Entry 3- (Andrew) Date.

Feburary 3rd WEDNSDAY
I woke up early the next day and jumped in the shower. When I got out and was dressed I heard voices in the kitchen. Curiously, I walked downstairs and saw my father and Andrew sitting at the table drinking coffee.
“Good morning” My father said when he saw me. I noticed that on the table there were three plates filled with pastries and fruit.
“What is all this?” I asked.
“Andrew brought breakfast.” My dad said. He has a huge sweet tooth. He loves pastries, Andrew really won gold points. “And he wants to ask you something…”
Oh, my… what was it going to be now? I wondered.
“There is a party at work this weekend. It is important that I make a good impression, I'm up for getting a promotion…” Andrew began saying, but I interrupted.
“You have my permission to take that model-classmate of yours to the party.” I said stuffing myself with a glazed pastry.
“Desiree!” my father exclaimed.
“Whout?” I replied with my mouth full. I know I looked zero attractive.
“Actually…” Andrew began again. “I wanted to ask you to come with me.”
“Me?” I was surprised. I had to get used to the fact that he actually wanted to be with me. “but I don´t have a dress.” My dad replied by putting a fifty dollar bill in my hand.
“Andrew is going to take you shopping after school today and then he will bring you home.” My father kissed by forehead and then walked out the door to go to work. It was just Andrew and I standing the kitchen. I laughed as I looked down at the folded bill in my hand.
“Well, don´t I get a say in this?” I said. Andrew kissed my neck.
“I don´t think so love.” he gave me a magical grin and we went off to school.

While in the school parking lot he pulled out a wrapped small gift box.
“I got you an early birthday gift.” He said.
“Very early..” I said. “my birthday is not for another two weeks.”
“Well this is sort of a birthday/dating gift. Here” he handed me the package. I opened it and saw that there was a brand new cel phone inside.
“Wow! Thank you!” I said and hugged him.
“I set up the cel phone so we could talk anytime anywhere and for as long as we want.”
“Really? Wow!”
He played with one of my strands of hair. “You can call me now whenever you need me.” He kissed the top of my head.
“Likewise” I said. “You can also call me whenever you need me.”

We said goodbye and went our separate ways to classes. I would not see him today again until 4:30pm. Then we would have the whole afternoon to ourselves at the moll. The day seemed to go by very slow. My classes seemed to take forever and the teachers all seemed like they were in a bad mood. Luckily I had done all my homework and I didn´t get yelled. I spent my free hours with my two best friends, Marc and Jennifer.
“I can´t believe you have a boyfriend!” Jennifer exclaimed. “I mean, it happened very fast. But you look very happy.”
“Actually you are glowing.” Marc said smiling. Marc was my best guy friend, he was the type of person you could take to a wedding or meet the family without any strings attached. He was also not interested in girls at all. “You really got a catch with Andrew. He is smart and charming.” I saw a longing in his eyes.
I laughed. “Your time will come Marc. Just wait, you will meet someone great.”
“Fred and I will celebrate our 6th month anniversary the following Monday.” Jennifer said. “Perhaps we could go out to dinner on a double date.”
“That sounds great! However I´ll have to check with Andrew first though.” I said. “Right now he is busy with a lot of work.”
“What does he do?” Marc asked.
“He is an intern at a law firm. He does the paper work and double checks that all the Closed cases are filed correctly.”
“Wow…” Jennifer said. “Fred can´t even get a job at McDonald´s” We laughed.
“you must be proud of him” Marc said.
I shrugged. I'm not sure if I'm proud of him the way I should be, I mean he accomplished a lot before he met me. It was as if I made the change.
The end of the day came soon enough through and I was waiting by the car when he got out of class. I have to admit I was excited at the idea of him going with me in public to the mall. A cute guy would be next to me! And every girl would envy it! However I was also embaressed at the thought that he would be with me while I tried on dresses… dressed that might not fit! Horror and panic filled me as I sat in the car next to him and we drove off to the mall.
We walked through the whole mall looking for a nice dress. It felt funny going into dress shops with a guy. However, I must say that he was a lot more helpful than the women at the stores. He understood my style and taste. The women seemed like they were just looking to make a sale.
I must have tried on about 50 dresses, every style and color, before we found the right one. It was a sparkly three-quarters silver strap dress with a matching shawl.
“That is perfect.” Andrew said as he twirled me around outside the dressing room. “If I said that ‘You look beautiful’ it would be an understatement. Now all I have to do is find a decent looking tie to match. ”
“Do you have shoes to match?” the sales lady asked me.
“Well…I have black high heels.”
“Oh, no…” she shook her head in disapproval. “Black would take away from the dress. Here…” she showed me beautiful stiletto string high heels. I´d never seen shoes so beautiful as those, I was temped to buy them, until I saw the price; seventy nine, ninety nine dollars. There was no way would pay that for shoes so I calmly handed them back to the sales lady.
“Don´t you like them?” Andrew asked.
“Of course I do. But look at the price! It’s almost eighty dollars for those shoes!” I said putting on my gruffly tennis shoes.
Andrew smiled, kissed the top of my head and turned to the sales lady.
“We´ll take the shoes as well.” and winking he handed her a folded up bill. “They are on sale right?”
Glowing the young sales girl said. “Oh, yes of course.”
Andrew must really think I’m oblivious to reality of things, because I know that the shoes were not on sale. I tried convincing him that I didn´t need the shoes, but he insisted I have them.
“Let me pamper you.” He said. “After all you are doing me a favor my accompanying me to this event. Besides, those shoes looked great on you.”
I smiled and felt proud that he wanted me to look stunning that evening.
“I am thirsty, why don´t we go get a soda?” I asked. “I’ll pay.”
“Sure, however I’m in the mood for a milkshake. Why don’t we walk to McDonalds and share one?”
“Sure”

No I lay in bed filling guilty that I ate a milkshake, I have to watch my weight until this weekend, otherwise it won’t fit!!