Chapter 21
Wesley's POV
Chloe looked gorgeous as she walked towards the driveway where I stood holding the car door open for her. She wore a purple tank top with a black and white mini skirt, and her hair was let out in waves. After we exchanged proper hello's and were both settled, I started to drive. "Sorry about my family," she said. "They are so embarrassing.."
"No worries," I smiled. "My family is the exact same way."
"So where are we going?" she asked.
"Can't tell you. It's a surprise," I replied, trying to keep my eyes on the road. I just wanted to stare at her the whole night. I could smell her perfume wafting towards me because of the air conditioning, so I rolled down the windows and changed the topic.
Chloe's POV
Wes was acting really funny. He seemed like he was holding his breath in like Edward did with Bella in Twilight. What if he was a vampire? What if he was going to take me into the forest and suck my blood out until I was just an empty, hollow corpse? Luckily, I was prepared for that. I'd read a lot of Night World and knew exactly what would kill a vampire. A wooden stake through the heart.
When he stopped the car outside of a restaurant, I felt kind of silly about accusing him of being a vampire. I'd obviously been reading waaay too much and had an active imagination. What can I say? I was still a nerd at heart.
The restaurant was called Pavillon de Paris. I'd never had French food before, so I was looking forward to trying it. We were seated outside in a terrace-like setting. The lighting was dim and there were small tables set up along with candles. I immediately felt out of place. It had such a fancy atmosphere. I noticed that Wes was wearing a black dress shirt while I sat there in a mini skirt. Totally not classy. He must have noticed my uneasiness because he said not to worry about it and that I looked great.
It wasn't long before a waitress came to take our orders. I ordered the French Onion soup, mussels and prawns with tomato sauce, and escargot. Wes got foie gras, pistou soup, and duck. We talked and ate then ordered dessert, marjolaine, which is like cake along with rosemary ice cream. I was surprised at how good the food tasted. It must have been really expensive.
When we were halfway through dessert, Wes suddenly got up. He grabbed a guitar which I hadn't noticed was sitting behind me and started to play a song. (Before You Exit- I Like That Acoustic Version) A/n: not an Emblem3 song.
You've got that smile, you've got it all
I know I'm right, you think I'm dead wrong
You've got that face, you've got that laugh
I know you're shy and girl, I like that
Can't find a mirror to see what I see in you
But I will follow you until you see it too
I know I can't help but love everything you do
But you can't see that and girl, I like that
I-I-I, I like that
I-I-I, I like that
I smiled and blushed. He started to get everyone to clap along to the beat.
You got glasses on I, I like that
Sing this song I, I like that
Girl it's on I, I like that
No makeup on I, I like that
Sing this song I, I like that
Girl it's on I, I like that
As the song came to an end, Wes came closer to me, gently grabbing my hand and pulling me towards him in an embrace.
I sat there, eyes wide and cheeks red. Wes just sang to me in front of a ton of people who were all smiling and clapping.
I still couldn't believe what he did even after we got into the car. After a while, I spoke. "Why did you sing to me?" I guess it was a stupid question, but I was just appauled. No one had ever done that before.
"You make it sound like it's a bad thing," he said. "Look Chloe, I really like you. You're special, and you don't even realize it. I sang to you tonight to boost your confidence and show you how amazing you really are."
I smiled to myself. He was dead serious. I guess he wasn't a player after all...
I still had a burning question to ask him. It was bothering me like crazy. "Wes, why didn't you react to Britney the way that everyone else does?"
"What do you mean?" He kept his eyes locked on mine.
"I mean, everyone drops dead. You couldn't have cared less."
"I don't see anything in her that I haven't seen in every other girl in the world. She seems pretty ordinary to me."
I couldn't wrap my head around that. There was nothing that special about me either. As if he'd heard me, Wes said, "Don't even think that you're not special. Seriously Chloe. I just sang to you. Don't you think there must be something amazing about you for me to have done that? I mean, I don't just fall for anyone, you know." He winked. I rolled my eyes.
Wes stopped the car in front of my house. Before I could get out, he stopped me. He held out his hand and in it was an ipod. He was just full of surprises today, wasn't he? "What's this for?" I asked.
"I downloaded all of our (Emblem3's) songs into it plus some covers," he replied. "I thought it might help since you've been stressed out so much lately."
"Thanks!" I smiled and hugged him.
"I especially like song number 4," he added. I would make sure to listen to it as soon as possible, I thought to myself.
I got out of the car, ipod in hand, and walked towards the front door with Wes trailing behind me.
I stopped in front of the door, about to turn the keys in the lock, when Wes grabbed my arm and forced me to turn around. It happened so fast that as I turned around, while dropping my keys, Wes's lips crashed into mine. We stayed like that for a while. He finally pulled away and left me in a daze. "See you tomorrow," he whispered in my ear, huskily. It sent tingles throughout my entire body.
I finally managed to open the door after three failed attempts and was met with Austin smirking in my face. "What?" I asked confused.
"I saw that," he pointed towards the door. " I thought I told you to use pepper spray."
I rolled my eyes and made my way to the stairs but not before throwing a pillow at Austin's face to shut him up.
A/n: Well, doesn't everything just seem to be going great? What could possibly happen next..? lol
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