More Than Friends

Chapter 21 - Little Red Dress // part 1

I was at my locker when John planted a kiss on my shoulder and wrapped his arms around my waist.

"Morning gorgeous."

"Well, Jaylen I love you but not like that."

"Oh ha ha. So I was thinking,"

"Oh no."

"I want to take you on a real date."

I scoffed as I turned around. "I like the making out at your house while we're supposed to be studying. It doesn't take that much to make me happy, I consider those real dates."

"Ok last night was fun but I want to take you into, hmm, I don't know, the real world. There's this new restaurant I want to take you to."

"John-"

"Don't argue with me. You may be able to talk other people out of things but not me. Cameron Olivia Taylor, I'm going to spoil the hell out of you whether you like it or not. As much as I want to do all the cliche things you see on Twitter. I want to do some other things but they're not very school appropriate. I want to do everything with you, for you, to you."

I raised my eyebrows. "Really?"

"Yes really. So with that being said,"

A sheepish smile crept onto my face. He put his hand on the wall wedging me between him and the locker next to mine. Grabbing my waist he pulled me closer than I already was. He leaned in causing his lips brush against my ear, sending a chill through my body.

"I will pick you up tonight at 7:30." He placed a light kiss on lips and walked in the direction of his first class.

I was left paralyzed by his actions, my complete train of thought thrown off track. I always pretended that i was "freaky" but anytime he said stuff as little as hinting that he wanted to do certain things to me i was always stunned.

"Earth to Cameron! Hello?" Jalen waved her hand in my face bringing me back to reality. I didn't even realize she walked up to me.

"Huh? Did you say something?"

"I said 'Hey' but I think I should ask why you look like you have a clothes hanger stuck in your mouth. Why are you so happy at 7:45 in the morning?"

"I'm going on a date with John." Saying it out loud was ten times better than just thinking about it.

"Ok but you guys have already been on like 5 dates, what so special about this one?

"We had never really had out whole 'First date' experience and this is kind of like our 'first date.'"

I mean I was also pretty giddy because of all the stuff Johnathan said but I didn't share that with her.

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I gave myself an hour to get ready. First, a shower. I put leave-in conditioner to make my curls soft and put my shower cap on them.

I took my shower in less than 30 mins giving me plenty of time to get dressed. I had already picked out my outfit.

Johnathan texted me earlier telling me to "dress nice" so I pulled out one of my red dresses. It was low cut and kind of short, but since I'm on the shorter side it reached mid-thigh. It fit me in all the right places, I knew it was the dress.

I borrowed my mom's leather jacket to cover up because of the cold but also so my dad wouldn't stroke out when john picked me up. My outfit was completed with a pair of very cute black heels.

I put everything on and admired myself in the full-length mirror behind my door.

"Damn I look good," I said to myself. It was true. The conditioner made my hair fall on my shoulders like the chocolate spirals on top of a wedding cake. The dress was gorgeous on me and complemented my body nicely.

I walked to my bathroom and applied a layer of mascara and winged my eyeliner on each eye. I don't wear a ton of makeup so that was "doing a lot" to me.

I imagined John arriving while I was putting finishing touches to my outfit. Having the big entrance you see in movies. The girl walks down the stairs as the boy gawks at her in front of her parents. Her dad gives the 'You better take care of her' speech.

I was oddly excited to have my parents embarrass me in front of him. The awkwardness I was going to endure made our relationship seem official as crazy as it seems.

I know, gross, but i set my expectations high. Don't ask me why, I'll probably set myself up and end up kind of disappointed.

I checked my appearance one last time before heading back to my room. My phone read 7:47. Ok, he's just a little late it's no big deal. Yeah, no big deal.