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Creating Us Chapter 4

Le Noir

Holly knew she was over thinking this. Gail had invited her out to dinner as a thank you, nothing more. She ran straight to her room when she finally made it to her apartment. The doors to her closet flew open and in a couple of minutes every article of clothing she owned was on the floor. She was getting stressed, Gail had told her "dress to impress", but nothing in her closet seemed worthy to wear for Gail. She pulled out her phone and sent a quick text.

"Holly... are you okay?" Chris couldn't help but laugh at his best friend.

"Chris, I'm not in the mood. I called you because I need your help."

"Okay.. what do you need help with?" he asked looking around at the mess of clothing. "You need me to bag this stuff up and take it to goodwill?"

"Oh my god that's so funny, you dick." Holly laughed.

"Chris. I'm having dinner tonight, help me pick something to wear!"

"Holly! Out of all your friends, girlfriends! You had to call me!? Really though?"

"Who's the lucky gal, anyway?" Chris said picking up one of Holly's bras then flinching it away from him.

"Uhmm.." Holly mumbled

"Holly!" Chris persisted.

"You wouldn't know her."

"I do know her, that's why you called me over here. You think I'd know whether she'd like what you're wearing or not!"

The brunette hated how well her best friend knew her but she was honestly afraid of telling him who she was going out with.

"Chris..."

"If you don't tell me, I'm going to embarrass you when she picks you up."

"How do you know that I'm not going to be the one picking her up."

"Cause you car looks more disgusting than my room." he smirked

Holly had admitted defeat, she needed to get ready and the only way was to give Chris what he wanted, "I'm having dinner with Gail."

"Gail? Who's Gail?" Chris asked hoping to everything on heaven and earth it wasn't their client.

"Gail Peck, Chris! It's just dinner." Holly said irritated.

"No, Holly. Just dinner is going out with her and her fiancé! Had you forgotten that, Gail is engaged!." Chris said his voice raising.

"Who do you think I am? I know she's engaged! It's just fucking dinner Chris! Dinner with a client! My boss!" Holly was so mad she almost had tears in her eyes.

"I'm sorry Hol, its just that I know what you did for her. I don't want you getting hurt."

"I can't get hurt if I don't have feelings for that person." Holly gritted her teeth. "Go home Chris, I don't want your help anymore."

"Holly, don't be like that."

"Go!"

Holly had no idea why she had reacted like that, it wasn't like her to blow up on Chris like that. She slid down the wall she was standing against and buried her face in her hands. She had never lied to herself, she knew that the only person she could be 100 percent with was herself. She knew that these nerves and this feeling in her chest was much more than being a little nervous about dinner with her boss. It might have had to do with Traci had told her back at the temp home. And now that she actually thought about it she realized just how much her and Gail had gotten along. And today had sparked a totally different side of Gail. The heartbeat in her hand, the small touches she had given her when Traci was there, and the look in her Gail's eyes when they were drinking the celebratory beers. Maybe it was because Holly hadn't been with someone in over a year. Maybe Gail being affectionate reminded her of just how amazing having someone in your life can be. It wasn't that she liked Gail. After giving herself a pep talk she looked up and saw what Chris had laid out for her, and she smiled. It was perfect.

She looked at herself in the mirror, she hated how well Chris picked out clothes that made her look amazing. He had chosen black slacks and a loose fitting white and silver button up. She left a couple buttons undone and pulled on her dress shoes, she was already taller than Gail so why wear heels and make it worse. She decided to go with her curls down and applied as little make up as she could but made sure she smelled perfect.

The door bell rung and she froze.

"I got it!" Chris yelled.

She cursed him for not leaving, now he was gonna make it awkward. However she wasn't completely ready yet, so it came to an advantage.

"Your date is here." Chris said walking in.

"She's not my date." Holly said reapplying some mascara.

"Tell me its not a date when you see what she's wearing."

"What is she wearing? Holly asked as her eyes grew wide.

"This is exactly what I'm talking about Hol, that's the exact same face you make when you see her around the temp house. I don't want you getting hurt."

"I'm not going to get hurt! I can't get hurt if I don't like her! It's just dinner. Dinner! We always do that together! Does that mean I like you?"

"You know what I mean. Holly, I love you. I just don't want a repeat of last time."

"I'm so close to not going on this! It's dinner! A simple stupid dinner with my freaking boss! Chris she's not even my type. She offered me food! I'm going out of respect. Please don't make a big deal out of a meaningless dinner!"

Holly and Chris' head turned as they heard someone cough at the bedroom door.

"I hope I'm not interrupting." Gail said

The best friends turned pale as paper when they saw her at the door. They were terrified that they had no idea if she had overheard anything. But it was Holly's eyes that lingered longer than she was supposed to.

Gail had chosen to wear a form fitting red dress with black pumps, her curls down and pinned at one side, and matching bright red lipstick. The architect licked her lips as she eyed the goddess in front of her.

"It's just that we have a reservation at 8:30."

Holly snapped out of it to see Chris giving her a worried look.

"Yeah.. yeah. of course. I'm sorry, I'm ready." Holly stumbled as she got her jacket and walked by following Gail out.

The blonde turned around and smirked at Holly, "You clean up well, beautiful."

Holly's heart swelled and her nerves started taking the best of her. It felt good to finally be outside, the fresh air helped calm her nerves. She froze in her tracks when she saw what Gail was driving.

"Oh my god!" Holly squealed.

"You like?" Gail smiled.

