteps approaching me, mark gently lifted my chin up to look up at him "you look absolutely beautiful my love" mark spoke looking me directly in the eye "I didn't know that we were going to match" I chuckled as I looked at what mark was wearing, he was wearing a light blue suit with a black dresstop underneath along with a dark blue tie he laughed as he too saw the resemblance "I love you" mark whispered as I was pulled into his embrace.

The three of us got into my car and drove 45 minutes to get to the restaurant where Matt and Amanda was meeting us, when I stepped out of the car I looked up at the building and sighed "I don't belong here" I chuckled to myself but I felt better knowing that I have my friends with me. We walked into the restaurant and were greeted by Matt and Amanda at the entrance, Amanda stood up and hugged me "you look so beautiful!" I told her looking down at her clothing she was wearing a full length white dress with gems on the straps "thank you! You look amazing in that dress" she answered back with a kind smile then Matt pulled me into a hug " you looking lovely Tara" he told me as we pulled out of the hug, Matt was wearing a white suit with a very light blue under top "you're not so bad yourself" I smiled at him.

After all the hugs and greetings we were lead to our table as we walked through the restaurant I was blown away their were Chandlers on the ceilings, fancy artwork on the walls and a live piano and cello being played "amazing isn't it?" Jack leaned over and whispered all I could do was nod back in return "it's a lot to take in" I told him "indeed" he replied as we took our seats.We ordered our meals i didnt know what half of the food was on the menu so i ordered the caeser salda, I was sat next to jack and Amanda I didn't really know how to start the conversation or what to say during any conversation so I just sat and listened to what everyone was saying, jack was talking about Ireland which I found very interesting because I love learning new things about other countries and their history.  40 minutes later our food arrived half way through our meal I exused myself saying I needed to go to the bathroom but instead I walked over to our waiter who was at the reception "can I help you madam?" He asked me "yes I would like to pay for my tables food and anything else that they order" I told him, knowing that Matt and Amanda would insist on paying for us and I would feel guilty if they were to do that "very well madam, just swipe you're card here" the waiter handed me the efpos machine, I swiped my card and entered my code "all done madam" " thank you" I said before walking back to our table.