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Chapter Sixteen
Pagan
The first thing I saw through the tinted s of the lihts There were thousands of them I scooted over to look closer and see where it was the driver had taken us I’d just spent over tenkissed senseless
The large area looked like a field with a gazebo covered in white lights sat in the azebo to the trees surrounding it giving a canopy of lights feeling What was this place?
The liout the"Where are we?" I asked
Dank smirked the sexy way only Dank could and the driver opened my door I slid out and Dank followed ot back into the car and drove away
I looked around at the secluded site that Dank had obviously taken great pains to
"It’s not the Garden of Hesperides, but then ants to eat golden apples and dodge a dragon This garden is a much better option"
Had the rocker just coain, he frequently eous How did you do all this?" I asked as he took azebo
"I have uarded I shouldn’t have expected hie elaborate gazebo into the hts
The three steps on the gazebo were lined hite lights A small round table sat in the center of the covered area A silver tablecloth draped the table and there were two chairs placed around it A bouquet of some kind of exotic flowers I’d never seen sat in the hts inside He had really put a lot of work into this I was suddenly very thankful that I hadn’t worn jeans
"What are you thinking?" He asked close to ainstyouyou’ve invested in to bring all your first dates on" I was teasing of course and I s serious
"Never realized how sexy a san playing froazebo Dank held out his hand, "Dance with ainst his chest This was different than our first dance at the club It eeter, more sincere Less about attraction and an?" Dank asked softly againstht fro?"
That was an odd request I thought about it a minute then nodded "Yes"
He let out another heavy sigh Soht "One day you’ll need to remember this Remember how this felt I need you to tuck this memory close inside and hold onto it"
That was by far the oddest thing anyone had ever said or asked of"Um, okay," I replied hesitantly
He let out a soft chuckle, "I’et a little too serious"
No kidding He took my hand and lifted it in the air and twirled et his ominous request for now and enjoy the most ro ended Dank walked over and pulled out a chair for me "I know it looks like we’re out here all alone but I don’t intend to starve you"
I looked around and sure enough aa silver tray and two glass bottles of Coke
S back at Dank I said, "I can’t believe you set all this up"
He winked atas this is our first official date"
"Well, you blew any other first dates I’ve ever had out of the water already so sit back and relax"
Dank laughed as the waiter placed the Cokes in front of us and opened them He lifted the lid on the silver tray and then took the two glasses of ice and put them beside or bottles
"I don’t kno you could even think I’d ever be able to forget this," I said in awe as the server set chocolate covered strawberries in front of us
"Good That’s the idea," he replied
It had almost been a whole day since I’d seen or heard froht and I’d half expected hi when I walked out Then I’d been expecting hi of our first class But he hadn’t shown up for literature again After lunch when he still hadn’t called or shown up I began to wonder if I’d done soht Since the first day we’d ed to show up at least two ti we’d had he would be around evenhim I’d almost texted him several times but I’d refrained He hadand he hadn’t bothered to even text I decided last night ht have meant more to me than it had to him Maybe that really was a set up for first dates Maybe it hadn’tmore to him
I stacked upI’d spent the last two hours in the library studying Miranda was getting ready for another date with Nathan and she was too chatty to allowdone This hadn’t been ht and what I could have done wrong
The night breeze was abnorher on my shoulder and ured the as good exercise I didn’t like trying to park Miranda’s SUV I could seefe in my tracks I waited to listen for