Double Date

"I'm so happy, Clara. So happy.."

Clara smiled at her, she finally could find her happiness when she saw Norah's face, full of youthfull dreams. "I'm happy for you too, Norah."

Norah blinked open her eyes, "How could you be so kind Clara? You are so beautiful too. Is there something you eat that made you this kind to other people and looks so beautiful?"

Clara laughed, "I ate what Gemma delivered to me. Perhaps from now on, we could have lunch together?" Her face lit up when the thought of Norah accompany her in this room came to her mind.

Norah got up and held her hands, "Really? I'd be happy to, Clara. It feels like I have a sister now." The young girl hugged her.

Clara smoothed her back, "Same with me. I'm the only child so I never know how it feels to play with my siblings. You're lucky you have Noah as your brother, he love you so much."

Norah released her and looked straight at her hazel eyes, "And I'm sure my brother is falling in love with you."

"What? No way. We're just friend." Clara blushed when she remember Noah kissing her in the closet room.

Norah furrowed her eyebrows, "You are just a friend to Xander and Noah. Then why are you here, Clara?"

"Ehmm.. Because I'm hiding from someone, yes. Xander is kind enough to let me hiding here for some time." She stammered.

"Then you're in his protection, just like me."

Clara nodded her head. "Yes, exactly."

"Oh dang! I have to tell my brother that he will be coming with us for dinner. I'll be here for lunch, Clara." Norah ran to the door.

"Ok, see you and I need to prepare you for tonight." Clara smiled at the bundle of joy.

"Prepare me?"

"You know, make up and dress up." Clara winked at her and Norah blushed before she closed the door.

She breathed a sigh of relief, the idea came up just in time. If she couldn't answer it, Norah would've gotten more suspicious with the reason she'd stayed here. She was afraid if Norah knew that Xander had kidnapped her, it might triggered the young girl's trauma.

After they had lunch together, they spent the day in the closet room. Norah told her everything about her life, how she came to love Xander, just like his brother, Norah saw him as a saviour. Then about how she fought her brother when he forced her to stay at the dorm.

"Ok, the last touch is a color on your lips. Hmm.. Done."

Norah opened her eyes and looked her face on the mirror, the black eyeliner just made her blue eyes more alive, the pink blush on complimented her white skin, and she picked the perfect nude color for her lips. It made her face look fresh and youthful.

"Is this really me?" The girl couldn't believe her eyes.

"From what I know, Xander like an innocent look on woman, that's why I just applied light makeup to your already beautiful face, Norah." Clara was proud of the result.

Norah kept looking at her own face when she realized it was almost time to go. "Oh, God. Look we only had half an hour left, and you haven't made up yet. I better change my clothes now."

"It's okay, I have a quick hand when it comes to make up myself."

It was her routine every night because she worked as a pole dancer and she had to apply heavy make up which what she was doing right now. She had a feeling that Xander hated her with too much make up, so she intended to do what that overbearing man dislike.

Two striking men in suit were already waiting downstairs and raised their heads when Norah hopped down the stairs, she was too eager so she left Clara behind. Norah was the first to touch the floor because she chose to wear her high heels downstairs.

"You look beautiful, sister." Noah praised her.

She blushed, "Thank you, you look dashing too, brother." Then she looked at Xander, "You too, Xander."

Xander held his arm to Norah, and the woman took it with beaming smile. Her heart was bursting with happiness because the man of her dream courting her like a woman. Grown woman.

Xander and Norah were already walking to the door when Clara descended the stairs, only Noah waiting down there for her. He offered his hand to Clara before her stiletto heels touched the floor.

"May I?"

Clara took his offered hand with a smile. "Thank you, Noah." When her feet landed on the floor, Noah didn't step away so it made their body almost collided each other.

Noah leaned in and whispered, "I can't believe my eyes, Clara. But you look gorgeous."

Clara blushed furiously and he led her to the car waiting in front of the mansion. "Huh? Where are they?"

"Xander is driving his private sports car but he want us to go there separately. Maybe it is his way to avoid something happened to all of us at the same time, he can get a little paranoia, especially after your accident."

What he meant was her abduction, at that time they left the mansion without any guards so the last time he took her to see her father, his guards followed behind.

"Thank you for doing all of that to my sister, Clara. I already knew she love Xander, that's why I sent her to the dorm. In hope, she would forget him. But she never stop pining for my boss. I don't know why after all this time, he finally saw my sister." Noah said after they got in the car.

"Maybe he's attracted to her personality, Noah. Don't worry too much, your sister is very happy right now."

Clara had to make sure Noah didn't get in the way and ruined any chance of relationship between Xander and Norah. She had to convinced Noah somehow.

"You know, it is hard to forget your first love. She is still young, let her choose her path and embrace the moment." Clara felt like an old-soul when she said that.

Noah laughed. "You're a young woman too, Clara. So who's this guy that lucky enough to be your first love?"

"Ehmm.. I think I never experienced it."

"What? No way. I don't believe you never experienced love."

"Let me think for a second, maybe my first love was that basket player in middle school? Oh no, not him. I think my first love was that boy in my childhood. I almost forgot about him. What about you, Noah?"

They talked and laughed reminiscing their high school life, they didn't realize they have reached their destination.

They walked inside the crowded restaurant and found Norah waved her hand, they were already seated on the reserved table. Clara was fully aware of what they were doing right now.

It was a freaking double date!