Chapter 3: First Date
A/N: Okay so I know I haven't updated in a while, and I know this chapter is short but I had a lot of trouble with this chapter. What really got me to update were the two reviews I got from Leah Barrett and Dina C. I really do love reviews so please take the time to review and if you have any ideas, feel free to inbox me . Also I plan on updating once a week if not more. So I give you another chapter…
The next day after not getting much sleep due to the fact that she spent most of the night wondering if all of it was real or if she would wake up in that tiny apartment in Mumbai, Dani got up at five instead of six and tried everything to forget what would happen in the next fourteen hours. On her way to work, her mind stumbled over a thought… why hadn't she ever felt this way over Jay? She could've sworn she'd loved him, but everything with Jesse was different. She had never laughed with Jay until her stomach hurt. She had never got that cliché butterfly feeling everyone talks about, everything seemed so serious, but not with Jesse. By the time she got to work, she came to a conclusion: she'd cared about Jay, maybe loved him a little bit, but it had only meant to be a fling. She DID get the cliché butterfly feeling by just getting to see Jesse. Suddenly the locket she had on since the day Jay gave it to her felt like twenty pounds. She did what she thought she would never want to do and took off the necklace and let him go. She felt nothing. No pain, no guilt, no tears, no regret. The only thing she felt was as if that twenty pound weight was lifted off of her shoulders. Finally she got out of her car and went to work.
Around five, she got to leave and raced home. When she got home, she went to her closet and found the dress was looking for. It was a slick dark blue dress that went to her knees with a slit on the side. She quickly found the black heels to go with it and from there everything else effortlessly followed. Right before eight, she heard a knock on the door and when she opened it, Jesse froze where he stood. He'd seen her in dresses before, but this was different. On the cruise it had seemed fake, unlike the blue dress she wore now. When he finally managed to speak, all he could say was "Wow, and here I thought you looked good in a business suit…"."You're not so bad yourself Porter." She said with a sly smile. And with that, they went to the restaurant.
When they got there, Dani immediately admired the small but elegant restaurant. They were seated at a somewhat secluded table and Jesse began immediately to speak saying "When I was nine, right before my mom died, she and I visited Miami and we came here. I don't know why I remember this place so well, but its one of my best memories of her and nobody else knows…" he trailed off. He hadn't meant to come out and share something so personal, but just like on that dang cruise, he found it almost too easy to tell her about his past and personal life. For a moment he was worried he'd said something wrong, but she grabbed his hand reassuring him and encouraging him to continue. So he did. He felt like they had known each other for years when in reality, it had been less than a year. They were each other's best friends, sure Mike and Sam and Fi were all close to him, but he didn't think he could go to them and say such personal things as he did with Dani. They continued to talk about the restaurant and the past and, when they finished, he drove her home and kissed her goodnight. The perfect ending to a perfect night.