Chapter 5: I Fell For You

"Thank god. I would have felt terrible if you were hurt," he said.

"I'm fine," I chuckled.

"Hey, didn't I see you somewhere before?" he said, then he crossed his arms and put his hand on his chin.

"Ahhh. Yes. I was the one that fell into you on the flight," I replied.

"Oh. Wow. How are you? My name is John, by the way," he said.

"I'm so embarrassed. My name is Star," I replied.

"Well, Star, it's nice to meet you. And you have such beautiful, sparkling, blue eyes," he said.

I became so blushful that my cheeks were probably as red as red could get. I thanked him with a smile. I was just about to leave and he asked me if I wanted to go to some type of party with him. He said it so fast I could barely understand him, so I asked him, "what?"

"I need a date for a Ball tonight, would you be my date?" John asked.

I stood there for a couple of minutes, silently. This is definitely so unreal to me, I mean this hunk of a dude is asking me out to a ball and he doesn't even know me. I thought to myself, "What the f**k?"

"Yes. I will go with you," I replied.

"Great! What is your number?" John asked.

We both exchanged numbers. He shot me a quick text so I would have his number, then I replied back to his text. Now we both have each other's numbers. John said that he must leave now, he has some errands to run before the ball and he will call me a little later. He kissed me on my cheek and left.

Damn, I'm going to go straight back to my hotel and call Leila. She must know about all of this. This is amazing and I'm in shock. I just can't believe this is happening to me, well, maybe I can since I am beautiful. As soon as I got back to my hotel, I called Leila. Her phone rang about five times, but she didn't pick up so I hung up the phone. I'm hoping she'll call me back soon, I'm too excited about this and I want to tell her now.

While I'm sitting on my bed trying to figure out what to wear to this ball, I have nothing. Nothing to wear, I'm gonna have to buy some type of elegant dress. But first, I'm wondering where I can go buy this, and plus I must hurry because it's getting late and I still have to get ready.

Once I left my room, I went to the receptionist area and asked the desk clerk what store is near here to buy a dress. The desk clerk told me that Macy's is right down the street. I thanked the desk clerk quickly and left.

I'm worried that I'm not going to be ready on time, I must hurry. I'm so nervous about this ball. I've never been to one and especially with someone of his caliber. Once I arrived at Macy's, I knew I had to hurry, so I walked quickly to the lady's area and asked the worker, "Can you help me, please? I need an elegant dress, and I need it now. I'm running late for a ball and I'm in a hurry." The lady looked at me like I was some type of nut, but then she said, "come over here with me, I have the perfect dress for you!"

We walked to where all the dresses were and the worker pulled out a dress and showed it to me.

"This is perfect for you. This would go great with your eyes, your hair, and your shape." She said,

"Hmm. I like this. Can I try it on?" I replied.

"Of course, you can. When you have it on, come out so I can see it." She said,

I walked into the dressing room and tried to go as fast as I could. The dress is a beautiful one, once I had it on, I turned around and looked in the mirror. This dress is perfect. Then I walked out of the dressing room to show the worker. She stared at me and then said, "Wow, this dress fits you perfectly. The slit down the leg, shows off your beautiful tan legs, having the one arm and shoulder out shows off your structure with the dress crossed over your other arm and shoulder. All you need to do is add a gold necklace to this and people will die over you!"

"I'll take it!" I said in excitement.

"Wow, that was easy enough." The worker chuckled.

I went to change into my other clothes, then went to pay for the dress and the gold chain, "I just let the worker pick it out for me since I have no time left."

"I actually ran back to my hotel room, I forgot to call John."

As soon as I got into my room, I called John.

"Hey, it's Star," I said.

"Oh, hey. How are you?" John replied.

"I'm good and you?" I said.

"I'm good. Can I pick you up at about 8?" John asked.

"Sure," I replied.

We hung up quickly. I must get ready NOW! I'm so freaking nervous and I do not have anyone here to help me out. Maybe I will call Haley. She did tell me if I needed anything to just give her a call. I'll call her and see if she could stop over real quick, while I'm in the shower. I only have an hour to get ready! Actually, I'm going to shoot her a text and ask her. I texted her and she replied right back, saying that she'll be over. I gave her the hotel name and flew into the shower.

"Hello." Getting out of the shower to hear a knock at the door. "It's me, Haley." "Oh, come in, I'm getting dressed," I said. Haley walked inside the room and sat on the small couch and waited for me to come out of the bedroom. I walked out and Haley said, "OMG, girl. You look fabulous in that dress. It is so perfect for you." The first thing I said to her was, "Thank you for coming over in such a short time, and I barely know you. I just have no one here to help me and I got asked out to some type of ball."

"Oh, it's no problem at all. I told you to call me anytime if you needed anything. I keep my word." Haley said. "Thank you so much!" I replied. Then I asked her if she could do my hair and makeup and she said that she could. While she was putting my hair in long, wavy, curls, I said that I only have a half-hour left before John picks me up for this ball. Haley said, "Who did you say?" "John. I didn't even get his last name." I chuckled when I replied.

Right at that moment, I could feel Haley stop curling my hair, it was like she had to think about something. But I let it go because we had to finish quickly.

Once she finished with my hair, she did my makeup. She actually did my makeup to a T. I looked in the mirror and I must say, "I do look fabulous." Then I looked at Haley and thanked her for doing a great job.

"Thank you so much. I really appreciate this. I will make it up to you." I said.

"Oh, no. No worries girl." Haley replied.

"I gotta go. He will be here shortly. I'm going to wait outside for him." I said.

"Okay. Let me know how the date goes." Haley replied.

"I definitely will," I said.

I walked outside and waited for John. The next thing I knew, a limo pulled up to me. This must be him. So I told Haley, bye and she left suddenly.