Dangerously yours

CHAPTER NINETEEN

A tall, blonde haired  woman approaches the table and stops. Jasmine stands up and enfold her in a hug. Luke also stand to hugs her. I conclude that this has to be Claire, my date for the night. 

I stand and she turns to me and beams at me. 

"Hi, I’m Claire Fisher you must be Reid Gordons my ‘blind’ date for the evening. It’s nice to meet you." She has an airy voice with a slight French accent. 

"Nice to meet you too." She hugs me lightly and we all settle down, pick up the menus to place our orders. 

"I’m so sorry I got here late , the traffic today was absolutely terrifying and I couldn’t get out of work early as I had anticipated. But I’m here now so let’s eat."  She says to the table flashing us an apologetic smile. 

"It’s all good darling, we know how it is. We’re glad you’re finally here." Jasmine says to her as she studies her menu. 

"I have been here a few times and their food is great. I think I’m going to have their lasagna and chocolate mousse cake for dessert, it is absolutely divine. I’m trying to not gain any more weight but I’m indulging in this guilty pleasure tonight. Claire darling you should try it." Jasmine chatters on. 

"Alright darling, I’m going to be having the salmon and baked potatoes on the side, with the chocolate mousse cake. Thank you." She closes the menu and sets it down.

We are all ready to order and Luke signals the waiter, he comes over and takes all our orders. I ordered a medium rare steak with mashed potatoes on the side. Luke also orders a medium rare steak, mashed potatoes and gravy on the side, but he asks for more bread because he has finished the ones placed on the table. For dessert we both order the strawberry cheesecake. 

The Waiter gives him a weird look, collects all the menus before hurrying off with a list of our orders. 

I turn to look at Luke and Jasmine who are already in their own world giggling and s**t. aI turn to my date and smile at her and engage her in conversation. 

"So...,  so far I only know two things about you; your name and that you’re totally stunning. I would like to know you more." I say smoothly and watch as she laughs. 

"You’re charming. I see. I work in the fashion industry as a fashion designer, what do you do? Jasmine said something about you being out of the army?." 

"I’m done with the army. I missed home and I guess it’s time to sow my roots and make a name for myself. So why fashion designing?."

"Well, I was a model for a few years, plucked right out of college but we all know the fashion industry do not pay attention to making clothes for plus-sized women or even models. So now i channel my creativity into designing and I’m pretty good at it too if I should say so myself. Some of my works have been on some famous people and for that I’m grateful." Claire says. 

I pay proper attention to her for the first time since she arrived at the table,  her blonde mane tumbles down one shoulder, she has light grey that shines when she smiles or laugh, her lips are full painted a bright red color, her black silk dress compliments her pearly skin, she has long smooth legs, her feet are dainty and painted in a coral blue color. 

I drag my gaze back to her face and see her a humorous glint in her eyes at my appraisal of her. I look at her dead in the eyes and give her a small smile. I have never been one to apologize for staring at a beautiful woman.

"Now you’re home, do you have any plans?, work ? What are you planing on going into if  you don’t mind me asking." 

"I’m working on a project right now and once it unveils you’ll be one of the first persons to know." I offer her a small smile. 

Just as I finish talking our waiter comes in with our meals, we’re served and start eating. We all clear up our plates and this time I order another bottle of wine for everyone to enjoy with our dessert. 

Luke picks up his phone and curses. 

"f**k, I was supposed to call Sky. Dammit I forgot about it."  He says 

At the mention of Sky name my ears perk up with interest. I tried and succeeded on getting her off my mind and focusing on diner and meeting a beautiful woman. 

"Hope everything is good man?."  I ask him. 

"Yeah it is man, I promised to help her carry goodies to the football field for the ongoing tournament. I am to call her today for the arrangements. It totally escaped my mind." He continues. 

"Buddy, you don’t need to sound so worried, she’s a big girl and you know if Sky needs your help she would find you out , you know Sky. She would have called if she was upset." I say to him. 

Luke loves Sky so much. He was always there for her. Their love for each other as siblings made me envious growing up. I wanted to be part of that love. She would always be his baby sister. 

"Sorry, who’s Sky ?." Claire asks curiously. 

"Yeah, sorry. She’s Luke’s baby sister."

Jasmine replies her before I or Luke can say a word.

"Oh wow, you have a junior sibling? That’s nice. I’m actually the third child of five siblings ." She says. 

"That’s cool. I’m an only Child." I give her a small smile. 

We all hang out for a while. Make small talk and head out. Even if it’s the weekend a lot of us have work too do even on the weekends.