“I look…”
“You look like your mom.” She told me. “You look beautiful.” She added with a smile.
I couldn’t help but smile at her as I gave her a hug.
“Thanks. I probably wouldn’t have done that if I’d done my hair myself.”
“I know. That’s why I did it for you.” She smirked. “You know what would look really cool? Well, I think it would.” I waited for her to continue “Dreadlocks.”
I thought for a second.
“Wouldn’t I be getting to similar to my mom’s style?”
“No. I mean, I know she had them for a long time. But if you could pull them off, you might as well make the most of the chance. Plus it would drive your dad insane!”
“Ok. We can talk about that tomorrow or something. Because I think Lee’s picking me up in a minute. Are you working tomorrow?”
“Nope. Day off. We can hang out all day.” She grinned. There was a knock on the front door and I suddenly felt my heart beat faster. “Go on. You’ll be fine. Just don’t get too drunk!”
We both went downstairs and found Lee standing in the front room, next to Ben who was sitting watching TV. Lee was wearing a plain dark blue button down shirt and a pair of black jeans, along with a pair of black and white converse like my own.
He smiled at me when I walked into the room and rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly.
“Ready?” he asked and I nodded. “We’ll see you guys later then.”
“See you. Have fun!” Hannah called as we walked to the front door.
We walked to Lee’s car and he opened the door for me to get in the passenger seat. And then, after shutting it, ran around to the drivers’ side and climbed in himself. On the way to wherever we were going there was minimal conversation. We mainly stuck to simple ‘how are you’ kind of discussions, but eventually that ran dry and we were left in, luckily rather comfortable, silence.
It was about twenty minutes later when Lee pulled the car into a spot at the side of the road. He shut off the engine and quickly jumped out to run around and open my door again before I could even take of my safety belt.
“Thanks.” I smiled. He shut the door again and locked the car. I looked at the restaurant that he had parked outside of; Nando’s.
“Oh crap. You’re not a vegetarian are you? Cause we can go somewhere else if you are.” He suddenly asked.
“No. No, I’m not, this is fine.” I reassured him and he relaxed again.
We walked through the doors and were hit by a mixture of smells and small wave of heat, radiating from the ovens that were visible on the other side of a counter to the right of the room. As we waited at the front desk thing, where there was a sign saying; Please wait to be seated, I looked around the room, it was packed with people and the sound of dozens of different conversations creating amazing noise.
“Hey. I’ve got a reservation under Jackson.” Lee told the waitress who had finally come over to the desk.
“Oh yep. Follow me guys.”
She led us up a set of stairs to another, considerably quieter, seating area, and to a booth that had a ‘Reserved’ sign on it. We sat opposite each other and she gave us each a menu before leaving us to have a look.
The journey back was a little less awkward. After being able to talk more during dinner and find more ground to cover with the conversation we both felt more comfortable, even in the times filled with silence.
“Thanks a lot.” I said as we stood at the front door, waiting for someone to open it. “I had a really nice time.”
“Awesome. Me too. We should do this again soon.” He smiled.
“Yeah, definitely.” I nodded.
“Err. Well I guess I should probably head home. I’ll see you… soon.” He lent forward and kissed my cheek lightly.
“Yeah… See you later.” I smiled.
He gave a last small wave as he walked back towards his car, before shoving his hands in his pockets and turning back fully in the direction he was going.
As soon as he had shut his car door, the front door of the house swung open and Ben stood with a big grin plastered on his face.
“So, how long have you been standing there?” I asked
“Since about… thirty seconds after the car pulled up outside. I was already at the door when you knocked.” He smirked. I rolled my eyes and laughed as he stood back to let me in. I walked into the lounge and collapsed on the sofa. “Hannah will be here at precisely eleven thirty tomorrow morning. She said to be up and at least getting ready when she gets here, or you’ll seriously regret it.” Ben told me as he sat down on the other sofa, I laughed again and nodded. “Oh, and she told me that if Lee didn’t have you home by ten, I was to kick his ass. But as it was only ten past ten, when you got home, I think he can be let off. Just make sure you tell Hannah that you got back before or at ten. What she doesn’t know, won’t hurt her.” He added.
“Noted.” I smiled. “By the way. I know you’ve already done a lot for me just by letting me crash here, and you can totally say no, but would I be able to give my friend back in Cali your home phone number? Cause I need to be able to talk to him, but I don’t want to use my cell at the moment, it will drive me mad if it keeps going off like it has been.”
“Well I’ve this thing that I can connect to my landline. I don’t exactly how it works, but it’s for international calls and it makes them cheaper, and it’s easier to use. So my phone bill won’t be too big, but you can still call home. I can set that up if you want?”
“Yeah. That would be awesome. Thanks.” I grinned. “We can sort that out tomorrow then.”
“Yep. Happy days.”
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So here's chapter 12. Sorry its been like a month since the last update! I've been trying to study for my exams and shit so I haven't really been able to find the time to upload.
I'm not sure how long this is, but it's kind of a filler, so sorry about that.
Comments and votes are appriciated :D
Peace out guys! x
It's Not A Question But A Lesson Learned In Time - Chapter Twelve
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