CHAPTER FOUR: THE DATE

"So, how do I look?" Jinja said hesitantly.

Chase, Bren and Dax were standing froze. Jinja was wearing a mini ice-blue dress which matched her eyes perfectly. She was wearing light make-up and a perfume that her mum had given her.

None of the boys-except Beyal- had anything to say and Jinja was waiting impatiently to see their reaction of her new look. After a couple of minutes, Chase broke the silence with a -not that clever- answer.

"Wow Jin, you look…tense!"

"I will agree with Chase on that one" Bren started saying "I've never seen you like this and I know you almost forever!"

Dax was standing still with his mouth open. His precious princess was about to meet the guy of her dreams and he might lose her for good. He was staying silence, lost in his thoughts.

Jinja was curious, though.

"Dax" she started saying before regretting it "what do you think?"

Dax opened his mouth to response but he held back. He was unsure of what he should say. One part of his mind told him to say that he thought she was beautiful, while the other part told him that this wasn't a fairy tale and that Jinja would never look at him on that way.

And he decided to go with the second part.

"Well I think you put too much make-up! You look much better without it. And how much perfume did you use? I almost faint!" he said, using the cockiest voice he could muster, in an effort to hide his true feelings.

Jinja's face turned red. She wasn't wearing almost any make-up and her perfume was very light. However, she was impressed on Dax's ability to insult her and compliment her at the same time.

She was ready to respond to his comments with a combination of insults, when Leo, who was entering the room, interrupted her. Her fierce, sassy attitude changed completely to a sweet, softer one.

Leo looked amazed at Jinja. Who would think that under these tomboy clothes there was a model figure like this?

"Here you are! Are you ready?" he asked politely

"Of course"

"Wait-are you wearing a perfume?"

Jinja frowned. Was what Dax said true?

"Yeah…Is it heavy?" she asked hesitantly

"No! It is light and exciting. It fits you" he said softly as he ran his hand through her auburn curls

Jinja wanted to look at Dax with an "I told you" face, but she was lost in Leo's golden eyes.

Daxe's eyes were popping flames. One more touch at his princess and he would punch him right in the face with no hesitation.

"Well, have fun on your date!" Chase said excited. Jinja was never with a guy and dating someone-no matter how weird it seemed- sounded like a good idea to him.

Jinja and Leo were getting downstairs without exchanging a single word.

"Where are we going?" she finally asked.

"It's a surprise" he whispered in her ear.

They went out of the house

"Close your eyes, but first, put your shoes off" he whispered gently. Jinja didn't know how, but Leo made her do every single thing he wanted.

After walking for a couple of minutes, Leo finally told her to open her eyes. She knew they were heading to the beach, she could feel the cold sand dancing in her feet and she could hear the soft, magical song of the waves.

When she opened her eyes she saw a small table and two chairs by the sea. A candle was put in the middle, and there was some food in two plates.

"Wow! You did that?" Jinja said surprised

Leo nodded and they sat down

They started talking. Jinja loved this guy more and more by each passing minute. His personality, his smile, his laugh…Everything seemed perfect about him! In addition, she liked the fact that she was staying away from this Monsno story…

However, Leo wanted to learn some things too. He asked her what a school looks like at her city, what subjects they learn etc.

While she was talking about her friends and how much she missed them she realized that Leo was staring at her, smiling.

"What?" she asked confused

"Oh…Nothing…I just can't take my eyes off you" he said in his British accent

"I'm not that pretty…"

"Of course you are! You have shiny long hair, incredible ice-blue eyes and the sweetest smile I've ever seen!"

Jinja's face turned red like a tomato.

"I bet you had millions of boys who fell for you in your school…" he said sadly

Jinja rubbed the back of her head awkwardly.

"You are wrong actually... No one had ever liked me…"

"Not even in your five-member group?"

"No"

"Oh, it didn't seem like it…"

Jinja was surprised. What did Leo mean? She was about to ask him, but she stopped herself. That kind of talk would be really awkward. She decided to change the subject instead.

"Did you have any girls who fell for you?" she asked

"No…This is actually my first date."

Leo had told her that the girls in his town were way too girly and shallow, but she definitely thought that at least one of them would have a crush on him.

"Let's take a walk, shall we?" he suggested

They walked by the waves. The moon was reflected in the calm sea and the stars were shining like diamonds in the sky.

Jinja was amazed by the shocking landscape. "It's beautiful"

"I'm standing next to something more beautiful" Leo whispered

Before letting her respond, he grabbed her waist and pulled her into a kiss.