This felt weird. He had both kissed and had sex with Elijah so many times, but never in his life had he taken the equally as young lad on a proper date. Not that he had been able to anyway without it being seen and talked about, but now? Now none of that mattered. None of the eyes staring, none of the talking. All that mattered was whether or not Elijah would be having a great time tonight. A sting of nervosity announced its birth in his tummy as he ran his fingers through his long curls back at home. He had dressed up really nicely. Black shiny boots, slim black jeans, a white shirt with curls all the way up his button line, and a black blazer to finish it off with. His hair hung loose tonight, freshly washed. He had been taking the longest in the shower to make everything right, to be as clean as possible and really smelling nice. He puffed out a few sprays of perfume on his neck and his wrists before giving himself a last look, trying to be his own confidence booster.

And that was his cue to leave his brand new apartment, wearing his long, black coat on top of it all, since the breeze outside could still be a tad cold, and since he needed pockets to keep all of his stuff; keys, mobile, ID, credit cart, and so on. Edward closed the door to his apartment and stepped out into the elevator. Pressing the button that would sent him down and watching the doors close before him, the curly haired male kept telling himself that he’d forgotten something, although he hadn’t. He was just so convinced that he had. He really hoped that Elijah would like the flowers. Yup, he had payed a great number of American dollars to get a bouquet of twenty-two red roses. Not because it was of any greater meaning; the number, other than that was both their age, and not only did they meet, they also had important life choices made and dealt with at twenty-two. Something he wouldn’t tell Elijah unless he asked, and to be honest Edward figured that he’d be the only one to ever know. The bouquet would’ve been received by a flower delivery guy about an hour before Edward would pick him up. A little card in a light beige and with dark brown text followed the roses saying;

“ Dress up for me, baby. Love, Edward. “

This house. Edward took a last tour of it after having made sure that everything about it was absolutely perfect. His parents took off a few hours ago and since then Edward had been preparing every single little corner of the house. First he looked at the minor enterance hall. A beautiful shiny wooden floor in a darker shade of brown to have the light beige walls seem soothing for the eyes. The great staircase leading upstairs, a beautiful staircase really, quite classy. Three doors leading into different rooms; living room, kitchen, and dining room. Edward’s feet dressed in white socks moved his body into the dining room, where a long table with seats for around twelve guests owned the room. A huge and tall window had light shining into the otherwise quite dark room. Not much had to be done in here, and he walked into the next room; the kitchen. Double the size of the dining room with quality white goods, quality counters, and tiled floor, heated up a bit of course. Next room, the living room. Two couches in a delicate beige colour, two armchairs in the same colour, a dark brown wooden coffee table, the same kind of wood to frame in the fire place, and a massive television hanging on the wall. Again, a tall window allowed the light of the day to sweep in. Above the fire place, a framed picture the size of a poster hung; Edward in the middle of dancing a beautiful waltz with his dance partner. The curly haired lad swallowed in the hopes of Eli not commenting on that, and actually quite embarrassed of it hanging there. Next up was the bathroom of downstairs. It was fine, quite plain and not really like anybody was living there. Really hotel ish. His feet carried him up the stairs to the first floor, first entering his parents’ bedroom, but then choosing to just close the door and lock it. Opening the next door, he entered the bathroom of upstairs. Just as huge as the one downstairs, actually pretty much the same, although in this one it was clear with both perfume, toothbrushes and towels that people were living here.