Tears (Part 8)

All through the day her eyes strayed to the clock consistently, and each time her butterflies moved in her stomach. The day seemed to drag.

She looked at the clock again, 6pm, "oh yes" she thought with glee. She freshened up, opened her closet and scanned for the perfect gown, right from the moment she agreed to the date she knew the gown, "aha, here you are" she loved the dress, a Jovani red dress with crystal beads in front. She let down her towel, left in her birthday suit, she walked to where her lotion was and smeared it lavishly on her skin, opened the drawer and pulled out an underwear, she wore it and took the dress and pulled it over her head, it got stucked, she wondered why, she pulled it and discovered there was zip at the back. She unzipped it and pulled it over her head again, then zipped up. Next she brought out her jewelry box, and searched for her Givenchy Brass and Resin Skull drop earrings, she admired the earrings in the mirror. She packed her hair into a bun. Just then Lana came in “mommy, you're going out?", "Yea honey, won't stay out too long, Mal will stay with you, I asked her to. Make sure you eat dinner okay! ", "okay" Lana left in search of Matilda; she was already fond of her.

Michelle slipped her feet into her gold Giuseppe Zanotti Metallic three strap evening sandals, her gold Lowe Large Logo embossed clutch bag was lying on the bed, she took it and admired herself in the mirror. She looked closely to her face and gasped "oh my god, no makeup" she quickly picked up her towel and covered the front of her dress, brought out her make up kit and applied a light make up. She looked at her reflection in the mirror “now you look pretty girl" and hummed the song 'mirror' by Justin Timberlake.

A knock! Jerked her from her spinning and pouting in front of the mirror. She knew who was at the door, her heartbeat thumped!, she took quick deep breaths before going down gracefully. She got to the door, opened it and saw a different side of Luke, he looked strikingly handsome. “good evening Luke, come in".

When he saw her, he died and resurrected, he loved her appearance especially how her dress hovered above her knees. He had a single white rose between his lips, he pointed to it “take it with your mouth" he tried talking without letting it drop. She shook her head and pulled it playfully from his mouth with her hand.

“Michelle you're so beautiful, I've seen other beautiful women, but you are unique", she smiled displaying her perfectly arranged teeth, "Thank you"

"So shall we"

"Of course"

As soon as she was out, he closed the door behind them. The sound of her shoes added rhythm to the music in his head. He loved this night.

As they approached his car, she gasped.

"What is it?"

"Your car"

"Ermmmmmm, okayyyy, what about it?"

"It's beautiful"

“oh, thank you my lady" he said with the British accent.

She always fantasized about having a black Porsche; here she was in one, but not hers. He opened the door for her and waited till she was comfortable before shutting the door. He got behind the wheel, pressed a button and John Legend's 'All of Me' oozed out. She hummed along. There was no conversation; she just hummed along with the songs that played out.

The car stopped, "here we are", and she looked out the window, and saw a house, soft music was playing out I thought we were headed for a restaurant or something” she looked confused "Am sorry for not letting you know, but it's a friend's birthday party, he is celebrating his 30th birthday and I needed a date",

"Okay", she moved her hands to open the door, he pulled her back,

“No! Let me open the door for you", she smiled “okay". He got out, got to the door, opened it and stretched his hand, she placed her palm on his as she got out, he held her hand and led her to the door, pressed the door bell, immediately the door was opened by a man he looked tensed and tired but tried to smile " welcome" next to him stood a waiter with a tray of wine glasses filled halfway with wine. Luke took two glasses and handed one to Michelle, she took it and involuntarily sniffed, he looked at her amused,

“oh, I’m sorry, am not a big fan of alcohol"

"I see"

She looked round and discovered the house was really spacious, filled with men and women, some talking, laughing, some looking as though they were forced to come to the party. She started paying attention to the ladies; all of them paid close attention to their look, from their hair down to their shoes.

