Chapter 7: The Date
It had been one week since Grace's viral infection and two days since she had officially been released from her stay at the hospital, and she couldn't be any happier about the latter. Grace had been dying to see Zoe since their last talk about their kiss, yet Grace's mother had obliged her to stay at home at least for a couple days following her recent stay at the hospital to ensure that the raven haired girl was in fact doing better.
"See mom, it has been two days since my release and I am indeed fit as a fiddle as I had informed you earlier. Need I remind you that you had specifically asked me to wait a couple days before venturing into the real world and I have done just that. Therefore, can I please go see this new horror movie that I've been dying to see with Zoe tonight? I promise to be home no later than 11'oclock and if for some reasons our plans change, I promise to inform you." Grace asked all the while giving her mom a slightly pouty face which she had hoped would sway Mrs. Cardinal's response in her favor.
"That depends, have you managed to complete all of the assignments Zoe brought you and did you speak to Mr. Bane about rescheduling your next test as to allow yourself time to actually study for it seeing as studying wasn't all that easy with how sick you were last week?" Mrs. Cardinal asked her daughter.
"Yes, mom. I did those things ages ago actually, now can I please go? Pretty please with a cherry on top? Wait, never mind, you don't like cherries…..uhhm with a raspberry on top?" Grace begged as she attempted to give her mom the saddest puppy dog eyes she felt she was capable of imitating.
"Okay fine, but only if you give me Zoe's cell phone number in case anything happens and so long as Zoe won't mind picking you up and dropping you off here seeing as I will be going to bed shortly." Grace's mom replied, having finally caved in to her daughter's demands.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Grace replied as she beamed a smile in her mother's direction and raced downstairs to her room to text Zoe.
Reaching for her phone on her bed, Grace instantly lit up as the name of one certain rambunctious brunette appeared on the screen of her phone.
*Ring. Ring. Ring.*
Oh My God Grace pick up! Pick up the phone! I know you're excited to talk to her, so just pick up, I don't really think that she will care if you pick it up on the first succession of rings. Then again, what if seems desperate to pick up so suddenly? Grace's thoughts rambled in her brain as her phone continued ringing. Finally, letting go of all inhibitions, the raven haired girl grabbed the phone and greeted the brunette.
"Hi Zoe, I was just thinking about texting you actually." Grace said while internally face palming at how semi desperate that sounded. Grace sincerely hoped that Zoe wouldn't comment on her semi evident desperation.
"Hey, well I'm glad I wasn't the only one who was thinking about getting in touch. So I saw online that this new horror flick came out today and seeing as I know you love horror movies, I was wondering if you'd like to go tonight perhaps…with me….. If not, I completely understand and would be more than willing to do anything else you could have in mind….that is if hanging out with me would be something you would have in mind. Gosh am I imposing….?" Zoe rambled as the cool and calm composure she had worked so hard to build before having made the phone call to the raven haired girl quickly faded into oblivion.
Zoe could feel her heart beating a thousand beats per minute and could feel her palms getting even sweatier than they were previously as she nervously awaited Grace's response.
"That sounds like an excellent plan. I was actually about to ask you the same thing. Do you think you'd be able to pick me up before the show? That is if I am not imposing or anything." Grace replied.
"Oh yeah for sure! When should I come get you?" Zoe asked as she smiled from ear to ear.
"I'm ready if you are." Grace replied equally overjoyed to be going to see the movie with the woman of her admiration.
"Okay, I'll be there in about ten minutes." Zoe replied as she hung up the phone and rushed to her closet to pick out what ought to be the perfect movie date outfit. Wait was this really a date? Zoe wondered as she flitted through her belongings attempting to hastily throw an outfit together.
In the Cardinal residence, Grace was finding herself on a very similar train of thought than the little brunette. Is this a date? Should I dress as though it was, or would that be too forwards? Grace thought to herself as she ran towards the washroom decided to brush her teeth before her departure. Date or no date, good oral hygiene should never be in question, Grace thought to herself as she suddenly heard the ringing of the doorbell. Without hesitation, Grace raced towards the door and was absolutely dumbfounded with how beautiful Zoe looked.
"Hey there miss stares a lot, aren't you going to invite me inside." Zoe joked all the while enjoying the way Grace was looking at her.
"Yeah, sorry, I just uhhm….really like your outfit. Come in." Grace lied as she secretively ogled the breathtaking brunette which stood before her.
How is it possible for someone to look so damn attractive wearing a pair of black jeans and a gray t-shirt? It's not like it's some fancy outfit or anything. Grace thought to herself as felt a tingle begin to form in her nether region.
"Haha, you're too funny. I'm only wearing jeans and a t-shirt but I'm glad you like it. I like what you're wearing too. Have I ever told you that V-neck shirts look phenomenal on you?" Zoe replied whilst being rather flustered looking at the taller girl's prominent cleavage.
"So shall we get going? I think if we leave now we will have enough time to catch the movie and perhaps raid the concession stand if you'd like" Grace said all the while catching Zoe's eyes which were fixated on her chest. I suppose showing cleavage was the right move. Who knew that Zoe Rivas had such an admiration for her breasts. Grace thought as she began to wonder what the brunette's breasts might look like.
"Sounds good to me so long as you promise to share my popcorn with me" Zoe replied, as she opened the door behind herself to allow themselves to exit the house.
After a short drive to town, Zoe pulled into the parking lot of the movie theatre and instructed Grace to stay in the vehicle as to be able to open the door for her, which secretly made Grace's heart melt.
"So I may or may not have already purchased the tickets for the movie. I really wanted to be prepared and I knew you wanted to see this movie so I wanted to make sure that we got our tickets before they sold out. I hope that's okay." Zoe sheepishly told Grace.
"Oh okay, thanks. How much do I owe you?" Grace asked.
"You don't owe me anything. I wanted tonight to be my treat. I guess you could think of it as a getting out of the hospital present or maybe as a….I'm paying for you because this is hopefully a date kind of thing…." Zoe replied as her cheeks began to blush furiously as she awaited Grace's response.
"I think I'd rather call this a date because if this is a date, I believe it might give me permission to do this…" Grace replied as she reached for Zoe's hand and then began to walk towards the theatre hand in hand.
