Thanks again to all the people who reviewed!! With this chapter I couldn't think of a fancy sounding restaurant so I just used Le Château which you've probably heard of before...anyway hope you like the chapter!!
CHAPTER 9
"Who was that?" Anna demanded curiously when Neela entered the apartment.
"What?" Neela asked confusedly.
"Who dropped you off?" she asked.
"Oh…Ray" Neela mumbled softly.
"What? Couldn't hear you" Anna replied.
"Ray" Neela said louder.
"No-Freaking-Way" Anna stated wide eyed breaking the words down in three parts.
"Yes-Freaking-Way" Neela said imitating her.
Anna squealed.
"Did he forgive you? Are you friends again?" she rambled happily.
"Whoa…nothing's going to happen that fast" Neela answered.
"Why not…?" Anna asked.
"Head check. Do you remember what I did to him? It's not that easy to pick up the pieces and move on" Neela remarked.
"OK…but you're getting there?" Anna asked.
"I guess we're sort of getting there" Neela said slowly.
Anna grinned.
"Well that's better than nothing" Anna stated.
"Definitely I think we might be able to become friends again" Neela replied.
"That's great Nee" Anna remarked.
Neela glanced at the time, it read 5:15.
She sighed.
"Thanks to somebody I have a date to prepare for" she retorted glaring at Anna.
"How many times do I have to say sorry for that?" Anna groaned.
"I'm gonna make sure you say it for a very, very long time" Neela commented evilly, heading for the shower.
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"I'm home" Ray called as he opened the door.
"Hey" Sara said coming out of their bedroom.
Ray walked up to her and gave her a peck on the lips.
"Is something the matter Ray? You sounded a bit tense on the phone" Sara asked.
"What…ah no just had a rough day at work" Ray stated lying he wasn't going to tell her the real reason he had sounded tense.
"Oh…OK" Sara told him looking like she didn't believe him.
"Well…I'm going to go have a shower" Ray said.
"OK" Sara replied.
"What time do we have the reservation for?" Ray asked.
"6:30" she answered.
"Right and what's this place called again?" Ray questioned.
"Le Château it's a new French restaurant" Sara stated.
Ray nodded in approval.
"I'm up for French tonight" he commented before shutting the bathroom door.
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"How do I look?" Neela asked twirling around in front of Anna.
She had chosen to wear a knee length black strapless dress, simple but elegant which she had paired up with black strapless heels and a white shawl.
"Stunning…but I thought you didn't want to impress Ric" she asked confusedly.
"I definitely don't want to impress him but he called me up and said he's taking me somewhere formal, so I didn't want to make an idiot of myself by wearing jeans… personally I would rather not be going" Neela informed her.
Anna laughed.
"Maybe he'll forget" she commented.
"I doubt it" Neela groaned.
Their conversation was brought to a halt when there was a knock on the door.
"My point" Neela said gesturing to the door.
She walked over and opened it.
Ric stood there with a flower bouquet in his hands.
"Neela you look gorgeous" he exclaimed.
"Thank you" she replied curtly.
"These are for you" he said handing her the flowers.
"Thank you" she told him again.
Anna came up to the door.
"You take good care of her Ric I want her home 10:00 sharp" she warned teasingly.
Neela glared at Anna before handing the flowers to her.
"Well we better get going" Neela stated.
"Yeah I've made reservations for 6:30" Ric stated.
"OK where at?" Neela asked.
"This new French place called Le Château" he informed.
Neela gasped.
"Isn't that, that new fancy place" she asked.
"Yeah" Ric said grinning.
"How did you get reservations there when we only made the bet yesterday?" Anna asked.
"Lucky for me my uncle owns the place" Ric said smugly to her.
"But I've been wanting to go there since it opened" Anna whined.
This time it was Neela turn to grin smugly at her.
"Ha-ha" she chortled.
Anna glared at her.
"Well let's go" Ric said offering her his hand.
She looked at it uncertainly before accepting it. Maybe everyone was right maybe he was alright.
"Bye Anna" Neela said.
Anna gave her an evil stare.
"Bye" she said simply.
Neela and Ric began to walk away before Anna called out to them.
"Hey Neela"
Neela whirled around.
"What?" she asked.
"Do me a favour" Anna asked.
"What?" Neela asked curiously.
"Order the most sugary dessert on the menu and bring it home for me" she ordered.
Neela laughed at her.
"Fine I'll order the most sugary dessert... but I definitely won't be bringing any home for you" Neela told her.
"Meanie" Anna whined before stomping back into the apartment.
Neela smiled before heading to the elevator with Ric.
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Ray pulled up in front of the restaurant.
"Wow this place looks fancy" he commented.
"It is fancy, fancy and romantic" Sara told him with a smile.
They got out of the car and Ray wrapped his hand around her as they made their way to the entrance.
Ray noticed the couple in front of them laughing about something and enjoying themselves, but it wasn't that, that made him look, it was that they looked strikingly familiar to him.
His eyes widened in shock as the guy turned around.
It was Neela and Ric.
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