“are you alright" He noticed her distraction

"Yea I am"

“hope you are having fun "

“Yea I am, lovely house I must say"

A waiter came, with a tray of squared shaped cakes, again he picked two and handed her one, his eyes scanned the house for the celebrant. A tap on his back, he turned sharply to see the beaming face of his friend, the celebrant looked really happy, " hey, kelvin, happy birthday bro" Luke was elated to see his friend

 Kelvin eyes shifted to Michelle

"Luke! Is she your girlfriend?”

"Well, she's just a friend"

"Arrrghhh! Luke! You let this diamond to be just a friend to you, come on man, she's a description of beauty", she smiles "happy birthday Kelvin",

"Thank you beautiful one, hope you like the party? "

“Yea I do, it's a classic one. Pleased to meet you" she stretched her hand for a handshake, instead of shaking; he took her hand close to his mouth and kissed it. She's a bit embarrassed but tries to hide it.

"So where is stark?" He turned to Luke, “you know Stark, one minute he's here, the other minute he's gone. He's a shady guy", " alright I have to go now, need to meet more friends, you guys should have fun, anything you need let me know" they both nod their heads. Kelvin disappears.

"So do you like his party" He looked concerned

"Yea"

They kept on talking, he had a sense of humour, she laughed at all his jokes. For the first time in a long time she was actually having fun.

“Do you want to eat something?"

“No appetite”

"Are you sure"

“Yes, the music is mild, it's not noisy, it's classic, plus the people here have a high taste in fashion. Everyone here look like they are from the top part of life", he nods “you can say that again, so do you want to dance?"

"Nope, my feet are killing; we've been standing since we came"

“oh, I’m so sorry" He leads her to a free couch, she sank in feeling relieved. “Do you want anything?"

"No, thanks"

Kelvin appears again.

"I see you guys are having fun"

“Yea, we are" Luke replied

"Okay, so can I go now, need to attend to more guests"

"Oh no! You can't go"

“Why?"

“Because you need to answer a question”

“Okay, I’m all ears"

“Do you now have a girlfriend or fiancée?"

“I’ve girlfriends" He said laughing

"Come on Kel! I mean a commitment”

“No, not ready for that, well you don't have any yourself"

“I’m sitting next to one woman" He turns to look at Michelle. Kelvin scoffs “well am happy having a quiver full of women" He spreads his hands for emphases. Michelle gives him the weird look, he noticed it " oh no my beautiful one, am not as bad as he puts it, am a perfect gentleman, believe me", " Yea right" she says. He laughed and walked away.

“My friend is crazy”

“obviously”

They spent the rest of the evening talking and eating what they could. "What's the time ", he looks at his watch "it's 9:30".”We need to start going, I’ve to go back home to Lana"

“oh that's true, let's go", they both stood up, Kelvin appears again" where do you think you're going to"

"Home" she responded

“Obviously”

"Isn't my party classic anymore?"

She smiles; "it is, but I have to go home to my daughter", "oh, I see" he looked a bit surprised. He saw them off to the door and bid them goodnight.

Getting back, he walked her to the front door. “thanks for being my date today", " you're welcome. I had a swell time this evening". His eyes seemed to glow in the dark, she resisted the temptation to place her lips on his. He came closer and kissed her cheek, “goodnight Michelle, see you again",

She pressed the door bell, almost immediately the door was opened by Matilda,

“goodnight Luke", he turned and walked away.

“Thank goodness! Was beginning to get worried"

“Thanks Mal. Where is Lana?"

"She's tucked in bed sleeping"

" Thank you so much"

“It’s okay. I've to go now"

“no, just stay over, tomorrow is Saturday, you can sleep in any room". Matilda saw a point there and decided to stay back. She stretched and yawned and headed straight for a room.

Michelle got into the room and saw her daughter sleeping soundly. She pulled her dress over her head, removed her shoes, off came her earrings. She was left with just her underwear; she got into the bathroom and washed off her makeup before lying next to her pearl. Her thoughts were on Luke when she shut her eyes and slipped into dreamland.





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