Fighting to be Free (Completed)

Fighting to be free - chapter 5

Copyright © 2011 Kirsty Moseley

 

Chapter 5

 

At seven o'clock I threw on a clean t-shirt and jeans and headed into my bathroom, lifting the lid of the toilet cistern and pulling out the plastic bag that I had put in there, hiding all of my money. I pulled out $100 and wrapped the rest tightly in the bag, putting it back, wedging it in just above the water level. I grabbed my jacket and Ellie's cell phone and headed out. I was so excited to get there, I wanted to be early in case she was.

I stopped and bought a single red rose, she wouldn't really want a bunch of flowers to be worrying about all night, but a single one should be ok. I mean, that's romantic, right? Wow, I suck at this so much. I pulled up at seven thirty and sat in the truck, getting more and more nervous by the second. This was my first actual date, I actually had no idea what to do or say. How the hell was I supposed to treat her nicely, if I didn't know how?

At quarter to eight I went to stand outside the restaurant. Shit, maybe I should have asked her where she was parking or something to make sure she didn't have to walk anywhere in the dark. Jeez this whole dating thing is actually harder than it sounds.

A little while later she walked round the corner looking like a freaking goddess. The black leggings she was wearing made her legs look long and perfect, and the belt made the white top she was wearing cling to her tiny waist. I groaned internally. Wow, maybe this wasn't a good idea meeting her again, it was like torture wanting her and knowing she wasn't interested. She smiled making me smile too, she looked a little nervous as well, which made me feel better.

"Hey," she said quietly.

"Err hey, you look, err.....you look....wow. I mean, you just look..... yeah, just....wow," I stuttered. Yeah I just made myself look like I first class prick. Oh God Jamie, you are so smooth it's just unreal. She laughed and blushed, dropping her eyes to the floor. The red on her cheeks made her look even more beautiful, if that was possible.

"Umm thanks, you look good too." She smiled, biting her lip nervously. I groaned internally again, yeah I was wearing a plain grey t-shirt and she looks like that, seriously I am totally out of my league with this girl.

"Here's your phone, nice ring tone by the way," I said, holding it out to her.

She laughed, "Err yeah, I put that on there when I broke up with Mark, thought that song was appropriate," she said, laughing as she pushed the phone into her purse. I laughed, she didn't seem to upset about the breakup, which I guess was a good thing, maybe it wouldn't take her long to get over him.

"I got you this too." I held out the rose, feeling like a complete clueless idiot.

She looked at it a little shocked, "You did? Thank you." She looked back at me, smiling gratefully as she traced her fingers over the petals lightly.

Ok, I score one for that. I looked into her eyes, they were the strangest colour eyes I had ever seen in my life. They were a kind of blue-grey colour, just indescribable and beautiful, I could feel my heart beating too fast. Damn it, come on Jamie, get it together!

"Well shall we go in? Are you hungry?" I asked, nodding to the door.

She grinned, "I'm starving." I pulled the door open and nodded for her to go in first. I couldn't help but look at her ass as she walked past, it honestly made my mouth water.

We were shown to our table and I was calming down slightly, the nerves easing off as I remembered last night and how easy she was to talk to.

"So what do you do then, Jamie?" she asked, as we looked over the menus.