Life With Trent Harmon

Part 22: Saturday Night on the Town Part 1

You glance in the mirror and check your outfit and sigh. "Ash" you say through the bathroom door "are you sure this dress looks okay on me? I'm a few inches taller than you..."
"Well, let me see and I'll tell you." She says back and then opens the bathroom door. You turn and look at her and her eyes widen. "Daggum. Yes. You have to wear that dress. And keep it. Forever. I'll never look that good in that dress." You feel the heat rush to your face as Randi Kathryn walks over.
"Oh my word (y/n). You look GORGEOUS."
"Thanks guys" you say quietly as you try to pull the dress down a little farther. They walk into the next room and you look at yourself in the mirror again.
As you apply a layer of lipstick, there's a knock at the door, and Ashley rushes over to open it.
When the door opens, Clay and Matt walk in room.
"You made it!!!" RK squeals as she runs up to Matt!
"I did! And you look amazing!!" He says wrapping her in a hug.
Clay walks over and looks at Ashley and a smirk makes its way onto his face.
"Where'd you get that dress??"
"I've had it for like 3 years. I wore it to your sisters wedding.." Ashley says, looking up at clay.
"Oh.. Yeah. I remember now..." He says as he steps closer to her. "I just don't remember it fitting like that."
"Excuse me??" Ashley says in a fake mad tone.
"No. No. Not like that. In a good way. Like it fits you way better now" he says as she wraps her arms around his waist.
"Mhm." She says and everybody laughs.
You walk out of the bathroom and clay sees you and his jaw falls open. "Damn. Who are YOU?" He says, laughing.
"Clay. Stop." You say and shoot him a look. And Ashley laughs and ahispers something to him.
"You look great, sista." He says as he looks at you again. "Trent's gonna have trouble breathing."
Before anything else can be said, Clay's phone rings and he pulls it out of his pocket and answers it.
After he hangs up he says "Trent's in the lobby. He said to hurry." You take a deep breath and follow everyone out the door.

When you step off of the elevator, you look around for Trent. When your eyes meet his, you lose your breath for a second. You stop mid step, and the rest of the group keeps walking. As you remember how to walk, you take another step forward and study Trent. He has on his burgundy boots and black dress pants. His white button up shirt is tucked in. His hat matches his boots and his hair is sticking up perfectly in the front of it. When you walk up to him, he puts his hands on your waist and smiles and whispers "wow."
You feel the heat rush to your cheeks and you look down. He uses his finger to lift your chin and your eyes meet his.
"You look absolutely beautiful." He says quietly and then touches his lips to yours, quickly.
"Here they go." Clay says as the kiss ends and Trent turns around and glares at him.  Clay tries to fight a smile and then Trent says "okay, dinner. Right?"
"You know me so well." You laugh and walk next to him.
You both walk out behind the others and Trent slips his hand into yours and glances at you "I try to." You can't hide the smile that crosses your face and you say "you do a dang good job of it."
As you keep walking, Trent whispers "I love how they are leading, and I'm the only one of us who actually knows where we are going."
You bust out laughing and everyone turns around and looks at you.
"Um. Do y'all think that y'all should follow me, since I'm the one who knows where we are eating?" Trent asks as a smile works it's way back into his face.
"Well. I guess that would make sense" RK says and everyone laughs.
You follow Trent to the front of the group and once you are on your way, he takes your hand again and slides his fingers between yours.
When you get to the restaurant, Trent turns and looks at Clay.
"This is a dignified restaurant. Please do not act stupid in here."
"I'm offended" clay says, and then laughs. "I won't if you won't."
Trent laughs back and says "deal!"
You all walk in and Trent walks up to the hostess and says "ma'am, we have a reservation."
"Okay, what's the name?"
"Harmon!"
"Oh yeah! You can follow me!"
Once y'all get seated and order drinks, everyone starts standing at once. Trent looks across the table at you and says "what we're mama and daddy doing tonight?"
"I think your mom said they were gonna order pizza. They stay in their room most of the time and we stay in ours. we saw them for like 2 hours today. Because they didn't want to go shopping with us."
"Oh.. When are your parents coming up?" He asks.
"Their flight leaves at 7:30 Wednesday morning... They should be here with us by 9:30 our time.."
"Remind me to call Katie tomorrow after church. I keep forgetting during the day, and then by the time I get off at night, she's already in bed."
You smile at him, in awe of his sweetness. "Okay, I will... You're just the sweetest..."

