Mia's POV
As much as I loved the barbeque that we had as a family, I've been looking forward to my first date with Sawyer.
I spent the entire barbeque trying to be cool around Sawyer. I didn't want to ruin my chance at a first date with him by being over giggly like a high school girl. It was hard to do since that is my personality. I like to laugh and have a great time with the people that I care for. But I had to give it a shot and all went well.
I change into a black blouse with ivory roses on it and some dark denim skinny jeans. I pair it with a pair of black flats. I wanted to wear some heels with the outfit but I opted for something comfortable because I would rather be comfortable on my first date and not have to worry about falling, which I tend to do a lot when I wear heels. Yes, I can be clumsy.
I do a minimal amount of make up and head down the stairs.
"Sweetheart, you look great. " My mom says.
"Thanks mom." I say to her. I look at myself one more time in the mirror.
"Sweetie, you look fine. Don't make the guy wait any longer than he already is." My mom says in an insisting manner.
Did she say guy? How does my mom know that I am going on a date with Sawyer?
I look at her slightly puzzled.
She lets out a laugh.
"Honey, Im your mother; I know things. And besides, I knew something was up because I saw the way Sawyer was with you during the barbeque. Im glad that you are feeling happy now and I hope that Sawyer will treat you the way you need to be treated." She says, her eyes glint with pride and joy.
" I have no doubt in my mind." I say to her. I give her a kiss on the cheek and finally exit the house to meet up with Sawyer.
Once Im out the door, I am about to walk down the steps to my car when I bump into Sawyer.
"And where do you think you're going?" He asks. Sawyer is looking good as usual. He is wearing a crisp white button down with some light wash jeans. His beautiful blue eyes sparkle with amusement in the light of the porch.
"I thought I was going to meet you at the café." I tell him. Wasn't that the plan?
"Change of plans, my lady."He says with a wink. He retrieves a long stem red rose and gives it to me.
How sweet of him!
I blush when I bring the rose up to my nose. Roses are my favorite flower. Someone had to tell him that because I don't remember saying that to him. Maybe a lucky coincidence…
"Thank you." I say.
"You are very welcome." He says. He takes me by the arm and leads me to his car. Being the gentleman that he is, he opens the door for me.
He is certainly a charmer. I can't wait to get to know him more.
Sawyer's POV
The day has finally come. I have to admit that I feel as though this is my first date ever, even though its not. For some reason and I cannot explain why, but I feel slightly nervous. I know it has nothing to do with the fact Mia is my boss's little sister. It most likely has to do with the fact that I want everything to be perfect. She's had a rough week; full of unnecessary heartbreak and a load of tears. I want to restore happiness into her life again. That same exact happiness that she felt when she was with Ethan, except I am no Ethan. I don't even want to be compared to that person. Can you even call him a person after what he did?
I start the car and soon Mia and I are on our way to our first date. Mia thinks we are going to Le Jolie, a popular French café, but little does she know that we aren't going there.
Mr. Grey already knew about my first date and got us a reservation to the Seattle Needle Restaurant. Now I know that the environment there is rather formal and we will probably stand out in a restaurant full of Seattle's elite, but that's the least of my worries. As long as Mia is happy, then that is all that matters.
"Luke, I think we just passed the café." Mia points out.
I smile.
"We aren't going to the café. I decided on taking you somewhere much nicer for our first date." I tell her. I want to look at her right now and see her eyes sparkle with excitement , but I have to keep my eyes on the road. This time of the night there are a lot of crazy drivers and I don't want to risk having a car accident on my first date.
" So where are we going then?" She asks. I can feel her eyes on me.
"It's a surprise." I tell her.
Mia turns her head and looks at the street that we are on.
" Well, we just passed some five star restaurants, so I don't have any idea where we are headed." She says.
We finally make it to our destination and I pull into the valet parking.
"Wait a second, this looks very familiar." She says.
I don't say anything. We get out of the car. I walk around to open the door for her like I did when she first got into the car.
She blushes slightly at the gesture.
Hand in hand we enter the structure and make it into the elevator.
Mia scans the elevator buttons for a few seconds after I hit the last elevator level.
" Luke Sawyer, I got you all figured out." She says, crossing her arms and smiles.
"Do you now?" I ask, playfully.
"We are at the Seattle Needle. We are going to the Seattle Needle Restaurant." She says.
" Yes we are." I tell her.
After a few minutes of smiling, Mia looks slightly upset.
"Whats wrong, Mia?" I ask her.
"It's a formal restaurant. We aren't even dressed formally." She says.
I turn to face her.
