The Fortune Cookie

"What about this" I asked Gaven my best friend as I hold up a yellow sun dress with red flowers all over it. We were currently going through my whole closest looking for an outfit for this afternoon. I had another one of my online dates with some guy who's profile stood out to me. I know what you are thinking aren't too young to be going on online dates. Well I am 21 years old who lives in new york and goes to one of the best fashion schools in the country. The only reason why I am even on the online dating site is because of my mom. She wants me to find love and get married and all that jazz. She wants me and my future husband to be like she my dad where. They met online as well and where madly in love at first sight. So now she thinks this is the only way to find love. Don't get me wrong I Would love to find the perfect guy and fall in love but I am just tired of the online stuff there are some creeps out there and I rather not meet them. "You will look beautiful in anything especially that dress" Gaven tells me from the bed that he was lying on. "Why don't you just skip this whole dating thing and we can stay her eat junk food and binge watch all the episodes of any show you want. I know you want too." he says to me and he was right I much rather stay in with him but I can't. "Sorry Gaven not to night I got to go" I tell him his smile drops. " it's cool. I know but all the guys are rude and you don't deserve that." I give him a smile as I go to the bathroom to try it on as he went back to his phone screen. Gaven and I met and have been best friends since I moved to New York three years ago. I was lost and I couldn't get a cab to get to my apartment so he helped me out and got one for me. I thought I would for sure not see him again but it turned out he lives across the hall from me. We hung out some and we became best friends. I walk out of the bathroom now wearing sundress. It fitted me nice it shaped my curves nicely. Gaven was still looking at his phone when I came out of the room to show him. I coughed to get his attention he looked over from his phone and looked at me his eyes went wide his lips parted slightly he looked at me for a few seconds, not saying a word. When I had enough and I had to know if I looked fine or if I looked that bad. "Gaven hello" I snapped my fingers to get his attention. I must have taken him by surprise because he jumped a little which made the phone that was in his hands above his head fall and hit him in the face. " ow shoot" he said as he sat up and put his hand on his nose and rubbed it. I laugh at how cute he looked when he pouted like a child. "So.....what do you think?" I asked with a small smile. Gaven looked at me for a second and then smiled, " You look amazing" he said which caused me to smile bigger. "Are you sure what if my date does not like it?" I ask feeling a little nervous. Gaven looks at me funny for a minute and then laughs. This action just confuses me. Why is he laughing maybe I do look bad!!. "Your right I will find something else to wear" I say to Gaven and began to turn around but I'm stopped by a hand on my arm. I turn around and see Gaven no longer laughing and with a serious expression on his face. He lets go of my arm realizing how close we where and stepped back a step. "I never said to change" he says. This is all making my head hurt. " but you were laughing. So I assumed I looked bad and that if you thought that then my date would most likely think so too" I tell him and he smiles at me "Zoey you look beautiful you always do. If your date does not see how amazing you are then he is not worth it" he says with causes me to smile once more. " you could show up to your date in sweats and an old T-shirt and any guy would fall for you in an instant. If they dont they are blind idiots" he says looking into my blue eyes as I look into his green one. His words make my heart do a backflip in my chest. Why did his words affect me like that? I ask myself but then the sound of my phone alarm for the reminder I set letting me know I have to go goes off and I decided to forget the feeling and get the date over with. You never know this one might be good. I turn off my phone alarm and look back at Gaven who looks disappointed for some reason. " I got to go now. You want to still meet up at that little coffee shop we like down the road from the place I have my date after my date?" I ask him he gives me a small smile and nods his head. I give him a quick hug before leaving for my date.