It had only been about 2 weeks since I came to home for summer break. So far, we both were enjoying our time together. I know both of us were getting burned out in our normal day to day life. My classes were monotonous and the girls I went to school with, well they were not anything I was looking for. And I know Aunt Sophie was tired of the lackluster men in this town. She loved her job, but she was getting tired of the same thing every day. So, me showing up out of the blue was a pleasant surprise to say the least.
Aunt Sophie and I had been talking about her taking a few days off work so we could go camping. She was not totally sure yet, and it wasn't that she didn't want to go, but she wasn't sure if was going to be able to get the days off. I told her to just put the request in and see what happens, I mean the worst they could do is tell her no and if that happened, we would just change our plans to something else.
"If you put in for 2 days off before your normal days off and 1 or 2 after, it's still less than taking ALL those days off.
"Ya I know Tallon, but what if they deny the days and we do have to change our plans, I am really looking forward to camping. Just us in the mountains, alone, doing whatever we want, with no one around to tell us we can't, taking in all that fresh air and all those nature sounds."
"Aunt Sophie, just put the request in!" I laughed.
I had been helping around the house and making dinner so she could relax when she got home. I knew when I went back to school things would change but, while I was here, I was going to bask in this, as was she. So, I decided to change things up a bit and had planned a night out for us since she worked a short day. With it being Friday, it was her normal day off, but she picked up a 9-3 today to cover someone who was out. (I know she did it to be nice, but I also think she did it to earn some extra points with the boss for her own request off.) She got home around 3:20 and walked in and gave me a hug and I asked how her day was.
"It was good, short thankfully. I am glad to be home again. So, am I wrong for assuming you have something planned for us this evening, I only ask because there is nothing on the counter set out for dinner." She smiled.
"You are not, and yes we have plans, ONLY if you feel up to going out tonight?" I replied.
"Yes, I do, after a shower to wash work away."
"Ok, you go get showered and cleaned up and if you don't mind, I will pick something out for you to wear?"
"That is a great plan Tallon, what would I do without you?" She winked.
While Aunt Sophie was getting showered, I headed to her room to look through her closet. I found a garment bag buried in the bag, so I took it out and laid it on the bed and opened it. It was a beautiful red dress, with a slit in the thigh almost to the hip. It was super fancy, but I feel like it fit for the evening. I laid it out on the bed out of the bag and went and got myself dressed in a nice pair of slacks and a button up. Sprayed on some cologne and went back to her room and sat on the bed and waited. She came in, wrapped in her towel and saw the dress on the bed.
"Tallon...... You are not serious, are you? I haven't worn that in years. Did you even look through the closet at all or go straight to the back?"
"Aunt Sophie, I did look. I didn't think the pink dress was dressy enough, and the black one, well it's pretty but not what I was looking for, then I found the red one! It will be so flattering on you, and its perfect for out evening. I promise."
I walked to the door and told her after she was done with her makeup, I would help her zip it up. And I headed to the living room. I sat on the couch and scrolled through my phone. A buddy messaged me asking if I wanted to go out with him tonight and I told him I had plans already but we could catch up later. After about 30 minutes Aunt Sophie walked out and asked me to help her with the zipper. She walked right back into the bedroom without turning to face me, I knew she was hiding her face so I could take her in all at once and I was fine with that. Excited really. I knew she would look stunning. A few more minutes passed, and she finally came out. She had put her shoes on and some earrings and a few other small pieces of jewelry, and red heels.
"WOW! Just wow! Aunt Sophie you look.... stunning, just amazing. Like, really so much so, I kind of want to cancel our reservations and stay home and ravage you!"
She smacked my arm while she smirked,
"No, we are going out, that will wait until later Tallon...."
Once we got in the car, I told her we were going to the next town over, mainly because nobody knew us there and we didn't have to play games or put on an act while we were out. She was very excited about that. I put my hand on her thigh, and she smiled and wiggled down into her seat more. We drove the 45 minutes to town, then went to the restaurant. It was a nice place neither of us had ever been to before, I was hoping everything I read online was true. Once we were seated, we got the wine list and menus. We ordered and talked and held hands and played footsie under the table. We enjoyed our dinner and had a wonderful time.
"Aun..... I mean Sophie, I have another surprise for you!"
"Tallon, you are too much, this would have been wonderful all by itself, you didn't have to do anything else!"
"I know, but I wanted to. You deserve nice things, and I am going to make sure you enjoy yourself."
We got back in the car, I shut her door for her and then got in myself.
"Where are we going now Tallon?"
"It's a surprise Sophie, don't worry, you will love it, I know it!"
We drove a little longer and finally got to our destination. It was a hotel. She looked at me confused,
"Is there a band or something like that playing here?"
"No."