Chapter 27

Tiana's POV

After a good 3 hours of driving as I slept the last 2 hours because of jet lag, Marcel finally stopped the car, woke me up and held up a blindfold.

"What's with that?" I said.

"Wear it," he replied as I furrowed my eyebrows.

"Why?" I asked.

"Just wear it. It's a surprise," he said, smiling as I shook my head.

"No," I said as Marcel furrowed his eyebrows.

"Why?" he said.

"I don't want to wear it." I replied.

"Just tell me why, I mean, it's just for a while--"

"I said no!" I said sternly which startled Marcel and dropped the blindfold.

Great. Nice work on a first date, Tiana.

After a few moments of silence, Marcel just got out of the car and opened my car door for me, still keeping his cool. He then held my hand and led me to a pavilion near a lake house which revealed a beautifully prepared round table with two chairs topped with food and two glasses of champagne. I stared at it in awe as Marcel looked down, feeling disappointed. Still, he led me to the staircase of the pavilion and pulled out a seat for me which I then sat down silently until he sat down and started to speak.

"Tiana, I-I..." he started but then sighed "I hope you like the food.." he said as I looked down and nodded.

We ate silently and I must admit, the food tasted amazing-- which made me feel even much guiltier knowing he prepared all of this stuff for me but I just ruined it just because I won't wear a freaking blindfold.

We finished eating but we didn't eat much-- with this kind of situation. He then checked his watch and bit his lower lip.

"I-It's getting late now.." he said as I checked my watch realizing it's almost 10pm. "I-I should take you home now.." he added, standing up.

I then stood up as he held my hand and by the time I stepped on the last step of the staircase with Marcel on the ground, I then stopped my tracks.

"Marcel?" I said as he turned around with shy eyes.

"Y-Yeah?" he stuttered as I bit my lower lip and looked down.

"I'm sorry.." I started. "I just didn't want to be blindfolded because I easily panic when it comes to that.. I-I'm agoraphobic, Marcel.." I said as he stared at me questioningly.

"Why didn't you tell me?" he said as I held my left arm with my right hand.

"I-I was panicking and I just really didn't want to get blindfolded... I'll understand if you'll hate me now.. It's okay," I said as a teardrop streamed down my cheek.

"Hey, hey, shh. I love you, okay? I love you." he said, cupping both my cheeks and looking straight into my eyes. "I understand you. I would never hate you. I love you okay? So much." he added wiping my tears on my cheeks and then kissed me on the forehead.

"I'm sorry.. I love you." I said as he pressed his forehead on mine.

"I love you more." he replied and then slowly leaned in and kissed me on the lips.

I then kissed him back with full of love and passion. He kissed me over and over until he pulled away, kissed my forehead one last time and hugged me tight.

"Hey.. wanna stay here for the night?" Marcel said as I looked at him.

"I don't think my parents will allow me to--"

"I have their approval just now," he said, showing me his phone.

He then showed a text from my parents that read:

Okay son, it's too late for you to have a 3-hour ride back home so we suggest you spend the night in your family lake house for safety. Just bring our daughter back early tomorrow okay? Stay safe. -Mom and Dad.

"Mom and dad?" I said realizing mom and dad typed "mom and dad" instead of "Tiana's parents"

"Well, I hesitated but, they wanted me to call them that." he said smirking as I laughed a bit.

"Cheeky boy," I said pinching both his cheeks. "So this is your family lake house?" I added staring at the lake and lake house.

"Yeah," he said "It was my grandfather's." he added, putting an arm around me.

"It's beautiful," I said, leaning on his chest as he kissed my head.

"Let's go inside? I made the bed already." he said, leading me to the lake house as I stopped my tracks.

"Wait a minute, so this was part of your whole set up!" I said as he furrowed his eyebrows.

"What? Nooo" he said as I crossed my arms.

"Then why have you already made the bed before we even got here?" I said as he bit his lip and finally sighed in loss.

"Okay fine, it is. Happy?" he said as I laughed.

"You even put my parents into this!" I said as he put his hand on the back of his neck.

"They wanted to.." he said shyly, blushing as I laughed and pinched both his cheeks.

"You're a hopeless romantic, Marcel... I love that." I said and kissed his lips as he kissed me back.

I then placed my arms on his shoulders and his hands on my hips. We kissed for like a minute or two as I pulled away and smiled at him.

"So, Styles, what should I call you now, now that you're my boyfriend?" I said as he smiled and shrugged.

"Anything you want," he said smiling as I thought for a while.

"Okay, I'll call you 'Honey' because honey never expires." I said as he laughed. "How about you? What are you going to call me?" I asked.

"Nothing.. Just your name, I guess." he said as I frowned a bit in disappointment.

"Why?" I said quietly as he smiled and pecked my lips.

"You're so cute, my girlfriend," he started "I won't call you with an endearment or anything because 'Tiana' sounds nicer than 'babe.'" he said and pecked my lips one more time as I smiled and blushed really hard.

Oh God. What did I do to deserve a boy like him?

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There ya go!! OMYGAWD HAVE YOU HEARD THE NEWS THAT HARRY CUT HIS HAIR TO DONATE IT TO A CANCER PATIENT?? SEEE?? I TOLD YA'LL HE WAS GONNA DONATE IT!! CUZ HE'S THAT KIND OF PERSON! HE'S AN ANGEL. <3 GONNA CUT MY HAIR SOON TOO. VOTE IF YOU AGREE.

Anywaaayy, what do you think with this chapter? Leave a comment! Loveyouu!

Cara xx.