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Chapter 21

She looked at herself from every possible angle for the third time. "It's not like the view is going to change." Elizabeth muttered to herself. Tonight was the big night. Her first date with Jason and she was really nervous. She wanted everything to be perfect. She wanted to be perfect.

She was getting dressed at the new house. They had officially moved in this morning. Since she had the day off from school Elizabeth had supervised so that Jason could go to work. He told her last night that he was getting showered and dressed at his office. He was then going to come by the house to pick her up. She said that wasn't necessary, that he could just get dressed with her, he insisted otherwise.

She turned again just checking one more time. With a small groan she marched over to the door of her bedroom and pulled it open. She walked to the top of the steps and called down. "Francis?"

"Is everything okay?" He asked her coming to the bottom of the staircase. He couldn't see her from where he was standing.

"I was wondering if you and the other guys wouldn't mind giving me your opinion on my dress?" Francis was here with Cody and Cooper. She had no idea what she would do if they said she looked bad. Would they even give her their real opinions? "Your honest opinions."

"Sure thing." Francis told her. "Everyone is in the kitchen."

"Okay I'll be right down." Elizabeth couldn't help herself she ran back into the bedroom to check her reflection one more time. "Enough already." She told herself before heading to the stairs. Stepping into the kitchen she looked at the three men. "Well?"

The men were all smiling. "You look lovely Ms. Webber." Francis told her honestly speaking for the group. She did. Jason tended to date women who thought less was more when it came to clothing and just the opposite when it came to make up. Elizabeth looked every bit a classy young woman. The dress was subtly sexy while at the same time almost demure. By not giving it away she would most likely have his boss on edge all night.

She relaxed some and smiled. "Thanks. I was worried. I know that Jason is used to women who look stunningly gorgeous. I don't want to disappoint him."

"You won't." Francis assured her. Both Cody and Cooper agreed.

"Okay." Elizabeth relaxed and smiled. "I have to finish getting ready. Thanks guys."

When she left Cody turned to Francis. "Jason isn't going to know what hit him."

"Nope, should be fun." Francis was looking forward to the evening ahead. "I'll just call Johnny and make sure that Jason is wearing a tie and that he has flowers." He wasn't sure if his boss knew how to do romance. Elizabeth Webber deserved to be swept off her feet.

"He has flowers." Johnny assured Francis. "He may shoot me if I try to make him wear a tie." Johnny was laughing as he walked down the hall to his boss's office. He'd never seen Jason this nervous about a date. That could have something to do with the fact that he'd never had a date this important before. Everyone knew that Elizabeth was it for Jason, and that she felt the same.

Jason was on suit number three. Looking over at the clock he saw that he needed to get moving. Johnny was down the hall, back in his office, after coming in to make sure Jason was wearing a tie. A tie wouldn't be an issue if he didn't figure out what he was going to wear. Normally he just grabbed whatever was clean. Tonight he wanted to look good.

All black seemed clichéd. He could go with grey but that seemed a bit dull. There was his blue suit he knew she liked him in blue. With a nod he decided to go with the blue. He quickly dressed. Looking in the mirror he was pleased.

The final thing was the stupid tie. He hated ties, but for Elizabeth he would wear one. The flower box was on his desk and he grabbed it on his way out of his office. He hadn't ever given a woman flowers before. It hadn't been necessary because he didn't really do dates. Occasionally Sonny would want to go to a club and Jason would take someone with him because it was expected. But he didn't consider those to be dates. Mostly because the next morning he usually didn't even remember the woman's name if he bothered to get it. With Carly it never even occurred to him. God he'd been such a dog, but those days were over. Now it was all about a certain blue eyed beauty.

"Ready?" Johnny asked giving Jason a critical look over. His boss looked good. One of the best things Sonny had done for his former partner was to send him to his personal tailor.

"Yes." Jason said with a wide smile. He'd never been more ready in his life.

Francis answered the door when Jason rang the doorbell. The blonde had given his keys to Elizabeth so that she could make copies. "Wait in the living room and I'll go get her." Francis told his boss.

"I can go get her." Jason said annoyed.

"No, you can't. What you can do is wait in the living room and be stunned when she comes down. Women like to make an entrance." Johnny told his boss.

"Fine." Jason gave them both a look before moving into the front room. He took a look around since he hadn't seen the house fully furnished. He liked that the room wasn't fussy. He could see both Elizabeth and himself reflected in the space. Flopping back on the couch he prepared to wait.

Elizabeth jumped when the knock sounded on the door. Opening it she saw Francis. "Is he here?" She'd heard the doorbell ring a few moments ago. The enforcer nodded. "Okay." Elizabeth grabbed her sweater and bag. She was so nervous and placed a trembling hand on her stomach to try and calm the butterflies. She had nothing to be nervous about. This was Jason, her more than friend, the man she trusted most in this world. Finally squaring her shoulders she walked downstairs.

