Lily Dearest | Nate Hardy - S&C

11. Date Night

I was suppose to be meeting Nate soon. He wouldn't tell me what we were doing, but he said I could dress casual if I wanted. When we got back Kat brought us back to the apartment where we all separated.

Nate went back to his apartment and Justin as well. I unpacked showered and passed out. The day after Nate called me telling me of the plans he has for tomorrow morning. It was suppose to be a day together. Although I had no idea what we were doing. He did tell me comfortable shoes though so I assumed we were walking at some point.

I was excited, but nervous. Like I was twelve years old again playing spin the bottle for the first time with a boy. Nate wasn't a boy though and I wasn't twelve.

"Lily!" I heard Kat yell from downstairs. I smiled and jumped off my bed slipping my phone into my back pocket. I put on my sneakers. I was in casual outfit. I had on baggy ripped jeans and grey body suit. It was comfortable though. It was hard to stop myself from running down the hallway, but I did. coming down the stairs I saw Nate talking with Colby.

"Have fun," Colby uncrossed his arms moving away from Nate.

"Don't break anything," I threatened laughing a bit. Nate turned around smiling at me. I saw in my peripheral that he was looking at my outfit. He was in jeans and a orange button up with a white shirt underneath. It looked nice. It suited him perfectly. "And stay out of my room." I added and he smiled like a kid on Christmas. "Hi," I said finally letting my eyes rest on Nate.

"Ready?" Nat asked me, opening the door for me. I followed him out and he made me wait so he could open the door for me.

"Always a gentleman," I laughed.

"Hey never let the good habits die. Old love needs to stay around for a while." He told me like he was quoting something. I didn't read poetry it reads like Shakespeare and I never understood him.

It was sweet though. I feel like everytime I talk to him he says something that always sounds like he is writing poetry or professing something. When he got in I connected my phone and started playing Evergreen by richy mitch and the coal miners. It was a short song, but a good one. He drove us to a national reserve. It was a flower garden. Not surprising.

"I realise now why I needed shoes," I said as I got out of the car. He shut the door behind me.

"I just wanted to make sure. I wouldn't want you to get blisters and then be mad at me," He chuckled. I slowed down coming to his side and gently taking his hand.

"How thoughtful," I smiled and he just shook his head opening the door for me. "Are you ever going to let me open a door?" I asked him.

"Your wonderful hands will never touch a door as long as I am around," He proclaimed proudly as we started walking down the stone path.

"I will get you one of these times," I challenged looking up at the enclosed place. I could smell all the flowers in here. Their unique scents all blending into one aroma.

Nate walked around showing me all the different flowers. Some I knew and some I didn't. It was cute how he would tell me certain things about them, some unique meanings. Its just cute how he knows so much more about things or he can see things further than most people. He is definitely an optimist.

After the flower garden, he took me to a sculpture park, where we had a picnic talking about the certain sculptures and what they could mean to me.

After it passed noon though he asked me what I wanted to do. It was surprising.

"I feel bad, I feel like I am doing everything I want to do. So now you have to pick," He smiled at me. I turned in my seat facing him.

"Nate," I made my smile fade and it looked like he got scared. "I love spending time with you," His smile came back. "You could drag me anywhere and I wouldn't mind. I would love it because wherever you go I want to go. I liked going to the flower garden and the sculpture park." I leaned forward gently running my fingers through his hair.