Chapter 8

Our Secret Date Together

CYMBALINE'S POV.

It was finally Friday night. My brothers, Tails and Silver had gone to visit Tails' parents and Silver's parents. They would always visit family when they were back home, they always did. Of course Shadow declined, but said to give them his greeting. Of course he was getting ready for our date.

Of course once mom had gotten back, since her trip had been extended, I told her everything, including everything about me and Shadow, and she wasn't upset by it. In fact, she gave me some tips for my date. She was going over to visit another friend, in the same town as us, but still. That left me to get ready by myself, and of course I couldn't tell the girls. Don't get me wrong, I trust them, but I didn't want to take the chance of them accidentally spilling the news to the guys.

I was still trying to find what to wear, when I saw it. The perfect outfit.

It was a dress that went to my knees, with no sleeves, but a black collar that held it up. The dress was a blue/turquoise color, with a black belt that was a bit wide, and there were black ruffles on the edges underneath the skirt which made it puff out just a little bit. I also had on black leggings that went to past my knees, and black ankle high boots. I also had on my bracelet, light eye shadow and lip gloss. And my quills were down instead of in a ponytail. They went to my back about halfway. They were really long.

And finally, I was ready.

Five minutes later, Shadow came to pick me up. We were off. He had a black car waiting as I walked towards it.

"Hey." I said.

"Hey yourself…wow, you look…wow." he said, with a slight breathless sigh. I blushed.

"So, shall we go?" he asked, regaining his composure.

"Yes, we shall." I said, with a smirk.

We got in the car and headed to the restaurant.

'This is going to be really fun. I like Shadow a lot. I just hope he likes me the same way.' I thought to myself, as we drove off, towards the lights and sounds of the city after dark.

In fifteen minutes, we were at the restaurant. I could hear the music pouring out onto the street and he lights shine out onto the streets as well.

"Shall we, malady?"

"Why yes. Of course kind sir." I said giggling.

He took my arm in his and we walked inside. It was all so fancy, but not to fancy. There were different types of music everywhere and in different languages besides English. There were different plants, and the decor was music based in all areas of the world. This was the type of place I would love to be. We walked up to the host.

"Dinner for two." Shadow said.

The host looked up and his eyes widened.

"Oh, Mr. Shadow, it's such an honor to have you here!" he said, in an excited tone, then calmed. He must have been a fan as well. It wasn't surprising though.

"Thank you. Is our table ready?" he asked.

"Right this way." he led us to a table and seated us in a private both, so it was only the two of us.

"Someone will be right with you to take your orders." the host said.

"Thank you." I said, as he left. I looked to Shadow.

"I made sure that it would be quiet, just in case of any paparazzi." he said.

"You always think of everything." I said, making him blush.

They started playing songs from Broadway musicals and shows. Right now they were playing songs from Wicked: The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz. It was my all time favorite musical. Right now they were playing, As Long As You're Mine. It was one of my favorite songs in the musical. I mean, don't get me wrong. I love all the songs, but that is one of my top favorites. And I'll admit, while it played I couldn't help but blush as we listened. Soon a waiter came and asked us what we wanted to drink.

"I'll have a Sierra Mist." I said.

"I'll just have the same thing." Shadow stated.

The waiter took our drink orders back to the kitchen and five minutes later came back with them and they took our orders.

"I'll have the shrimp pasta and steak medium rare." Shadow said.

"And I'll have the fettuccini alfredo and a salad with ranch please." I replied.

He took our orders and went to the kitchen. Then it was just us again. Soon our food came. After a little eating he asked,

"So how do you like the date so far?" he asked.

"The restaurant is really great and the food is amazing. Thanks for taking me here."

"Yeah, sure. But we still have other things to do as well."

"Yeah. I know. But still, this place is great." I said.

He smiled at me and of course, I smiled back.

After we ate, he stood up and pulled me to the dance floor in the private booth. I'll admit, it did feel nice being so close to him. My head was lying on his white furry chest. It was just…nice. He was so warm, I just wanted to snuggle up to him and fall asleep. But I guess I was so relaxed about it, I hadn't noticed that I was purring and he was looking down at me with a smirk.

