“sign here please” he said and pointed at the place I should sign. I took the pen and signed
“thank you miss” he said
“thank you too” I replied and he left. I entered inside and closed the door. I sat on the couch and Eliza came out of the kitchen
“hey what's that?” she asked immediately and came to sit beside me
“Wilbur ordered it for me. I don't know what it is” I said and ran my fingers on the nylon bag
“well open it. Let's see” Eliza said and I opened the bag and pulled out a large and flat white box. There was a tag on it and I picked it
It said I'M TAKING YOU OUT TOMORROW NIGHT, WEAR THIS AND GET READY BEFORE 7PM
“he wants to take you out. Perfect!” Eliza exclaimed and took the paper tag from me
“but he didn't say anything about taking me out when we met days ago. Besides, he said he was going to be really busy throughout this week and next week. He also said he was traveling to Bantayan island for a week” I said as I watched Eliza reread the message
“OH come on Mari, when you love someone you make time for them despite your busy schedule. Now, open the bag and let's see the dress” she said that last part with a giggle. One could tell she's even more excited than I am
“okay” I mumbled and gently opened the box. There was another white bag in it and I pulled it out and undid the buttons. I afterwards pulled out a sea green dress
“whoa” Eliza half whispered as we stared at it
I stood up and pulled it out completely from the bag. It was a long mermaid dress with a little slit in the right side of the lower part of the dress. It was quite heavy and thick. Obviously quality material.
The hands were off shoulder and a little bit wide
“gosh” that was Eliza again
I smiled. The dress was magnificent. It had very tiny silver stones at some parts of it.
“I like it” I said
“I love it” Eliza giggled and jumped up
“I wonder where we are going that the dress has to be so exotic” I said
“definitely somewhere exotic” Eliza said and took the inner bag where I pulled the dress from
“could it be an award show? He said he had award shows to attend” I said and sat down
“there's another little bag in here” Eliza said
“really?” I asked and stood up after dropping the dress neatly on the couch
“yeah” Eliza answered and brought out two more bags. One was bigger than the other
“shoes?” I asked as I opened the bigger bag.
“wow” I said as I stared at the silver heels.
“this one are earrings and a pendant. And a hair clip with a green flower on it” Eliza said
“wow... Wilbur bought all these? This is serious” I said and Eliza laughed
“you're gonna look so good in these. Thank God I'm here, I'll dress you up” she said and I giggled
“and you have to use tomorrow's opportunity to give Will an answer” she said and I sighed
“hey, get that nervous spirit out of you. It's tomorrow or never” she snapped her fingers and I smiled
“okay. It's tomorrow or never” I repeated
“good, now let's pack this up and keep them inside”
We arranged everything back into the box and dropped them inside. We met Goldie biting her tail
“awwn look who's awake” Eliza cooed and quickly bent down and carried her. I dropped the bag on the bed and brought out Goldie's bowl then poured out her milk. She should be hungry
“you're so cozy and warm” Eliza said and hugged the pup
“I'm beginning to get jealous. Enough of the cuddling already” I said and sat on the floor then dropped the bowl. Goldie ran off Eliza and immediately started drinking the milk
“should she be drinking from a bowl? Didn't you buy a feeding bottle?” Eliza asked
“I did. But she kept biting the tube instead of sucking. It already has holes in it” I said and we laughed
“wait... Do I smell something burning?” I asked and we both sniffed in then our eyes widened
“the noodles!” we both said at the same time and ran off to the kitchen