two ghosts | benoftheweek

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tate's pov

at around 7:30 pm, i started getting ready to hang out with ben at my favorite restaurant. it was kinda fancy so i had to wear a dress or a formal outfit. as i looked through my closet, i couldn't find anything cute enough.

after a few minutes of debating which dress to wear, i just gave up and facetimed riley. "hii babes!" she cheered from the other side of the phone.

"hi riles." i said. "hehe hii." she giggled. "okay, so i need help finding an outfit. i obviously have to wear a dress but none of these dresses i have fit me or are too much. i just wanna wear something simple not that dressy, know what I mean?"

riles was a whole fashion icon. she goes shopping almost every other day and spends so much money on clothes.

"hmm. okay you're probably gonna get mad. i'm sorry if what i'm gonna say next might hurt you, but it's actually a great idea. you should go in kailey's closet. she has a lot of dresses." riley hesitated.

"okay. that's a great idea." i said quickly before i could chicken out. she smiled and then said, "tell me how it goes" and hung up.

i walked into kailey's room, trying not to look at anything but her closet, scared of triggering old memories. i looked through her clothes and found two dresses i liked.

i sent the dresses to riley for advice and she said the short red tight dress.

when i put the dress on and saw myself in the mirror, i stared at the dress for so long that i didn't hear my mom come in.

"tate? what are you doing in he-" her words stopped once she saw me in kailey's dress. "i'm um going on a- hanging out with ben tonight." i said.

"oh honey.. you look beautiful. kailey wore that on her first date with noah." she was tearing up.

"oh yeahh, i remember" i said. "she looked so pretty that night. she always did." i mumbled.

"so where are you and ben going?" mom asked. "we're going to bella's to eat." i replied. she looked surprised and laughed. "what?"

"nothing tate. be home by 12 and have fun." she ordered, walking out the door.

when i finished my makeup and walked downstairs, ben was waiting for me. he was wearing a suit and looked really nice.

"ben how long have you been waiting for me?" i was worried hes been ready since i took like 2 hours to get ready. "i just finished getting ready a few minutes ago." he said. "oh. okay"

i went to the shoe rack and looked at my old heels from homecoming. i put them on and prayed my feet wouldn't fall off my legs by the end of the night.

"ready?" i asked. he responded, "yes" we walked out the door and into my car.

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once we pulled into the parking lot the entire lot was empty. no fucking way. "oh my god. i think the restaurant is closed." i'm so stupid.

"what day is it?" i asked. "sunday." was it not saturday? "oh god ben i'm so sorry. i thought it was saturday.. the restaurant closes on sundays. now what are we gonna do? you're all dressed up for nothing now." i feel so so bad.

"hey, tate it's okay. we can do something else." ben said reassuringly. which made me feel better. "there's not even a lot that we could do."

we brainstormed for a good 10 minutes when i brought up getting mcdonald's and going to my favorite park.

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once we got our food and got to the park, i grabbed a blanket from my car and laid it down on the grass area.

"you know i had my first kiss here?" i said to ben as he was situating himself on the blanket. "no way"

"yes. 7th grade. next to the monkey bars. god it was so embarrassing. i thought i was the shit. and he shoved his tongue down my throat." ben started laughing hard.

"TONGUE?? you guys were like 12 oh god. and i thought my first kiss was bad."

as ben was telling me his first kiss story i couldn't help but laugh so hard that my stomach hurt. it felt so good being here with him.

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my phone started going off. riley and pey were texting me. holy shit. it was 2:43am.

"ben!!" i screamed. he was running in zig zags around which made me fall to the floor laughing. i swear i have never laughed so hard in my life except for when me and riley did peyton's makeup one time and he did his best riles impression.

"it's almost 3!" i yelled trying to catch my breath. we've been running literally everywhere around these random streets. my heels were gone. they were still in the area we sat at the park.

i stood there watching ben running in his suit. i was in my sister's beautiful red dress and the hot summer breeze blew in my face and i finally felt something that i haven't felt in ages.

this was the best feeling ever.

i feel alive.

ben ran back to me and held onto my shoulders and just stared into my eyes for a while. his eyes are so beautiful, i swore i got lost in them.

"tate. tonight was SO fun." he exclaimed. i giggled and pulled him back towards the direction near the park.

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we tried our best to quietly sneak back into the house without waking my parents up. we successfully to our rooms.

"thanks for tonight tate. it was really fun." he whispered to me as we parted our ways into our rooms. "of course." we looked back at each other and smiled before disappearing into our rooms for the night.

god this night was perfect.

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