Prompt: Surprise
Stella's favorite movie was iThe Maltese Falcon/i, at least that's what she told everyone.
Stella's super secret favorite movie was iGone with the Wind/i. It had been back on one of the older theaters last year for a limited engagement and she'd been determined to go, even if she had to go by herself. Unfortunately, work took over, then there was that little incident with the killer she got involved with and somehow the Wind took a backseat.
She has no idea how Don knows about any of this. She doesn't even remember telling Lindsay about it, except maybe in passing. She's never told him her super secret movie, because it is so sappy, romantic, and girly and she's certainly never told him that she'd desperately wanted to see it on the big screen since she was fourteen years old.
Despite her certainty that she's kept all this a secret, she still comes home to find a note on her door telling her to come to the roof. Its signed Don, so she knows its not another freak and she walks up to her roof, nearly gasping when she opens the door and finds herself looking at a projector and a big screen.
"What…what's that doing here?"
Don smiled and came closer, kissing her cheek and handing her a carton of popcorn, "That is here for our special presentation of the night, iGone with the Wind/i."
She watched in amazement as he started the movie, the opening credits rolling past as they settled into the very comfortable lawn chairs he'd set out. He covered her with a blanket so she'd be warm and carefully handed her some wine to go with her popcorn.
The sunset behind the screen, as she watched Rhett tell Scarlet that he just didn't give a damn.
"Wow," she said as the ending credits rolled, "I can't believe. Where did you get the movie? The screen? How did you even know I liked it?"
Don smirked, "I have my ways. So, good second date?"
She smiled, touched at what he'd done for her. He was clearly trying to prove to her that she could trust him, that this time things wouldn't go bad.
And she wanted to so much, it was just so hard, too hard to do in one night.
Still…this was definitely a step in the right direction.
"Yes, good second date," she leaned in to kiss him, "Great second date."