Fan Fiction

Now What? {COMPLETED}

by Min_Dee

Chapter 8

/…Saturday morning.
Qian woke up to find sunlight peeking through her window sills. She got out of her bed and took a look outside and thought.
‘It is indeed a beautiful day out.’
She has been waiting for this day to come since the day that she received the e-mail from Prince_of_Darkness. They have known each other for about a year, they have never met, heck they don’t even know what each other’s name is, but they felt as if they have known each other for years and years. They have agreed to meet on that Saturday at The Lounge for lunch, and their way to recognize each other is that they will both carry a red rose.
Everyone seems to be happy during breakfast that morning. Ray even offered to get Qian some milk. Everyone was surprised by his generosity toward her, but nobody dared to say a thing. They didn’t want World War 3 to break out.
“So what is everyone doing today?” Ron asked.
“I have a date,” Raymond answered.
“A date? Already? You just broke up with Stacey two weeks ago.”
“Dude, two weeks is long enough to get over a break up. Beside, look at me. DO you know how shameful it is for women if I was single?”
Ron and Tavia rolled their eyes, and Qian pretended to choke on her food.
“Ray, can’t you see I was eating? C’mon.” Qian said.
Ray turned to look at Qian in the eyes and smiled.
“I wouldn’t be so disrespectful if I were you, because I remember a certain someone lost a bet to me and agreed to do whatever I asked.”
“Where are you getting at?” Qian was getting defensive.
“No, I was just saying that. Since I haven’t asked you to do anything, so our bet still stands. I’ll just gonna save it for when it’s necessary.” Raymond replied with a devilish look on his face.
“Ugh, I don’t know why I made that bet with you in the first place. I knew you were evil. But whatever, you won so we’ll do as you said.”
“Good girl.”
“What’s wrong with them? They didn’t even bother to raise their voice.” Ron leaned over and whispered to Tavia.
“I know, I’m afraid this is what they call calmness before a storm,” Tavia replied.
“Yeah, we need to be prepared,” Ron replied.
“Hey! What are you two so sneaky about uh?” Ray noticed Ron and Tavia’s behavior and raised his voice.
“Nothing,” they spoke at once.
“So Qian,” Tavia then turned to Qian, who is busily eating, and said. “Are you ready for today?”
“Today? What’s today?” Ray cut in before Qian could answer.
Qian looked irritated and answered.
“Mind your own business. And you kept calling me nosy, look at who is nosy now?”
Ray had on a furtive look and mouthed “brat” to Qian then turned back to his breakfast.
Qian cast a satisfying smile and finally answered Tavia’s question.
“Yeah, I’m ready. But I’m so nervous.”
“Don’t worry, you’ll be fine. You said he is a nice guy right? So there’s nothing to worry about,” Tavia tried to calm Qian down.
“Yeah, you’re right.”
With that Qian went back to finish up her breakfast along with the other people in the house. Little did she know, that on the other side of the table is the person who she’s been longing to see, and his anticipation of seeing her is no less than hers.

Qian checked her watch and it said 10:30 am.
‘I should go get ready for the lunch date,’ she thought to herself.
Qian began picking her clothes.
‘What should I wear? Should I wear something cute or something sexy? Hmm…I remember he had said that he likes girls in pink. Should I wear pink? No, that seems a little desperate trying to please him. Ugh, why am I so nervous? Stop it Qian! Stop it!’
After settling with herself, Qian decided to wear a white off-the-shoulder blouse and with a turquoise floral peasant skirt that goes a little past her knees. For accessories, she picked a coral and turquoise colored beads necklace with matching bracelets and strappy sandals. She curled her, normally, long straight stands into spiral curls, and then tossed them to make them look less formal and more casual. All in all, her look was no doubt stunning.
Qian arrived at The Lounge at 11:45. They have agreed to meet at 12 on the dot. With a red rose in one hand, Qian was as nervous as ever. She wasn’t even this nervous when she had to give a presentation in front of 150 people in her speech class. She could feel her heart pounding at 180 miles and hour, her palms were sweating, and everything is just a blur. After she was greeted by the waitress, Qian began to look around for her date.
‘He said that he’s going to be wearing a black shirt with jeans,’ as she recalled.
Qian eyes scanned around the room and finally landed on a man with a black shirt sitting with his back to her while looking out the window.
‘That must be him,’ Qian drew a deep breath into her chest and began walking toward the man sitting there.
“Excuse me. May I ask…” Qian began but stopped once the man turned around to face her.
“You!” They both exclaimed at once causing everyone in the restaurant to turned and looked at them.
“What are you doing here?” Qian demanded.
“I…I…” Ray stuttered.
‘I can’t tell her that I’m here to meet someone I’ve met over the internet. Knowing her she won’t let me live it down.’ Ray thought to himself then answered. “Why I’m here doesn’t matter. What are YOU doing here?”
“I…uh…I…I’m meeting a friend here.”
“Oh, me…me too,” Ray said.
Then something sparked in their mind when they saw each other’s rose, a horrified look flashed on their face. They then stared at each other and both said at once.
“Are you Prince_of_Darkness/ LittlePrincess?”
They both let out a loud gasp, as they realized that the person that they been anticipated to see is…each other.
“Ohmigod, ohmigod,” Qian began to breathe heavily. “I…I…need to sit down.”
Taking a seat right across from Raymond, she couldn’t help but to look at him. However, whenever she glanced at him, she would feel a twitch of anger from the pit of her stomach. Therefore, every time she looked at him she had to take a swig of H2O; but somehow, she could still feel something burning inside of her.
As for Ray, his condition is not much better.
“Hey! Say something,” Qian could no longer stand the suspension and spoke.
“What do you want me to say?” Ray asked effortlessly.
“Well…why didn’t you tell me who you were?”
“You’ve never asked. Beside, I didn’t know who you were until today.”
Qian let out a scoff, “So…now what?”
“What?”
“Ugh,” she rolled her eyes. “What are we going to do now?”
“I don’t know. You tell me.”
“Well, since we’re here. Might as well get it over with.”
“Agree.”
Then something suddenly came into Qian’s mind.
“So, when you said that you met your sole enemy, that was me?”
“Err…I didn’t mean it THAT way. He…he…he.” Ray answered nervously.
“So what way did you mean it?”
“I…uh…I. Hey! What about you? You also said that you met your sole enemy and I’m pretty darn sure that it’s not Ron. So what do you have to say?”
Qian took another swig of H2O; she could no longer bear the anger.
“And…stop drinking from my glass!” Ray exclaimed.
Qian stopped drinking and looked at the half emptied glass. She now realized that she had been drinking from Ray’s glass all this time. She slowly placed the glass back onto the table, but her eyes kept staring at Ray. She couldn’t help but noticed the fact that Ray looked pretty damn hot today.
He had on a white dress shirt and he deliberately left some top buttons undone. His white blouse is tucked into his sand washed jeans, and he layered a black blazer on top of his white blouse. To make his look less formal, he decided to wear black Chucks. His hair was styled into a semi-Mohawk. He no longer looked like the annoying Raymond Lam that is living with her.
While Qian was checking him out. Raymond was also scoping at her. Her white blouse and her turquoise skirt along with her jewelries really made her stand out in the crowd. Her skin is white and smooth. Although, she didn’t have much make up on, but it was enough to enhance her natural beauty.
‘Since when did she become so pretty?' he thought as he was eyeing her.
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FOr the anxious readers....i hope ya happy with this chapter...they finally met face to face....The two of them are beginning to develope feelings for each after this...read on and enjoy!!!