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First Date

Antonio and I have become pretty good friends, regularly meeting up with my brothers and their friends at Mollys. We seem to have this flirty relationship, but because we are usually with other people it's kept pretty tame, however today only Antonio and I are free for a drink.
I walk up to the bar where Antonio is sat with two drinks
"Hey" I greet sitting down
"Got your usual" he hands my drink over to me
"Thank you. How was your day?"
"We had a tough case today. Kids involved" Antonio takes a deep breath "parents not getting along and one decided to kidnap the kids"
"Oh I'm sorry" I place my hand on Antonio's shoulder
"Just brought back some old memories. What about you? How was your day?"
"Boring. I had a planning day and spent the best part of it marking children's work. I'll have to plan my lessons over the weekend" I sigh sipping my drink
"You shouldn't have to work on you time off"
"I know but if I don't I can get fired"
"Seriously?" Antonio raises his eyebrow, I nod my head in response "that's fucked up"
"Might be, but it's only like you making sure you've filed all your paper work"
"But the difference is Voight makes sure we're paid for that and let's us go home when we need to"
"It's just a one off. It will be fine" I try to give a reassuring smile to my friend.

As we drink more, we both get a little tipsy
"I'll get us another drink" I tell him and get up from my seat and walk over to the bar
"Hey Gab can I have another round?" I ask
"Sure. How's your date with my brother going?"
"Date? No we're just having a few drinks"
"Oh my dear YN, this is a date" I frown at Gabby
"But we're just friends"
"Mmm hmmm. I see the way you look at each other. You find my brother very attractive, why I couldn't tell you, but you do"
"I mean yeah he's good looking, but..."
"Here. Now go back to your date" confused I take the glasses from the bar to the table Antonio and I are sitting at
"You ok?" He asks noticing the confused look on my face
"Erm yeah, just something Gabby said"
"Well what did she say?" Antonio takes the drink from my hand, our fingers brushing against one another
"Nothing important, don't worry about it" I shake my head. Do I want this to be a date? I do like Antonio, he's handsome, charming, funny, but he is like 8 years older than me, divorced, already has two kids. Does he really want a woman like me?
"Your thinking to hard"
"It's nothing honestly" I shake my head not wanting to ruin a friendship between us, but I can't lie, I would seriously like this to be a date. I sip my drink
"I'm not buying it. Your a terrible liar YN" I sigh looking down
"Gabby said this was a date and I...."
"You don't want it to be" my head shoots up to look at Antonio
"What? No, yes, I mean I don't know. Look I can't lie to you, your attractive, kind, funny"
"But?"
"But... what you want this to be a date?"
"Well that's what I thought it was when you asked to meet here just the two of us"
"So you thought this was a date the whole time?"
"Yes but if I've got the wrong idea then I'm sorry" a smile creeps on my face "what?"
"I didn't think this was a date at first. Then Gabbys comment made confused about whether it was or not. Then I started thinking about how you have already got kids, your 8 years older than me and you've already been married which I guess means you probably wouldn't want more kids or get married again, but I've...." before I can finish Antonio leans across the tables and kisses my lips "what was that for?"
"To get you to be quiet. You were rambling. Look YN I like you, I know I have a past but I would really like for us to call this a date and go on many more with you"
"I'd like that"
"Finally" I hear Gabby shout from behind the bar making me and Antonio chuckle. He takes my hand in his and we continue our date, planning a day for our next one, which Antonio said will definitely feel more like a date.