Death in the Woods

Chapter 9

The door knock was enough to knock out the excitement inside of Sarah.

Here goes my first date. She mumbled to herself.

She took a quick look in the mirror and gave a final touch to her white chiffon shirt paired with ripped jeans.

Sarah opened the door and there he stood wearing a black shirt and blue jeans with black vans. She couldn't take her eyes off of him and just stood there admiring him.

“You don't have to make it obvious that you're checking me out,” Adrian said as he let out a low chuckle.

Sarah rolled her eyes at his usual confidence. “Ready to leave?” He asked while checking her out from head to toe.

She felt butterflies taking over her entire body at his look. 

“Yes,” she managed to say as she stepped out of the house, locking the door behind her.

Soon they were in his car, and he drove off from the front of her house and into the night, headed for their destination.

“So, where are we going?” Sarah asked after a while.

“You'll know when we get there,” He replied.

“Is there any problem if you tell me where we're headed now?” She asked.

“Nah, it's just that I like surprising people. Moreover, it won't be fun if you already know where we're going to.”

“Sorry to disappoint you but, I don't like surprises. So can you please tell me where we're going to?” Sarah pushed on but Adrian refused to answer her.

“What's the big deal about you telling me where we're going to when we are going to get there eventually?” Sarah asked.

“Exactly my point,” Adrian murmured causing Sarah to relax in her seat with a defeated look.

After a while, the car stopped at the front of a fancy restaurant. Sarah was blown away by how beautiful the restaurant was. She stood there admiring the building and forgetting that they were supposed to be inside it. The shape of the building was like that of the musical staff note, G clef.

Adrian came close to her and whispered in her ears causing her to shudder at the closeness.

“I know it's beautiful, wait till you discover what's inside,” he said while he held her hand and led her inside the restaurant.

The interior design of the restaurant was elegant and breathtaking. Sarah was amazed at how enough details were giving into the design of the building. There were different musical notes design on the wall. The stairs were made in a spiral shape, and they had the black and white notes you usually find on the piano embedded in it.

The chairs were of different shapes of musical instruments and it looked lovely.

“This is beautiful!” Sarah said as she looked around with joy.

“Whoever thought about these designs must be a lover of music and it's wonderful,” she continued.

Adrian stood beside her watching as she enjoyed the view of the restaurant. He was glad that she loved it, and he couldn't stop admiring her beautiful face as she looked at everything in amazement.

“Why don't we take a seat first, and then you can continue admiring the designs,” he said.

“They have delicious chocolate cake and Mac and cheese here,” Adrian said the moment they both sat down.

“I can't wait to try it. I'm starving.” Sarah replied.

Actually, she took just a glass of chocolate during breakfast because she was too excited when she woke up and forgot to eat.

 A waiter approached them to take their orders. He turned towards her and asked her what she wanted. She picked up the menu and glancing through it she decided to go with what Adrian said.

She ordered the molten chocolate cake with caramel ice cream while he ordered some Mac and cheese. After a while, the waiter came with their orders. 

“This is heavenly,” Sarah said after taking a bite from the cake causing Adrian to let out a chuckle.

“I told you so,” he replied

“I'm glad I went with your idea if not, I wouldn't have tasted this heavenly dish,” Sarah said while taking another spoon from the cake.

She let out a moan as soon as the cool taste of ice cream hit her taste buds causing Adrian to look up from his dish towards her.

“Stop letting out those sounds, buttercup. You're going to torture someone to death if you keep doing that,”

Sarah was confused by his words and looked around to see if there was anybody suffering from her enjoyment but then Adrian started laughing at her.

“What, I don't see what's funny,” she said while pouting her lips.

“Of course its-”

“Sir, you didn't tell us you would be coming to the restaurant today,” the manager of the restaurant said as he reached their table, thereby making Adrian to pause in his chat with Sarah.

“It's no problem Gusto, I don't have to inform you guys that I'm coming,” Adrian replied.

“I know that sir, but we would have prepared something special for you,” the manager pushed on.

“No need for that, I'm actually enjoying myself. You can leave now and attend to the other customers,” Adrian said as he dismissed the manager.

“Hope it isn't what I'm thinking?” Sarah asked as soon as the manager left their table.

“Sorry to disappoint you buttercup, but you might want to hold on to that thought,”

After they finished their dinner, he dropped her back home.

“Thanks for taking me out. Twas lovely.” Sarah told him as he walked her to the front door of her house.

“No problem buttercup. I had so much fun.” He said while smiling at her.

“Alright then, see you tomorrow at school.”

“Yea....” He said while putting his hands in his pocket and rocking his heels back and forth.

She turned around to open the door, and then he called her. “Sarah,”

“Yes,” she said while turning back towards him. And then he took a step closer towards her, and then he kissed her.

“Goodnight buttercup,” he said while he turned and made his way towards his car.

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“b***h, how was your date?” Clara asked her while relaxing close to her locker as Sarah placed her books into her locker. 

“Umm... It was nice.” She said while shrugging her shoulders like it didn't matter.

“It was nice? That's all you have to say? Girl, I want details and I want them right now so start spilling it out” 

“Alright, cool down girl. It was sweet and nice. He took me to this restaurant which I found out he owned it, and then we talked about ourselves and shared ideas on different aspects of life. Then he dropped me home, and we kinda kissed...” 

“What, you guys kissed?” Clara screamed while Sarah covered her mouth before she could draw more attention to them.

“Not what you think. He just kissed me and bid me goodnight.”

“Are you serious girl? Seems new boy got his eyes on you big time? But I thought he was new in town, how come he owns a restaurant here?”

“Umm... I don't know. I guess his parents are filthy rich,”

The bell went off making them end their discussion and make their way to class.