Chapter 5—Book Club Fight and Date Night

JESSPOV

Two weeks later I'm sitting in Cassidy's bedroom with Emma, Megan and Becca while Cassidy is in the Shower. Megan is sketching, Becca is filing her nails and Emma is reading when my phone rings. I don't even have to look at it to know that it's Darcy, His ringtone is Collide by Howie Day.

"I'll be back guys." I tell the others.

"Hey Darce, What's up?"

"Hey, Jess. Just calling to tell you that after book club, I'm coming to get you. Okay? Where we're going is a secret, but just dress formal… I'll be there at six."

"Oooo! Surprise date night! Okay I'll be ready." I tell him.

"Okay, iloveyou."

"iloveyoutoo!" I tell him then hang up.

When I walk back into Cassidy's room, she's out of the shower and her normal curly red hair is a little less curly and ratty and is still damp. Becca looks up and says:

"What's the boy want?"

"He called to tell me he's going to pick me up at six for a surprise date night."

"Okay, let's get a move on it. Jess go get in the shower. What did he tell you to wear?"

"Geez... Pushy much… he said formal." I tell her knowing not to start joking around with her.

Thirty minutes later the other girls and I, Me with my hair curled and laying over my shoulders softly and my makeup done perfectly, are walking into Courtney's old room to find me a dress, Cassidy had just got off the phone with her and she told us that I could wear her freshman homecoming dress. The dress was gorgeous. It was a beautiful teal color. The teal part looks like any normal strapless dress but then the sleeves are a sheer material and has a little rhinestone pattern on it. (See my profile for the link of the Dress.) It fit perfectly too. We had about five minutes until the book club meeting was about to start so I put on some silver heels and we walked down stairs.

"Oh, good Darcy got ahold of you… he called me telling me you weren't picking up your phone." Mrs. Hawthorne tells me.

"Yeah, I left it in my bag which had my pillow for the sleep over in it and it was on low so I didn't hear it." I tell her. We walk in to the living room where everyone is and they all gush with praises.

"You look gorgeous!" My mom told me.

"You're Absolutely Stunning!" Mrs. Sloane Kinkaid praised.

"Thank you all so much, Becca did most of the work, I just put a dress on." I told them as I looked at Becca… She was blushing. I never thought I'd see that.

"Okay everyone let's get to work. We only have a short amount of time thanks to my son and his elaborate plans tonight." Mrs. Hawthorne said. "You'll be so surprised Jess."

"Does everyone know except me?" I asked them.

"No, Just us moms." Mrs. Wong told me.

"So, has everyone read up to the fourth chapter?" Mrs. Hawthorne asks and we all nod. "Who wants to tell us what happened."

Cassidy steps up surprising us all. "Well, It starts of telling us how the girls came across the pants. Which Carmen kind of just bought. It also goes on to tell us that this coming summer is the first summer that her, Lena, Bridget and Tibby will spend apart. Carmen is going to South Carolina to visit her father, Lena is visiting her grandparents in Greece, and Bridget is going to Baja California to play soccer. The only one staying home in their home town of Bethesda is Tibby. Then it goes off to say how their mothers had been best friends and then when Bridget's mother died they kind of just all just fell apart."

"That was very good, I'm so proud that someone beside my own daughter could tell us what happened." Mrs. Hawthorne says.

"When the girls are talking about all the different places they'll be, Tibby sees the pants and asks if she can try them on and when she does they fit, they all fit Lena's small and petite frame and Bridget's Tall muscular one too but they all fit Carmen's larger frame too. This experience makes them realize that the pants are 'Magic'" Cassidy continues.

"Very Good. Now… Oh gosh he's early." Mrs. Hawthorne says. I looked out the window behind me and saw Darcy's truck in the driveway.

"I told him 5:45, why is he so early?" Mrs. Hawthorne says as Darcy knocked on the door… Becca pounced on me.

"Come on! We have to make sure you look perfect!" She screeches as she pulled me back upstairs. Then she handed me something… a Bathing suit.

"Why do I need this?" I ask her.

"Just Trust me okay? Put that on then put the dress back on. Then come here." She ordered and with Becca you don't disobey.

Ten minutes later she left me telling me to come down when I was ready. When I walked down stairs I could hear laughter… Darcy's Laughter…*Sigh*. The laughter came from the backyard. I guess everyone kind of went that way. I walk outside and everyone gets quiet. Darcy isn't looking in my direction so I motion for them all to keep talking, they all listen and I walk up behind Darcy and put my hands over his eyes and whisper in his ear.

"Guess Who?"

"Ummm…Let me think. Is it Sloane?"

"I'm in front of you, you big idiot." Cassidy says as I laugh.

"Oh, now I know… I'd know that laugh anywhere. Hey Jessie." He says as he turns around and wraps his arms around my waist.

"Okay, guys we're off." He says as we walk out the back gate. I can hear everyone following us.

We get to his truck and as he opens my door he pushes me lightly against then inside of it and leans down to whisper in my ear.

"I didn't get to tell you out back but you look so gorgeous… iloveyou." Then he kisses my cheek and leans back and helps me in.

Hey Everyone! I just wanted to thank you for all of your great reviews! I know a lot of you might want this to have more of the book club in it but it's really a Jess/Darcy story over everything else.

I'm going to put the rest of their date in the next chapter because I really wanted to give you a new chapter!

~MiggieMoo2014