Amelia And Kai

Chapter 7

Amelia's POV
As we drove to the diner we sat in comfortable silence, I was tired from traveling and they were tired from working all day. The radio was playing quietly in the background and mixed with the low buzz from the car it was quite calming. I was just looking out the window, you can't see much because it was dark, but I was counting the street lights in my head as they passed. It was absolutely amazing.

I could feel Kai keep looking over at me, but it didn't make me uncomfortable, it wasn't judgemental, it was more admiring. It made me feel safe.

"You're supposed to be watching the road Dr. Bartley" I say, flirtatiously. They just giggle in response, turning their head back forward.

We pull into the diner, there's a few cars there but not many. As we walk into the diner I look around, there's 2 couples there. They look like they just had sex, got hungry and found the only open diner around.

"Hi, just 2?" A waitress says, walking up to us.

"Yes," Kai responds.

"Ok follow me" she says, starting to walk over to a booth.

We both thank the waitress and start to look at the menu. I'm glad it's not a fancy restaurant because then we don't have to have the addiction conversation... at least not yet. There's also more comfort food here. I look over the menu and land on pancakes with berries, and a hot chocolate.

"What are you getting?" Kai asks. "I can't decide"

"Pancakes with berries. One of my favorite" I say

"Ohh, you know what, that actually sounds amazing" Kai says laughing slightly.

"What's funny?" I ask

"Just" they start still laughing, "I normally don't go for sweets. I'm much more of a savory person."

"Oh, so you're THAT kind of person" I say now laughing with them.

"What does that mean?" They ask, being fake offended.

Oh nothing just- nothing" I say, now just smiling and looking at them. GOD their smile is perfect, they're perfect. Their hair that seems to fall perfectly, they're gorgeous eyes that sometimes look green and sometimes look gray. No Shepard, you just ended things with link, and this is unprofessional.

"What?" They ask, their big smile fading into just a slight smile.

"Nothing" I say looking down at my hands nervously.

"Yeah, so that's why I became a doctor" they said concluding their story.

"That's actually a really good story," I say, my smile fading slightly.

"What about you?" They ask.

"Well all of my siblings are doctors, I don't think anything else really occurred to me" I replied. "I do really love it though, the feeling when you cut into someone's brain, there's nothing like it"

"I remember when we had to dissect worms in eighth grade. It was a mess, worm guts everywhere." They say, "cutting was never my forte"

"When I was 4 I got my first pair of scissors" I say.

"Mhm, I'm assuming you were unstoppable" they reply making both of us giggle.

"I hated them, they couldn't cut through butter." I explain. "So I stole my older sisters, then I was unstoppable. Cut the curtains, my hair, my favorite dress, the tops of her dolls heads.

"Ooh, that's disturbing" they reply amused

"I wanted to see where feelings come from" I reply.

"What did you find?" They ask

"Cotton" I say laughing a bit.

"Ah" they say, "so is that why you went into neuro?"

"Hmm, no ones ever asked me why, they just assumed I wanted to be like my brother." Thinking about Derek, my smile fades a little.

"Who's your brother" they ask

"You just became my favorite person," I say after a short pause. I hate, and always have, being compared to Derek, and everyone does it. Even if they know about Derek, me not being the 'other' Shepard to them feels amazing.

As we finished our food, our conversation flowing perfectly. The check came and I went to reach for it but Kai stopped me.

"I got it Shepard, you're the guest here." They say grabbing the check before I could.

"Ok fine, but I'm getting it next time." I say sitting back, excepting that it is now probably almost 12:00 and neither of us want to fight.

"There's gonna be a next time?" They ask, up at me from the check, grinning.

"I hope so, this was fun" I say as we both stand up.

"This was? They repeat, emphasizing the word 'was'. "I still have to drive you back."

"Yes, yes you do" I say as we walk out and climb into their car.

A/N: hi y'all, so I kinda don't like this story right now, which is why I haven't updated it. That and I basically do school and sleep and thats it. Anyways I think I'm going to end it soon. I'll give a satisfying ending don't worry. But I'll work on my one-shots book more and that'll have a good amount of Kaimelia, and I may do another book later. Anyways, thank you for reading! I really appreciate it the support, see y'all soon.