" Its fine, Mia. We are here to start the beginning of something that we both want. Who cares if people are going to look at us funny? It shouldn't matter to us." I explain to her. The elevator opens up to our floor.
" You're right. Clothes aren't everything. I am here to have a good time with you and that is all that should matter to me." She says. I take her hand and we walk into the restaurant.
The last time I was here, proposed to Ana. The restaurant was closed off only for the Grey family. Now it is in full swing, filled with the wealthiest people this state has.
We walk up to the host.
" We have a reservation under the name Grey." I tell the hostess.
"Yes, right this way." The hostess leads us to a table for two right next to the window. The view was exceptionally beautiful.
"Oh my God, the view is amazing." Mia gushed as she looked through the window.
I nod in agreement and pull out a chair for Mia.
" Such a gentleman."She says.
I sit down in my seat in front of her.
The waitress comes with a bottle of champagne in her hand.
" Compliments of Christian Grey." She said. She quickly opened it and poured it into champagne flutes.
Mr. Grey's generosity is endless.
"I would like to propose a toast for new beginnings." I say.
"To new beginnings." Mia says.
We take a sip of the champagne and our date has officially begun at that point.
Mia doesn't hesitate and asks me about why I decided to go into security.
" It all started since I was a little boy. I always wanted to protect people. I knew that college wasn't for me, so I decided that I will join the army after graduating high school. All the men in my family have served in the military,so I knew that I will end up doing the same at some point in my life. The army has basically carved me into the person I am today." I explain to her.
"Well that explains a lot." She says. I can tell that she is genuinely interested to get to know me which I appreciate.
"Tell me about your family." Mia says.
" I came from a middle class family. I was the only child. My father wasn't around much because of his military career and because of it we had to travel a lot from place to place. I never had the chance to make friends since we traveled from one base to another. My mother has taught be everything that I know from cooking to laundry and she always told me to do what you love. She never got the chance to do what she wanted, so for her to know that I actually enjoy doing something, it's a huge deal. " I say.
"I would like to meet her one day and your father. " Mia says.
That would be nice.
" My father and I haven't spoken in a long time. We never had a great relationship; I don't know why. Im sure that it has something to do with the fact that he didn't have time to build a relationship with me." I tell her.
"Well he should be proud of his son. He's a great guy." She says with a smile.
I simply nod and take another sip of champagne.
We order our food. Mia decides on a Chicken Picatta while I get filet mignon.
I decide to ask Mia some questions, since she had done the same to me.
" Why did you decide to go into the catering business?" I ask her.
"Well, in reality I could have went into anything because of the Grey name. I have always spent time in the kitchen watching either Gretchen or my mom cook. I would help as well and I realized that it brought me an overwhelming sense of joy. I liked to see people's reactions when they tried the food that I prepared. My senior year of high school, I got into a prestigious culinary school in France and spent 4 years there working with the greatest chefs in the world. When I came back here, I decided that I would like to open up my own catering business and I think it was a great decision." She says.
"Its nice that you went and done all of this on your own. You didn't just use the Grey name just to get by." I tell her.
" Everybody around me thought that. As much as I love my family, I knew that I wanted to carve my own path. I will still carry the Grey name, but as a last name only." She says.
There is more to Mia then what meets the eye and that's what is drawing her to me. She is more than just Christian Grey's sister. She is a business woman herself and strives to make herself known because of what she does.
We get our food and it is delicious. The steak was prepared medium rare, to my liking, and I have to say it was probably the best steaks I have ever tried.
Mia also marveled at her food.
The rest of the evening was spent in laughter and a great conversation. For dessert, we shared a strawberry cheesecake which was so good that we almost fought over the last piece of it. I let her have it, being the gentleman that I am.
It was a wonderful night that unfortunately was going to end.
"I had a great time." Mia said as I walked her up the steps to the front door.
" Me too. Probably the best first date I had by far." I say to her.
Mia giggles.
"Im sure it wasn't the best ever." She said.
" Mia, Im serious. I had a great time with you and I want to do this again sometime." I tell her.
" I would like that." She says.
She was about to open the door. I've been a gentleman the whole night. I need to give her a goodnight kiss. This is what ties it all up.
Before she opens the door, I take one step in her direction. Our eyes meet and I know this is the perfect moment to act.
I take her beautiful face in my hands and kiss her on the lips. I wanted to do this for a really long time and now that I am, I feel like a kid opening his Christmas presents. Mia puts her arms around me and we stand there for a few minutes, showing one another how we truly feel.
Soon we break the kiss.
"Goodnight Mia." I say to her.
" Night Luke." She says. She opens the door and closes it behind her.
I head back to my SUV feeling a wave of happiness that I haven't felt in a really long time.
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