Don't be Chicken (on hold)

Twenty; Golden Palace

I never really went on a real date before. The only boyfriend I've ever had was Carson, and he never bothered to take me on dates. He would sometimes take me to high school party's where kids got drunk, but they were never fun and that was no where near close to qualifying as a real date.

As I thought on it more I realized how stupid I must of been to stay with Carson for as long as I did. Noah was soooooooooooooo much better than Carson and just thinking about my past with him made me embarrassed to have set my standards so low. But I once heard an old saying of Oh yes, the past can hurt. But, you can either run from it, or learn from it. - the Lion King.

I figured now was the time to learn from it.  My standards for guys now were higher than the clouds, and Noah's reached as far as outer space.  Noah was truly amazing, it's just - I didn't know what we were. 

We weren't dating

We were just... talking?

I wasn't sure, but maybe tonight things would be cleared up and I would finally begin to understand things.

But as I addressed in the first sentence; I'd never been on a date before. What should I wear? First off, I only had two dresses in my closet - but should I even wear a dress? So I did the next best thing - I texted Dani, my long-lost best friend.

I didn't really have time to text Danni anymore, maybe once or twice a week. It made me sad, but our structure of a friendship never faltered. I sent Danni two pictures, one for each dress.

I had a black fitted one that was pretty good in length and didn't reveal that much cleavage - I particularly liked that one because it made me have curves in all the right places and stuff. The other one was a light blue sun dress, in my opinion that one was just as nice as the other ones. Danni texted back;

Wear the blue one for sure! but wait, you're going on a date??! With WHO?!

I grinned - of course, Danni didn't know yet. I told her everything this time since I knew it wasn't just me overreacting. Danni seemed happy for me, but eventually I had to move on to get ready. I curled my hair a little neater this time since the temperature dropped in the last few hours, and I put on a little bit of mascara just because,

Before I knew it I was ready with nerves so high I thought I might faint. Honestly, I've never been so dog-gone nervousness before and I can only say it was Noah's spell in affect.    

Dusty was in her room so it was easy to sneak past her, and Grandma was over at Sally's (Evelyn's mom) house. It's amazing how neatly somethings work out - I guess maybe Noah and I were meant to be. Cheesy, I know. 

But when I saw Noah's existence I nearly fainted. Noah Horner was wearing a suit besides the jacket part was off, but that wasn't the part that made me gulp. His sleeves were rolled up in that attractive way, his face was freshly shaved and he looked hotter than I'd ever seen him before.

I hope you can imagine it, because it was the most gorgeous sight I'd ever seen. More gorgeous than the rainbow the other day or the stars at night.

I walked towards Noah whose eyes were glued to me intently. They were filled with excitement and wonder and happiness.

"Wow, Karman. You - you look beautiful" He said after a while. A blush ignited on my face like fireworks and my heart rate started to pick up speed. 

            "Thanks" I said with a tiny blush while glancing down at my feet. I couldn't help but smile widely with dreams of tonight flowing around in my head.