14 Years [GNR/Mötley Crüe]

7. The Date

Nadia:

Dad just dropped me back at home after we got the usual grocery like we do every Saturday and he was gone for band practice.

William said he would pick me up at one-thirty. I had an hour left to get ready. The first step was to take a shower. Since my hair takes almost half of the day to get air dried, I had to sneak into dad's room and use his hairdryer, since I didn't own one. It's not that dad didn't get me one, but I heard somewhere that the continuous use of hairdryers can damage the hair, and I wasn't interested in fucking my hair even if it meant I looked like a drenched chicken unless on rare occasions, like today.

I called my friends to help me decide what to wear, Evie said skirt, I am not comfortable with my legs so that's a no. Phoebe said to wear what I am comfortable which according to her was some band T's and jeans but no that would make me look like a punk and I didn't wanna look like one in the afternoon. Jane was no help either, but she kinda gave me an idea.

I ended up wearing a burgundy sweater and black jeans. I took my wallet just in case. Since I dried it, I could let my hair down. By the time I was done brushing through my hair, I heard a knock on the door.

As I opened my door, there was William, he was wearing a Coral shade full hands shirt and jeans. And held three roses in his hands, white, red, and yellow. He looked nice, as usual. I just hope no one thinks we are two hippie teenagers.

"This is for you." He said extending them to me.

I reached for it and took them. What do I do with these?

"Thanks but Can I ask you like a serious doubt. Just don't misunderstand me okay?" I looked at him unsure if he would understand to which he nodded

"What exactly do you do with flowers. I mean if you gave like an entire plant or a pot I could have kept it in the garden, now this is just a flower, like do I wait till it wilts and die and then throw it away?" No one has ever given me flowers, so this was weird

He looked confused before answering, "Actually.. that makes sense. Do you wait till it dies? You know what? fuck it, I don't know what you do with it. I have seen people always do it so I just did the same. Why don't you just put it along with those actual roses?" He said pointing towards the rose plants in front of the house.

I guess I will do that. I placed it on the ground beside the plants.

"We good to go now?" He asked

I nodded before we got in his car.

"Can you say now at least where we are going?" I asked buckling the seat belt.

"Nop. Just wait a little more. Also, you look pretty." He said starting the ignition.

Well, well, well, there goes the word. He called me pretty. He Fucking called me pretty. I have to tell everyone I know in this entire world about this. I guess I can trust Tommy about what happened during detention now.

"So do you." I smiled back, what pretty? Shit! Isn't that feminine?

After driving for about twenty minutes we reached.... the zoo?

o0o

William:

You know what? Maybe the zoo was a bad idea for a date, but that's what happens when your take suggestions from your eight-year-old brother. Honestly, the last time I have ever been to a zoo was for the middle school field trip.

But then again, there weren't many places in this shitty town. There was the local diner, but the last time I went there was on my first date with Gina and the woman working there couldn't stop grinning because few months before that she saw me come in with another girl for yet another first date. So if I took Nadia there now, it would be a disaster. Jeff suggested the park but then again every asshole from school would be there.