"That's yours?"

"Of course!" she smirked tapping the door and letting it open upwards.

Holly got in and Gail tapped it again to close it.

"This is probably the most surprising thing about you." Holly laughed "Who knew you'd have a red Lamborghini Veneno."

"Ah, impressive." Gail smiled.

"Red suits you. You look phenomenal in it." Holly turned to her.

Gail knew she wasn't talking just about the car. "Thank you."

"So where are you taking me?"

"You'll see. Well, sort of."

Gail pulled up to a valet and got out of the car and opened the door for Holly.

"Le Noir?" Holly smiled reading the white neon sign.

"It's their opening night, I had a reservation for two and I honestly didn't think I'd find the perfect person to bring. But I did." Gail smiled and took Holly's hand as she gave her keys off.

The entrance was dark, apart from the lights that streamed from inside.

"Welcome, name please." Said the host at the front.

"Peck." Gail smiled

"Here we are." and with that the host handed Gail what looked like two blindfolds.

"What's that for?"

"For us." Gail smiled "Le Noir, it's a restaurants that lets you dine in the dark" Gail said her eyes wide with excitement.

Holly half smiled, amused by the blonde's spontaneous idea. She lifted the blindfold to her eyes and her heart skipped a beat when she felt Gail's soft and warm hand in hers. It's true what they say, when one sense is down, the rest kick in full tilt.

The host led Gail to the table with Holly following behind holding on ever so tightly to the blonde's hand. When they were seated the host let them know that their waiter would be there promptly.

There was a comfortable silence at their table, it was mostly trying to get accustomed to being like this. Blind.

"Hello, I'm Kevin and I will be your server tonight. I'd like to welcome you to Le Noir on our very anticipated opening night. We hope that this experience lets you enjoy your dinner like you never have before. You brought in your own wine, the bottle is at your right Gail, and both your glasses are on your left at 2 o'clock. I have poured it already. Let me know when you need a refill."

Holly was beyond nervous, she felt Gail squeeze her hand. "I won't laugh if you spill it."

"Gail!" she whined nervously.

The blonde took the opportunity to move the glass towards their conjoined hands and let Holly taste the wine first.

"Here you go."

Holly slowly lifted the glass to her lips and Gail found the other and did the same. The brunette let the liquid invade her mouth, it was fantastic, she couldn't help but find it familiar. Like it was from a dream.

"Oh my god." the brunette finally said

"It took you long enough" Gail laughed

"How did you find this?" Holly whispered

"I pulled out a few favors when you told me about it. I was saving it for a night like this."

"Nothing says thank you better than a very rare glass of Chateau Lafite. Gail this is really too much.

"You do have expensive taste, but you've earned it Ms. Architect." Gail smiled joining their hands together.

"Are you ready to order?" Kevin said making his entrance known.

"I'll have the chef's favorite, and my friend here will have your vegan plate." Gail ordered.

"Great choices." he said refilling their glasses.

When the server was gone Holly couldn't help but ask. "Chateau Lafite and a vegan dinner? I can't help but think that you've actually been listening to me."

"Don't flatter yourself, I learned that its not so easy to tune you out."

"Very funny."

"Do you talk to your boyfriend that much? I know Nick wished I'd talk to him." Gail teased

It was then that Holly realized that she hadn't mentioned her sexuality to Gail.

"Actually... I don't have a boyfriend."

"Really? Isn't Chris your boyfriend?"

"No." Holly laughed

"Then what were you two hollering about?"

"You didn't hear anything?" Holly asked relieved

"No. Why?"

"No reason."

"Whatever you say, so what's your type? Buff? Or nerdy like you?" Gail asked

"Actually, my type is... female." Holly breathed out

"Okay. So what's your type of female?"

It was nerve wracking having this conversation, but it was even more bizarre having it blindly. She realized that Gail hadn't made any kind of deal of her sexuality. It hadn't bothered her at all. It gave her a new found confidence, she could finally be her true self with Gail, and it made her ecstatic.

"Definitely not the pushy kind." Holly teased.

"Your loss, nerd." Gail laughed

Their food arrived and the rest of the night consisted of talking about the house, Gail's engagement, and some of Holly's exes.

When they were finally back outside and had rubbed their eyes back to adjust to light they had asked for the car to go home.

Gail pulled up to Holly's apartment and turned the engine off.

"I can't tell you how much I enjoyed tonight." she said never turning to meet the eyes burning a hole on the side of her head.

"I'm glad you enjoyed it. You really deserve it after these past 6 weeks." the blonde responded turning to face Holly completely

"Like I said, it was a pleasure doing it for you. I knew it would mean a lot to you and Nick."

"It does." there was an awkward silence when Holly didn't make eye contact.

"I guess I'll see you tomorrow." the brunette replied finally meeting the most beautiful blue eyes she'd ever seen. It was the first time Holly had actually gotten a chance to admire them.

"You will." Gail whispered and leaned in to place the softest kiss to Holly's cheek.

Feeling Gail's moist lips against her cheek weakened the brunette's heart. She closed her eyes to be able to feel it. All of it, to enjoy it with every other sense in her body.

"Goodnight Gail." Holly said trying to make her way out of the car as quickly as possible without making it awkward.

She watched the red Lamborghini pull away and let go of the breath she had been holding since she looked into those gorgeous orbs.

Extra long chapter and extra fast update to make up for such a late chapter 3. I hope you guys like it and if you do please leave a review! They give me life! Love you guys!