After everyone has eaten, clay looks at Trent and says "what's next? Why'd I have to wear this stupid button up shirt?"
Trent laughs and says "you're such a baby.. I have access tickets to a PreFinale party... If y'all wanna go..."
"Hell yeah we wanna go." Clay says and looks at Matt. "Don't we?"
"Yeah brotha." Matt says, excitedly.
Trent looks at you and you smile and say "whatever you wanna do, as long as I'm with you, I'm fine."
Clay says "awwww kill me now."
You glare at him and see him jump as Ashley kicks him under the table.
"OW!" He whines.
"STOP." She says and tries not to laugh.
As you all walk out of the restaurant, you try to hide the sadness building inside of you.
You walk behind the group next to Trent as he tells Clay how to get to the party. After clay is sure that he knows how to get there, Trent slows down to your pace and slips his fingers between yours.
"You okay, babe? You've been kinda quiet."
"Yeah I'm alright."
He stops and holds you back with him. "What's wrong?" He asks and turns your chin up so that you're looking at him. "Please tell me."
"I was just kinda hoping we'd get some us time tonight... But I mean the party is fine."
You say quietly as you both start walking again.
"I promise. Before the night's over, we will have some us time. I'm sorry. I have to make an appearance at this party. And I didn't want to make all of them go back to the hotel just yet."
"It's fine," you say "I'm excited for the party. Like I said earlier, as long as I'm with you, I'm gonna be okay."
He smiles over at you and then starts to say something but before he can, Clay says "hey man, right here?"
"Yeah right." He says back and RK turns to look at you.
"You doin okay? Your foot hurting?"
"I'm okay. Thanks RK!" You smile at her and Trent says "your foot!! You aren't in your boot!"
You laugh and say "yeah it didn't go with my outfit very well.."
"You shoulda worn it.. We are gonna be on our feet a lot..."
"Trent, I'm fine." You say and move in to walk closer to him. He releases your hand and moves his around your waist as you keep walking .
After another turn, you all are standing at the entrance of a large club. Trent pulls his wallet out of his back pocket and distributes the tickets. When he hands you yours, you look at it and your mouth drops open.
At the top, it has "Trent Harmon VIP Ticket."
Then the American idol Symbol and the under that, it has your name.
You stare at it for another minute and then look at Trent.
Clay says "Dude these are legit!!"
Trent laughs and says "yeah, I know. I was pretty shocked. Now let me tell y'all something. This club is about to be full of celebrities. I'm not sure who all is coming, but I really need y'all to be cool." As he looks at clay. "Please don't embarrass me."
"Dude, would I do that?" Clay asks.
"Yes!" Trent says and everyone laughs.
RK and Matt walk up and show their tickets and then walk in, followed by Clay and Ashley.
You start to walk in, and Trent grabs your hand. You turn and look at him and he pulls you closer to him.
"In case I haven't told you lately, you look absolutely gorgeous tonight."
You smile up at him and look into his eyes as he wraps his arms around your waist and you link your fingers behind his neck.
"Thank you, Trent. You look pretty good yourself." You say and wink at him. He puts his forehead to yours and kisses you slowly. When he pulls back he says "I love you."
Fire spreads its way through your veins as your lips touch his again, and for a minute or so, you're the only two around. When he pulls out of the kiss, you whisper "I love you more."
He smiles down at you and slides his hands down your arms and then wraps his fingers between yours. As he starts walking again, he says "there's no way."
Before you can respond, you walk through the club entrance and into the main room.