"What do you think Mads?" I asked, nervously.
"You're like a princess." She runs over to me and throws her arms around me before returning to the game she's playing on my mobile.
"Wow Mia, you're so beautiful." Lexi stares at me in admiration, "You know I'm going to have to borrow that dress at some point though."
I smile as I tidy the clothes from my floor into a neat little pile on the chair and admire myself in the mirror. His choice of dress is absolutely perfect, the pastel pink compliments my naturally tanned skin, the twist front cinches in my waist while the Grecian style dress drapes over my problem areas and the slit up the sides shows enough skin for it to sexy but not too provocative.
I love it!
The bedroom door swings toward me and as I catch a glimpse of Cristian pulling his trolley along behind him, I let out an excited yelp. Madison looks up and starts to giggle at the sight of him in his alter ego disguise.
"Oh. My. God." He stops in his tracks when he notices the dress and his eyes pop out of his head. "Yes Queen!" He stares me up and down, "We need to do something about those though."
After routing around in his bag, he pulls out a roll of tape and gets to work on maintaining my dignity and making sure my boobs stay in this dress all night. When he's finished, he ushers me to the stool at my dresser and starts to work his magic on my hair and makeup with Madison watching in fascination.
I'm not sure if it's the array of makeup that he has arrived with or the fact that he is in full drag ready for his show tonight. Today's inspiration is Madonna from the Material Girl video, so he's wearing a curly dark blonde wig that stands about a foot from his head, a bright red lip and a red off the shoulder gown that cinches in at the waist and accentuates the hourglass padding he has on underneath. He really does look beautiful, and in the dim light of my bedroom, he's more feminine that a lot of women I've met.
Sitting still while he works his magic, I watch Lexi playing with Madison out of the corner of my eye. I love how close the two of them have become over the past few weeks, and I'm so grateful that Lexi agreed to babysit tonight. I can't think of anything worse than having Ethan ask Sarah. I'm fairly sure that she hates me.
"Okay, all done." Cristian grins as he takes a step backwards to admire his handy work. "Honestly Mia, if he doesn't fuck you, I will... and I don't even like girls."
"Ooh, you said a bad word mist..." Lexi giggles as Madison chastises him, confusion spreading across her face as she tries to finish her sentence. Well, that's a conversation for another day.
As I glance at my reflection in the mirror, I remind Cristian about his language and gasp. I don't recognise myself under the thick layer of foundation, contour, highlighter, and powder. My normally blotchy skin is flawless and for once I feel like the most beautiful woman in the room.
"Thank you, Cristian, it's amazing." I give him a huge hug, and he continues packing away his brushes before closing up his trolley and saying goodbye.
"Got to go, I'm on stage in an hour." He kisses Lexi on the cheek and scruffs Madison's hair as he pulls his trolley towards the door, he pauses. "You are a freaking Queen babe, have a good night."
And with that he is gone.
It's twelve minutes past seven, the car isn't coming for another twenty minutes and Ethan's never seen me dressed up before, so I don't want to ruin the surprise by waiting in the living room with him, so I perch on the end of the bed and play a game of eye spy with my two favourite girls.
Time flies and before long I'm startled by the doorbell. I jump up and slip on a pair of rose gold strappy stilettos and head for the door, the girls following closely behind.
"Ethan, the car's here." I call but there is no response. The doorbell rings again, so I walk towards the entrance, hoping that he'll meet me there. Just before I open the front door to greet the driver, I turn to Lexi. "Thank you so much for looking after Madison."
“No problem. It’s not like I’d be seen dead at one of these boring hospital things anyway.” She shrugs, “Have fun, I know we will.”
There’s still no sign of Ethan so I open the door and just as I’m about to speak, my breath catches in my throat and my body begins to tingle. Standing in front of me in a black suit, complete with a bow tie and holding a bouquet of lilies is Ethan. The suit stretches over his muscles and fits every curve and the sight of him makes my mouth water.
“You look incredible.” A slow smile spreads across his face as he hands me the flowers.
“Thank you they’re beautiful.” How did he know that they’re my favourite?
“Are you ready to go?” He holds out a hand for me as I pass the flowers to Lexi and ask her to put them in some water for me, then reaching for his hand, he leads me to the car waiting for us.
Fuck! I haven't been this nervous for a long time. This is the first date I've been on since Samantha, not that you can call it a date, it's more like one friend helping out another friend. The only problem is, she has made it perfectly clear that she is not interested, and I can't get her out of my head.
Ever since she walked into the
