Jude held me close, and stroked my hair as I cried. “Nats atleast you know that she loves you”
I nodded and he held me till I stopped crying. He looked around but there was no tissue and he wasn’t carrying a handkerchief. He picked up his shirt giving me a glimpse of his perfect abs and wiped the snot from my nose.
I stared at him and then the shirt while he shrugged and stood up. He held out his hand to me and I took it. We walked out and I said goodbye to the matron who thanked us for all the gifts. We walked out hand in hand and I turned to Jude and said, ‘that was the best date ever!”
“That was not your date! Are you crazy I have something much better planned for the night!”
“What? This was not it?”
“Nope”
“Then what is it?”
“I am not telling!”
“Please!”
“Nope so now you go on while I actually go to make arrangements for our date this time”
I smiled at him and couldn’t help but feel lucky as he drove me home. He dropped me and told me to be ready to have the time of my life. I just grinned and went inside to get ready for my date. My hair was already done all I had to do was pick out a dress and re do my make up.
I went inside and contemplated on what to wear. I picked out an olive green dress. It was simple and classy and ended just above my knees. I was going to wear golden heels with those and matching gold hoops.
I stood behind and looked at my choice. I was pretty pleased with my choice and proceeded to redo my makeup. I was going for a goldenish nude look. i was ready in an hour and wished that Jude would show up soon.
The anticipation was building and I was nervous. I mean it was my first date with Jude. What were we going to do? I would even accept the cliché dinner and movie date. What he had done for my mom was so sweet!
I was finally beginning to believe that he really cared about me. That whatever Sean and Wade had seen in his eyes for me had been true. I was beside myself with excitement and glanced at the watch. The time was moving really slow!
I wanted to call Jude and tell him that he didn’t need to do anything extra special he had already made the day special for me. I sighed and switched don the TV it had been over an hour and Jude had still not come. I began to panic, had he changed his mind? Had something come up? Had something gone wrong? I took a deep breath to try and calm myself.
He would be here soon I told myself. He had to be here soon! I mean how much time does it take to make these arrangements? Well to be fair he had been gone for an hour and a half.
I continued surfing the channel and stopped at the one showing Disney’s Alladin. The song ‘a whole new world’ was playing. I sighed dreamily as I saw Alladin take Jasmine on a magic carpet ride. This was my favorite song of all time!
I hummed along with the song when I heard the car being pulled in the driveway. I jumped up in excitement and then immediately sat down.
Play it cool I told myself and continued watching Alladin and Jasmine’s duet. The door opened and I looked to see Jude standing there looking breathtakingly handsome. Apparently he had gone shopping and dressed outside and come.
He wore a sky blue shirt with a black linen jacket and dark blue jeans. He looked adorable. The blue shirt brought the baby blue of his eyes. He had the ‘just out of bed look’ for his hair. He looked absolutely yummilicious. He had even shaved and I could smell his perfume even from this distance.
It wasn’t over powering but pleasant. I got up with a smile and walked towards him as his eyes raked over me. He smiled appreciatively and when he looked into my eyes well his eyes had changed to a stormy blue.
I walked upto him and he bent down and picked up a huge basket of flowers. I gasped as I took in their pretty purple color.
“Oh wow!”
“You love flowers don’t you?”
“Yes”
“I bought you these, they wont die as long as you take care of them.”
“What do you mean?”
“Look carefully the basket is filled with mud. This is not just a bouquet, you will always have flowers from our first date as long as you take care of them”
“Jude I-” I couldn’t speak, tears were pooling in my eyes. He stepped forward and placd the basket in my hands and kissed my temple.
“Thank you”
“You’re welcome”
“Well shall we leave?”
“As soon as I keep these flowers”
I walked into the kitchen and placed the basket on the counter. I looked at them lovingly once and kissed a flower and went out. Jude was waiting patiently. I grabbed my golden clutch and walked out. He held the door for me and I sat down and put on my seat belt.
“So where are we going?”
“It’s a surprise!”
“Oh come on! The suspense is killing me!”
“Don’t be so dramatic”
“Please”
“No so be quiet and quit pestering me!”
I stuck my tongue out at him and giggled when he did the same while scrunching up his nose.
“So” he said clearing his throat, “what kind of music do you like?”
“Pop, romantic”
He looked relieved and drove on in silence. Suddenly he stopped at a street and removed a black satin handkerchief.
“What’s that?”
“Umm I am afraid I need to blindfold you”
“What? Why?”
“Its necessary in order for me to surprise you”
“Ohkaaaay” I said still doubtful. He tied it over my eyes and then continued driving. In just a few minutes he stopped the car again and got out.
“Do not touch your blindfold!”
“I won’t” I said smiling.
“Well ok” he said coming over to my side and opening the door. He took my hand and guided me to wherever we were going.
“Ok now you need to climb four stairs”
“Ok” I said trying not to stumble.
Wherever we were, the place was eerily quiet.
Finally we reached wherever Jude wanted us to. He stepped behind me and took off my blindfold. I opened my eyes slowly and gasped.
“Oh my God!” I yelled and my voice echoed. We were standing in an aquarium. The whole aquarium was empty except for us.
“Oh my God Jude!” I said in a hushed voice, “how did you manage this?”
“Well what the Smiths want the Smiths get” he said winking at me. We both looked around at different fish and then we stopped for a long time at the dolphins’ tank. They were my favorite fish. I turned around to see a small table with plates and glasses had been set up.
“Oh Jude are we eating here?”
“Yes m’lady” he said bowing.
I squealed in excitement and walked up to the table and stared at the spread in front of us. There was roast chicken, chicken in coconut milk, rice cooked in herbs and my favorite cranberry juice. We at there eating in silence. I felt like I was under the sea with all these creatures looking up on us. It was a scene right out of a Disney movie and I half expected these creatures to start singing and dancing a la Disney style.
I started when suddenly heard music and actually for a moment thought that the fish were singing when I realized it was a beautiful song that I loved very much. It was unchained melody.
“Lonely rivers flow to the sea to the sea To the open arms of the sea Lonely rivers sigh wait for me wait for me I’ll be coming home wait for me”
We had just finished dinner and Jude held out his hand in silent permission. I took his hand and we danced. He held me close as I lay my head on his shoulder and he rested his chin on my head.
I looked up as the song got over and said, “Thank you for the best date ever!”
“You’re welcome” he said smiling.
“Am I forgiven?” he asked.
“Almost” I said and laughed when he pouted, “yes you are forgiven” He glanced at his watch and groaned, “we will have to leave soon I only had permission for three hours”
I started as I realized how quickly three hours had passed. We collected our belongings and I went over to look at the dolphins once more before leaving.
Jude and I walked out hand in hand. He held the door once more for me and we proceeded towards home. I was beginning to get butterflies in my stomach as we neared home. What would Jude expect when we went home? A goodnight kiss or something more?
I wish I had thought about this before and called Sean to ask his advice but now I had no idea what to do.
I gulped as we neared home.
Jude’s P. O. V
I licked my lips nervously as we neared home. What was she expecting? A goodnight kiss or something more?
Normally when I had gone out on a date I would drop the girls and kiss them goodnight and would leave. But Natasha was coming with me so what was expected of me? I ran a hair through my head in frustration.
I glanced to see Natasha look as nervous as I felt. Whatever were we going to do?