I opened the car door and stepped outside. John also opened the door and stepped out.I looked at Lorraine and saw that she was looking at her face in a mirror and applying some red lipstick. Oh, so you need to look beautiful infront of John? I thought. I rolled my eyes and looked at myself at the reflection from John's car window. I still look the same: the same old red black glasses, have a shoulder length black hair with one side bangs, wearing a dark blue scrub suit and a black chuck taylor. Am I this typical and simple? I thought. I looked back at Lorraine and she was just getting out of the car. I didn't realized that John was standing at my back looking at me. So, I turned around and raised one eye brow at him.
"What?" he said. I looked at Lorraine and she was still busy fixing her hair and clothes. Without delay, I walked up to John and pulled his shirt so that he will follow me to a nearby tree, few feet away from the car.
"Hey! Hey!" he said loudly. I immediately placed a hand to cover his mouth and said, "Why didn't you tell me that you'll be bringing a girl to our dinner?" I was kind of furious for him not telling me anything about this girl. He touched my hand, the one covering his mouth, and pulled it away so he can speak. He let out a giggle and then looked at me straight at my eyes. I was shocked by the way he looked at me that I was taken aback.
"I didn't know you need to know everything. Are you...Jealous?" he said with a smile. I froze and immediately felt blood rushing up my face. He already knows how I feel? I thought. He was looking at me seriously as I was staring back at him. "Well, uhm, NO! haha." I said. I forced out a laugh and punched his shoulders. He was still looking at me when Lorraine's voice got our attention.
"Am I interrupting something? because I'm pretty hungry." She said. She then walked to the entrance of the restaurant. We immediately followed her and there was an awkward silence between me and John. You should have said yes, Sam! you should have said Yes! I was screaming at myself when suddenly John placed his hand on my shoulders and said, "You are one mysterious girl!
Before I can say anything, the waiter opened the door for us and ushered us to our table. Lorraine was already looking at the menu when me and John sat at the table.
"Waiter! We'd like to order now." she raised her hands in the air and immediately a chinese waiter came to accomodate us.
***
I finished my meal and I saw that Lorraine was still eating very gracefully.
"So, why don't we tell Sam why we invited her for dinner." Lorraine said as she was looking at John. I looked at John and back to Lorraine. Are they a couple? I asked myself. As I was looking at Lorraine, I was shocked to see her in a wedding dress. I immediately looked at John and saw him wearing a black tuxedo with a nice tie. I was so horrified to see them in their wedding attire that I stood up and shouted, "NO!"
"Sam! What are you doing?" I heard John's voice and I was pulled back to reality. I opened my eyes and saw that I was standing, raising my right hand in the air, holding a fork. I looked at John and he was looking at me with questions in his face. I then looked at Lorraine and she was also looking at me with wide eyes, as if I'm a maniac. Fudge! I thought.
Everyone in the room was silent and was looking at me. I slowly sat down and placed the fork on the table.
"Are you okay?" Lorraine asked. I looked at her and smiled. "Well, I saw a fly near my head so I said No to scare it." I said and then pretended to read a text in my phone. John laughed and said, "I thought your going to tell us to go to war, with a fork in hand." I looked at him with warning and he still continued to laugh.
"Okay. Can we talk about our proposal now, John?" Lorraine said. I closed my eyes afraid to hear the words We-Are-Going-To-Marry. I heard John said, "Go ahead!"
I opened my eyes and saw John looking at Lorraine and Lorraine was looking at me. She took a black, business-like folder from her bag and placed it on top of the table. She then looked back at me and smiled. My heart was beating fast, very fast and I can hear my own breathing. I gripped my knees and braced myself for what Lorraine was about to say. Please don't say John and I are gonna get married, I thought.
Lorrained looked at me and said, "I heard that you're into photography." I looked at her with questions in my mind. Where is this going? I thought. "Well, I was thinking would you like to do prenup pictorials?" she asked me. I can't answer the question. Is John gonna marry her? I looked at John and he was looking at me. I manage to answer and said, "Well, yeah. I'd love to. So, uhm, where do you want the pictorials would be? Did you and John decided on a place?"
I looked at John and he was looking at me with raised eyebrows. I stared at him and then he said, "Why would I decide the place for her prenup pictorials?" I blinked and continued to look at him. "Well, I thought you and Lorraine..." I stopped talking. Lorraine was already laughing and so is John. I looked at them both and pretend to laugh.
I don't understand, I said to myself.
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