Chapter 7 – A Royal Flush

Mia woke up from her pretty princess nap and looked at the time, this was 5 PM. She knew she always took a lot of time to get prepared, so she began. She had her bath with lavender oil and rose water, her secret recipe for very soft skin and a beautiful fragrance to compliment it. After soaking herself in the tub, she went ahead to bring out the dresses she got from the store. One was an all-white strapless flowing long gown, no, she wasn't feeling this tonight. The next one was a pink floral gown, nope, not this either, she went on to try the last dress. It was a red flowing gown with thinly cut straps that went round the back of her neck, styled with big rosy fabric off her shoulders. "This is the look" she said to herself, and she put on her accessories. She wore her perfumes and her heels. Her wavy brunette hair, parked up in a ponytail. She was applying her lip gloss when she heard a knock on the door. "Noah?" She called out. "Yeah, it's me" She opened the door to a nicely polished Noah. His long hair was neatly brushed to the back, and it curled just at the end. "Well come in" she said and walked in to get back to her makeup. "Hello" she waved to him, calling his attention. "Sorry, it's just, uhm" "Don't worry, I'm used to it" she said fixing her earrings. "Mia, you look really beautiful tonight " he said out of breath, like he had been holding it in for a while now. Mia paused in her movements and faced him, "Thank you, Noah. You look stunning as well" she said, lightly brushing his tux and straightening his eyebrows. He loved the touch of her skin on his body, it didn't even have to be sexual, he just loved her touch, even on his eyes or eyebrows. "It suits you know" he said. "What's that?" "The color red" She remembered she wore red to the 50 shades of secrets, she knew he was also referring to that, but she feigned ignorance. "Thank you. Black seems to be your color as well" "It is, it's also my favorite color as well" She stood on her toes to get closer to him and dressed the collar of his suit. "You know, sometimes, black may seem lonely, it may seem unhappy, dull or even unfulfilled. Have you ever thought of switching things up, perhaps a new color for a change?" "What if black has called to other colors to shine their light on him, as he has no light to give from being lonely and unhappy, but unfortunately the other colors refused to deem their light, some colors like Red?" He had a way with words, poetry, he was good with it too. He knew how to talk to her, without talking to her. She looked away as she knew he was referring to her denying their meeting at the 50 shades. "Mia " He held her hands and there was a knock on the door and the chauffeur assigned to them came in. "Good evening Mr. Garcia and Miss Prior, it's about time for the convention and I am to escort you" "Very well then, we'll be with you shortly " Noah said and the man excused them. Mia carried her clutch purse, "I'm ready" she said and smiled. Noah raised his arm for her, and she placed hers just right in his. And they were escorted to the car outside and taken to the convention. It was a mansion so big, and Mia had never seen anything like it, it was giving royalty from the 70's and 80's as it was surrounded with beautiful gardens and animals like the peacock, they had camels, a fishpond which was connected to a statue fountain. She quickly composed herself and stopped mopping around so as not to embarrass Noah. "It's okay, I find it quite beautiful as well" he whispered in her ear. "I know, it is so beautiful" she whispered back. "Mr. Garcia" Senator McCain welcomed Noah with open arms, and they hugged. Senator McCain was a good friend of Oliver and treated Noah like his own. "Hey big man" Mr. Miller, McCain's pompous condescending son in law walked with arms wide upon, but Noah dragged them down and shook hands with him, and gently squeezed his hand just before he let it go. "And who's the beautiful dove that stands beside you" Senator McCain asked, facing Mia. "Good evening, Senator" she said and smiled politely. "Forgive my manners Senator, this is Mia, my friend and colleague. Mia, I present to you Senator McCain" "It's a pleasure to meet you Sir" she said as she shook hands with him. "The pleasure is all mine beautiful, I do hope you do right by my boy" he said, tapping Noah on the shoulder "I believe I will do my best" she replied and he walked off to welcome other guests. "So much for manners Noah, aren't you going to introduce me to your friend?" Noah ignored him, "Well fuck you, I'll introduce myself. Hello pretty..." In an attempt to reach for her hand, Noah struck Miller across the face. "Did you just hit me " He got struck again. "And I just did it again. And trust me, this is out of sheer respect for the Senator, else I would've done a lot worse" Noah said coldly. "My lady, shall we?" he said, raising his arm, in which Mia locked in with hers. "Yes of course, we shall" she said gracefully, and they both walked into the event. Miller stood there speechless, still holding his face, but he shrugged it off and walked away. Inside the mansion was even more beautiful, Mia slowly observed the room, admiring all the glam, the beautiful chandeliers that hung from the ceiling, ranging from the crystal chandeliers, to shaded chandeliers, to glass chandeliers, and even candle chandeliers. She whispered to Noah, "They're beautiful Noah, a royal flush, truly" "Indeed, the Senator's mansion has a lot of beautiful things, but none of which is as beautiful as you Mia. You shine the brightest, the most beautiful " She blushed as he complimented her, resting her head on his shoulders, and he planted a soft kiss on her forehead. It was a rather eventful evening, especially for Mia, Noah on the other hand was used to all these things and was tired at this point, but he showed up, for Mia. And at the end of the convention, they retired to their various rooms Or not. He saw her off to her room and bade her goodnight, “Goodnight, beautiful dove” she chuckled. “Goodnight Noah” and he went off to his room. She locked her door and sat down, looking at herself in the mirror, truly she was beautiful. She let her hair down from the ponytail and massaged her scalp as it had been held tight for so long. She took off the earrings and her necklace and placed it in the jewelry box. She brought out olive oil and wipes and began to massage her face and when she was done, she was going to take off her dress when there was a knock on her door. She reached for the knife which was served as cutlery. There was another knock, she wasn't expecting anyone, and Noah had already gone to his room. She slowly walked to the door, "Mia it's me" She opened the door, "Noah?"