Chapter 76: So beautiful
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We reached the restaurant and I was nervous as hell. I have never been on a date and and the thought of screwing this up was freaking me out. What did we talk about? Was there a certain etiquette to this? Did I bring her home afterwards and kiss her goodnight on the porch? I had so many questions and no way of finding out the answers.
I couldn't ask Lynn and I didn't have any friends that did staff like this. Shit! I should have asked Dakota before I left.
"Table for two sir?", The concierge asked the moment we stepped up on the podium.
"Yes", I replied looking to see that the restaurant was full but not overly packed. Good! We should be able to get in the right away. I was so nervous about tonight that I didn't even think to call and make reservations.
"Very well, we have a table already for you. May I take your jacket ma'am", He asked Lynn.
I felt, more than saw her shoulders tense. What the hell was under the jacket? It was clear that she didn't want to remove it, but when her eyes scanned the restaurant, she slowly slid it off and gave it to him.
Inhaling a sharp breath, I let my eyes scan over her all bare skin and shoved my hands into my pockets. The urge to touch her was so strong Her bare skin was gorgeous and my mouth watered at the sight of her and that's when I noticed how low the dress cut in the back, held together by two diamond chains.
Oh! And not let's not forget about the serious side boob going on right now. Jesus Christ I'm never going to make it out alive tonight.
I placed my hand on the small of her back, feeling my dick instantly come back to life the moment I touched her bare skin. The concierge handed off her jacket to the coat check and led us to our table. It was a small two person booth in the back and i almost cursed the man for putting us here.
If we were in the center of the room, I would have been able to be a good boy but I can't promise anything now since we now sitting in somewhat of privacy.
"Your waiter will be with you shortly. Enjoy your meal", The man turned and walked off, leaving us alone at the small table.
Lynn slid in so close to me that her body heat was scorching me through my suit. My hands were on the table tightly clasped together as I tried so fucking bad not to touch her.
I wanted tonight to be perfect and I doubt she would like me groping her in the crowded area. "This place is really nice, Drake", she spoke. Her voice broke my wicked thoughts as I turned to look at her. Her smile reached her eyes as she looked around the restaurant stopping when she saw the band.
"You dance right?", She asked.
I nodded feeling like my mouth was too dry to speak. I was also just enjoying watching her at the moment. Her eyes twinkled when she turned to look at me and I felt like someone sucker punched me in the gut. She was so fucking gorgeous that it took out all my breath.
"What are you hungry for?", I asked grabbing the menus that were placed in front of us when we sat down. I needed to get my eyes and thoughts off of her nearly naked body or i would he-man it up in the bitch and carry her right the fuck out of here.
"I'm not sure", She grabbed her own menu. "What are you thinking?", She added.
I cleared my throat. "I was thinking something light", I skimmed over the description of the chicken salad and a small cup of soup. I was also a bit nauseated from all these nerves, so a light dinner sounded good.
"Mmm, sounds good", she moaned.
My mouth fell open as I gawked at her. She just moaned. Is she trying to kill me right now?!
The waiter thankfully came up, introduced himself and took our orders. When we were all alone again, I turned in the booth to look at her while also trying to put a small gap between us.
"So.......", I started not sure what to talk about firstly. What do people talk about on dates.
She giggled reaching over to touch my hand on the table. My eyes whipped to our contact as I stirred in my seat. She was just touching my hand and I was already jumpy.
"Relax Drake. You seem really tense. You might not think so but that night you took me to meet Deb at that little dinner was a date, don't overthink what you should or shouldn't say"
Fuck. I didn't even think about that. That night at the diner was perfect until those assholes came in and ruined it. We had a good conversation and that was one of the times I saw her genuinely laugh and enjoy herself. I can do that again.
I laughed too, shaking my head. "I'm sorry I just don't want to ruin this up",
"You could never screw this up. Everything has been so perfect so far",
"So um", I began wanting to get this light conversation started in hopes that it would relax me. "Um, you in the photography right?",
"Yep", She responded popping the p at the end.
"Are you from Seattle?",
She giggled again, fully turning to look at me.
"You know this already Drake, what do you really want to know about me?", She went on with giggling.
