"How?"
"You'll see tonight."
At the moment there was a knock on Gale's door and we were interrupted for the third time that day. I scurried back to the seat I had been sitting in earlier as Gale told the person at the door to come in.
"Hey guys I'm think about shutting the office down an hour early so everyone has enough time to get ready tonight. Does that sound good to you two?" My dad was standing in the doorframe oblivious to what had been occurring only minutes ago.
"Sounds great," Gale smiled at my dad and I couldn't help but notice that it was genuine.
"Yeah, the sooner we get out of here the better," I turned around and looked at my dad.
"Gale you know Nicole has a short attention span."
"I know. I guess I'm going to have to figure out something to keep her entertained," Gale was smirking now.
"Okay. See ya later."
My dad left the room and shut the door behind him.
"So how are you going to keep me entertained?"
The next few hours of my day were spent sorting files. I was so bored and rather angry at Gale for making me do it, but I figured he was going to make it up to me that night. Finally after what felt like an eternity my dad knocked on the door and told me it was time to leave. We walked to Gale's car and he drove my dad and me home.
I immediately went to my room to start getting ready when we got home. I pulled off my black skirt and olive green blouse and headed for the bathroom. I stood in front of the mirror for ten minutes staring at myself.
Ashley always told me that you can tell when someone has had sex because something changes in their eyes. I never believed it but standing there something had changed. My eyes seemed brighter than they had been before. There was a gleam in them that stood out and I was mesmerized by it.
I finally pulled myself away from the mirror and took off my underwear that were still soaked from earlier. I stepped into the shower and clean my hair. Then I slowly started cleaning myself off.
After I was finished I stepped out and looked at the clock mounted on the wall. It was already 6:05 and I knew I would have to be ready to leave by 7:30. My brain went into overdrive and I started panicking about being late. I blow dried my hair and quickly straightened it and looked at the clock again. It was 6:45 and I began applying my makeup. By the time I finished it was 7:15 and I still had no idea what I was going to wear.
I ran to my closet trying to find anything that I thought would show off my chest and I finally settled for a red dress with a plunging neckline and a slit on the side that stopped mid thigh. I threw it on and pulled on a black pair of stilettos.
My mom knocked on my door and walked in before I could say anything.
"You look gorgeous," she was standing next to me looking at herself in the mirror now.
"Thanks," I felt awkward standing next to her. I thought she would notice that something was different about me but breathed a sigh of relief when she didn't say anything. Then her eyes suddenly widened.
Shit.
"You're not wearing any jewelry!" She looked at me and frantically ran to my jewelry box sitting on my vanity. "Put this on," she shoved a diamond necklace at me and continued her search. "And these!" She pushed her hands towards me and they contained a set of earrings that matched the necklace.
"Gale's here!" I heard my father yell from the bottom of the stairs.
"Hurry up," my mom looked at me or rather her selection of jewelry before leaving my room.
I grabbed my purse and I looked at myself in the mirror one last time before leaving. Then I took a deep breath and walked towards the stairs. I stopped at the top and looked down at the scene below me. My parents were laughing with Gale and they had no idea what the two of us had been doing. I felt a pang of guilt in my stomach but quickly pushed it away.
Then Gale looked over my mom's shoulder and his eyes widened when he saw me, "Wow."
I felt myself smiling and began my descent down the stairs. I heard the clicking on my heels and I was oddly pleased with the sound.
"You look great sweet," my dad kissed me on the cheek and turned to Gale. "Liz and I really wanted to drive the Porsche. Do you mind taking Nicole in your car?"
Gale looked really happy, "No, of course I wouldn't mind. Shall we?" Gale extended his arm towards me and I placed my hand inside it. "See you guys there." Gale and I practically ran out of the house together and I couldn't have been happier.
We settled into the car and he took off as quickly as he could. "Look in the glove compartment." He looked over at me and I felt an odd feeling in my stomach. I opened it and inside there was a small black box with a black bow on top of it.