"Sorry." I said sheepishly.

"It's alright, Cym."

I blushed as he called me my nickname.

After the last song ended, he said,

"Come on, if we want to catch the movie we better get going."

I nodded and we had the waiter come back so he could pay the bill, after that we were able to head out, luckily there were no paparazzi. We got in the car and headed to the theatre.

We arrived at the movie in about fifteen minutes. When Shadow told me what movie we wee seeing, I was really excited. We were going to see Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters. I had been wanting to see this Hansel and Gretel movie since it came out, and he remembered, which made it so sweet of him.

It was also smart of him to see the movie at the drive in theatre, it was dark, except for the movie, and if we had to go fast, it wouldn't be to hard, since we were already in the car. But hopefully, it wouldn't come to that.

We got our popcorn and headed to the movie screen that would be showing our movie. We gave the man our tickets when he walked by, but not before he got a really nasty glare from Shadow for winking at me. I saw the guy shake and then recognized who Shadow was and started to ask for his autograph. Shadow said he would only give it to him if he didn't tell anyone that we were here and didn't call the media. Of course the ticket guy complied and got his autograph. After thanking Shadow repeatedly, he left and soon the movie started.

Halfway through the movie, I felt Shadow's arm slip around my waist. I blushed lightly, but then laid my head on his shoulder.

The movie ended too soon for our liking. I waited in the car while he threw our trash away, just then I heard a commotion and saw Shadow hurriedly open the car door, and shouted,

"Go away, I don't have anything to say!"

He put on his seat belt and started the car.

"Paparazzi?" I asked.

"Yeah, get ready." he said, and started speeding out of the drive in theatre.

We were able to find a good hiding spot, and then head home. Once we got back, we hurriedly went inside, just in case anyone was there and luckily the guys weren't home yet, and neither was mom. But overall it had been a great date.

"Sorry about that." Shadow said.

"It's fine, and anyway, this has been the best date ever. I'm glad that I was with you Shadow. You just…really get me, you know?" I said sheepishly as I looked down.

He stepped closer and wrapped his arms around my waist and mine went around his neck as we hugged. It was just perfect. I looked back up to him and into his eyes as he looked in mine.

"Cymbaline?"

"Yeah, Shadow?" then I wasn't really prepared for what came next.

He kissed me. I fell into it immediately and then kissed back. His arms around my waist and mine around his neck tightened. Both of us deepening the kiss. It was even better than I imagined. He lightly dragged his tongue across my lips, asking for entrance. I opened my mouth slightly and he pushed his tongue in and it met mine, fighting for dominance. I shuddered slightly, enjoying the kiss, running my fingers through his quills, probably messing them up, but neither of us cared. The kiss lasted for three minutes before we had to come up for air.

Once we broke apart, we were both panting and looking at each other with smiles on our faces. Then Shadow spoke after a minute.

"I guess that makes you my girlfriend now."

"I guess so. But, maybe it would be better if we kept this a secret for a little bit, just until we can figure out how to tell the others, after all, you know how protective my brothers are of me. And I think that the fact that you're a band mate could either make it not so bad or worse, so let's just wait to tell them. Okay?" I asked.

"Yeah I understand Cym." he said sincerely.

"Good." I said, pecking him on the lips again.

We both went to our rooms and changed into our pajamas and started a Jim Carrey movie marathon. Yeah we had just seen a movie, but still, it was Friday night, so whatever.

During our movie marathon, the boys all came back so Shadow had to remove the arm that had been wrapped around my and the lips that had been on my cheek at the moment.

After five movies, I decided to head to bed, but not before Shadow was able to steal a kiss at my cheek, it was a good thing the only light was from the tv.

As I got into bed and drifted off into sleep, I thought to myself.

'Now comes the challenge, keeping our relationship a secret until we can tell the guys…' I though to myself as I fell asleep, listening to some of the guys' softer, slower music, with Shadow on vocals…

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