Something Unexpected

Chapter Twelve

Five tries not to think too hard about how deafening the silence is in the cab between them. He steals a glance at Julia and watches her for a minute just staring out the window and watching skyscrapers zoom by. After a minute or two, she must feel his gaze on her for she turns away from the window and looks right at him. He gives her a smile while trying not to look too nervous.

"Everything okay?" She asks.

"Yeah." He answers quickly.

She chuckles softly like she doesn't believe Five's answer. He gulps when she slides over from her seat to the middle, her thighs almost touching his.

"Is this okay?" Her voice has a little bit of nervousness in it. It makes him realize that she might be just as nervous as he is.

Five just nods his head. "Yeah."

She gets a skeptical look on her face. "Are you sure you're older than you look?"

Five lets out a giggle before freezing in horror. He claps a hand over his mouth before groaning in embarrassment. "Oh my fucking God."

Julia laughs. She then places a hand on his leg. "It's okay."

Five can't help but stare at the hand on his leg. He can feel the heat from her hand burn through his pants and sear his skin. He removes his hand from his mouth and slowly places it on top of Julia's. He looks up at her and smiles. "Sorry." He chuckles. "Just nervous is all."

"That's okay. I don't think you would be normal if you weren't." She tells him.

A little of his nervousness goes away and he relaxes his shoulders some. He grips Julia's hand a little firmer before looking out at his seat window. He could tell that they were getting closer to the restaurant as it was located in the downtown area of New Your City.

Now that he is relaxed a bit, he wonders if he should wait until they get to their table to ask her questions or would it be safe to do so here in this cab.

But before can even think of asking Julia a question, she asks him a question before he can even get his words out of his mouth.

"So, is this the first time you've done this?" She asks.

"Do you mean like go on a date? Or be out in public surrounded by people?" Five asks her cheekily, smirking.

She laughs with her whole body. The sight takes his breath away, this close to her.

"So you can be funny. I thought you were serious all the time?" She states.

Five just shrugs his shoulders. "I guess you still don't know all there is to know about me."

"Then I guess we'll have to remedy that tonight." Julia suggests.

Five feels a tingle go down his spine at those words. He smirks. "Suppose so."

All of a sudden, the cab stops. Five looks out his window again and sees that they have arrived at the restaurant. Five quickly gets out his wallet and hands the driver a few bills of cash to cover the cost before opening his door and stepping out onto the sidewalk. He turns around and helps Julia out of the cab.

She gives a bright smile that tingles through his stomach. "Thank you."

Five closes the cab door before offering Julia his arm.

"Such a gentleman."

"Well, our father did teach us some good things." Five tells her, leading her inside the restaurant.

They step inside the restaurant.

"Oh, wow." Julia exclaims as she takes in the place before her. It was like nothing she had ever seen before.