Since JC was picking up Lexi at 9AM she decided to get up at seven. She took a shower (you know, girls, the kind where you shave your legs like three times), blow dried her hair and curled it perfectly, and put on her equally perfect casual outfit she had bought the previous day. She carefully applied her makeup and put on just the right amount of perfume. As she was putting her sneakers on she realized how ridiculous she was behaving.
“What am I doing?” she said out loud to herself. “I don’t need to be doing all of this to impress him.”
Lexi stood up, walked over to her dresser to put on her jewelry, and continued talking to herself.
“He’s seen me a hundred times with me having done my usual 15 minute ‘get ready routine,’ and that obviously didn’t send him running in the opposite direction. So why would this be any different?”
Lexi sighed and laughed at herself. “Whatever. You’re still a girl, and this is still a first date. Ok…stop talking to yourself.”
Ding dong…
As JC waited for Lexi to answer the door he felt nervous, and he had no idea why. He’d been out with Lexi many times before, but the only difference now was that she was his…his what? Well, whatever they were, they were definitely more than just friends.
JC’s thoughts were broken when Lexi’s opened the door, and all of the butterflies in his stomach disappeared. She was wearing a pair of cropped khaki pants and a sleeveless, yellow v-neck shirt. Although she was wearing simple clothes, he still thought she looked extraordinarily beautiful, as usual.
“Hey!” Lexi said as she opened the door. JC said nothing, and simply smiled. “What? Is my hair sticking up or something?”
JC laughed. “No. You just look so beautiful.”
Lexi smiled and blushed (she still couldn’t take compliments very well). “Thank you,” she said as JC came inside.
Lexi turned around from closing the door, and JC was right there to meet her with a kiss. She kissed him back and said, “My bag’s upstairs. I’ll be down in a minute.”
“Hold on a second,” JC said smiling and putting his arms around her waist.
He gave her another deep kiss and said, “Ok, now you can go get your bag.”