He got in the driver’s seat. “You look beautiful,” he said to her.
Stacey instantly let her nerves get the better of her, and before she could stop herself, she was rambling. “Well, I wasn’t sure where we were going, if it was somewhere formal or not. So, I tried to find something in the middle, if that makes sense, so no matter where we go, it’d be okay.” She cut herself off before she could say anything embarrassing. She wished she could just smack herself when she rambled on like that.
But Charlie didn’t seem to notice. Instead, he laughed a little. “I should have told you, shouldn’t I? It’s a place on the beach. But you’re dressed perfectly. Promise.”
Stacey smiled weakly at him, still trying to quell her nerves. Now she was worried about finding things to talk about. They would hav
