Holding On To You

Chapter Seventeen

Davina opened her eyes only to squint against the bright sunlight streaming in through the windows. That was the only problem with her room due to it facing in an eastward direction, that sunlight fell directly on to the bed and it normally was bright as hell if it wasn't raining. It had been a week since she had returned from Denver and for the last four days it had done nothing but rain, so the sunlight was a welcome sight.

Cleaning the sleep from her eyes, she pushed back her comforter feeling something hit her hand she did so, so she sat up to see a bouquet of light pink roses on the foot of the bed. Unable to keep the grin from her face due to this surprise, Davina reached for the envelope that was sitting neatly on top of the flowers pulling it open to reveal a neatly handwritten note.

My Dearest Davina,

Thank you very kindly for agreeing to go out on a date with me and because you have said yes and you asked that I will tell you when, well the time is now in this very letter. Tonight, I hope you would join me for a night on the town. I will pick you up at 7:00 on the dot and don't be alarmed if you don't see me as I have to prepare a few things for this evening. I look forward to enjoying your company as you enjoy your flowers.

Sincerely,

Kol

Davina shook her head as she set the letter down on the bed reaching for one of her roses. She pulled one from the bunch bringing it to her nose, taking in the refreshing smell of it. She giggled as she felt giddy as she had never received flowers before in her life or never thought of the sweet gesture. She looked at her door wondering when Kol had entered because normally she was a very light sleeper. Davina shrugged the thought out of her head as climbed out of bed as her need for her morning coffee came rushing in. While she was looking for something to wear for the day, she looked through her clothes finding nothing she would consider wearing for the night deciding that she would need to go shopping and smiled as she thought of the perfect partner. She chose an off the shoulder gray shirt, blue skinny jeans, and her brown ankle boots as her choice of outfit something comfy and not too hot and then pulled her hair up into a ponytail to finish her look. Even though it was December, didn't mean it felt like it in good old New Orleans. When she was finished getting ready for the day, Davina grabbed her phone placing it into her back pocket then set off to find the coffee pot.

Davina noticed that the house was very quiet as normal as she made her way down the stairs and into the kitchen. She was reaching for her mug as the sound of footsteps entered the kitchen and turned to see Elijah walking in and on the phone. He nodded to her and she could hear whoever he was talking to because they were almost yelling as they were rambling about something. She smiled when she noticed the half-filled coffee pot and poured her a full cup loving the smell of the fresh aroma hitting her nose. She set the cup down before walking over to the fridge to grab the cream and reached to the top of the fridge where the sugar was located, but due to her shortness, she was having a problem of reaching it. The tips of her fingers had just nudged it when suddenly a hand appeared picking up the sugar handing it to her. Davina turned to see Elijah stand there with an amused look on his face.

"Thanks," She mouthed to him stepping around him and pulled out her own phone. She stirred in her two spoons of sugar and two splashes of cream before picking up her up and sat down at the little breakfast table as she pushed the button on her phone for her home screen to pop up going to her messages hitting Josh's name typing out her question.

Davina: Are you busy today?

She pressed the send button before exiting the app and when to her facebook to see what was going on in the world as she took her first sip of her drink. She was scrolling down her newsfeed rolling her eyes as some of the statuses and quizzes.