“I won’t laugh! Promise!” She was so cute! Man, how had he gotten this lucky?! His heart felt like it was swelling in his chest, each beat seemingly faster than the last. “I don’t really go on dates either.” That was more Larry’s area. Now he had the chance to and he couldn’t imagine a better girl to be with!
“I’d like to take you somewhere nice.” There was a café that he had passed by a few times. The seats of the booths were designed in a lovely floral print and the walls were painted in calming pastel tones – perfect for his Dollie!
“I have this café in mind. Do you want to go there?”
She giggles. “You mustn’t be a very popular guy.” Truly meaning her thoughts as they are said out loud. There’s a pause before she continues. “Well, I hope I don’t disappoint you,” she says nervously, looking away from him. Dahlia rolls her eyes at herself, at this naive behavior, at the idiot next to her before turning her face back to Phoenix, a look of surprise on her face. “A cafe ! That sounds lovely. I would love to go there,” she chirps an immediate smile on her face, eyes glimmering with affection.
Although, the real affection lay in an object she’d given Phoenix the day they started dating. It happened in a flash, a quick way to keep the police off her trail, but if she wanted it back, she’d have to play this child’s game; a charade she concluded to be a large waste of her time. I should’ve told Iris to do this, she muses briefly. “Is it far ?”
blakekathryn
2087
andulkaphoto
stormborns
pixelskylines
kianamaiart
snowghoul
origamiaround
