To Love Thy Enemy (An Arranged Marriage Series Book One)

Part Forty One

Frankie POV

Today was prom. Ellie and Torie left a little bit ago to get their hair and nails done. I never would have thought that Ellie would be so excited for a dance but then again what do I know.

Dusty, Mitch, Will and I were all chilling at my house when I got a phone call.

“Yes, is this Frankie Johnsen?”

“Yes it is. May I ask who is calling?”

“Of course, my name is Ronnie Jenkins and I am your limo driver for tonight. I was calling to see your plans so we could arrange a pickup time.”

“Oh yeah, well the dance starts at 8 and our dinner reservations are for 6:45 so why don’t you pick us up from The Italian Bistro at around 8 or so.”

“All right sir, I will be in the black limo waiting for you. See you around 8 o’ clock.”

“Okay good bye.”

I hung up the phone and looked at the clock. It was only quarter four. Today is going to be a long day, I can all ready tell.

“What time should the girls be back?”

“I think I remember them saying that they were getting their nails done first then hair so my guess would be between four-thirty and five.”

‘”Well we need to leave here around six-thirty so hopefully they will be ready by then. The limo is picking us up from the restaurant at eight. So we just need to figure out how we are going to get there.”

“Will why don’t you call your mom and see if she can drop us off that way later, we don’t have to come back for the car.”

Will just nodded his head and took out his phone. Ten minutes later, we had a ride to the bistro.

“Well I just got a text from Torie; they should be here within ten minutes. They said they were taking the main bedroom, so I guess that leaves us with the second bedroom to get ready,” Dusty said.

I just nodded. Ellie had pre-warned me that something like that would happen. I went into the bedroom, grabbed my tux and everything else that I would need to get ready. When I walked back out into the living room, Torie and Ellie were just walking through the front door.

“Hey, what do you think?” Ellie asked.

She turned in a slow circle so she could show me her hair. It looked great.

“It looks great. You should take a picture and maybe keep it in mind for the wedding.”

She nodded and walked towards the bedroom. Shortly afterwards Torie followed in her footsteps.

“Well since it won’t take us forever to get ready, I say we start in about forty-five minutes. Want to play a couple video games?”

They nodded and off we went.

Ellie POV

As soon as I walked into the bedroom, I took a few pictures of my hair. Frankie was right, it was great and it could be a wedding possibility. I hadn’t that of that at first but now it makes sense. I had waited for Torie to some into the bedroom before starting anything. Finally she walked into the room and we took to getting ready.

“Oh the guys said that we need to be ready by about six-thirty.”

I just nodded. I remembered that Frankie said our dinner reservations were at six forty-five. So that gave us just about an hour and a half.

“Well we better get moving then.”

*an hour and a half later*

We were just adding the finishing touches when there was a knock on the door.

“Hey it’s Will. Can I come in?”

“Yeah,” Torie yelled.

He came in and was all ready. He looked amazing.

“Wow, you guys look great. Their jaws are going to drop.”

“Oh stop. Your making us blush,” Torie said laughing.

“Well are you guys ready to walk out to show them. Would you like me to announce you?”

“Yes we are ready but no announcing please.”

“Oh okay fine.”

Torie walked out first and then me.

Torie POV

When I walked down the hallway, I could see the guys talking. When Will cleared his throat, they all turned and Dusty’s jaw dropped. He was just staring at me.

“Do you like it?”

“Like it? Like it? Are you crazy? I love it. You look amazing.”

I smiled. I walked over to him and gave him a hug. As he embraced me, he inhaled.

“You are wearing my favorite perfume.”

I nodded. I knew that he loved it and that was why I chose to wear it.

“Ellie looks good too.”

We turned towards her and Frankie. They were whispering to one another and he had this look of amazement in his eyes.

*three hours later*

We had just arrived at the dance. The decorations were pretty amazing, I must admit. We found a table and the guys went to grab us some punch.

“This is kind of fun.”

“Yeah, I feel too full to dance,” Ellie replied giggling.

The guys returned and we were pulled onto the dance floor.

“Have I told you how beautiful you look tonight?”

“Oh I think you have mentioned it a few times.”

“Well that’s too bad because I am going to keep telling you.”

I just laughed. I looked over at Ellie and Frankie and they still looked the same as earlier.

Frankie POV

Ellie and I were dancing and it was just amazing. I was blown away by her beauty. We were dancing to a never ending slow song and talking about nothing really.

“So what are our plans for after the dance?”

“Well I really hadn’t thought that far ahead. What time is the dance over anyway?”

“Umm I really don’t know. Midnight I think.”

“Oh okay. We could just go home; I think I will still be full of dinner.”

I just nodded. That sounded good to me.

*Two and a half hours later*

“Can we go? My feet are starting to hurt.”

Torie and Dusty had left almost half an hour ago. Will and Mitch left fifteen minutes ago. It was about 11:45 or so, and I was getting tired too.

“Are you sure you don’t want to stay for the last fifteen minutes?”

“Yes, I am sure. I am tired and my feet hurt.”

“Okay then let’s go home.”

The drive home seemed pretty short but maybe that was because Ellie was being playful and teasing me. Finally we arrived home and I felt like I was going to burst. I didn’t wait for her to undress, I flipped the dress over her hips and rammed in. The rest of the night was a blur to the memory.