The Gangleader and Me(ON HOLD)

•Chapter 8•

I roll my eyes and flash her a bittersweet smile. Jordan chuckles under his breath. "Yeah. It's under Jordan Cruz, for two." He says holding up two fingers. She nods and types on the computer looking for his name. "Oh! Mr. Cruz, you requested the most romantic table. Follow me." She glances at me and gives me a dirty look and all I do is smirk at her. She rolls her eyes and walks away, trying to sway her hips seductively, but it looked more like a duck waddling away. I scoff and roll my eyes. He squeezes my hands making me look up to look at him. "Hey, listen I'm here with you Ashley. You are way more beautiful than that slut." He leans over and kisses my cheek, and it surprisingly makes me blush a bit. He smiles and we continue walking towards our table and when we do get there, I gasp slightly. I don't think anyone can top this. I'm not much into romance, but holy shit I was so into this. There was purple rose petals scattered around the table, fairy lights hanging over the table, two candles illuminated the table lightly, a bouquet of gorgeous purple iceberg roses on the left, and you could see the ocean out the window.

I didn't even notice we were on the beach. "You like?" Jordan asked me, making me snap out of my trance. "Like? I love... Damn this is fucking amazing." I looked back towards him and I saw the waitress giving me a disgusting look for my 'unlady like' language. I gave her my innocent smile and she rolled her eyes at me. Jordan pulled out the chair for me, then gesturing me to sit down. I sat down and he walked around to sit down. The girl gave us the menus and said, "Your waitress will be Jennifer." With that she walked away giving Jordan one last glance. "Well I like her." I said and Jordan laughed. Seconds later a woman who seemed to be in her late 30's to early 40's walked towards our table with a bright smile. "Hello young beautiful couple, name's Jennifer and I'll be your waitress for this lovely night. What would you two lovely people, like to drink?" She asked us with a cheery voice.

"I'll take a rum & coke and another order of Mountain Dew." Jordan said. "I'll take a Piña Colada." I said. "Virgin?" She asks. I shook my head. "So one rum & coke, oncoming order of Mountain Dew, and an oncoming order of Piña Colada." She repeated and we both nodded. She walked away and we started talking about random stuff. "So, what you're telling me is, your best friend got arrested because your neighbor called the police for public disturbance but when they searched your house, there was some drugs that weren't supposed to be there?" I asked him trying to stifle a laugh. "Yeah. Some idiot thought it would've been cool to sell illegal drugs in my house and he got busted for it. After that Liam has been arrested so many times, we've all already lost count." he said, actually not being able to contain his laughter. "Okay okay, and your parents?" I ask.

"Well my mom hates it, but she accepts it and my dad well, you can say he's one of those chill dads. So they really don't care much. Just pay the bail when they need to since his parents don't really look out for him. My parents practically raised him." He explains to me. I nod understanding. What a lucky guy. With parents like that. Before someone could speak, our waitress comes back with our drinks. She sets it on the table for us and sets a plate on the table. Potato roses. They were cooked so they were like fries but in thin slices. "Um we didn't order that." I told her. "Oh no no no, we always give these to whoever reserves this table. Now do you two know what you're going to get or do you need more time?" We both smiled at the waitress and told her what we were getting to eat. "Great choice guys." She flashes us her bright smile and walks away to give the chef our order. "What school do you go by the way?" Jordan asks me."Same as you. I'm a senior at Jefferson High." I answer him.

"Wait wait. Ashley fucking Arroyo from Jefferson High. You're THE Ashley?!" He asked very shocked. I rolled my eyes. "Yeah. You scared now that you know I'm a very dangerous girl?" I ask him. "No, I'm just shocked that I'm on a date with you. That's all. I honestly find it hot that you're so strong." I smiled at his comment. "Good." I said. "What's your favorite movie?" He asked. "I'd have to say Billy Madison. Anything with Adam Sandler in it, I have it, but it could also be the whole Fast and the Furious collection because I have all of those too." I told him. "Ahh so you're a comedy and action/adventure girl." He says. "You're damn right boy." He laughed. "Favorite show?" "Oh that's a hard one. Depends, American or Asian shows?" I asked. "Both. I want to know all about this beautiful girl that's sitting across from me. The very same girl who never goes on dates with boys because she thinks all boys are like 2 year olds and she's no pedophile." He smiled at me. My jaw dropped at how much he knew already. "H-How the fuck?" I asked. "We go to the same high school Ashley. I hear stuff. Plus I MAY be friends with Jenny. Well you could say we're acquaintances. We're lab partners in our science class. She's really anti-social you know that?" He says and I chuckled.