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Are you ready yet?

"So would Friday night work,"  I reread the text that just popped on my screen. What is he talking about?

"I'm sorry, I'm confused, I think you got the wrong number Alex." 

"Oh no I don't, This is Adele, right!"

"Yeaaaaa....."

"Then we have a date."

"I'm sorry I'm still confused."

 "I just asked the girl I liked, and she said yes. Just so happens that girl is you."

I finally realize what he meant. His "fake ask" to me, was actually his real one. I squeal jumping out of my chair making Laura jump. "Are you okay Adele do I need to call the ambulance?"

Speechless I I hand Laura my phone and I see her face light up with excitement. "Adele...Do you know what this means. Your going on a date! We have to get you ready! Text him back before he changes his mind." 

I don't really know how to respond. I'm actually kind of mad at him for making me think he didn't have the same feelings I had for him.

"Wait, are you serious?" 

"Yea, So would 5:30 work? I could meet you at the Chinese place you were talking about."

"Yea, that would work!" 

"Okay great, I'll see you then!"

***

"Adele!" I hear Laura yell. 

"I'm in my room!" I call making my way out of the bathroom, in my white robe with my hair rapped in a towel. I sit down on my bed thinking about what I should wear. 

"Okay, so what are you wearing...Oh, I see," Laura says putting down her whole stash of make up. 

"I don't know yet, But something causal." I get up and go to my closet. 

Laura joins me, "Adele all you have is dark clothes, you need some color, lighten up a bit." I ignore her and pull out a black long shirt with leggings. "No, no you are not wearing that. If you want to wear black, fine! But we can do better than that girlfriend." She pulls out black straight pants, with a snug fitting tank top. "Here change into this. "She says throwing it at me. Do you have a long coat or something?"

 "they're on the right top shelf, next to my hats!" I yell from the bathroom struggling to get the clothes on. I open the bathroom door and walk over to my full size mirror to get a better view of me. Laura approaches beside me handing me a long black, cape looking jacket. 

she stares at me for a little bit, "Hmmm.....somethings missing!" She walks back to my closet and grabs out one of my black flattering, dress hat and puts it on my head. "Adele that looks beautiful you have to wear that." The look on my face told her I wasn't a big fan of it. 

"Laura, I'm going on a date not spending the day at the beach." I try fixing the hat to my liking but couldn't find it.

She leads me to my vanity where she set out all her makeup. "Oh come on, It will look better once we fix your hair." 

I stare at myself in the vanity mirror still trying to find a way to like the hat. "What are you doing," I said as my eye sight becomes black.

"blindfolding you, so you can't see how beautiful your going to look like until I'm done."

"What, why do you have to blindfold me. Can't you just turn me around so I can't see?"

"No! You'll find a way to see yourself before I'm done. Adele, you have to remember, I've known you for a long time you aren't gonna trick me that easily." A smirk creeps across my face. 

"Stop knowing me too well."

*** 

"Are you ready," Laura finally asks after what feels like a million years. 

"Yea I've been ready ever since my eyes starting hurting." She takes my hands and carefully escorts me to the full size mirror. Tada! Don't you just look lovely. Laura says proudly.

"Umm...well maybe it would help if I could see."

"Oh sorry!" she takes the blind fold off, I squint to the sudden brisk of light. I just stare at myself in the mirror, speechless. "So, what do you think?" I still just stand there taking it all in. 

"Oh Laura, I've never looked this pretty since, since, since then." I paused. I can feel a lump forming in my throat.

"Delly, you spend your whole life thinking about your past or always asking yourself 'what if this happened or that happened.' You never stop and enjoy whats happening right in front of you. Never look back and believe you could have done better, what happened, happened for a good reason. Before long your gonna stop and ask yourself 'what if I just stopped and enjoyed what was laid in front of me'. Enjoy life now before it starts flashing right before your eyes. What happened in the past stays in the past it already happened, lets take joy into today and have fun on what's happening now, before it turns into your past." 

My reflection in the mirror becomes harder to see as tears well up in my eyes. "I know, but I just miss him. I thought he was the one, and he told me many times that he would never love someone like he loved me. That I was his everlasting love, Where did it go wrong? What does she give him that I never did? What could I have done to make his love everlasting? WHAT-" Laura lifts up my head.

"Hey, hey, calm down, like I said, that was the past it already happened even if you could have done something better you can't go back and change it. Life goes on and it will get better. Adele you just have to believe in yourself. She pulls me in for a hug, "don't cry I just put all your make up on. I need you to look pretty tonight." I giggled rubbing the tears off my face. Laura always knows how to lift my spirit when I'm down.  Here let me fix your makeup a little bit. "Okay all set. Are you feeling better? Go look over yourself one more time before you leave, its already 5:15." I stand in the mirror moving so I can see every side of me. 

"Do you think you can drive me there?" I don't want to go by myself."

"Are you serious I would love to, let's go your going to be late!"

***