The One That Got Away! Completed

chapter 5

Once the driver got me, we went into town. He drove me to a shopping mall that I would never find myself going into. When he pulled up, he got out and opened the door for me. As I got out, a lady in her middle 40's came out and greeted me. She told me that Mark had called her and told her to tell me find something cute, no sexy, in his words, for me for tonight.

I nervously nodded my head as she grabbed my hand and towed me with her to the back where the the dressing rooms were at. When I got back there I saw two racks with dresses on it. One had long sexy dresses and the other was short simple cute dresses. She pulled out two dresses, one of each and placed them in front of me and turned me towards the mirror. They both were cute, mo what was I kidding, they were sexy. Again something I wouldn't dare wear because I don't have the money. But he was paying for this for me.

"So what colors do you like, I might just have for you." She asked.

"Red, blue, and purple. Sometimes black." I told her.

She nodded her head then went back to the rack and looked for those colors. When she came back she found some really cute dresses, one was black with some red around the trims that are on top where my boobs would go. It was strapless with a train that goes around my waist to the floor, making it look both short in the front and long in the back. I grabbed it from her and went into the dressing room and tried it on.

Once I got it on, I stepped out and looked in the mirror. I thought it was cute before putting it on, well it was sexy as f**k once I had it on me. The woman that was helping me came over with some black heels and told me to put them on. When I did, I looked at my full self in the mirror, turning to side to side to get every angle of me. With my curves that I had and the boobs and ass, I was pulling this dress off for sure. Even the woman saw that too.

"Wow, this dress look awesome on you. I've seen woman try dresses like this on and it don't look that great but with you, you can see all your curves and Mark will love this one you." She told me.

"You think?" I asked her. She nodded her head. "Okay, charge this then."

"Okay then I'll charge the dress and shoes and I'll put your clothes and shoes in a bag so you can wear this out."

"Thank you." I said as I walked over to the cashier counter.

She took the tag off the dress and rung everything up and I handed her his card. Once it was all done, she handed everything back and I was walking out the door.

"Oh, btw there a salon two doors down."

"Thank you, so much."

As I walked out the store, I handed the driver my stuff and walked down two doors. When I walked in, the woman looked at me and smiled.

She towed me over to a chair and snapped her fingers at two other girls. I'm guessing they knew who I was. Once I sat down they were on it like donkey kong. One was working on my right hand, the other one my left hand, and the 3rd on my head. The one that was working on my hair, she washed my hair twice and conditioned it. Once she was done, she started cutting the ends of my hair then blows dried my hair. Once it was blower dried she started styling it a way that I wouldn't be able to get it right. She curled my hair into some big and small curls. Some big ones in the back and small ones in the front.

As she got done with my hair, she started working on my face. She done my eyebrows making them arch a way that it hurt her and there. Once she was done, her and the girls looked at me and my dress for a second. When I looked down, I saw the girls that were on my hands were painting my nails black then put some red strips and glitter on them. Once they were done, the girl that was on my face, was working fast on my face that I didn't even know what she was doing until she was done. But whatever she was doing was putting me to sleep. I felt like I did but only for about 15 minutes until she told me she was done and turned me around to look in the mirror.

When she turned me around, I saw myself in the mirror and couldn't believe it was me. I didn't even recognize who the woman was. I just started smile crazy big for some reason. I handed the one woman the card to charge for what they did to me. Once it was all done, I headed out to the car. The driver has to double look at me to make sure I was the same girl. He started smiling at me as he opened the door.

When I got in, I started thinking what all of this reminded me of. As I was thinking, the driver turned on the radio and "Oh, Pretty Woman" came on. Then it dawned on me. I was reliving the movie Pretty Woman.

About another 20-30 minutes later, we was pulling up to the restaurant that Mark had said he was taking me to. When we pulled up, the driver got out and opened the door for me once again.

"Here you go Miss Carrie." He said as he waved towards the front door. As I headed towards the door he had called out to me again. "Miss Carrie, you do look really nice. Your gonna blow his mind."

I smiled at him and thanked him. "Thank you very much."

He nodded then went to the front and drove away to probably park. As I took a breath, I opened the door, and walked in. The workers that were in the front looked my way. The guys were in awed, gawking, I should say. The woman were I don't know, in a shocked look but smiled at me.

"Hi, welcome to La'sheeks restaurant." The woman that was standing behind the podium.

"Umm, I'm here meeting Mark, umm Mark Jefferson."

"Ah, yes. He had called and said that he was running a little late but have you waited for him at the bar til he gets here and give you whatever you wanted." The woman had said as she had waved her hand towards the bar.

"Oh, is there a way that you can give me a private area for me so I can wait." I asked.

