Astrea woke up to the sound of her alarm and grumbled her way out of bed ,while mumbling about how it was Ciara's fault she didn't get enough sleep. As she was complaining she made her way to the bathroom and started to play upbeat music to wake herself up , she sang along while brushing her teeth and was about to get into the shower when her phone started Ringing., at first she taught it was another song in her playlist,but she eventually realized it was her ringtone and ran to pick it up.
"Hello",Astrea said not knowing who was on the phone.
"Hi Astrea", Ezra said on the other side of the line, and this made Astrea's eyes widen in shock.
"Oh Ezra ,Hi How are you?",Astrea said trying to sound as cool as possible which she was sure wasn't working and it truly wasn't because Ezra caught on rather quickly and did his best to not laugh out loud.
"Im good, what about you ?",Ezra said not realizing that he was smiling.
"I'm alright ",Astrea said deciding to bring out her clothes before she took a shower .
"So any plans today?",Ezra asked while getting dressed in black jeans and a black Tee shirt with his classic silver chain an something that she hadn't noticed his dangling silver cross earring, he looked straight out of a Mafia novel.
"Not much, except I'm going to church with my family ",Astrea said casually putting two different dresses infront of her to see which was better for church.
"What time should the service be done?",Ezra asked.
"We should be done by one thirty ,why?",Astrea asked.
"I want us to go out later",Ezra said now making his way downstairs.
"Oh sure",Astrea said with a smile that resounded through her voice.
"I'll see you buy three O, clock,bye Astrea ",Ezra said smiling so hard that he was sure his face would be sore later. This was so out of character that his mother, who was waiting for him at the kitchen looked flabbergasted.
"Good morning mum",Ezra said.
"Good morning baby",Mrs.Smith said to Ezra.
"Who has got you smiling like that",Mrs Smith said raising her eyebrows teasingly.
"Oh, she's a girl I met in school ",Ezra said dismissively.
"Really,Is she your girlfriend?",Mrs Smith asked sounding very excited that her son finally found someone.
"No, not yet at least ", Ezra said and with that Ezra made his way out of the house to get ready for their next date.
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Astrea stood in front of her mirror getting ready , she decided to wear a below knee length yellow dress, that had belle sleeve's and a frilly skirt. She paired it with a pair of yellow one inch heels. She decided to tie her hair in a braided bun ,after which she sprayed some perfume , put on her rosary carried her Bible and with that she was out the door.
Once she got downstairs she saw her parents and siblings inside the car which she joined them in. On their way it was utter silence, so she decided to use the opportunity to ask them something.
"So mum, dad, I wanted to ask you something?",Astrea said doing her best to sound as cute as possible.
"Sure",Both parents said in unison.
"A friend of mine asked me if I wanted to hangout, so can I go?", Astrea said with her fingers crossed.
"Is it the boy that owns a black Ferrari? ", Her mother turned around said teasingly.
"yes , it is",Astrea said looking anywhere but her mother's face.
"Absolutely not",Her father said to her despair.
'I taught there was hope for a minute ', Astrea grumbled.
At her dad's comment,Mrs. Williams turned to look at him and jabbed him in his side, which earned her a 'what did I do',look. She gave him a warning glare , which made him change his mind.
"Did I say no, I meant of course ",Mr Williams said trying to revive the scenario to avoid more glares from his wife.
"Really!", Astrea said filled with excitement.
"Thank you",She said sounding genuinely grateful.
Once they got to church they all sat down on the same chair they had been sitting in for years and they doubted it would change anytime soon.
As the Reverend Father began all eyes turned to him and so the mass began.
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While Astrea was at church Ezra was working on their next outing. He stood in the middle of an all black kitchen, wearing a black apron over the clothes he wore to leave the house. As he stood there thinking about what to make , he suddenly decided to make ice cream and brownies, because brownies went with everything.
He pulled out a box of fresh strawberries and sugar. He washed the strawberries and threw them into a blender with some sugar to blend them into a pureé, he then let that pureé steep. While it was steeping he made mixture with a cup of heavy cream, half a cup of milk,half a teaspoon of vanilla extract and a pinch of salt and whipped it till it was thick.
Afterwards he mixed the pureé and whipped mixture together put it in an airtight and placed it in the freezer .
Next he started with the brownies which were rather easy and when he was done with the dishes he pulled out the brownies from the oven and checked the time, it was two forty five and that was just enough time to get to Astrea's house.
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Meanwhile Astrea and her family just back from church and she had taken a quick shower and changed into a pair of skinny jeans and a green tee shirts with a V- neckline. She had taken the opportunity to catch up on some home work and had finished at around ten minutes to three O, clock.
Once she checked the time and decided to get ready for when Ezra would pick her up,She didn't change her clothes but she decided to wear a pair of white sneakers with a thick gold chain going across each, she decided to put her hair in a simple ponytail and style her edges so they wouldn't look.like she just got by lightning.
Once she was done she sprayed some perfume a d checked the time it was exactly three O clock and Ezra had texted her that he was infront of her house.
'Wow,.he is good at keeping time ',Astrea said in her head rather impressed and with that she went downstairs.