We Found Love

Chapter 19

Rihanna's POV

"Rihanna wake up we're going out." I heard Marshall say as he shook my sleeping body gently. I rolled over on my back and rubbed my eyes tiredly. I finally opened them to see Marshall standing above me, completely dressed and ready for the day.

"Where are we going?" I asked in my meek morning voice.

"Just out, ya know walk around the city." He said with a shrug. I liked Marshall's ideas for dates. They were never to big and flashy, instead they were more intimate and casual. I got out of bed and to begin getting ready for our little outing.

I walked into the closet and grabbed out a long sleeved shirt that was apart of our "monster" merch we sold at the concert, and some black skinny jeans. I pulled on a pair of converse before walking into the bathroom to do my hair. I took out a brush and pulled it through my long dark strands of hair making sure there were no tangles. I flipped my hair around until I was pleased with the way it looked, then I shut off the light and went down stairs to Marshall. I walked through the halls with ease, remembering where everything was placed throughout the house. Marshall was standing by the door, one hand in his pocket the other holding his phone.

"Okay I'm ready." I said walking up to him.

"Aight lets go." He said holding the door open for me, we walked out side and headed straight for his Cadillac. Marshall opened the door for me, helping me step inside the large vehicle. He shut the door then went around the car and got into the drivers seat. Marshall started the car then pulled down the driver way.

"Yeah I'd figure we'd walk around the main shopping district, maybe eat something if you're hungry. Then later tonight I have a surprise for you." He said taking his eyes off the road for a second to look at me.

"Yeah that sounds like fun. What's the surprise?" I asked looking out the window at all the buildings and people. This place is a lot different from California. The people here are not walking around in bikinis and shirtless, instead they are wearing coats and sweaters. They are not all teenagers, instead a lot of them are older. Lastly everybody is just pale, I guess from the lack of sun they get here. I remember once Marshall said they get so little sun here that the doctors actually give you vitamin D pills to make up for it.

"I can't tell you then it won't be a surprise Ri." Marshall said pulling into the parking lot of some plaza. We hopped out of the car and onto the hard ground of the parking lot.

"Please tell me." I begged wrapping my both arms around Marshall's. We walked to the sidewalk basically stuck to each other's hip.

"No Ri it's a surprise." He said kissing my forehead, trying to convince me to stop asking. I finally gave up and decided to wait till later and just find out. We walked down the side walk along side a bunch of stores, every city had its main shopping a district. It's one of the busiest parts of the city as well due to all the business, so a lot of people have jobs here.

"Let's go in here." Marshall said walking toward the entrance of an art gallery. I didn't protest, but instead just kept my arm wrapped around his bicep sweetly. We stepped into the art gallery filled with many paintings, sculptures, and drawings that hung from the wall or stood absently in the middle of the room. We walked toward the back of the store trying to avoid the people as much as we could.

"Are you going to buy a painting or something?" I asked looking up at Marshall. My eyes traced along his perfect jawline then went up to pale soft lips, waiting for them to form his response.

"Nah I thought instead we could make
fun of all the weird paintings." He said completely serious. This was the Marshall I knew. The man who always made everything a game, and never took anything to seriously. That's the person I grew to like so much over the years we've been friends. It's one of the reasons why I'm never truly bored around him.