"Umm, yea sure. Follow me and I'll show you to your table then." She has said as she brought two menus with her.

She showed me where we were gonna sit and placed the menus on the table. Before she walked away, she asked me would I like a drink for the wait or anything. I told her bring me a water for now til he got here.

I was already nervous as can be, for this date and he was running a little behind. It was probably work stuff. Or he was standing me up.

I couldn't think, I started shaking my left leg a little as I had my right on top of it. I didn't know what was going on, there was a million things going through my head.

I drank my water slowly, so I wouldn't fill myself up with water until, I heard voices behind me and then I had heard him. I took a deep breath until I heard the same woman tell him that this was our table.

"Carrie, I am so sorry that I'm late." He told me.

"Its fine, it was only about 5-10 minutes late. Maybe I was early. Who knows, right." I said as I grabbed my water and took a drink.

"No, I'm pretty sure this on me. But you look very nice tonight. I'm sure that my driver and those women took good care of you, am I right?" He asked as he sat down after taking his coat off.

"Yes, they did. Thank you. And here's your card." I slide it on the table to him.

"Oh, Carrie keep it. Use it to help you with anything. Its unlimited, that's why its a black card." He said as he slide it back to me.

I nodded and put it away. As the woman came back, she refilled my water and gave him one as well. As she was done, she asked us if we were ready and what we wanted. I ordered a medium rare steak with bake potato with shredded cheese on it and a salad on the side with red wine. He ordered a lobster with mixed veggies and baked potato and a salad on the side with white wine.

As we waited for our food, we talked got to know more about each other. We laughed, joked around a little until we talked about sad things. There wasn't much for me to talk about there but he's told me some sad things. I was about to tear up a little bit until our food showed up.

Before we took our first bite, we touched our drinks and cheers to ourselves for having a great night of our lives. I smiled at him as he said that then took a drink of my wine.

I don't usually drink, but when I do it with my food or if I'm out partying which I haven't done in a very long time. I used to back in college, I was the party girl some would call me. Like I was up for 24 hours doing nothing but drinking and partying all night long. Only getting sick a few times but kept on drinking. I drunk myself sober sometimes, just to keep the party going. My best friend at the time thought how the f**k was I still alive after that. And I wonder myself.

About an hour or two, of us enjoying ourselves; eating, drinking a few glasses of wine each, and talking, I saw it was getting late by looking outside the window. It was dark out. I looked at the clock that was on the wall and saw it was quarter til 9. I had things to do tomorrow with the girls. And I think he knew I was ready to leave by now, as he signal for our waiter. When he gave her his card to pay for our dinner, he had walked me to the car.

When we go there, he opened the door for me and helped me in. Before he shut my door, he leaned down and kissed me on my cheek then told me goodnight before shutting my door. As he shut my door he tapped the top of the car and the driver drove away and headed to my house.

When we got to my house, the driver pulled up, opened my door and helped me out. I grabbed my bag of clothes and headed to my door. When I opened it, I walked to my room where I saw the girls were still watching TV. When they say me, they jumped up and came over to me.

"Hot damn Carrie." They both said.

"You can't even tell its you." Kylie said.

"Right, I feel a whole new me." I said as I walked over to my bed and laid back. "The dress, the shoes, the hair, make-up, nails, and the dinner it was all toooooo much but it was soooo great." I said looking up at the ceiling.

"Did he last kiss you?" Hailey asked me.

"On my cheek before he closed my door of the car and told me goodnight." I told her.

"Awww least he kissed you, he could have just said goodnight and pissed off. That's how you know he likes you." Kylie said.

"He more than likes her, he literally bought everything tonight for her. Please tell me you still have his card." Hailey asked.

"Yes, I went to hand it back to him but he told me to keep it." I said as I sat up and went to my dresser.

"What! I'm surprised," Kylie said.

"Me too." I said as I started to slide my dress off and changed into my nighty clothes.

As I changed, I put the dress in the hamper by my dresser and my shoes in the closet. I went into the bathroom to wash my face off after looking into the mirror for a few minutes. Just staring at a woman that I didn't even know who it was then seeing the woman who I did know, it sure was two different people into one.

But least my night was the best while it last. It was time to go back to reality now. Work, friends and whatever else I need to do. My pretty woman moment is over. At least for now it is.

So I know its been awhile since I updated and this was supposed to be for the writing camp thing but I'm so behind on schedule for it. I'm just gonna keep this as an original piece and published it when I'm done unless I get something for it.

But hope everyone likes this chapter and how I done it. As I was doing it, I started thinking of Vivian from Pretty Woman how she had went or gone through from the movie when she was shopping. I know it was a little different but it had its similarities.