Uncomfortable staring. That was the extent of their first meeting. An endless battle of locking eyes and shifting gazes as they faced each other across the table, taking their time to examine the other in candid interest.
Him, eyeing the deep crimson, floor-length jeweled dress with a slit up to her knee paired with the flashy silver heels on her crossed feet. The colors accentuated her olive skin, clashing wonderfully with the sharp green eyes as clear as the emerald earrings that hung from her lobes. These were partially hidden by waving black locks reaching low on her back. Her high cheekbones gave her face a narrow and regal form. Simply, she was beautiful. Even the wrinkled nose and obviously uninterested frown on her face did not mar her stunning appearance, though it made it apparent of what she thought of him. He would never measure up.
Her, getting the barest hint of his cologne and doing everything in her power not to gag. It was an old vintage, aged long past the point of souring so that the musk became a pungent assault against her delicate nose. His ruffled brown hair, the style that always made men look playful and mysterious, only served to give the impression he had just rolled out of bed and forgotten to tame it back into place. His face was unexceptional, fair at best. Nothing herself would ever think twice about. Another face in the crowd.1099Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzIahkF6aju
The worn mismatched suit he sported was one or two sizes too small, hugging his heavier body in the wrong places. With the amount of times he tugged at his shirt collar, one would think he was choking. For all she knew, he could have been. His repeated glances towards the door made his intent to leave self-evident.
For all their desire to not be within each other's company, the decision was out of their hands. Neither had the power to alter this fate.
A rambunctious laugh to their left shifted their attention to both sets of parents-her own, talking quietly to themselves and dressed just as lavishly as she, and his own parents, trying their very hardest to convince the two reserved adults in front of them with good humor and small promises.
Neither set of parents seemed to notice the uncomfortable faces of the soon-to-be couple.
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