"Shareef"I summon.
"Yes Harith?"
"Can you help me get ready now?" I ask.
"Well you have to dress at least half as decent as you normally do or else you'll scare the poor girl off!" he laughs.
"Don't make fun of me!" I retort back a bit embarrassed. I don't look that bad now, do I?
"So what are you thinking of wearing today?"
Shareef asks me.
"I would like something that is is a little casual but still portrays a refined look, if get what I'm saying?"
"OK, 'mister refined', let's fine you something to put on." He smiles.
I giggle. I'm so happy Shareef is here with me. He always knows how to diffuse the situation, regardless of how daunting it may be. He probably realised how tense I am feeling and decided to remove some of the tension.
'What am I going to say?'
I mean, I have never really to talked to lady before so I don't really know how to interact well with them.
I did learn during my etiquettes lesson how to greet and interact with different kinds of people, but doing in real life is nothing someone could have prepared me for.
My palms become sweaty.
I have to calm down.
I divert my attentions elsewhere for the moment to ease the clamming in my chest.
I take a couple breaths and feel way better.
I wonder, what kind of person she is?
As all these thoughts were racing through my head, Shareef crept up from behind and surprised me.
"Hey, don't stress. You've got this. I don't think there is a single woman alive that can resist your charming face."He says all smug.
"Thanks."I smile and get up.
In his hand was a midnight blue top with an indigo shirt striped with white and matching ebony trousers. Not bad, it wasn't too formal but had this refreshing look to it. It was good but was missing something. I looked through the array of tops and found a fairly new blouse. It matched the theme and so I decided to try it on and stood in front of the mirror.
Magnificent!
Just the touch I was looking for.
I got changed and met up with father outside. We got the carridges ready as mother got ready and made her way out. We finished and waited for mother to exit. When she exited,she left with all the gifts and a couple retainers and Shareef to deal with our cargo.
"My dear, you look just splendid."Father commented.
"Oh my, don't be silly."She blushed.
He then proceeded to kiss her on the forehead as she reclined on his shoulder. They look so good together. I hope my future life is just as cosy as there's!