Chapter 9: poker and poshness

The next morning Diana woke up before Andy she snuggled into his embrace. She laid there for a few minutes then decided it was time he got up. She kissed him lightly on the cheek. He woke up calmly for once. "Morning." She smiled. He wrapped his arms around her and he kissed her passionately. It lasted a long time but they had to get moving. She pulled away but stayed quiet for a bit. He was about to start again but she stopped him "Sorry baby but we gotta get ready." She said disappointed. "Okay." She walked off to the shower. And he watched her walk away from the bed. She turned around to him "You know we would have more time if you joined me in there." She said suggestively. He didn't say anything he just joined her.

After the shower they got dressed and ready for the day. It took longer then it normally did. They went got in a taxi and it drove to a mall. "Thanks for this Andy!" She said excited, this mall had many fancier stores than the one in San Francisco. He was still worried about getting bored but she looked so happy. First she went into a fancy clothing store and bought somethings. Then she went to a spa and salon she let Andy go off on his own while she got her hair,nails and so on and so on.

He went to the food quart; when there he saw one of his friends he sat down next to her. "Hey Andy you gunna play poker today?" She asked. "Yea, you and Damian gunna?" "Definitely! It's couples night you better find a girl." She said joking. "Nope finally with Diana." He smirked. "Oh look who finally got your manhood back." She joked. "Still stronger than your husband Mary." He said laughing. "So how did you meet this girl anyway? Tell me the story."

(Flashback)

It was the first day of Diana's new job at her studio. She crossed a very busy street and a car came zooming up almost running over her but a man pulled her out just in time. "Oh wow thank you."

"Are you okay."

"Yea I am fine you look more scared then me." She said laughing.

"What's your name?"

"Diana I just moved here. What's your name?"

"Fred. Why did you move here?"

"I got a new job here and it's better than the one I had in Detroit."

"What do you work as?"

"I'm a fashion designer I …"

"Wait your a fashion designer!"

"Yea?"

"Could you please help me!"

"With what?"

"I work for the 49ers and I was told to find someone new to help make new fan appeal."

"Wow! Seriously!"

"Yea I know it's a lot to ask but please I …"

"Don't worry you saved my life or at least a big hospital bill."

"Thank you so much."

They got in a cab (they split the cost). They first went to the head of fan service so Diana could give her interview. (She didn't know it at the time but she would get the job). "Want a tour of the stadium." Fred asked Diana. "Oh my gosh yes!" She answered excited. They went on the tour. They were a half an hour in to it when someone came up to Fred. "Coward! We have some paper work for you." It was the teams manager. "Uhh I am giving a tour." "We will find someone to take over." The manager looked to a guy walking in the hallway. "O'Gara! Take over this tour!" "Yes sir." "This is one of our back up line backer Andy O'Gara." Fred said running of with the manager.

"So who are you?" Andy said smiling he was angry about missing practice but this girl was hot. "Diana gross, nice to meet you." She smiled shaking his hand. As they went on the tour they made jokes and had a ton of fun. At the end he finally got up the courage to ask. "Hey I got tickets to the Da Vinci code movie wanna go?" She was silent for a bit "I have a boyfriend." "I just meant as a friend." He lied. "Well don't I feel embarrassed." She joked. "It's okay I have made the same mistake. You still wanna go?" "Oh yea! I love Tom Hanks."she said cheerfully. "He's my favorite actor!" He cheered. "Me too!" He liked this girl but he decided it was better to keep her as a friend than just say goodbye forever.

(Back to the present)

Diana walked to the food court and saw Andy talking to a very pretty woman. She was a bit jealous,but she trusted Andy. She sat down next to him and kissed him on the cheek. "Hi Diana." Mary said. "Hi." Diana said realizing this woman had no interest in Andy. "I will leave you two alone." Mary said walking away. "You wanna see what I got." she said excited. "Sure."

She put 6 bags on the table. First she reached for two blue bags. "I got this dress (she pulled out a purple Sumer dress.) and these earrings (emerald) and two bottles of perfume." Then she took two green bags. "I also got like 20 skirts." She said. Then she handed a brown bag to Andy "This one is for you!" He opened the bag and saw an amazing watch "Oh Diana I love it, thank you." He looked at the last bag he recognized it, it's from that extremely expensive store. "Diana what did you get at that store." He asked pointing to the bag. "Oh I um I I only got a jacket." he grabbed the bag before she could. He took out the reseat "Diana this is almost the half price of my car." He was right and he had a very nice car. "Well it's really nice and I can afford it!" She grumbled. "And you still have to get me shoes." "Just let me finish my breakfast." He said. "So what do you think of my hair?" She asked hopefully. He didn't like it she got extensions that were pulled back in a curly ponytail so she looked like she had twice the hair of a normal person. "It's a bit long." Andy grunted. "Well all the celebrities are doing it." She smiled. "But I like your nails." He said finishing his breakfast.

"Now we can go get you shoes." They went to many stores and she found many she liked but Andy would not settle. Finally he saw a pair in a small local boutique. They were boots that perfectly matched her new jacket. She was delighted with the find. He saw a beautiful red cocktail dress and bought that for her as well. "I can wear this tonight make all your friends jealous of you!" She joked. He laughed. They spent the next few hours shopping playing games and eating lunch. When they finished they still had plenty of time before they were meeting Andy's friends at the casino. "Wow we still have a lot of time left." She said. "Wanna go back to the hotel!" Andy said winking. "Oh yea!"

(…)

It was a good two hours before they had to leave but Diana was already getting ready. "Diana it's not for two hours." Andy groaned. "You know it's harder then it looks." She argued. "It can't be that hard let me try!" "No!" "Come on!" "No way!" He walked over to her and kissed he neck. "Please." "Alright, but don't expect me to keep it." "He took out all her extensions and put her hair in a ponytail then he curled the ponytail. "That's not how your supposed to do it." She said rolling her eyes. "Well it looks fine doesn't it." He grumbled. She looked at her hair, it did look good really good. "It looks alright." "I know you love it and it only took 5 minutes." He said mockingly. "Well I still have to do my makeup that takes longer." "I bet ya I can do it in twenty minutes." Andy said. "Okay."

The first thing he did was wipe off all the make up from her face (it took three heavy duty makeup wipes.) He wanted to do a much simpler look than she normally did. He put a little bit of concealer, lipstick and mascara that was it. She looked it the mirror and added a few things but not as much as he was expecting. They still had an hour to go.

"You wanna …" "So you like the makeup job I did?" He interrupted. "Yea you actually kinda got an eye for this stuff." She said embarrassed. "So you will wear it everyday?" He asked hopefully. "No but I will admit my head fells lighter without all the extensions."she said sitting on his lap. "Do you always wear those things?" Asked Andy. "Yea l think I started when I was like 13." She said smiling. She really liked how she looked she looked natural kinda like Joy looked most of the time. Sure she didn't really fit the big city style of beauty tonight but she loved how Andy made her look. She turned to face him and wrapped her legs around him and the chair she kissed his lips.

30 minutes Andy caught a glimpse of the clock. "Diana!" "What's wrong!" "We are gunna be late." "What!" "Get dressed!" They rushed to get ready. They went to the elevator. They both did pretty well and won money. Andy's poker friends always made fun of him, not the same way Joy and Fred did. These people made fun of him saying he was a wimp for not asking her out.