First Date
Nick did not care about the first dates. In his past relationship, he never really cared about it ...
... But this time he did, this time he wanted to go the extra mile, to the point he brought Lilian somewhere he never thought ever in his life to set foot on without being forced.
The museum.
Nick found out about Lilian's interest in history, and museums are one of Lilian's favorite places to go to as she always finds interesting stuff she can learn from the museum's displays. Everything went smoothly at first, Nick picked him up, they had a small talk in the car, and the first half an hour in the museum he could put on a front of how interesting it was, however, slowly, it's withering.
How can he act like he's interested in all these exhibits when he barely does it in school?
He especially doesn't have the heart to tell Lilian how bored and unenthusiastic he was with something she loves. The only thing that he seem to appreciate was when her eyes would light up as she explains something to him, her giggles at learning new facts, and how excited she was when she drags him around the place.
Currently, Nick walks gradually behind, with his hands in his pockets as Lilian stood in front of him with the tour guide who describes the arts to her.
Nick looks like he wants to run to the exit, and if she saw him, she might get the wrong idea about his feelings toward her. Lilian turned her head towards Nick as she notices him playing with his cell phone as secretly as he could as he kept glimpsing at the exit door.
Lilian looks down to cover her giggles, she knew when Nick told her they were going to the exhibit, it was something Nick didn't enjoy. He must have heard from Paige about how much she adores them.
She decides to play along and see how long Nick could act, and it's constructing her to laugh at his attempts. Lilian talked to the tour guide for about a few minutes before leaving to move her attention to her date. Nick had yet to notice until she called out to him, "Nick,"
Nick looks up to see Lilian's hand gesturing towards him, he quickly looks away and acted normal blushing at how she called his name easily. He casually slips his phone into his back pocket, expecting that Lilian didn't see it, and pretends to look fascinated with the exhibit.
She watches Nick, and her heart filled with joy as he pretended to be engrossed in a picture hung on the wall, she giggles, "Nick, are you sure you're okay? You don't have to pretend to be interested in this," as she walks up to him.
Playfully bumping their shoulders as they walk, Nick can't take it anymore, and finally, he blurted out the truth, "Can we please get out of here? I'm bored," he said as he turned to look at Lilian.
Lilian looks down as she giggles, "I knew you didn't like something like this, yet it was entertaining, watching you fake it." She look around them, Nick doing the same, wondering what she was planning that was until she grabs his hand, and pull him out of the museum.
The sounds of the tour guide shouting right behind them as they leave. They had cut the tour short and the poor guide probably will get an earful from his boss for it. Lilian yelled back a sorry, Nick instead, couldn't his laughter in as he let Lilian guide them to his car.
Lilian smiles at Nick as they both got in the car, "Now that's over, what do you want to do?" Nick's head fell back against the seat as he chuckles, "I don't know, whatever you want to do,"
Lilian looks down as she giggles, "And that leads you to a museum, must I remind you?" she giggled as she looked at Nick. He rolls his eyes as he snorted but that smile never left him as he started to drive out of the museum parking spot. "Then let's get something to eat," Nick said as he looked at Lilian and then at the clock. "We've been in there for like hours to me,"
Lilian nods her head as she smiles, "Okay, sounds good," The drive was comfortable, they had small talk and got to know each other, Nick finally getting some answers about her, and Lilian getting to know him more with the details he revealed.
Having to like each other company that much, instead of resting at a restaurant, they decide to simply go to a drive-thru. Then Nick would park his car at an unoccupied parking space as they chat and chew on their food.
"So, you go around causing mayhem just for fun?" Lilian laid her back against the car door to face Nick, "I feel like there's a chance somewhere that I would have to see you off in jail." Nick looked at Lilian as he laughed, "Oh, that's never going to happen. I'm careful."
Lilian giggles as she looks at Nick, "I bet you are," taking a sip from her drink as she gazes out the window for a while, giving Nick a chance to gawk at her features. "Putting that aside, where are we heading? In relationship-wise," Nick asked, "I mean, do you have someone in mind?" He was curious as to how Lilian felt about him, and he wanted to know if she had someone in mind, he would gladly step aside, maybe.
She chuckles as she looks at Nick, "When it comes to relationships, I'm not really that much... knowledgeable? I barely surpass all my 'firsts' with my last boyfriend." She was honest with Nick; she didn't want to lie. "Plus, you don't seem like someone who would be intrigued in me." She said with a shrug. "So, I'm not really sure, I don't think I know for sure what I want in a relationship."
Nick put everything down and focus on Lilian, "You do know what you want, I think." He said as he took the drink from Lilian and place them away as he looked at her. "I think you're pretty amazing and I can't wait to spend more time with you." He winked at her, he wanted to make her more comfortable with him and he wanted to let her know his feelings for her.
Lilian's eyes widen as Nick looks at her, "Really?" Her eyes sparkle as she smiled at him. "I'm looking forward to it, too."
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