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*A couple of days later*
I am getting ready for my date with Ben and I had mixed feelings about it; yes Ben would always mean something to me. But I couldn't escape the fact that he could always do much more better than me; but it didn't hurt to at least try.
"I wish you would tell me who you are going to see" Evie whined as she stood in the doorway of my bedroom as I smoothed my hair down.
"Evie please?" I whined back.
"Can't I have anything private?" I asked panic stricken. I know that Evie would start to make this a big deal if she knew that I was going out with Ben. I didn't want her to start asking questions as I was confused enough about this situation as it is.
"You can; but you normally aren't so tight lipped" she noted as she tilted her head to one side slightly.
"No" I advised as I looked into my floor length mirror in my room and checked my makeup once last time.
"No I'm not" I agreed as I looked over to her.
"But I have my reasons" I stated.
"Which are?" she questioned eagerly.
"Evie can we talk about this later?" I pouted hoping that this would get her to drop this right now. I was anxious enough as it was about spending time with Ben without Evie winding me up as well.
"Why?" she asked as her face dropped.
"Because if I am being completely honest I don't know how I feel about this" I admitted. I know that as well as Evie winding me up she could probably put my mind at rest; but I didn't want to get into a long conversation as Ben was due to arrive in half an hour.
"Well that is why you should talk about it" she advised sternly.
"Maybe; I will afterwards" I negotiated.
"You must like them though" she noted, and I watched as she slowly looked up and down at my long sleeved, dark purple summer dress and heel combo.
"What do you mean?" I questioned innocently.
"You're making quite the effort" she advised.
"Are you saying that I don't normally?" I asked rhetorically.
"No; not at all" she quickly replied as she stepped into my room.
"I thought you were going to see Doug" I advised as I wished she would go and get ready so I could probably quickly answer the door when Ben arrived.
"I am; I'm just about to get ready" she advised.
"Well you will have to hurry; you don't want to keep him waiting" I teased, and Evie threw a look at me before I watched as her eyes widened.
"Are you getting picked up? Is that why you want me to leave?" she smiled as her eyes lit up in realisation.
"No" I said slowly.
"Nice try" she chuckled as she crossed her arms over her chest. She opened her mouth to say something but we both froze when we heard a knock on the door. I couldn't believe that Ben was early; however as an afterthought – this was Ben we were talking about. He had been brought up to be polite and punctual and today he had advised me that he couldn't wait to see me.
"Oh" Evie said as I quickly picked up my leather, dark purple and studded jacket.
"I wonder who this could be" she teased as she ran from the room to beat me down to our front door.
"Evie!" I snapped as I picked up my small dark purple bag up and flung it around my right shoulder.
"Don't!" I warned her as I ran after her hoping that I could beat her to the door, but I groaned as I watched as she opened the door.
"Hel-" she started as I stood next to her; and I noticed that Ben was wearing a navy suit with a light blue shirt and navy tie.
"Ooooooooo!" she sang as she looked at Ben and smiled.
"Wow!" she exclaimed as she threw me a playful look.
"No wonder you wanted to keep this quiet" she noted, and I threw her a pleading look.
"She didn't even tell you?" Ben asked slowly as he threw me a confused look. I know how this probably looked to him; but I pushed this away. He probably was going to ask me about it later so I could address it when he asked about it.
"No; but I can see why" she replied.
"Evie please?" I whined.
"So where are you taking Mal this evening?" she asked eagerly as she threw me a look which told me that when I got back home she wanted to talk to me.
"Erm-" Ben started.
"Well I thought we could go for a meal and maybe a walk" he advised, and I couldn't help but smile at this.
"I see" she noted.
"Very nice" she grinned as she walked past me with a smug grin on her face.
"Evie?" I begged.
"We will talk about this later" she warned me as I balanced my bag onto the banister.
"Yes we will" I agreed as I threw my leather jacket on.
"Sorry about being early; I probably should have text" Ben apologised as I got my bag and placed it on my right shoulder again.
"It's ok" I smiled hoping that this would reassure him.
"Someone is obviously very keen to see me" I teased.
"Does it show?" he asked, and I could tell that he was now worrying about this.
"Yes" I smiled.
"But as it is you I don't mind" I teased, and I watched as a cute smile spread across his face.
"Should we go?" I asked eagerly.
"Yeah" he said happily.
"See you later Evie" I advised as I smiled at her.
"Ok" she winked at me.
"You two have fun" she teased as I stood next to Ben.
"Don't do anything I wouldn't do" she added.
"That doesn't leave very much" I joked, and I watched as her face dropped in shock.
"Hey!" she exclaimed, and I quickly stepped out of the doorway and closed the door behind me before Evie could question us any further.
"Nice to see you two still wind each other up" he smiled as we both started to walk down our garden path.
"Yeah like you have already said Ben-" I smiled up at him.
"Some things never change" I added as we walked up to his royal limousine. I couldn't wait to see what tonight was going to bring; I always liked spending time with Ben. Fingers crossed that it would be ok for the pair of us.