Thorne's POV
"Yeah, oh my gosh. What are you doing here?" Thorne said leaning against the wall of spaghetti. Embarrassingly, the outer layer of the pasta tumbled to the ground causing Thorne to jump.
"Oh, um, I wanted the spaghetti like that." Thorne tries to cover up without looking like a complete idiot. Cress giggled and reached for the bags of spaghetti to put them back on the dusty shelf.
"I have to get food to feed the toddler I'm babysitting tomorrow." She answers after the mess of noodles was cleaned up. Cress babysits? Oh that's so sweet, she seems like the type that would be really good at stuff like that.
"Oh, that's cool." Thorne responds. Cress nods then puts some macaroni into the red basket that was kept in her small hands. Cress strolled down the aisle, Thorne following.
"So why are you here?" Thorne panicked. He didn't want Cress to think he was messy and unorganized (Although he was).
"Oh,..." Thorne stumbled over words."I came here...to..." Thorne searched for an idea. Glancing at a poster with a picture of pepper and its price, he finished his sentence."Get some pepper!" Cress looks at him curiously then looks back down at the pears she was investigating. She bought it!
"So, any plans over the weekend?" Cress continued their conversation.
"Not really. Probably gonna hang out with the guys. How about you?" Thorne picks up a strange pink fruit and analyzes it, then makes eye contact with Cress again.
"Oh, not really anything." Cress moves again making her way to the register where a bored teenager is slouching and chewing bubblegum. Cress sets her items on the counter and pays for it. We both walk out of the dusty door and Cress stops. Thorne waits as she pulls out something from her purse and a pen. She turns around.
"Here." Cress says then hands him the piece of paper she was just writing on.
503-733-8724 (A/N not a real phone number)
Thorne opens his mouth shocked.
"Text me!" She shouts as she runs the other direction. Wait-did Thorne just get asked out?
Thorne had probably been"prepping himself to perfection" for the past four hours. Everything he did didn't seem good enough or too fancy for him and Cress's movie night at her place. Thorne finally set down the comb and closed the mirror. He grabbed the bouquet of flowers he had bought that morning and threw himself out the door. It turned out that Cress lived very close to Thorne. Their buildings were actually back to back. He stopped the car and entered the double doors.
B7, B8, B9, aha! B!0. Thorne's nervous feet greeted the door and he made his shaky hands click the door. Why are you nervous Thorne? You've done this a thousand times. It's just like every other time. The door opened, and how ever many hours Thorne had gotten ready it wasn't enough because Cress looked absolutely stunning. Her hair was in loose curls that flowed down to her waist. She was in light green jean shorts and a light pink tank top. She looked casual with still looking like she stole the spotlight. She beamed,her smile melting Thorne.
She opened the door wider and let Thorne in. Thorne moved his hand in front of him and Cress's eyes widened.
"How did you know I liked daisies?" she jumped to the kitchen with the flowers while Thorne hung his coat up.
"Lucky guess." Yes! Charming Thorne came back. "And, you look amazing." Cress bit her lip and blushed as she set the flowers in a vase.
"Thank-you." She walked back up to him. "So what movie do you wanna watch?" She smiled.
"I get to choose?" Thorne smiled.
"Well, you're the guest." He walks over to her collection of movies. Her walls are painted a light green and her couches are all a soft purple. She has wood floors with rugs that match the color of her walls. Thorne opens up the cabinets under the TV and finds a very large collection of CD's and records.
"You like music?" He asks. Cress walks over looking embarrassed.
"Oh, yeah. Sorta. The movies are on the other side." Thorne turns back to the cabinet and opens the other compartment. Inside are lots of movies, but not nearly as much as her CD's.
"Do you play any musical instruments?" Thorne calls.
"I used to play piano and I do a little guitar and violin. I can kinda do trumpet." Thorne's shocked. Is there anything this girl can't do?
"Do you sing?" Thorne asks after a few minutes while he shuffles through movies. It takes a while for her to answer.
"I guess. But it's nothing special." Thorne instantly grew curious. He grabbed the movie "The Dark Knight" and hops on the couch. She grabs the bowl of popcorn and joins him.
