Assistance**David Dobrik

Chapter 9

The next week flies by with my schoolwork and meetings with David, and it's finally Friday night and he won't tell me anything. I curl my hair and do a simple makeup look and put on a navy blue sequin party dress with a deep V neck. David knocks on the door and my roommates open it before I can run downstairs. "Are you Corinne's mystery man?" Sierra asks and David seems confused. "Uh I guess so, I'm David," he says and they all introduce themselves. I come from around the corner and David looks over and his jaw drops. "You look stunning," he says with the goofiest smile. "Thank you," I whisper and push us out of the door. "Where are we going?" I ask after he helps me in the car. "Dinner," He says bluntly. "Where?" I ask, wanting for him to tell me so badly. "Corinne, it's a surprise," he says and grabs my hand gently. Chills run through my body and I just smile. "I don't like surprises," I state and he laughs. "Yes you do," he says and I nod. "Yeah you're right, I'm just excited," I mutter and lay my head on his shoulder. "Did I tell you that you look handsome?" I ask and examine his outfit again. He's wearing a white button up shirt and a black blazer, everything he is wearing is nice down to the shoes and I have NEVER seen him like this. "No you didn't, I was getting concerned this was all for nothing," he replies and I giggle. We finally pull into a little café that no one else is at. "Are you ready darling?" He asks as he opens my car door and takes my hand. We walk inside and there is one little table set up with candlelight and yellow roses all around. "I know you said your favorite color is yellow so," he says and I can tell he's so nervous. "It's perfect... how did you do this?" I ask in disbelief. "Don't worry about it," he says as we sit down and a waitress walks out and pours some sparkling cider. "Since you can't drink legally," David says laughing. "Never stopped me before," I say and he just laughs again. "True, very true," he mutters and his face turns red just probably from remembering that night we both got drunk. Everything about the date was magical, he had planned every detail out perfectly. We talked about future plans, how he didn't want to just do YouTube, hearing him talk about his dreams is inspiring. "What about you?" He asks and it actually makes me think about what I want to do with a film degree and suddenly it hits me,"I don't want to do film." He seems surprised. "What do you wanna do?" He asks, genuinely interested. "I want to go into the medical field, I've always been interested in speech therapy, but it's too late," I say and he scoffs. "It's not too late, can't you just change your major?" He asks like it's just so easy. "The classes are so much different between the two majors, I would be set back at least a year," I say and suddenly I feel overwhelmed even thinking about this for the first time. "It's okay, I'll pay for it," He exclaims and grabs both of my hands. "David, I could never let you do that- let's just enjoy the rest of this night," I say and lean over and kiss him. "Read for our next adventure?" He asks after we pull away from each other. "Sure.. what is it?" I ask and he rolls his eyes. I giggle as we hop back into his Tesla and he starts blasting One Direction. "How did you know??" I ask excitedly. "I asked your friend," he replies and I'm confused. "Who?" I asked, knowing I don't have any friends in California who really know anything about me. "Angel," he says and my jaw drops. "You talked to Angel? David that is so sweet!" I ask and grip his hand. "Yeah, slid into her dm's," he says with a laugh. We pull into a skating rink and I'm confused because we are both dressed in formal clothes. "I couldn't rent this one out but I mean, I thought it would be fun," he says and pulls out two pairs of socks. I giggle and just go along with it. We walk inside and a bunch of old couples are there. "Sorry, it's oldies night," the guy behind the counter says. "How much to let us in?" David asks and the guy raises his eyebrows curiously. "$20 and I'll let it pass," he says and David slides him a 20 and we tell him our shoe sizes. "You know bribing people won't get you everywhere," I ask and David smiles. "Yeah but it will get you almost everywhere," he says and kisses my cheek. We get our skates and David helps me put mine on and as soon as I stand up I almost fall. "Oh this is gonna be bad," I say and he is laughing at me already. He takes me hand and helps me onto the hardwood. The old people are gliding around like it's nothing. "Okay I think I can do it," I say and David let's go of me and I go a little ways and start to fall so I grab David and we both fall. I'm laughing hysterically and David is holding his side in pain but also laughing. "Corinne your dress!" He says and pulls it down. "Oh my god," I say and just lay my head on his shoulder still laughing. He tries to get up and falls again. He is cursing under his breath and just can't stop laughing at him. An old man comes and helps me up while his wife helps David. "Thank you," I tell them and David shakes his head with a smile. "This is pathetic, I think you broke a few of my ribs," he says and goes to sit on the side. "I'm sorry, David," I say, wiping the tears of laughter from my eyes. "Nice underwear," he says and I punch his arm. "You shouldn't have looked," I snap and he smirks. "Better me than these other men," he says and leans in for a kiss. I start to lean in too and someone yells at us to get a room. "Sounds good to me," David says as we get up but he really is in pain. I pull up his shirt and a bruise is already forming on his left side. I touch it and he winces. "Why'd you do that?" He almost yells. "Oh sorry, it was just instinct," I say and peck his lips and we take our skates off. We go back to his house and he has his camera out when we walk in the door. "Why do you have that out?" I ask nervously. "I have a surprise for you," he says and motions me towards Natalie's old bedroom door. I open the door and the room has been completely transformed. My name is on the wall in a white neon sign right above the bed with a yellow duvet and tons of pillows. There is a mural on the wall of a field of colorful flowers and everything is just perfect. "When did you do this?" I say and wipe my tears away that I can't control. "I had someone come and do it this week, I wanted you to feel at home here," he says and he has tears in his eyes too. "I love you," I say and his eyes widen. He turns the camera off and pulls me in for a kiss immediately. "I- I love you too," he says with a huge smile. He places me onto the bed, still passionately kissing me and makes sure the door is closed. You can probably guess what happened next, let's just say... it was amazing.