I'm writing this chapter from Emma's point of view. I hope it you don't mind!
My First Date
I knew whatever Olivia wore looked fabulous and everything she thought I should wear looked great on me (most of my best clothes were given to me by her anyway). I thought I should have thanked Olivia but I was running out of time so I went to have a shower. 10 minutes later Tancred was at the door and he looked hot! "I'm coming!" I screamed as I tried to tie my hair into a loose plait for the billionth time, this time successfully. I looked at myself in the mirror. Olivia was right, I didn't look half bad.
"Wow, you look fantastic." Tancred proclaimed when I opened the door to let him in. "You look good too." I stated as I tried to avert my eyes from staring at his muscular figure. "Would you like to come in?" I asked after several minutes of me standing in the doorway looking at him. He walked past me and behind the curtain and disappeared. I checked to see that the door was locked and then followed him.
We sat opposite from each other (mainly because there were books all over the couches and there were only a few small gaps) in silence for about 5 minutes before either of us spoke. "Do you want a drink?" I looked into his eyes, they were twinkling. I sighed a bit jealous. 'How come he was so good looking and I was just so... plain?' "Sure." I noticed he was twiddling his thumbs. Why would he be nervous he'd been on plenty of dates, with much prettier girls?
When I came back in with two lemonades he'd moved some books over so there was enough room for me to sit next to him. I sat next to him because it seemed kind of implied. At the touch of his hand around my shoulder I snuggled in and laid my head on his chest. I could feel his heart beating really fast! "So, what movie would you like to see?" he asked. It was obvious he was trying to start a conversation.
"I don't know what is on." I replied honestly feeling rather stupid.
"Neither do I." he admitted.
"Do you want to have dinner with me later?" I was glad that he hadn't known what was showing at the movies either and I hadn't really comprehended his question "because I'm not hungry, just yet?" he asked cautiously, noticing an expression on my face which I had no clue what it meant.
"I'd love to," I answered "I'm not hungry either." I added and he let out a breath. I didn't know why he'd been holding it for the first place.
"Great." He said, more to himself than to me, I thought. A huge grin was coming onto his face and I couldn't help but smiling but when I realised I was blushing, I turned away.
We decided to watch a movie anyway because he'd found one he really wanted to see and even though I'd seen it about a hundred million times I still loved it to pieces (but not as much as I loved Tancred). When the movie finished, I became that he was still staring at me (he'd been staring at me for nearly 20 minutes) it was a little nerve racking I admit. "Is anyone else home?" he asked looking past me. "No, Auntie and Paton went over to see Charlie and his family and tell them the news."
"What news?" I realised I hadn't even told him, I mean him, Tancred, I thought I would have told him first.
"Didn't Liv tell you?" He shook his head, looking confused. "Oh, Auntie is pregnant." She said matter-of-factly. He went into the shortest moment of shock but then went back to what he had been about to say previously.
"Good," he replied turning his gaze back on me "Because otherwise I would have very felt wrong to do this and I also ever would have done this!"
