Innocence (Ben Bruce)

chapter 17

We walked though the doors of the restaurant and it smelled of garlic bread and pasta.

"Table for two, Bruce" Be said to the reception lady. she smiled, blushed and looked down. I frowned.

"The fuck bitch. He's mine. Don't you look at him like that. Who do you think you are? Hello? He's here with me, a date. Like are you blind or something" I thought to myself

"Right this way" She said and led the way. We walked upstairs and outside. Nobody else was out here, there was a small table in the center and two chairs, there was a couch next to the table and on the floor were a couple books,and leaning against the books was a guitar. There was a petite table with a lamp on it and a mini-fridge near it and a blanket layed out on the couch. we walked to the table and sat down. I was speechless.

"Well....what do you think?" he asked nervously

"Ben...I-I love it. This is absolutely perfect" I smiled

"Well, i had a little help" He said

Emily and Angel of course. They know me better than anyone else in this world. I look a quick glance at the menu that I knew so well and decided to get spaghetti/meat sauce with five piece grilled chicken, Ben got Chicken Alfredo. When the lady got back to us and put our plates in front of us I literally munched out, not caring that Ben was watching. He just laughed. When we finished out meal I thanked him and he said

"Oh don't thank me yet, we have a very long night ahead of us" He winked at me as he picked me up bridal style. I squealed and he placed me on the couch. He walked over to the mini-fridge and took out two cups of milk, he asked the Waiter to warm it and then walked back to me. He grabbed the blanket and draped it over my bare legs . He sat down and reached for the books

"Hmm quite a selection I see" I said and he smiled. I ended up picking out the book looking for Alaska by John green. The waiter came back and handed us the cups. Ben took it and added some dark powder adding one large marshmallow.

"Hot chocolate hmh" I sipped. We sat there for at least and hour reading next to eachother in silence. He put his book down, picked up his guitar and started strumming. I hummed along to the song I knew so well while he sang softly

"Oh she's drown, how very spectacular what a works of art ive spawned man am O proud of myself on this one, shes such a fucking masterpiece self destruction is such a pretty little thing, I know I should walk away but I cant bring myself to quit this game shes just a beautiful girl with the wheight of the world on her shoulders I'm just a kick in the teeth from a world that's painted gold"

"you know that song right? To the stage?" I smiled

"Yes, of course Ben"

"Well we should get out of here and go to the other part of our date" He smiled at me. Oh how amazing this was.