�Ain�t you dancing?� Farah asked.
�Nick�s talking to his dad,� Valondra replied.
�But they�re playing your song,� Farah said.
�I know,� Valondra said. �Go away.�
�Whatever,� Farah said getting up and walking away.
Valondra sighed and Nickolas said, �Sorry about that.� She looked at him and grinned. �Do you want to dance?�
�I�d love to,� Valondra said and Nickolas pulled her up. They started dancing and his phone rang again. �Are you going to get that?�
�No,� Nickolas said. �I�d rather dance with you right now.� She nodded and he got out his phone. She watched as he turned it off and smiled. �Now they can�t interrupt.�
�Right,� Valondra said. They continued dancing the next couple minutes and imagined it was just the two of them.
�Do you want to get out of here?�
�What do you have planned?�
�Well, I had planned something this morning��
�We weren�t together this morning.�
�I know, but I was hoping that with what I had planned would change all that.�
�Were you confident?�
�Ninety-five percent. Why?�
�Just wondering. What do you have planned?�
�Well, since you can�t leave the house we can�t do it.�
�Why not? Fran won�t care if I leave and I�m a big girl.�
�Right.�
�Come on, where are we going?�
�I don�t want you to get in trouble again.�
�We�re going and there�s nothing you can say to change my mind.� She took his hand and led him to the door. �Fran, I�m leaving.�
�Ok, Sweetie,� Fran said, as she danced with her boyfriend.
�Fran�s cool,� Valondra said pulling Nickolas out the door. �So where are we going.�
�It�s a surprise,� Nickolas replied. �You�re not going to know until we get there.� He took a handkerchief from his pocket and smiled.
�What do you think you�re doing with that?� Valondra questioned and Nickolas continued smiling. �You�re blindfolding me?�
�Yeah,� Nickolas stated. She shook her head and Nickolas put the blindfold around her eyes and they started walking.
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Nickolas led Valondra along and she said, �I know where we are.� She smiled.
�Oh you do,� Nickolas said. �Then where are we?�
�At the beach,� Valondra said, as they stopped walking.
�How do you know?�
�I got sand in my shoes and I can hear the waves.�
�Why didn�t you say anything?�
�I wanted you to keep me in suspense a little more.� He smiled. �Why are we here?�
�That�s the best part.� He took the blindfold off Valondra and she looked. �What do you think?�
�Wow, dinner, music, candles�so romantic.� She looked at him and smiled and he saw a sparkle in her eyes. �It�s beautiful, Nick.�
�I was hoping you would like it.� They sat on the blanket side by side.
Valondra looked at everything again and then said, �This is really romantic.� He smiled. �A picnic under the stars on the beach with a full moon�how�d ya know?�
�I asked Ariel and Toni.� She smiled. �I wanted to do something nice for you and hope you�d want to get together again.�
�This�you�re�� She sighed. �Ugh, come here.� She took his face in her hands and kissed him. �I already know I�m going to remember this night forever.� She kissed him again.
�I hope ya do.�
�I will.� She kissed him again then left him go. �So what do we have to eat?�
�Pizza�that I hope is still warm.� She laughed. �I know it�s not romantic, but��
�It�s cool, Nick. I love pizza and I�ll eat it anytime.� He smiled. �Even if the pizza is cold we still got these yummy red strawberries and some champagne.�
�It�s sparkling cider.�
�Don�t ruin my moment, Carter.�
�Sorry.� She looked at him and he smiled.
�Fox did a lot of nice things for me, but he never did anything like this. Maybe if he did we�d still be together.�
�That�s his loss.�
�And your gain.�
�Exactly.�
She poured them some sparkling cider and then sat in front of Nickolas and leaned against his chest. He just looked at her surprised a moment and then put his free arm around her. She sat there and ate the strawberries and Nickolas watched her. He didn�t understand the way he was feeling at that moment. He was afraid to know the feeling. He didn�t want to know, but he just knew that it wasn�t sexual like usual. It was something more and something different. It made him feel good inside and he didn�t want the moment to end�ever.
�This is really nice, Nick.�
�Yeah it is.�
�I�m glad you thought of it.�
�Me too, Princess.� Princess. He never ever gave one of his girlfriends a nickname of any kind before. What was happening to him? Valondra looked at him and smiled.
�No one�s ever called me Princess before.�
�I never called anyone Princess before.�
�There�s a first for everything.�
�Yeah.� Nickolas lowered his mouth to hers and kissed her lips softly. She brought her hand up and touched his face, as she opened her mouth a little for Nickolas to slip his tongue inside. He started massaging her tongue with his own and she left a small moan escape her. They kissed for a few minutes and then stopped and just smiled at each other.
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