Cole Sprouse//Unexpected Love

Chapter 4. Friday

//Gracie's Point Of  View\\

Immediately after sending the text I threw my body back and sunk into my bed with my phone laying against my chest. My mind was racing with the thought of the drive in. I can't believe he asked me out, and to the drive in. The drive in is where couples go, or horny teens who want to hook up while casually watching a movie. I couldn't help but wonder  what type of date this would be. Cole didn't seem like the type of guy to hook up, he seems like he wants a genuine relationship with me. Maybe the cliché but cute 1950's drive in date was that he had in mind, he seems like the classic romantic type, and I think it's absolutely adorable. So many thoughts of us raced though my head as I dozed off to sleep.
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"Whaaaaattt" I groaned, waking up slowly. Shit. My alarm! I rolled over and checked my phone and turned off my alarm, it was 7:25. I ran to the bathroom to start getting ready for school. I looked in the mirror and realized I fell asleep with my makeup on, for the first time in like 4 years and I knew my skin would feel it. I washed my face, moisturized and brushed my hair and teeth. I threw on 2 coats of mascara and did my brows lightly. I put a drop of concealer under my eyes to look not-dead and picked out my outfit for this casual Friday. As dumb as it sounds I want to look good, and more importantly I want Cole to see me looking good. I picked out a denim pencil skirt that buttoned all the way up the front and a maroon long sleeve cropped top, only 1/2 an inch of my stomach showed because the shirt was high waisted. The outfit was extremely out of my comfort zone because 1. I wasn't wearing all black and 2. The clothes clung to my body, and usually I drape myself in a large T-shirt, mom jeans and oversized jackets. I looked in my body sized mirror before slipping on my checkered vans and heading out the door, damn, I honestly looked really hot. Something about my outfit made me feel confident, and powerful. I'm 5'8, but you wouldn't be able to tell because the way I slouch I appear to be 5'. Today was different, I walked through the halls actually looking where I was going, instead of staring at the ground, and people were staring at me not in the way they usually do. Usually they stare at me like I'm some type of mute freak, but today they were staring, staring. It was weird, but I felt proud of myself.

//Cole's Point Of View\\

Oh. My. God. My jaw was dropped to my knees when I saw Gracie in that outfit, but that wasn't even the most striking thing about her today, she was walking so confidently, something I'd never seen in her before. She walked in with her head up for once and took her seat in chemistry. She tucked her messily curled, wild dirty blonde hair behind her left ear and turned her head slightly towards me. My heart was racing so fast. Her lips parted slightly and I froze when the words came from her mouth so gently, and so quietly I was drawn closer to her without actually moving. "Hey Cole." Wow. I've never heard my name sound so astonishing.
"Hi Gracie. You look really lovely today." I said, probably stuttering like an idiot. A wide smile spread across her face as she shifted her eyes to the ground and then back up at me, fiddling with the ring on her middle finger. "Thank you, you don't look so bad yourself." She said with a teasing tone in her voice. My heart nearly dropped to my stomach when the words "I'm excited for our date" Came out of her mouth. Until then, I though she agreed to the date out of pity for me.  Mr. Ferrand began to talk and we shifted our eyes towards him but her eyes lingered on me for just a few seconds longer.

//Gracie's Point Of View\\

I couldn't understand how he could look so goddamn gorgeous all the time, without even trying. The way he twisted his dark, messy hair between his finder tips when he watched me talk made me melt. I could barely wait for tonight. As I was  barely listening to Mr. Ferrand talk about the chemical makeup of titanium, I was thinking about the drive in more in depth. This clearly wasn't just a hook up to either of us. Mr. Ferrand was interrupted by the pleasing sound of the bell, as everyone left the room, Cole leaned over to my desk, twisting his messy hair between his thumb and his middle finger.
"So, what time should I pick you up tonight? The first movie starts at dusk, which is appropriately around 7:45"  he asked in a smooth voice, that drowned my ears.
"6, we will need to go early to get a spot. I'll text you my address" I said as we walked out of class together. The second we walked out of the room, everyone turned and was watching us, it made me fall into my nervous self and I turned my attention to the ground and quickly walked away with Cole following shortly behind. I hated when all attention was on me, but clearly Cole and I were the new focal point of the school.
"I'll See you at 6" I said as he dropped me off at my class.
"See you at 6" he repeated back to me, in a sweet tone. I couldn't help but smile as I tuned into my class.