Matters Of The Heart ✔

Chapter Eight

Saturday came earlier than Abigail anticipated because before she knew it, she had less than two hours to get ready. She couldn't decide what to wear as she sprawled some of the clothes she considered comfortable on the bed.

“Do you think sweatpants are comfortable?”, her friend was helping her choose her outfit for her date

“Very comfortable”, she nodded in response as she put her grey sweatpants and a white tank top aside 

“Comfortable enough for a date?”, Stephanie quizzed and gave an uncertain nod

“I don't think it's going to be a problem. He did say I should wear anything I'm comfortable in”.

“Like how he said wear casual clothes and then took you to a five-star restaurant?”, Stephanie pointed out as a matter-of-factly and Abigail realized she had a point

“Yeah. I don't want to feel underdressed again”.

“I'm sure it's going to be different this time”

“I'll just stick to a dark blue jean and a light top then”, she shrugged before putting on her outfit for the night and by 6pm exactly, there was a knock on the door

“Talk about punctual”, Stephanie laughed and Abigail went to open the door for him, a smile broadened on his face from the sight of her

“Hi Abigail”

“Hi”, she smiled, inviting him in and closed the door behind him

“Hey Stephanie”, he walked to stand by the couch, and she greeted back. He was carrying two bouquets of flowers and a stuffed teddy bear.

“These are for you”, he handed Abigail a bouquet and walked over to Stephanie and handed her the other bouquet

“Aww, thank you, Ian”, Stephanie cooed as she accepted the flowers from him

“You're really sweet”, Abigail said as she gave her bouquet to Stephanie

“I'll put these in vases”

“I didn't know what to get Emily”, he laughed nervously. “I hope she really likes it”, he gave Abigail the teddy bear, and she cradled it to her chest, already imagining Emily's face when she sees it.

“She's going to love it, thank you”

“Are you ready to go?”, he asked as he put out his arm for her

“Yes”, she entwined their arms together

“Bye Stephanie”, Ian called out to her in the kitchen, and she quickly peeked at them

“Don't forget, no later than 1am”, she warned again in a motherly tone, humor easily evident in her voice

“Yes ma'am”, Ian saluted as they walked out the door. Abigail tugged on his shirt as they walked out of the building.

“So you're still not going to tell me where we're going-”

“No”, he quickly interrupted before he opened the door for her. “Patience, Ms Haines, patience”

He firstly, took her to a bowling alley. “Really?”, Abigail laughed as he searched for parking space

“Surprised?”, he playfully wiggled his eyebrows at her

“Very”, she said as they got out of the car. When they got inside, they signed up and rented bowling shoes.

“What's your shoe size?”, he turned to ask, and she put up four fingers

“Size four?”, he looked down on her feet, clearly surprised as he watched her nod her head. His lips spread into a grin.

“Baby feet”, he teased, and she nudged him on his arm with her elbow as she giggled