Halloween Party // l.h

17

" Don't worry, we can get a booth,"

I cracked a smile and an amused laugh escaped my lips. A worker approached us wearing a red shirt and brown apron, the apron being part of the uniform. She smiled at us before speaking, " Hi, just you two?"

" Yeah, but can we sit at a booth? She has a thing about chairs...," Luke replied to her, he mumbled the last line in a way that made me seem like a mental case. I elbowed him lightly in the side and he let out a little laugh, it almost sounded like a giggle, oh my god, a giggle.

The waitress smiled, probably because we were acting entertainingly, and led us to the nearest vacant booth. We sat down, sliding in at opposite sides of the table, she handed us a menu each, and left after quickly saying "A waiter will come past soon to take your order."

Luke looked down at his menu, I was looking at mine until I just couldn't keep my mouth shut anymore. I placed my menu flat on the table and looked at him, this caught his attention and he lifted his head making eye contact with me.

" You really listened to me last night didn't you? all that shit I was rambling on about," I started, my tone sounding like I was in minor disbelief.

One corner of his mouth curled up into a half smile before he answered with a small laugh, " Was I not supposed to?"

" Well yeah, I kinda suspected you were pretending to listen, or didn't care enough to remember," I said listing the stereotypical traits of men when in conversation.

" No, I actually was listening, you are much more interesting than you think you are," He replied smiling like I was amusing.

His reply left me kind of speechless, I didn't know how to respond to such an unusual compliment, or if that even was a compliment. I smiled and grabbed my menu ending the conversation for now to see what there was to order. I bit my bottom lip and thought how he actually found me an interesting person.

" So, do you just want to spilt a cheese pizza and get the curly fries?" Luke asked, I looked at him and frowned.

" Cheese pizza is boring, it's like the pizza that cheated and went straight to the finish line," I replied, cheese pizza does taste great, but why not have an indulgent pizza experience and include some actual toppings. Luke laughed, the pleasant sound escaped his lips and his eyes squeezed shut for a moment, he shook his head slightly at me.

" Do you actually think that about cheese pizza or do you just not want me to order for you?" He asked with a small smile on his face.

" Both," I answered cheekily.

" You know, you are so different," He spoke once the quiet laughter between us settled.

" Different good? or different bad?" I questioned.

" Good different," He replied simply. His eye contact dropped at the end, but the small smile stayed on his face as he looked at his menu.

" Thanks," I smiled and almost felt slighlty embarrassed about being complimented, again.

" So which non cheating pizza would you like?" He asked with a subject change, he had lifted his head to look at me.

" Hmm...Pepperoni?" I asked him as I glanced at the menu looking at the option I found most appealing.

" Okay, sure," He replied smiling and I chuckled at him.

I glanced around for a waiter, one was supposed to come by soon and take our order. I noticed one with his back towards me not too far away, but there was something slightly familiar about him. I frowned and tried to work out where I know him from.

Then he turned around, I saw his face and a quiet "oh," escaped my lips.

" What?" Luke asked and he followed my gaze, turning around in his seat and looking at the waiter now approaching us.

" Great," Luke sighed as he turned to face me again and then slouched into his seat. The waiter approached, stood at the end of our table and smiled at Luke with a devils intention behind it.

" Since when have you been able to get a date?" The waiter teased.

" Hi Michael," Luke sighed in reply to his artificially red haired friend.

---
a/n

And the world sighs with relief as I finally post an update. I was worried a few of you were gonna explode

Yeah sorry it took so long, writers block you know? And typing UPDATEEEE! doesn't really get the inspiration flowing.

Love you guys please vote and comment x

- Lexie x