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Chapter two

I woke up to the sound of my alarm, it had read 9:30. I grudgingly sat up and stretched, I usually hated waking up in the morning but what can you do? I was about to lay back down when I realized what today is. Today is the day I have my date with josh and I am beyond excited. I got up rushed to the bathroom that was right beside my bedroom, it had white wallpaper with flower designs, and ballerina picture the cabinets were right beside the door and beside the cabinet was my sink with a blue marble counter top. I pulled off my clothes and grabbed a towel I closed the lid of the toilet and laid the towel down, and turned on the shower. Once the water was hot enough I got in the shower and just let the water cascade down my body. I loved hot showers they always felt so good, personally that's why it takes me so long in the shower I just like to sit there and enjoy the water. After I finished my shower, I dried off wrapped the towel around me and grabbed another one for my hair. I wiped the mirror off and looked at myself. I never thought I was that pretty, other people tell me different but I don't believe them. I sighed as I saw the same old reflection I see everyday and some days it just makes me want to cry, wishing I could change what I see, wish I was a different person. I brushed my teeth, and then walked back to my bedroom. I go through my closet and struggle with what to wear. I finally found a black pair of skinny jeans and my fall orange sweater with the buttons on the shoulders, and my black boots with buckles. I wait to put my shoes on since its not time for me to leave.

I go into the living room and find my dad watching TV, hes watching the ID channel as always. I see he is watching Fear thy neighbor which is also one of my favorite series. That's one thing me and my dad has always bonded over is our love for murder mysteries. We sit and watch TV for a couple of hours, I look at the time and it is 12:30. I get up and go into the kitchen to try and find something to eat, I look through the fridge, cabinets, freezer. I couldn't find anything so I grabbed my keys and headed down to the shop to grab a drink. My dad tends to keep drinks down at the shop because he is a mechanic and he needs something for those days he is working long hours. I open the door and head to the fridge I grab a water out of the fridge and I walk out and lock the door. I started walking up to the house when I heard my phone ding, I was thinking it was gonna be Sam but I was wrong. Turns out it was Josh, I had a smile from ear to ear and I could barely contain my excitement.

"Hey hon" he texted.

'Hey love" I replied

"You excited about our date tonight" he asked

"Yes, very I'm about to go get ready when I get back to the house so I will text you when I'm done" I replied

"Okay that's fine when your done if you want me to I can go ahead and come and get you earlier and we can spend more time together" He asked 

"Yeah that's perfect" I responded. I put my phone back into my pocket and headed up the stairs and into the house. I went back to my room, grabbed my makeup and sat in front of my mirror. I grabbed my phone out my pocked and went to YouTube and pulled up a play list that I could listen to while getting ready. It was a series of colt ford, Brooks and Dunn and many more. I'm more of a country girl but I can listen to anything I have a variety of music that I listen to. I finally finish my foundation, concealer, contour, powder, now I'm trying to decide winged eyeliner or no winged eyeliner, smokey eye or simple eye shadow. Decisions, decisions, I decided to go with winged eyeliner and a simple eye I didn't want to go over board. I used brown eye shadow to draw more attention to my eyes and then to pull thing everything together I added a dark red lipstick to my lips and I added bronzer to my cheeks. When I was done I got up went to my room grabbed my socks and boots and slipped them on, I headed back to my mirror grabbed my phone turned off my music and looked at the time. It took me two hours to do my makeup, it's not that i'm not good at my makeup its just I didn't want to f**k it up because I really didn't feel like doing it over again. I decided to text josh to tell him that I was ready and he could head over this way.

"Hey love, I'm ready if you would like to head over this way" I messaged him, a second later he texted me back.

"Okay that's fine just send me your address and I will started heading that way" he replied, I sent him my address and my heart started pounding; my hands started shaking and my anxiety started to flare up. This is the first time in 2 years I had went out on a date all my other relationships had ended really bad and I was hoping this one was gonna be different. As I continued to wait it felt like hours even though it had on been about 15 mins, he texted me to let me know that he was 15 minutes out and I told him that I would just wait in the porch for him. I unlocked the front door and I went out onto the porch and sat on the swing. I continued to wait and i finally heard a car coming up the road and I saw a gray Honda. I was hoping and praying that it was josh, then I saw the car slowly pull into my driveway and I got extremely nervous and shy. I walked off the porch and down the stairs to the car the closer I got the more insecure I got, I could feel my heart pounding in my chest. All these thoughts were running through my head like, Was I going to be good enough for him? Am I what he expected? will he talk to me after tonight? So many things just swirling around. What seemed like hours he finally put the car in park and he gout out the car, I looked down and I could feel his eyes one me. I finally looked up and saw his beautiful brown eyes I remember seeing in his profile picture, his almost shoulder length curly brown hair, his beard was groomed and neat and a decent length. He was also wearing light colored jeans, a long sleeve forest green shirt, and his boots. We both stood there in an awkward silence, part of me wishing I could read what he was thinking. He finally broke the silence when he spoke to me.

"Hey love" He said

"Hey" I replied shyly

The silence took back over you could hear a pen drop and then he spoke again.

"Are you ready to go" he asked 

"Oh yeah, let me just grab my jacket and tell my dad that I'm leaving. You can come in if you want" I answered back

"Yeah sure" I started walking back to the house when I felt my arm being pulled on. I froze for a second it scares me when someone pulls on my arm it just brings back bad memories. I turned and looked at him and then looked at his hand. He let go of me when he saw my face.

"I'm sorry, I didn't want to make you uncomfortable I was trying to get a hug from you" He said apologetically 

"No it's fine" I said trying to reassure him, I gave him a hug and just stood there taking in the moment. For some reason it felt right, he made me feel safe like I could do anything and I could feel myself letting my guard down. For once I should and just have fun, Right then I didn't realize I should have listened to myself when I decided to let my guard down that day. After we pulled away from each other we walked back to the house and into the kitchen. My dad was standing at the stove getting food prepared for what was gonna be his dinner for that night. I introduced the both of them and then I told Josh I would be right back; I started walking back to the kitchen after I grabbed a random jacket and I could hear my dad grilling josh like he was some sort of meat, just picking him apart. I smiled and walked into the kitchen cause I felt bad about what was happening.

"Okay dad I think you may have grilled him enough" I said jokingly to my dad. Just by the look he gave me I could tell he didn't really care for him but my dad would never tell me that. He likes for me to figure things out on my own

"No, It's fine I understand, he just wants to make sure your going to be alright with me and I respect that" He said as he smiled and looked at my dad. I smiled back walked over to my dad hugged him and kissed him on the cheek.

"So, I have my phone on me if you need me and I will be back later" I told him 

"Okai sugar" He said 

"Nice to meet you sir" Josh said as he shook my dads hand. I told my dad I loved him and we walked out the front door to his car. He opened the passenger door and I go in, once he closed it he jogged to the drivers side, got into the car and before he started the car he looked at me. Silence filled the car before I broke it.

"Why are you staring at me?' I asked

"I was just wondering if bowling and dinner was still okay with you" He asked smiling

I smiled and replied "perfect" he smiled at me started up the car and we headed to the bowling alley. 

After about 30 minutes we had arrived, not going to lie it was really weird coming to work when I didn't have to be there, but I'm hoping tonight will be fun.