Begin Again

The first thing I do is walk in the shed and open the chocolate box. It is filled with Milka (my favourite) and I pick out a bar of Oreo Milka and then locking it again I walk out. I enter the house and go look for Basti.

"Bastiiii!" I shout. "Bastian!!"

I walk into his bedroom, but he is not there. I go to all the other bedrooms too, but they are empty as well. Afew seconds later he walks out of the bathroom.

"What?" he asks in a sleepy voice.

"Wake up now, I need you!" I say snapping my fingers in front of his face.

"Alright, I get that you are extremely horny, but what's the rush? I thought you were more of the slow and passionate type..." he says suggestively.

"You idiot! I have a date!" I say happily.

"Ooooh, Mats made a move after last night?" he asks wiggling his eyebrows.

"Wha...?" I want to ask but I decide to not. "No, Antoine Griezmann did!"

"Funny..." he says laughing.

"Not kidding!" I say seriously.

"What? Explain!" he commands and so I do.

"Wait you threatened him with all that and then he asked you out? Wow... that's serious" He says laughing after I finish telling him everything.

"Yeah... but the problem is that I haven't been on a date for about three years!"

"Don't worry you are talking to the expert of first dates..." he says proudly.

"You really shouldn't be proud of the fact that you never make it past the first date..." I reply laughing.

"Do you want my help or not?"

"I do..."

"Then give me some of that" he says pointing at the chocolate I'm holding. We sit down on the couch and talk as we eat the whole bar of chocolate. He gives me some pointers, first date topics and then we just start talking about random stuff.

Around 2 the others come back too from training and the whole team has lunch. Then they go off to do some gym work at 5.

"So what will you be wearing tonight?" he asks me when the others leave.

"For what?" chirps in Zoe.

"Her date with Antoine Griezmann" Basti answers for me.

"I don't know yet" I reply.

"Can I help??" asks Zoe excited.

"Sure..." I reply with a smile. As much as I appreciate Basti's help I don't exactly trust his fashion sense.

"Then I'll leave you to it, I'll be watching some TV if you need me" he says and sits down on the couch.

Zoe and I go to the bathroom and I tell her how he asked me out while I'm taking a shower.

"And what are you going to do on the date?" she asks as I step out of the shower with a towel wrapped around me.

"I don't actually know..." I say as we walk to our bedroom. I put some underwear on as she goes through my clothes.

"Then we'll go with something nice, but casual and comfy..." she says thinking. "How about this?" she asks holding up a tight black dress.

"No... That's not comfy at all, plus it's a bit too fancy. I don't want to take it too seriously." I reply honestly.

"Okay, in that case I know it!" she says and walks over to her suitcase. "What do you think?" she asks holding up a white lacy short onesie.

"Perfect, if it fits me..." I say and quickly try it on.

"Really classy and pretty!!" Zoe says smiling. I also put on a pair of sandals and then let Zoe dry my hair. Then she braids on side in the waterfall style, while leaving the other as it is.

"Wow, you are good at this..." I say admiring my hair in the mirror.

"Now, makeup..." she says grabbing her makeup bag.

"Not much please!" I say looking at everything that she lays out on the bed.

"Don't worry, I'm great at this!" she says and after half an hour when I look in the mirror I can see a smile spread across my face.

"How the hell did you do this?" I ask her in disbelief. My face still looks exactly the same, but... prettier.

"Talent and practice... Lots of it!" she says laughing. "Do you like it?"

"I don't like it, I love it!!" I squeal and hug her carefully, trying not to mess up her masterpiece. I look at the clock on the wall and freak out. "I'm late!"

"Only by 5 minutes... On purpose" she says winking at me. We walk out of the room and as we get to the living room I can see Basti talking to Antoine. Zoe coughs a little to get their attention.

When all the heads turn towards us their mouths drop.

"Wow... You look amazing!" Antoine says with a wide smile. "Oh this is for you" he adds handing me a bar of Milka.

"How did you know?" I ask in shock.

"Saw you with one bar earlier. Figured you might need it in case an idiot decides to hide your key..." he explains, making me laugh.

"Well thank you!" I smile at him and hand it to Zoe to take it back to our room. "So shall we.."

"Liv I need your help with Lisa's anniversary present!" Tommy cuts me off, running in. "Woah..." he stops as he sees us standing in the living room.

"Later Tommy..." I say to him.

"But it's tomorrow..." he says desperately.

"I have a date now, but we'll figure something out after I get back okay?" I ask him with a smile.

"But there won't be enough time..." he looks like he is about to cry.

"I'll stay up all night if I have to, we'll figure it out okay?" I ask hugging him.

"Okay..." he says sadly. Then realising something he asks more lively. "You have a date??"

"Yep..." I walk to Antoine and grab his hand. "Shall we?" I ask him smiling.

"After you" he says holding the door for me. "Bye guys!" I shout back happily.