Minerva POV

We are driving back home on the highway, with Amsterdam's beautiful canals glimmering under the peachy sky.

I'm following Chris' car in the middle of traffic, Martijn by my side, kinda daydreaming while staring outside of the window.

"Hey, what are you thinking about?"

"Oh, no.... Nothing. Just ADE"

"Sure. I wouldn't believe you even if I could read into your mind"

He kinda giggles and turns to look at me.

"I was just thinking about that time we went out for dinner, when you still had a cast on your elbow"

"Yeah. It has been a beautiful evening"

He smiles, looking at his lap.

Uh! I was almost missing the highway exit.... Oops.

Anyway, I make a turn to continue following Chris, but concentrate on Martijn's topic.

"I would like to do that again, you know......"

"I'd love to " I answer enthusiastic about the idea.

"To be honest, we could also stay at home. It's just..... Being only me and you"

"Is this a date?" I ask him laughing.

He immediately gets all red cheeks and chuckles a 'maybe'.

"So, you just asked me out"

"I.... I did. And... Your answer???"

"Sure, I'd love to go out on a date with you"

"But.... Nothing too serious. Just for you to know..... I don't know how to explain this. I'm not ready for something between us" he says trying to tell me that this isn't that type of date.

"Hey, I already knew that. But why do you always worry about me not understanding the situation??"

"Because I would probably prefer to kill myself over breaking your heart"

"I don't want you to feel like this. Come on.... I don't even think that you could break my heart. At least, not like someone else did"

"You already had your dose of shit Minerva. You don't need to add me on your list"

"Shhhh! Shut up. Why are we speaking like this!?"

"I don't know"

"Let's forget about it. Martijn I would love to go out with you, maintaining our relationship status"

"I agree"

After a few minutes we reach the apartment's parking lot, and after parking the cars we walk up to the elevator, carrying the shopping bags. Martijn and Chris went to the supermarket while us girls finished to try on some clothes, thing that gave us enough time to purchase my dress for ADE without Martijn knowing.

Do you remember that v-neck dress I tried on with Martijn when we went shopping the day of the car accident?

That one.
Long sleeves, a really deep neckline and full of glittering fibers.

He loved that, I remember that he asked me why I didn't want to buy it. He basically loved it on me.

Wait, why am I trying to impress Martijn?!

OK, he's cute and whatever, but..... I..... I don't want anything with him.

Or do I?

Ohhhhh shit! Feelings.

No guys. Not now. PLEASE, NOT NOW!

It must be because of the conversation we just had in the car. Yeah that's it.

The four of us enter the apartment and since it's 6.30pm, we must decide what to do this evening.

"Ehrm, me and Christy are going to my parent's house for dinner, I think" Chris says answering my question.

"Oh. Ok then. Are you also staying there for the night?"

They both nod, looking at each other.

Hehe. Yeah they want some private time..... That's totally fair. They never tried anything while I was home, in the past couple months.

"I got it, I got it...." I say looking at both of them, earning two red faces.

What a cute couple....

So, it will be just me and Martijn. And I think I already know what he's up to.
We'll see if we want to go out or stay at home.

[...]

Martijn POV

The guys are gone and now it's only the two of us.

"So.... I didn't expect it to be like right now, but..... Date?" I ask her, aiming for a 'YES'.

"Home or somewhere else?"

"I'm ok with staying home, but if you want to go out, that's fine too"

"Let's stay home: no fans, no paparazzi, no fancy clothes"

I totally agree with her, but.....

"Ugh. I wanted to see you with something fancy!"

"I don't have anything fancy" she answers walking to her room, me following her.

"No dresses? "

"I only have one, but I can't wear it"

"Uh?! Why?"

"That's for ADE"

I hate myself for saying that, but she wouldn't be comfortable at ADE with a dress. After all, she will be with Gabe at the lights and visuals station.

"Hahaha. Dear, you wouldn't survive at ADE with a dress and maybe high heels with me"

"Then, what can I wear to look good?"

"You could go for high waist jeans and a crop top, you looked good while leaving your boyfriend"

She's laughing at my sentence, I don't know why. She is probably correcting 'boyfriend' with 'motherfucking piece of shit' in her head.

Pretty fair.

"Ok so..... Martijn, dress up. I will come later" she says leaving her room.

I change into a clean pair of black jeans and a white shirt that thank God I placed in the wrong bag. I could have chosen also a normal t-shirt, but I said fancy, sooo....

Too bad that I don't have a tie, it would have been nice.

I fix my hair looking at myself in the mirror and go out into the living room, where Miné is watching TV.

She turns her head in my direction due to my footsteps and she begins to laugh.

"Oh my...... Martijn! You don't need to go this fancy"

"I do. I would have also put on a tie if I had it"

"Oh. Then.... I really hope my dress is fancy enough" she says getting up from the sofa and going to change her clothes.

She takes like... 50 seconds to change. And.... That dress!

She bought it for me, oh...... I'm sure about that.

She's wearing it with high heels and.... No bra. At least, I can't see it.

"Minerva..... You... You shouldn't have bought that. You could have asked me"

"But then.... No surprise. And I found a black tie for you, thank Chris later" she says walking up to me and placing the tie around my neck.

She's wearing high heels, so our height difference is minimized and she can easily tie my tie.

"You look good Marty"

"You look stunning Minnie"

She looks into my eyes with a death glare, surely due to the fact that I called her Minnie.

Hey, it was just for fun.