Hurting Kind//Del Water Gap

Chapter 13

Holden

I had bought the flowers for her while they were in Mullingar. I wanted to get her real flowers, but they would die soon and I didn't want her to deal with dead flowers in her suitcase. I had planned the whole thing today while she and Niall were visiting home. Her room service arrived while she was in the bathroom. I took it and put it on the table where she asked me to. I could see my shirt laying on the floor next to her suitcase. She had kept it. I smiled just thinking about her wearing it. 

"I'm ready to go" I heard from behind me. I turned and saw her wearing s cropped sweater and black leggings. She had her hair flowing down her back. She looked gorgeous.

"Wow. You look great." I said struggling to put words together

"Why thank you." She said twirling. 

"Let's go" I walked over to the door opening it for her. "I need to stop by my hotel room. It 913 which is only three doors down. Follow me" 

"Okay." She followed 

I grabbed what I needed rom my suitcase. It was a blanket. She looked at me weird but ended up dropping it. We walked out of the hotel into the busy Dublin evening. This was my first time here and it was amazing. I had already planned what we were going to do, but I wanted her to think it was spontaneous until we got there. We walked to a local park where I had set up a small little picnic by a river. It was a beautiful spot.

"Holden did you set this up? Is this why you grabbed a blanket?" She gasped looking at the sight in front of her.

"I may have brought a few things here earlier." I shrugged, "Come sit." I motioned

"This is beautiful. How did you find this place?" She asked.

"Well I got bored in the hotel and I walked around and found this place." I told her. The truth was, as I went out to find flowers for her, I stumbled upon this spot and decided to have a picnic for dinner. I turned around and went to the store to buy different foods. I walked around trying to find the easiest thing to cook in a hotel room so I could bring a cooked meal for her.

"Did you tell anyone that you were bringing me here?" She asked me

"No, I wanted to our little secret. Unless you want to tell Niall. I don't mind." I looked at her.

"No, he doesn't need to know." She smiled back at me

"Here I made chicken pasta." I said pulling food out of the basket.

"I love pasta" She said examining the food

"I made it myself. I'm not the best cook." I warned. I watched as she took a big bite of the noodles. 

"Holden this is amazing." She said with wide eyes. "How did you learn to make this?"

"It's my grandma's recipe. She taught me when I was younger and I've been making it ever since." I answered 

"Oh. Do you know any of your grandma's other recipes?"

"Some" 

"Can you make them for me sometime?" She asked me with food in her mouth.

"I suppose I could." I laughed looking at her.

We sat in silence while we ate. I don't think I've seen anything as beautiful as her. I've preformed in so many gorgeous places but nothing comes close to the sight in front of me. She tucks her hair behind her ears and she stares down at her food. I'm really enjoying this moment. The sunset behind me is shining a glow on her. She's got a natural glow to her that is so attracting but adding the sunlight, I'm speechless.