The Past Haunts us- BOOK TWO

Chapter 25: Hand in hand

We got to my apartment in about 30 minutes and I was hungry. Extremely. My stomach growled and Phil noticed.

"How about we go to a restaurant and get dinner?"

"Sure, I'll get ready."

"I'll book the reservation for us."

I nodded and left to go to our bedroom, grabbing a sweater and black jeans, I changed.

When I came out, I saw Phil siting on the couch reading a book.

"Ready?" He jumped at my voice and I smiled.

"Jesus, Mel! Giving me a heart attack!"

"Aww, someone's getting off their spy game."

He shakes his head, "Let's go."

"Where are we going?"

"On a date."

"Phil,"

"I'm serious. I got at Herbs and Cheese."

I smiled, "Thank you."

He smiled back and placed his hand on my back as he left the apartment, "Anytime."

We listened to smooth jazz music on our way to the restaurant.

Phil held the door open for me and I rolled my eyes but stepped inside.

"It's the table by the window." I smiled and we walked there, hand in hand.

"The regular?"

"Yeah." I smiled, "No wine though."

"Of course."

The food came after a few minutes and we devoured it. Literally.

I softly burped, "Ice Cream?"

"Definitely." I smiled.

We decided to walk to the dairy down the street instead of ordering here.

Hand in hand, we walked till the cozy dairy.

"Which one do you want?"

"Uhm, cookie n' cream."

"Oooh, good one. I'll take that one too."

The vendor nodded and prepared two cups of ice cream for us. We took the cups and payed. Walking towards the bench, I pulled Phil in for a sweet kiss. Literally. Smiling, I pulled back and softly fell onto the bench.

He sat beside me and we ate our desert in silence.

I shivered as the cold wind blew against my body and wrapped my arms around myself. Phil noticed and slipped his coat off and replaced my hands with it.

Smiling, I looked back in-front of me. The sun had set hours ago and light snow flurries covered the night sky. Lola, when we reached, had a thin layer of snow on her. I pulled the door open and sat inside. Phil's eyes glimmered as he grinned at me, "What?"

"Nothing, just you. You look like a goddess."

"Maybe I am." I teased.

"No doubt there."

"I love you, you know."

"I know." He grinned.

"Oh, shut up."

"I didn't say anything."

I rolled my eyes, "Now, c'mon lover boy. Let's go home."