A Summer to Remember

She handed me my coffee. “He looks pretty upset.” She was clearly amused.
    “It doesn’t matter. The only thing on my mind right now is my date tonight. Let’s go find that outfit, shall we?” I could still feel Jason’s eyes watching me as we continued on our mission. I smiled a little, knowing that for the first time in a very long time, the ball was finally back in my court.
     

 
    CHAPTER 12

    A fter Lily dropped me back off at my house, I had a few hours to spare before my date with Adrian. Perfect, that left me just enough time to get ready without having to rush. I was beginning to get a little nervous and the last thing I wanted to be worrying about during our date was how my hair and makeup looked.
    Around six-thirty, I decided it was time to slip into my new dress. After slipping it on, I admired it in the mirror for a few minutes. It was gorgeous. Royal blue has always looked good on me. It’s sleeveless with a scoop neckline and the hem falls just above the knee. I loved the way it hugged my best features. The low cut back was to die for. I slipped on a pair of black stilettos and I was ready to go. I heard a knock on my bedroom door and then saw my mom crack it open.
    “Adrian is here.”
    “Okay. I just have to grab my bag.” I grabbed my black clutch off my vanity and went downstairs.
    When I got downstairs, I was surprised to see Adrian sitting on the couch across from my dad and brother. Well, he didn’t look too nervous, so it must not be going too badly. He saw me enter from across the room. I tried not to blush when I noticed the look on his face. I thought his jaw was actually going to drop to the ground. My dad and brother both turned around and looked at me.
    “Hey, how’s it going?” I asked.
    “It’s going great! Adrian here was just telling us how he played football for Brant!” My dad was a huge football fan so that was definitely brownie points for him.
    “Oh, is that so?” I raised my eyebrows. “Well, if you’re done interrogating him, I’d like to be on our way.”
    “Of course, we don’t want to keep you guys.” My dad stood up and shook Adrian’s hand. “Nice to meet you. Hopefully we’ll be seeing more of you.”
    Did I just hear that right? I gave Adrian a shocked look. What the hell happened while I was getting ready? He couldn’t have been down here that long.
    He came up beside me and I hooked my arm through his. We said our goodbyes to the family and walked out to the black truck in the driveway. It wasn’t a new truck but it was nice, you could tell he took good care of it. It was lifted so it was a little difficult to get into with high heels on. Adrian walked me around to the passenger side and held my hand so I could steady myself as I climbed in. As he walked back around to the driver’s side, I took the time to admire him. He wasn’t wearing a tight gray t-shirt like I had hoped for, but he still looked damn good in his button up and slacks.
    “So what was that all about?” I asked as he got in and shut the door.
    “What?” he asked with a smirk spread across his face.
    “You know what! The ‘hopefully we’ll be seeing more of you’ stuff!” I’ve never seen my dad act like that with anyone I’ve brought to the house.”
    “I told you. Parents love me.” He winked at me and I hit him playfully on the arm. “You look absolutely gorgeous, by the way.” I tried to play it off like I get compliments all the time, but I was flattered.
    “Thank you. You look pretty good yourself.” He reached over and grabbed my hand. Just when I thought my nerves had settled, the minute he touched me I could feel them stirring up again. “So, where are you taking me?”
    “It’s a surprise.”
    “Can you at least tell me how far away we are?” I ran through a list of all the nice places in town to eat. They’re all great places but I’ve been to almost all of them with Jason. Crap! Why was I thinking about Jason? Stop thinking about him!
    “We’re about five minutes away.”
    The next five minutes were quiet. Not the awkward kind of quiet, just the kind of quiet where we’re just enjoying each other’s presence. We pulled into the parking lot of one of the nicest and biggest hotels in town.
    “We’re here.” He pulled up to the front door and got out while the valet came over and opened my door for me. Then it hit me where we were going to eat. A couple of months ago, a restaurant opened up on the top floor of the hotel. It was