Smoke and Fire • Lucaya

Chapter 32 : First date

Riley's pov:

It was Saturday. Me and Brandon are going on a date. He is going to pick me up at 6.00. It was already 5.15 and I'm still choosing a dress to wear.

"Maya, which one should I wear?! Please help me choose" I pleaded.

"Any dress will do" She replied while watching TV.

"I swear you are no help at all!"

"Fine! Now let's see" She looked at my closet. "Well, how about this?" She asked, holding a yellow dress.

"It looks too casual" I stated.

"Where are you two going anyway?" She asked.

"I don't know. I just want to look good, but I don't wanna look like I'm trying too hard" I say and Maya just looked at me with a confused expression.

"Well, what about this? This looks great in my opinion" She said while holding a floral dress. "And wear this, in case it gets cold" She said handing me a pink jean jacket.

"Yeah, that looks good. Gimme!!" I took the dress from her and ran to the bathroom and came our a few minutes later.

"Tell me how do I look" I said as I posed like a model.

"You look perfect" She gave me a thumbs up sign.

Then we heard the door bell, we quickly go downstairs and opened the door. I see Brandon standing there with a bunch of roses.

"Hi" He greeted.

"Hi"

"You look beautiful" He complimented.

"Thanks" I shyly said.

"Oh, and this is for you" He said while handing me a bunch of roses.

"Thank you, their perfect" I said, sniffling the roses.

"Just like you" He said, making me blush. "You ready?" He asked and I nodded.

Brandon led me to his car and opened the door for me, acting like a gentleman. We both got into the car and Brandon drove off without saying a word.

"So where are we going?" I asked, breaking the silence.

"It's a surprise" He replied and smirked at me.

It was 15 minutes driving until we reached our place. I walked out of the car and Brandon held my hand. And we walked into an Italian restaurant.

Brandon pulled out a chair for me and I sat down. "Thank you" I smiled.

A waiter came up and gave us the menu. I looked at the menu. I couldn't decide on anything. My mind was blank.

I saw the waiter approaching us and I quickly looked at the menu again. I decided to have a Fettuccine Carbonara.

"So what may I get for you, sir and miss?" The waiter asked while taking out a pen and a note book.

"I'll have this" Brandon said as he pointed to something on the menu.

"Ok, how about you miss?" he turned to me.

"I'll have a Fettuccine Carbonara, thank you very much" I said.

"Very well" The waiter said as he wrote down our orders and walked away.

"Enjoying your time so far?" Brandon placed his hand on mine.

"Very much" I smiled. "Thank you for all of this Brandon"

"No need to thank me" He chuckled.

The waiter came back, but now he brought our foods with him.

"Here you go" He said while putting the foods on the table. "Is there anything else I could help you with?"

"No, thank you" I replied.

Oh shit! This is a terrible idea! How do I eat this in a cute way??

"You got something" Brandon said while pointing to a spot on his face. I tried to get it off my face but he just keep on laughing on me.

"Can you wiped it away please" I begged. He nodded and kissed my cheek.

"It's gone!" He said, smiling which making me blushed so hard.

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We drove home, the good news is that I think I'm in love with him. But I'm not totally sure about my feelings for Farkle. But I really like Brandon and I'm happy that I'm with him.

"Goodnight Riley" Brandon said and kissed my hand.

"Goodnight" I blushed.

I walked into the house and saw Auggie and Ava watching a kid show called 'Whodunnit'. I quickly ran into my room and go to sleep.