*Thank you to Thewinedarksea for editing this story for me*
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I woke up to sunlight shining on my face and the scent of bacon cooking in the air. I rolled away from the sun and listened to the faint dripping as the leftover rainwater from last night fell from the roof to the pavement below. I thought back to the perfect night yesterday with Amanda and wondered if I had somehow dreamed it all up. Before sleep could claim me again I started to think about last night. I thought about Amanda's smile, her beautiful body in the candlelight, the sound of her laughter in the rain, and later her cries of pleasure.
I wanted nothing more than to stay in bed running through all that happened yesterday but the sound of water woke up my bladder and the smell of bacon my appetite. I took in the unfamiliar room, seeing most of it for the first time. The walls were plastered wall to wall with posters and pictures from bands, athletes, and some anime posters. A bookshelf along one wall was bursting with books in double rows and stacked in the space between the top of the books and the next shelf above.
I walked into the bathroom and relieved myself. I took extra care that my aim would be perfect so that I wouldn't ruin things by pissing on her floor. When I stepped back out of the bathroom I saw my clothes were laid out at the foot of the bed. She must have washed them for me because they felt clean and smelled like laundry detergent. I wondered how long she had been up. I walked through the hallway and down the large staircase. With each step, the smell of breakfast food cooking grew stronger like I was descending into a greasy heaven. To the left of the staircase were the front door and a sitting area. To the right was a dining table. On the wall where the dining table was perpendicular to were two archways that lead into the kitchen, one was smaller against the far wall and the other was large and connected to a tile path that led from the front door to the kitchen.
I walked into the kitchen through the tiled walkway and saw Amanda cooking with her back turned towards me. I took a moment to admire her while she worked. She had an apron on and was wearing a bright pink t-shirt. I wanted to surprise her but there was a kitchen island behind her. I realized that sneaking up on someone I just spent the night with for the first time might be weird, so I decided to take a seat on one of the stools in front of the kitchen island instead. She heard the stool scrape on the tile and whirled around. "Good morning," she said brightly.
"Good morning," I mumbled.
"I take it you're not a morning person?" she asked me.
"Honestly, sometimes I'm not even a noon person."
"Want some coffee?"
"Yes, please. What are you making? It smells amazing."
"Well, I don't know about you, but last night I certainly worked up an appetite. I thought it would be nice to surprise you with some food. Unless you were in a hurry to leave?"
She tried to sound nonchalant in the way she said it but I could hear the hesitation in her voice. "I am completely free today," I said.
She smiled and said "Perfect, I can't eat all of this on my own." She handed me a cup of coffee and pointed out the cream and sugar to me. "I just have to finish the eggs and then we can eat."
"Are you sure this is enough food?" I asked.
She laughed. "I didn't know what you like. Besides I like to cook."
The coffee was strong but tasted great. When I was halfway done with my first cup, Amanda announced she was done and undid her apron and placed it onto a hook inside of the pantry. She set a plate down for each of us and sat down. The plates of food were laid out in front of us so that I could reach out to grab what I wanted. I loaded my plate up with a couple of fluffy pancakes, scrambled eggs mixed with cheese, bacon, and sausage. I was surprised to see Amanda load up her plate nearly as high as mine.
She gave me a quick kiss on the cheek and then we started to eat. The pancakes were fluffy and cooked perfectly. The eggs were well seasoned and the bacon was perfectly crisped. I quickly cleared my first plate and said thank you. "The food was really good."
"Do you want more coffee?" she asked as I set up a second plate.
"Yes, please. Thank you." Once the coffee started to kick in I finally started to wake up. I had never spent this much time with a girl before. The thought of going home away from her wasn't a good one. I felt like there was a connection building between us and if I left now I might break it before it could get stronger. "So, I was wondering, are you free today?"
"Yep, today is my day off from work," Amanda said.
"Would you like to go to the mall and see a movie or something?" I asked.
"Are you asking me on a date?"
"If I was, would you say yes?"
"Yes."
She didn't say anything after that. I didn't know if she was saying yes to the date or just saying she would say yes if I asked her so I clarified, "Would you go on a date with me?"
"Yes, I would like that very much." We spent the next ten minutes finishing our breakfast and planning out what we were going to do for the day. She said she needed to buy some things and asked if I would mind if she dragged me through some stores. I replied how she could drag me anywhere and I wouldn't care if I was with her. It was a little dumb and sappy of a thing to say but it earned a smile from her so it was worth it.
Once we were finished eating she put the leftover food away and started to do the dishes. I asked if she wanted help and she said sure. She scrubbed the dishes while I rinsed them and lined them up on the drying rack. She splashed me with soapy water so I retaliated by spraying her with the removable sink head. She shrieked and the water war was on. After a couple of minutes, we finally called a truce. I thought I would have easily won since I had the sink sprayer but she made good use of her sponges and I had to rinse the soap suds off my face.
When we were done cleaning up she checked her phone for movie times at the nearest mall. We found an action movie that we both wanted to watch and she offered to buy the tickets. We had an awkward amount of time before the movie started, about an hour and a half when the drive would take twenty minutes, so we had some time to kill.
Once we were back in her car She connected her phone with Bluetooth and we took turns playing songs for each other. She rested her hand on my thigh the whole drive and I held her hand. Puddles of water lingered on the streets from seldom used drainage systems not being able to handle last night's downfall.
We got to the mall and had to park near the back of the parking lot. I let her lead the way and she lead us to Barnes and Noble. I was curious about what book sections she would go to. The answer was, all of them. Or it seemed like it. We managed to hit the fitness, cooking, teen fiction, romance, science fiction/ fantasy, and at least three other sections in just thirty minutes. She was like a whirlwind of shopping.
As we walked towards the checkout counter I compared the three books I had against her stack of about fifteen. I had offered to carry them for her. She smiled and said she had it. "So did you just grab those at random or what?" I asked.
"No, I know what books I want before I come here and then come pick them all up at once. This cookbook I picked because it looked good but other than that I knew I would be getting all of these books."
"That's a little odd. What about taking the time to browse?" I asked.
"I like browsing too every now and then, but it takes too much time for me. Sometimes you got to know what you want and just go get it."
I leaned forward and give her a kiss over the stack of books she is carrying. "You mean like that?" I asked.
"Exactly like that." We purchased our books; Amanda's stack had to be split up between three bags to be able to handle the weight. Once we were done paying I snatched up two of her bags. She started to complain but I told her again how I was just going for what I wanted which was helping her. She smiled and accepted my help.
Amanda lead me deeper into the mall. There were at least three floors overall but there were multiple sub-tiers of floors reached by mini escalators that were all at different elevations so it made it hard for me to keep oriented. She lead me into a couple of clothing stores. At the first one, she bought a couple of blouses and a pair of denim shorts that I would love to see her in. While she paid she must have read my thoughts because she smiled knowingly at me over her shoulder.
The second store had an almost even split between guy and girl clothes. She lead me to the guy section and asked what type of clothing I liked to wear. I'm not the most fashionable guy so I confessed that nearly every one of my shirts was a graphic-T. We went through the men's shirts and she picked out a couple. One was something I would normally wear but the other one was a little too preppy for me. She asked me to try them on. Before I could complain she was pouting at me. I couldn't hold up to her watering eyes and upturned bottom lip so I agreed to go try them on.