"Oh I like this movie." Cress picks it up and puts it into the DVD player. She sits back onto the couch. Thorne finds the remote and pauses it. Cress's big eyes meet his.
"Before we start, can I hear you sing?" Cress looks stunned.
"What? Why?" She questions.
"I just wanna hear you." Thorne smiles. She shakes her head.
"No, no. You don't want that." Thorne laughs, when she panicked she was just so cute!
"Cress, even if you sound like a cat getting ran over by a semi, I'll still be grateful. I promise I won't judge." She heaves out a big sigh.
"Promise you won't judge?"
"Promise." Cress stands up and makes her way to a speaker next to the TV. She plugs in her phone and the introduction starts.
Oh my, my, my whatcha do to me.
Thorne opens his mouth in shock. She was absolutely amazing. The sound of her voice made his brain fuzz and he couldn't focus on anything. Cress started dancing being lost in the song. Thorne didn't realize that the song was ending until:
Takes me higher, to infinity.
Cress's POV
Cress opened her eyes and terror struck her. Did she really just sing to her date? Well he definitely wasn't going to be her date for long. He was surely gonna think she was crazy then come up with some excuse to leave. Thorne was sitting on the couch his jaw open. It was as bad as she thought.
"I-I'm sorry. I told you it would be-"
"No." Thorne interrupts. "You were amazing." He says sincerely. Cress smiles feeling her heart light up and her cheeks streak with heat.
"Really?"Cress says hopeful.
"Yes! That was incredible." Cress feels herself race with joy. Thorne rises and makes his way to her cabinet.
"Could you show me some of your music." Cress is pretty sure that she is shining.
"Sure." She shuffles through the music with Thorne. Cress sees a CD that looks like the one she was looking for and reaches for it. She's stopped by Thorne's hand. She looks up at Thorne and he looks at her. Their gaze continues until Thorne clears his throat. "sorry" He mumbles through his scattering of disks.
"Aha, here's one that just makes you want to dance." Cress says as she pops it into the speaker. "It's called Prisoner by The Weeknd remix by Tomsize" Cress says just before the music started. Cress gets lost again and starts to dance terribly. She hears laughing from the corner and looks up.
"What?" She calls to Thorne over the music.
"Nothing." Cress narrows her eyes and dances across the room to him. She holds her hand out for him.
"Oh no, I don't dance." Cress rolls her eyes.
"Neither do I, but look at me." Cress responds. Thorne shakes his head and Cress takes charge. She comes behind him and pushes him away from the wall. She grabs his hands and spins herself. Thorne moves his feet a little back and forth. Cress jumps up and down at the drop and makes Thorne do so with her.
"Alright, alright I'm dancing." Thorne rolls his eyes as Cress beams. Soon, as the song continues Thorne dances on his own and looks like he is having a blast. The song ends and they both are trying to catch their breath.
"That was so much fun!" Thorne shouts . "Turn on more!" Cress does as she is told and they never end up getting to the movie.
"Holy Schnitzel! It's 12:30!" Cress calls.
"Oh wow. Sorry, I should leave." Thorne picks up his stuff and leaves the apartment. Cress closes her eyes. She had the best time of her life. Oh no! She should thank him. She races out of her dorm.
"Thorne! Thorne!" She calls through the halls. Thorne is only a few meters away.
"Cress?"Thorne questions.
"I just need to say three things." She says exasperated
"Okay?"
"So, One: Thank-you so much for coming over I had a great time." Thorne smiles.
"My pleasure." He charms.
"Two: I would like to do something like this again." Cress bites her lip.
"Yeah, definitely."
"And three: um... Oh yeah." Cress stands on her very tippy toes and finds Thorne's lips with her own. She kisses sweetly and pulls away. Thorne looks lost.
"Bye!" Cress calls then falls into her dorm. She slumps into the door smiling.
"Somebody looks happy." Cress hears. She looks up.
"Oh, hi Cinder. When did you get home?" Cress smiles innocently at her roommate.
"Just now. What happened?" Cress's only other friend then Winter asks.
"Oh, so much." Cress gives a devious look.
A/N Thank you so much for reading! Please review! I love reviews so much! Tell me what you thought! Oh and sorry it took so long, my other writing got deleted so it took a lot of time to rewrite it through my freetime.