We were flying home together. It was still early Saturday morning. I yelled over the wind, "So, Nicole. You got anything planned for tonight?" She shook her head no. "Oh, well I was wondering if you wanted to go with me to Le' Pierre's?" I said the name of the restaurant with a french accent. I was right above her so when she tried to jerk her head back to look at me, I almost laughed. "Gabriel!" When she said my name like that she starts to become a mother of me. "We talked about saving your money for a good education and your house payments!" I said, "Hey! You'd be surprised how paying these 5% of money earnings for the air shows AND the minimum wage can be!" She looked away to try to keep from laughing. Yeah, I work at McDonald's. I thought that since I still need a job, and since I'm still sixteen, McDonald's seemed like a good idea. I see teenagers working there in the movies, why not me? Besides, its only temporary. The workers there have NO idea who I am, including my boss.
She continued, "We're supposed to be saving that money for a special occasion!" I gestured to her. "You are the special occasion!" Yeah, I just said that. She paused. Then she said, "That is SO sweet, but you know what I mean!" I got her right where I want her. "So......that's a yes?"
I went up to my room to get ready for my date. I asked Nicole if she needed me to buy something for her to wear. She said she had something already and insisted that I didn't do anything for her, since we are going to a four star restaurant. I got my tux and pulled it out of its sleeve. Geez, I didn't have to wear this thing since my dad's press conference for Family's of America Magazine. Nicky was right when I said I should be saving money. I didn't really realize that a house was so expensive. I got plenty of money left, but its not unlimited. I just wanted to do something nice for her.
Later that night, I went over to Nicole's house. I was nervous. I've dated before, but with someone I really like? I'm not talking about those tiny crushes some kid would get over a year later, I really like her, maybe even more.
I knocked on the door. Mr. Miller opened it up. "Uh, hey." I said. He smiled a little and said, "Please, come in." I'd rather stay outside, when you say it like that, but my body took one step in front of the other inside. I stood in the parlor room, and made sure my tie was good. Mr. Miller said to me, "Listen son, just because your living by yourself doesn't mean your all grown up. Your still a kid, learning life like the rest of us. That means I still have a daughter to protect, you do know that don't you?" I nodded. "Yes sir. I realize what you're saying sir. I don't plan on making big leaps forward without taking a couple steps back." He nodded.
We both jumped a little when a voice came from upstairs. "Dad! Are you trying to scare him?" We both say at the same time, "No!" Nicole started walking down the stairs and my heart skipped a beat.
She was in a sparkling white dress, it didn't have a back so her wings were showing. She had a small white jacket with golden laces in her arms with her purse. She looked as nervous as me. "H-how do I look?" she asked when she got to the bottom. I was stammering, "You, uh, look gr-great." She smiled a little. "Its my Mom's. You look good too." she said. I took off the jacket of my tux. I probably ruined the tux forever by make little slits in the back for my wings, but that's OK. We agreed to fly for most of the trip then walk the rest of the way there.
Nicole said, "Come on. We better get going before my mom finds the camera."
As we left I heard Mr. Millers call out behind me, "I wanna see you in front at all times, Mr. Collins!" What? Why would he tell me to.......Oh. My face burned as I realized what he was implying.
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