Finding Myself

It's the day of the double date and I'm hurrying around to find the things that Quinn likes. I've already gone to the store to buy her sour gummy worms, her favorite candies. Now I'm on my way to a flower shop to get some red and orange roses. She loves these colors, it reminds her of a fire.

I get to the shop and ask the lady for the Rose's and she hands them to me. I quickly but them and head back to my car.

Quinn will swoon for the guy later today. I've already talked to him and told him the game plan. The guy is named Joshua and he and Mason will pick me up first. I'll hand over the presents to Joshua and once we get to the carnival he will give them to Quinn. It's an amazing plan, except for the part where Quinn has no idea that she is going on a double date. Yeah, I messed up there, but it's tor a good cause. The cause is to make Quinn have the best date.

I make it back to my home and carry the items inside where my mom stops me before I can put the roses in a vase of water for a bit before leaving.

"Why do you have all these things?"

"For today. So that Quinn can have an awesome date," I reply walking past her, into the kitchen.

"Why though? Isn't this the guy's job that is taking her one date?"

"Well yes, but he doesn't really know Quinn that well, so I'm helping," I reply.

My mom walks over to me and puts her hands on my shoulder so that I stop what I'm doing to pay attention to her. "Riley, if you do everything then any feelings that Quinn has in the beginning will be fake. There's a possibility that things go great and that she starts falling for this guys when in reality she is falling for the things that you did."

"But, I want Quinn to have a good time, mom."

"Sweetie, she'll have a good time regardless because you're there with her. You're her friend and you'll be by her side. So I doubt she will have a bad time even if she doesn't like the guy," my mom advises.

She's right, but the situation is a bit complicated. I nod, pretending to understand my mom and put the flowers in the vase and head up to my room to get ready. If my feelings weren't involved I would have left this date up to chance, but I can't. I need Quinn to like this guy. I need to make sure that I don't have a single chance with her.

So, I quickly get changed and head downstairs to sneakily grab the items so that my mom doesn't notice. I say goodbye to parents before leaving the house and head over to Mason's. He is outside talking to Joshua and they both wave as I walk closer.

I examine Joshua and he seems like a nice candidate for Quinn. He's a bit quiet, I haven't really talked to him much, but he's always been very nice. He's also got a nice muscular built and beautiful blue eyes. For fucks sake, he's also got dimples and nice smile. I can admit he's hot, that's good I guess. Why would Quinn even like me at all when I'm next to Joshua, he's like a fucking prince charming.

It's going to hurt to see Quinn and Joshua flirt, but its the best thing that could happen I guess.

I get in the car with the two guys and we go to the carnival. We arrive and find parking rather fast, we were lucky. Once, we get out I text Quinn and she texts me back her location. I tell the others and we walk towards her direction and then I notice I'm still carrying the candy and roses. I want to give these things to Quinn, I want to see her face light up because of something I did.

However, I quickly hand the items to Joshua as we get closer. Then we see Quinn leaning against a wall and she sees us. She smiles widely and my heart skips a beat. She's so pretty.

She has her hair in a braid and is wearing light blue jeans with some tears and a yellow shirt. She is dressed so simply but she takes my breath away nonetheless.