A Dress Just For You

When the examinations were over, Oriana announced her birthday celebration to her classmates. Most of them applauded for her and there was a group of girls envied, especially Julia, one of the prettiest girls who intended to be Eleo's girlfriend because of his handsomeness and wealth. However, she never got the chance to fulfill her desire as Eleo never looked upon her. She felt jealous of Oriana since Oriana became very close to Eleo recently. Even though she was holding a grudge against Oriana, she never revealed her true self and always smiled at Oriana when their eyes met.

During the announcement, Oriana also added that her parents willingly would sponsor those who are interested to join the birthday party with a dress or a suit. Some of her friends were excited and Oriana gave them a few days to consider her invitation.

Then, Julia voiced out, "Hey, Oriana. What about the theme for this party?"

Oriana replied, "Oh, yeah. Sorry, guys. My parents decided about the theme and kept it a secret from me. But they did inform me about the theme colors for this party which are silver and space blue."

After several days, Oriana came up with a list of people attending her party and another list for those who wanted to get a dress or suit. She informed them about the venue and date to meet at the shop her parents would be sponsoring them. Since the semester break was about to begin the following week, she wanted to meet them on that Sunday itself as her birthday party would be held on the second week of their semester break.

On Sunday, Eleo followed Oriana as well and since didn't say mention buying any clothes, Oriana thought he wanted to accompany her to the shop. At the shop, her friends were already there and trying some clothes as Mrs. Summer made an appointment with her friend who was the owner of the shop for Oriana's friends. So, they were welcomed to the shop and were assisted by the sales representatives. When Oriana arrived, she went to her friends and helped them by suggesting some clothes.

While Eleo was wandering around at the opposite corner of the shop, he chose a silvery grey blazer with navy blue pants and a baby blue shirt. Then, he went inside the fitting room to try it on and came outside to walk around with it. Oriana took a glance at Eleo and felt something missing about his attire, then she went to choose a bow tie that matched his shirt. She took it and assisted Eleo to wear it as well. None of their friends noticed both of them as they were busy selecting and trying on clothes for the party.

After Oriana finished tying, Eleo continued to walk to the edge of the shelf and took out a navy blue halter neck long dress that was designed with sparkling stones. He walked behind Oriana and held that dress in front of her while both of them facing a mirror.

Then, he whispered at Oriana, "It suits you like how the bow tie you chose suits me."

After a few moments of silence, because she was stunned by Eleo's words, Oriana replied, "Ahem...my mother already bought me a dress for the party…"

Eleo stepped out and said, "Just have it. It's okay if you don't wear it to the party."

Oriana nodded and went inside the fitting room to try it.

Before she entered the room, she asked Eleo, "Can you call one of the helpers to help me with this dress?"

Eleo agreed and called one of the sales girls to help Oriana with the dress. After wearing the dress, Oriana refused to step out of the fitting room, so she shyly slid the curtain and showed Eleo without stepping out of the room. Eleo went speechless looking at how stunning Oriana was in that dress. Oriana heard someone walking towards the room and she quickly closed the curtain.

Later, he handed that dress to the salesgirl and said, "I want to buy this dress and this attire that I'm wearing now."

A while later, all of them were satisfied with the dress they had chosen and Oriana paid for their dresses with her father's credit card. Whereas, Eleo paid for his clothes and Oriana's dress from his own savings. Before departing to their respective house, Oriana reminded them about the time and date of her birthday party.