It was Sunday, 5:00pm. I had an hour and forty-five minutes until I see Daniel. I used foundation all over my face, concealer on the high points, contour on my cheekbones and on my nose, blush on the apple of my cheeks, setting powder on my concealer and under my contour, a rose-gold half cut crease for my eyeshadow, a gold highlighter above my cheeks, and a red liquid lipstick obviously on my lips. It's a lot, but that's what girls do when it comes to dates. I put on a maroon dress, and black heels. When I was done, it was 6:40.
"Maddie, Daniel's here!" Melissa yells.
I come down the stairs to see Daniel looking at the roses. He turned around to look at me. His eyes were wide.
"Maddie, you look gorgeous!" He exclaimed.
I blushed. "Thank you."
He took my hand and opened the car door to his black jeep for me.
"What a gentleman!" I giggled.
Daniel's cheeks flushed red as he laughed.
He got in the car and we started talking.
"So, I see you collect roses." He says.
"Actually someone keeps sending them to me." I say. "It's weird because I don't know who sends them, but I keep them because roses are my favorites."
"That is weird." He laughs as we arrive to the restaurant.
We walked inside, and I realized that this is one of the most expensive restaurants in Los Angeles.
"Daniel, how did you afford all this?" I ask.
"My parents are here to visit me, and they helped out," He laughed.
I forgot his parents are rich.
"Wow." I say.
"For Daniel Parker." He tells the host.
"Right this way." She says to us as she leads us to our seats.
We sat down at a booth.
"What are you going to get?" He asks me.
"Probably a small pizza. You?" I ask.
"Why don't we split a large?"
"Okay."
We continued talking, then our pizza came.
I had a few slices and so did Daniel. When we finished, Daniel looked at me.
"Madeline, I'm so sorry for what I put you through. You didn't deserve it. You're a beautiful, hard working girl who deserves nothing but the best. After you left Canada, I realized what an asshole I was for dropping you at your lowest point. If you give me another chance, I promise to be there for you through every little thing. "
"Just give me some time, and I'll let you know. Thank you, Daniel. And by the way, you can call me Maddie." I said.
Daniel drove me home, and he hugged me.
"Don't forget what I said." He whispers in my ear.
"I won't." I whisper back.
"I'll see you later, beautiful." He says as I walk inside.
Melissa was on the couch watching TV.
"You got another damn package." She says laughing.
I look at the box on the counter.
I laugh as I see another rose and note in the box.
I put the rose in the vase with all the other ones.
"Roses are red,
Violets are blue.
Do you know
how much
I love you?"