"He's in there." Cody pointed to the living room. The guys were all standing in the hall ready to go.

Nodding Elizabeth opened the pocket doors and stepped into the living room. For a minute they stood there looking at one another. "Elizabeth you look beautiful." Jason finally said. She was perfect. That dress was amazing. It made her eyes seem even bluer which shouldn't be possible.

"Thank you Jason. You look incredible." She'd never seen him in suit before. He looked like he should be in a magazine.

"These are for you." He said handing her the box. He should say something else but she left him fumbling for words.

"Do I have time to put them in water?" If not she'd put them in the refrigerator.

"Absolutely." The restaurant would not give his table away.

"I'll only be a minute." She said over her shoulder as she headed to the kitchen. He followed right behind her wanting to see her face when she saw what he had brought her.

She opened the box and gasped in delight. "Jay they are beautiful." She said softly as she gently touched the blooms. Twelve roses were nestled in the box. Six red and six pink.

"They're from Lila's hot house." He said remembering this afternoon. He had spent some time with his Grandmother as she told him what the different colored flowers symbolized. She'd been the one to recommend the mixed bouquet as the two colors together spoke of a romantic relationship.

"I will have to send her a thank you note." Elizabeth loved Lila's rose garden. She placed the flowers in a vase and put them in the center of the breakfast bar. She would press one of each color when they began to fade so that she would always have a memento of this evening.

"Are you ready?" He wanted to show her off.

"Let me get my coat." Jason held it while she slipped it on. Hand in hand they went down hall and Francis held the door for them. Johnny had the limo door open by the time they reached the car. Both guards took their place in the front of the vehicle, while Cody and Cooper got in one of the trucks, and they pulled off for the restaurant.

There was no waiting for Jason. They didn't even have to stop at the hostess's stand. From the front door they went right to their table where a server immediately appeared with menus. She saw a few guards that she recognized but didn't know if she was supposed to acknowledge them or not. So instead she focused on the menu.

"See anything you like?" Jason asked thinking he certainly did and it wasn't on the menu.

Talk about a loaded question. "Emily said to get the steak but there are five on the menu." And they were all really expensive.

"She was talking about the filet." He'd brought his sister here last year to celebrate her birthday. "Pretty much everything is good."

"What are you getting?" She didn't want to order anything that cost too much. It was true that Jason had a lot of money and he'd already spent a lot of it on her.

"Prime rib." Jason said placing his menu aside as that he could look at her. He loved looking at her. It humbled him somewhat that she was choosing to spend time with him. She really could do so much better.

"I guess I'll get the salmon. That's okay right?" She was nervous and resorting back to the people pleaser behavior of her youth. When she just wanted her foster parents to like her. "Wait, don't answer that. I'm sorry I asked you don't care what I order. If you did when we sat down you would have said 'Elizabeth you can only order certain things' and you didn't. So there is no reason for me to ask you if what I ordered is okay."

"Bella, relax." Jason said fighting a grin. She was nervous and so she was rambling. Placing his hand over hers he let his thumb sweep across her palm. "You can order anything you like. Or if you don't like what's on the menu I can ask the chef to make you whatever you want. If you want a grilled cheese sandwich then you'll get it."

"Just like that." She knew he wasn't trying to impress her with what he could do. He wanted to make sure that she was happy.

"Just like that." He repeated giving her a half smile.

"The salmon is fine." She relaxed and smiled back. "Sorry about the rambling."

"I like it when you ramble, it's cute." He told her linking their fingers. He wasn't normally much for holding hands but with Elizabeth it seemed so natural. He had to be touching her when they were together. Plus she almost always blushed when he did it. He loved it when she blushed, it made him hot and he had no idea why. Her cheeks turned pink and he wanted to ravish her. Lots of things made him want to ravish her.

"Yeah, because that's what I going for, cute." She looked away over to where the couples were dancing. She didn't want him to see her as some kid. She wanted him to see her as a woman. His woman. Puppies were cute she wanted to be sexy. She felt his fingers on her chin and let him turn her face back to his.

'Crap!' He mentally yelled at himself. He'd hurt her and he hadn't even meant to. "I'm sorry." He said softly.

"It's fine." She gave him a smile. It wasn't his fault that she had self esteem issues. What she needed to remember was that he asked her to come here with him. He saw her as someone he wanted to be with.

"Don't do that Bella. Don't hide from me, that isn't who we are. I think it's cute when you ramble, but I think you are beautiful." He knew her well enough to know exactly where his misstep occurred. "The most beautiful woman I've ever known, both inside and out." She blushed again and he wanted to take her on the table.

"Thank you Jay." She said softly. He dropped her a wink as the waiter came to take their order.

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