College Love Affair

Chapter 21 - The Date

--Megan--

I was in the middle of curling my hair when my phone's text alert went off. I placed my curler down and picked up my phone to see who had texted me. I was hoping it was Ian with some intel on this date he had planned since he was leaving me in the dark. When I looked at the screen, it was Tyler. He FINALLY replied to my text on why he left me at the mall.

'This had better be good' I thought.

Tyler told me how he left 'cause Ian was there and how he didn't want to make things awkward and since he was my actual boyfriend, I needed to spend time with him. I thought it was kind of sweet how he just wanted the best for me, despite the circumstances of the situation. We ended up talking about our relationship or fling or whatever you called this thing and then Ian came back into the conversation.

At this point, I had finished my hair and makeup. My tight, golden curls went perfectly with the black lace strapless bandage dress I was wearing. As for my makeup, I had done a heavy, black smokey eye with winged liner and voluminous mascara. I added a bit of bronzer to emphasize my tan skin as well as a light layer of rose blush. To finish the look, I had applied some nude lipstick and gloss to give me that sexy yet sophisticated and natural look.

Once I mentioned Ian and I's date, Tyler stopped replying and I thought I said something offensive or wrong, so I messaged him again. He replied ensuring he was still there but when I looked at the time, I saw that I only had 5 minutes until Ian was gonna pick me up, so I quickly texted him goodbye and waited in the lounge for Ian.

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Ian and I arrived at Baton Rouge, the restaurant where he had planned on taking me. I wasn't sure if it was still open though, because all the lights were off.

"Ian, are you sure the restaurant's open? I mean, all the lights are off, it looks like they closed early tonight."

"Just go inside Megs."

We walked inside and the minute my eyes set foot on the place, my jaw dropped. The whole ceiling had little white lights attached to long pieces of wire hanging everywhere like in those cute high school movies. The electrical lights were off so that the restaurant had a glow effect in the room. Another thing was, the whole restaurant was empty. He reserved the entire restaurant for this date. The furniture was rearranged so that there was a giant gap in the middle of the restaurant. Dance floor maybe? I then noticed music playing in the background and just couldn't help but cry at how amazing this all was.

"Fuck! I knew I screwed up! I knew this was stupid. Babe, please don't cry, I'm sorry." Ian said, guiltily,

I shook my head as I closed my eyes to let the tears run down my face and I covered my mouth with my hand.

"No, Ian, this is beautiful. I can't believe you did all this for me."

And suddenly, I felt like shit. He had gone through all this trouble ti impress me, to show me what an amazing boyfriend he is, meanwhile I've been cheating on him with one of his newly close friends. Girlfriend of the year for sure...

I guess he noticed the guilty look on my face because he asked me if everything was ok.

Shit! I thought. I had no idea what to tell him and I obviously couldn't tell him about Tyler; not now at least.

"Oh, I'm fine! Just a little bit of cramps, that's all." I said.

"Phew! I thought something bad happened! Hope you start to feel better babe." he said as he leaned in for a peck on the cheek. I forced a smile when he finished, hoping he wouldn't notice the fact that I looked even more guilty now than before.

He walked us down to the table he had set up for us. Once we sat down, I picked up a menu to see what I wanted to order, but ian grabbed it from my hands and put it back down.

"What was that for?" I asked.

"I already have the meals planned."

"Then why are there menus on the table?"

"For show. Makes things look more professional."

Of course. The only guy I know that would actually have menus on a table for show, not to order food, but for show. I couldn'y help but laugh. The minute I started laughing, he smiled and then I found myself smiling even more because his smiles always made me melt. I just loved him so much, no matter what he did, it would always be funny or cute to me.

Several minutes passed by, and we had eaten a bit and were deep into conversation. For a while, we were talking about classes and projects, then we started talking about our favourite sports teams and upcoming games.

"Speaking of games, when's the championship game against McMaster?" Ian asked.

"2 weeks." I replied.

"So close, but so far away." he said in a joky kind of way.

"You'd think it's far but with all the practices we have and all the schoolwork, time flies."

"Point taken."

There was a bit of awkward silence at this point, and then he broke the silence.

"Would you take me hand for a dance?" he asked in a posh accent.

"Why I would be delighted." I replied in the same accent.

I reached for his hand and when I held it with mine, he guided me to the dancefloor. His hands wrapped around my waist and my hands were around his neck. The 'classic' slow dance position. We stood there swaying for a bit, and then I found myself resting my head on his chest, embracing his warmth. I loved it; I loved him.

The guilt came rushing back in. After not thinking about it for so long, it came back. No matter what I did, I was reminded of what I had been doing to him; of what a horrible girlfriend I had been.

"Ian, there's something I need to--"

"--Before you say anything, I have to say something first." he cut me off.

"Megan, I know we haven't been spending much time together lately and it's been killing me. But I've been busting my ass at work and at school to get things done so that I could have more time with you in the future. That's why I wanted to make this date so special. I wanted to make up for all the time I missed with you. This past year that we've been dating has, by far, been the best year of my life. Before you, I felt like I had nothing, that I was worth nothing, but you changed that. You made me a better person and you inspired me to do great things, to try new things, to be a better person and I couldn't ask for anything more from you. I know this sounds corny but I mean every word that I say. I do not regret a single minute that I've spent with you and despite the roller coaster we've been on, I just wanna say that I love you Megan."

I was speechless. I had no words. He just confessed his love to me and it was so damn beautiful but I still had that guilty feeling in my stomach because while he loved me so much and worked so hard to impress me, I had a side thing going on with Tyler.

"I-I love you too Ian." I said, tears running down my face.

"Is there still something you needed to tell me?"

I just couldn't tell him. I wanted to, he deserved to know but I just couldn't do it. Not after everything he's said and done. I loved him too much to put him through misery.

"Just that I love you."

He kissed me slowly as our lips met. The kiss developed and became more passionate our tongues now dancing in rhythm and we danced the night away, tears running down my face.

What am I gonna do?

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END OF CHAPTER 21!

Damn i feel bad for megan but at the same time i dont

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