She spent the rest of the afternoon at Susan's house, returning back home when it started to get dark outside. Danielle was up in her room, and thus, she now had the privacy she needed to make the call she had been looking forward to in the last hours. Smiling to herself, she dug out her cell phone again and pushed a few buttons, then held it to her ear. The call was taken only two rings later, and Brees smile widened slightly.
"Promised I'd call you", she said as a greeting, making Shane chuckle on her end of the line.
"Yup, I didn't forget. Back home again now?"
"Yes", the redhead replied, leaning back into the comfortable couch.
"Had a nice time?" Shane asked on, causing Bree to smile once more.
"Yes, thanks... You too?"
"More or less", the brunette chuckled, "I was at work..."
"Oh, what do you do?" Bree asked curiously.
"Work in a bookstore..." Shane informed her. "It's okay, I get to read all the new books for free and the customers are bearable."
"Now I know whom to ask if I need something to read", Bree smiled, earning yet another chuckle.
"Sure, just gimme a call", Shane then smirked, before she spoke on. "When will I get to see your beautiful face again?" To her own surprise, Bree felt her cheeks heat up at those words, a blush colouring them.
"Well..." she started slowly, "how about tomorrow?"
"Sure", the brunette immediately agreed. "When and where?" Bree considered this for a moment, also trying to find a place where meeting anyone she knew was very unlikely, and finally suggested a little restaurant in the southern part of the town.
"Fine with me", Shane gave back, "that's a nice place. See you there at seven?"
"Alright", Bree agreed, before they had a bit more small talk. After hanging on the phone for almost an hour, the redhead finally said her goodbye and ended the call; she went to bed with a constant smile on her face, falling asleep quickly and dreaming of last night.
She spent the next day with cleaning the house and brooding over her wardrobe until she had decided what she wanted to wear; by the time she had gotten ready, she still had half an hour left until she finally would have to leave. For a moment, Bree considered to have a glass of white wine to pass the time and to calm her nerves; then, she decided against it, remembering that she had told Shane she usually didn't drink. She gulped to herself at the memory, asking herself how long she would have to keep up with that lie – and how long she would be able to keep it up. Then, she pushed those thoughts aside and busied herself with dusting off the pictures on the wall until it finally was time to go.
When that time had come, she smiled to herself and put on her long coat before she told Danielle she'd go out and left the house, making her way to the car. Only a short while later, she was driving down the street and to the restaurant she had suggested; her heart leaped in her chest when she saw that Shane's car was already parked outside, this showing that she had arrived there already.
Quickly, Bree parked her car as well and turned off the engine before she got out of the car and entered the restaurant. She looked around lost for a moment, then spotted her date, sitting at one of the tables in the back part of the restaurant and studying the menu. Smiling, Bree walked over to the table and stopped in front of it, making Shane look up at her. A smile formed on her face as well, and she rose from her chair to greet the redhead.
"Hey. Great to see you..."
"Indeed", Bree replied, her smile widening when her date helped her out of the coat, then pulled back her chair so she could sit down. Thanking her, Bree did so, then watched how Shane took her seat again before the brunette handed her one of the menus. Again Bree felt tempted to order some wine, but didn't; instead, she asked for a glass of soda when the waiter came to get their drinks, Shane tagging along with the alcohol free stuff and ordering some ice tea. The waiter vanished again to give them time to order their food, but instead of opening the menu and look what she wanted to eat, Shane reached over the table and put her hand over Brees, making a shiver run through her.
"I'm very glad to be here with you", the brunette softly spoke, making Bree blush slightly while she smiled at her.
"So am I... You know, if someone would have told me a week ago I'd go to a romantic dinner with a woman, I would have called that person crazy." At this, Shane chuckled, then smirked her trademark smirk at the woman in front of her.
"I would have too, seeing how you freaked out at me after our first night." At this, Bree blushed again, then cleared her throat before she replied.
"Well... About this... I want to apologize for the way I behaved." The brunette just smirked again, shaking her head.
"No need to. I understand it freaked you out... I assume I'm the first woman you spent the night with?" Bree nodded, the next comment of Shane making her blush again.
"Wow. You're a natural then." Before she could reply to this, the waiter came back, asking what they wanted to eat; they both told him their orders, then engrossed in their talk again while the waiter left them alone, soon forgetting the other people and the time around them.
