【Chapter 24】

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*A Week Later*

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*A Week Later*

With my dad's release 2 weeks away I was in full grind mode. Buying the last of the things for his welcome home party, doing my best to finish the secret project Sweet Pea was helping me with, keeping runs on track. I was worn out but today I was going to ask Toni to prom.

I wasn't huge on dances since Southside High never had them. But I wanted Toni to have the typical teenage school experience. I even talked the boys into coming too, they all had girls they wanted to ask so I was actually getting kinda excited.

 Everything was cutting close my dad's welcome home party was Thursday, the drive-in was closing Friday, the dance was Saturday and Sunday I was finally going to ask Toni to make things official with the thing I had been working on with Pea.

I had asked Toni to go out to dinner tonight and that's when I was going to ask her to prom. I was going to take her to a nice steak house in Bridge Port so I decided to wear leather leggings, a gray satin blazer and some black heels. I curled my hair and did my makeup.

 As soon as I finished getting ready Toni walked through the door looking beautiful in a red leather dress and the heels I bought her when we went to the Viper Room a few weeks ago. 

"You look gorgeous babe" I tell Toni as I place a kiss on her lips. "So do you babe, what's the occasion?" 

"I just wanted to take you out to a nice dinner that's all." I respond.

 "You ready?" I ask grabbing her hand "yep let's go" she responds. I open the car door for her and she gets in. 

"Okay Jones that was smooth" Toni says with a smile on her face. "I do know how to be somewhat romantic Topaz" I respond sarcastically.

We pull up to the steakhouse a little while later I pull up to the valet line and we make our way inside. I have my connections all over including the steak house so we are taken to a private area with a nice bottle of wine waiting for us. 

"Wow babe this is all for us?" Toni responds with her jaw agape. "All for us baby" I respond. It was a beautiful little private area with a small water fountain on the wall. Really setting the mood for a romantic evening.

"You never ceased to amaze me Jones" Toni says while looking around the room taking in the beautiful sights. "I told you babe you deserve to be treated to things like this." I respond grabbing her hand a smile takes over Toni's face. 

"This is probably the fanciest place I've ever been to in my life" Toni says looking at the menu "and the most expensive" she adds.

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