Skinny love // J.P.

Chapter 17

Leah's POV

I finally zip up my medium length, white dress and slip on my equally as gorgeous black flats. I look in the mirror to see a girl who looked truly beautiful.

I'm not calling myself gorgeous to sound conceited, but this dress was my mothers. I practically look exactly like her, face wise, when she was 19.

I look at my phone and see the time is 6:59 P.M.

I walk down the stairs and sit on my couch to wait for Joel.

I hear a knock at the door and I practically jump to my feet. I know he was saying how much he loved that other girl, but I just can't help but feel excited to go on a unofficial date with him.

I just hope he isn't cheating on the other girl with me...oh god...he probably is...

No, this is just a nice welcome home dinner.

I snap out of my thoughts and open the door to see Joel dressed in a nice white button up.

He looks me up and down and smirks.

"You look beautiful, Leah" he says with a handsome smile.

"And you look handsome as ever" I say and go to hug him. He kisses my cheek and I blush.

"Shall we?" He says and holds his arm out for me to grab. Cliché.

He walks me to the car and opens the door for me. I thank him before sitting down in his car.

"Ready?" Joel says looking over at me and smiling.

"Always" I add and put my seatbelt on.

Joel backs out of the driveway and starts driving to an unknown destination.

He turns on the music as drive by Halsey comes on. Quite fitting music...

He placed his hand on my thigh and I feel goosebumps rise all over my body. I feel my stomach flutter as the warmth of his hand spreads on my thigh.

I smile to myself as we make small talk.

I don't even bother asking where we're going, I'm to caught up in the moment with Joel. This all seems so perfect. Too perfect.

My mind wonders to the conversation I over heard him having with the girl yesterday.

Our small talk comes to a stop when I start thinking about it.

"Leah, are you okay?" Joel asks worryingly.

"Oh yeah, sorry. Just got carried away. So back to the story of your first pet.." I laugh a little and turn to Joel.

As he's talking I notice how perfectly chiseled his face is. Especially his jawline. MY GOD. his jawline makes me melt.

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We pull up to a big grass area. I notice a small hill with what look to be a dinner table set up on.

"Shall we?" He asks and we both get out of the car and start running like little kids down the hill then across the big grass area. We finally make it to the small hill and trudge up it. We take a second to catch our breaths before laughing and sitting down.