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I fix my dress as I cross my ankles waiting for Winston. I was wearing a sleeveless floral ruffle wrap maxi dress that fell to my ankles, it was slightly shorter from the front and longer at the back.

He had just texted me that he's 2 minutes away so I came down waiting for him outside my building.

I was slightly nervous about tonight, I haven't been on a date in over a year not to mention Winston is my colleague who I see every day and a close work friend at this point so if it doesn't go well, I'm screwed. I'll have to face him at work every day and the embarrassment would eat me alive surely.

Winston's black car pulls up, I can see him beaming through the windows. I smile as I reach for the door.

"Hi," I say closing the door behind me. Winston was wearing a full sleeves button-down dark green shirt and dark blue jeans, his hair was styled more than usual, his green eyes sparkling as he smiled.

"Hey, you look stunning" Winston hands me a white ro