"The very essence of romance is uncertainty."

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Crazy in love by Sofia Karlberg

I wake up when a drooling tongue lands on my cheek, a cry of surprise escapes from my lips. I open my eyes to discover a pit bull. The sound of sheet creases can be heard next to me.

-Hey, Tess. What are you doing here?

This dog is beautiful. She lies between Tom and I with her head on her paws. My eyes are on Tom, who smiles as he strokes her. This picture is one of the cutest I've ever seen.

-We don't have time for this, Tess. We have a big day ahead of us.

He gets out of bed to take the dog out of the room. On his way back he leans towards me and kisses me tenderly on the lips.

-I'll take you to college, I'll pick you up too and We'll get you an outfit for tonight.

-For tonight?

-You will meet my partners, you will be introduced as my girl and a collaborator.

This idea is satisfying me, he trusts me enough to take me to one of his meetings, which is a big step for our relationship. Am I scared? Yes, of course, I don't know the men who are going to be there and I've already been through a few of them. Just after getting ready, Tom gets me into one of his expensive cars and takes me to university. You can imagine that a car like this does not go unnoticed on a campus. All eyes turn to me, especially when Tom come down to kiss me.

-You take care of yourself.

-I'm just going to class, I should say that to you.

He smiles at me while putting a strand of hair back behind my ear.

-See you tonight.

We kiss one last time before leaving towards the entrance of the building.

The day goes well, the classes are always more boring than the others, especially without Luna. She didn't come because she woke up in the bed of the handsome brown haired guy. Luna gave me a lesson in morale by text message, telling me that everything was going too fast between Tom and me even though we had known each other for five months. She's right, everything goes too fast, we got together in a heartbeat, we split up as fast then it only takes two sentences, a dance and a night for me to be at his feet again. But who cares ? I like it that way. I finally get out of the building to see Tom in front of his car, with his hair back, a navy blue shirt and sunglasses. There is way too much hotness going on back there. Everyone's eyes are attached to him, and so are mine. He stands up and smiles at me. Without waiting any longer I walk to him happy to see him.

-Ready?

I crush my lips against his and smile at him.

-Now I am.

Tom leads us to a shop. The window is filled with dresses and suits, each looking beautiful.

-Don't move, I'll be back in five minutes.

I don't have time to answer him before he closes the car door. And as planned, he comes back with two bags.

-We're going to the tower to get ready.

-I didn't even choose my dress.

-You will love her, don't worry.

I blast before he starts the car to go to the tower.

I'm sitting in a chair, Tom is next to me explaining some details for me tonight while a woman curls my hair.

-You will be surrounded by men who are all more powerful than each other. They are also not used to having a woman at one of our meetings, so be ready to receive sexist comments. But I'll be there if it goes too far.

-Why do we have to prepare like we're going to the Oscars?

-It's a very important meeting and it's the first time you've appeared at my side as well as my... girlfriend.

I smile and look at myself in the mirror. My makeup is simple, while my hair is curly and left on my shoulders.

-I'm going to go put on my suit, we have to leave in ten minutes.

I nod and smile at him.

-Miss Smith, your dress is in the bathroom.

-Thank you.

As I enter the room, a bordeaux dress is there, accompanied by a pair of black heels. Tom and his taste in clothes... I should have known she was going to be beautiful.

I must have been in the bathroom for about 5 minutes when someone knocks on the door.

-Get out of here and let me look at you.

I then open the door to meet Tom, with a suit the same color as my dress.

-You're breathtaking, darling.

-Miss, do you want to add some lipstick?

-One kiss before.

He kisses me before letting me go to the makeup artist. She adds some bordeaux lipstick before that we leave.

The outfits