A/N: I own nothing but the plot.

Chapter Seven: First Date, pt 1

When you smile, I melt inside
I'm not worthy for a minute of your time
I really wish it was only me and you
I'm jealous of everybody in the room
Please don't look at me with those eyes
Please don't hint that your capable of lies
I dreamt the thought of our very first kiss
A target that I'm probably gonna miss

The next morning Elizabeth awoke to the smells of bacon, eggs, and hash browns. The sultry sound of a man's voice singing was floating up the stairs to Elizabeth's room and she instinctively knew it was Jack. At the sound of his footsteps on the stairs Elizabeth quickly rolled over on the bed and pretended to be asleep.

"Good morning sunshine." His warm breath tickled her ear and she shot up in bed.

"Good lord Jack! Did you have to breathe in my ear?" He just smiled at her and set the tray with breakfast on her lap. The tray was filled with scrambled eggs, two pieces of bacon, toast, and a pile of hash browns.

"It looks wonderful. Whats the occasion?"

"Because I could….and I was hoping you'd say yes to my question."

Elizabeth cocked her eyebrow; she knew he had something up his sleeve.

"Hm… and what question might this be?"

"I was wondering if you would go to dinner with me tonight."

"Oh, Jack. Of course I will, but that means I must get up so I can get ready."

"Get ready? It's not until tonight…that's why it's called dinner."

"Yes I know that, but I need to call my girl friends so we can go shopping."

"Oh. Goodbye then."

And with that Jack left Elizabeth to her breakfast and her thoughts.

"He asked you on a date? Like, a real date? Dinner and everything?"

"If you ask that one more time, Caroline, I'm going to stab you with my mascara brush."

Elizabeth smiled sinisterly and threateningly waved her tube of mascara in Caroline's face to make her point. It was half past noon and they were getting read to go shopping for something for Elizabeth to wear to dinner. The plan was to eat lunch in the food court, go to the dress shop, buy a sexy but not sleazy dress, get Elizabeth's hair and make-up done and then meet Jack back at her house. So far all she and Caroline had done was stand in the bathroom and talk. Caroline that it was unbelievable that Jack had asked Elizabeth on a date and her never ending questions were getting on Elizabeth's already frazzled nerves.

"Do I look ok?" The reflection in the mirror was that of a beautiful 20 something girl with her eyes done up and light pink lips.

"You look gorgeous honey. Now let's go." Caroline grabbed Elizabeth's arm and yanked her downstairs to the truck.

"I'll drive, you get in. We're not gonna have any time to buy you a decent dress if you keep dragging along like this."

"Shut up. I'm not dragging."

Caroline just rolled her eyes and sped down the highway to the mall.

"How about this one?"

"No, blue's not a good color for a dinner date."

Caroline sighed and but back yet another dress. They had been going through them for almost a half an hour and Elizabeth hadn't tried on a single one. She wandered around the store gazing absentmindedly at everything until out of the corner of her eye she spotted a sparkling red dress. She walked over to it and pulled it off the rack. It was a deep, blood red with thick glitter at the bottom fading to the top. The bottom of it gently swept the floor, the top was a halter that tied with a ribbon, and it had a V-neck that would show off Elizabeth's chest but not make her look like a two-cent hooker.

The girls ran over to the dressing room where Elizabeth wasted no time in trying it on. It fit like a glove, and when she came out Caroline gasped with the other customers in the store. Elizabeth looked absolutely amazing. The way it accented her curves made it seem like the dress had been made specially for Elizabeth. She quickly bought it and went on to get her make-up and hair done.

Elizabeth didn't want to much done with her hair. She wanted it to be simple, like the dress, so she had her hair put into ringlets and pinned up half of it with two curls framing her face. Her make-up was dark, smokey eyes with light pink lip stick and when the salon was finished Elizabeth looked simply stunning. She couldn't wait to see what Jack's reaction would be when he saw her.