Second Chance (Watty Awards 2013) Completed

Second Chance - Chapter 12

At six in the evening, Dylan arrived at Ciara's apartment, he parked his car and carefully brought out the bouquet of flowers. He hid the box of bikini in the boot of his car, that will be a surprise for her later.

He went up the apartment , adjusted his bow and hair and pressed the bell, anticipating Ciara to open the door. The moment , Ciara opened the door, her immaculate beauty completely swept Dylan off his feet and took his breath away. "She looks like a real like princess." Her long dark brown hair went below her shoulder, with loose curls hanging loosely that enhances the frame of her heart shape face, her fair procelain skin glows under the light and she was wearing the strawberry pink gown that I have bought for her with the matching evening sandals and clutch. I also took sight of the ornaments that she has worn to compliment her outfit, her pink victorian cameo necklace and gold dangling earings just added to the entire princess effect. I did not realised that I have been standing at her doorway , staring at her from hand to toe and back to her gorgeous face , until she cleared her throat and said that she is ready to go. I noticed that she had a sudden pink hue appearing on both of her cheeks as she shyly told me that she was ready. She must have noticed me staring at her and I love the way she blushes at that.

She had totally captivated me that I had almost forgotten to present to her the beautiful bouquet of flowers. I gently brought it out from behind my back and gave it to her, she gasped at it and murmured , " they are lovely and I love them" ,thank you. With that she kissed me on my lips.

I took her delicate hands into mine and led her to the elevator and to my car. She instantaneously noticed that I was driving a different car tonight, and asked what ever happened to the other car. I told her that I just decided that the bentley will be more appropriate for a lady as elegant as her as it is more comfortable and roomy. She blushed again this time and asked , "how many cars do you have at home?" "Lets just say I have 4 cars." She was stunned for a moment and quickly regained her composure and asked, " you have never mentioned about yourself or your family and what do you do for a living?'' She was pointing at the car when she asked that question. "Darling, I promised that I will tell you more about myself later in the evening, but for now lets just enjoy our ride to our date."

She asked where are we going tonight. I told her that it is a surprise and she will know soon.

The journey took us twenty minutes, and I drove up the hill to where Peter's restaurant is. She noticed that name of the restaurant is Corazon. It meant heart in english. "This is a beautiful place, I love it." I led her up the stairs and into a elegantly decorated, cozy restaurant . Peter was waiting for us at the entrance of his restaurant. He smiled a warm smile at both of us and said its good to see you again Dylan, and this lovely lady beside you. I introduced both Ciara and Peter to each other and Peter ushered us to our seats. Ciara noticed that the view from the restaurant was simply breathtaking. Peter's restaurant was located on a hill top overlooking a sea and there was a lovely balcony that had those victorian style benches for you to sit and admire the calm waves of the sea and gaze at the stars shining brightly above the night sky. After taking in the beauty of the restaurant, Ciara looked around and realized that there were no one else except them. Seeing the question popping up in her mind, " I have reserved the entire restaurant for us," as he spoke, Ciara can't help but noticed the charming smile forming at his lips.

Peter brought the menu to them and without even looking at it, Ciara asked Dylan to place the order for her. " I trust you to order a delectable dish for me." Dylan was over the hills to hear that, he ordered Cochinillo Asado (Roast Suckling Pig) , Gambas Ajillo (Garlic Prawns), Patatas Bravas (Fried Potatoes in Spicy Sauce) , Pescado Frito (Fried Fish) and a bottle of Champagne.

Peter's band of musicians were very entertaining and intensify the ambience by providing us with the lovely sound of music. The food was toothsome and after we finished our meal, I led Ciara to the Grand piano sitting in the corner of the room. I brought her to sit down beside me as I started to play a melodious tune  of " Hold On To The Night" and I sing my heart out to her as I played.

Ciara has completely immersed herself in the melodious sound of  music and drowning into a world of romance as she took in the words of the song that Dylan was singing that was calling out to her as she fell deeper in love with this guy till the point of no return.

Dearest readers, I have added a you tube link to the song " Hold On To The Night" by Richard Marx and a cartoonize photo of  how Ciara and Dylan looked like tonight .