There's Something About Paul (Paul Walker Story)

Burgers And Charades

"Here babe." Paul says passing me a plastic plate to put my food on.

"Thanks." I smile at him as I take the plate from him before we both start helping ourself to the huge amount of food which Rebecca's partner, Rob, had cooked on the barbecue and all the delicious salads. "Is there any wheat free burgers?" I ask Rob, who places yet another plate of food onto the table. I'm a celiac so I can't eat anything that contains wheat over wise I get sick.

"They should be on the left side of the burger plate." He says pointing towards the plate that was on the other side of the table.

"Great, thank you!" I say before grabbing a wheat free bun and then the burger, adding cheese and tomato sauce. I grabbed a large bowl of salad and made my way back over to where I was seated.

Paul joined me a couple minutes later and my eyes widen and I almost choke on my mouthful of food once I see the massive mountain of food that he had piled onto his plate.

"Paul." I shake my head trying to hold my laughter in. He never failed to amuse me. He looks up at me with confusion written all over his face. I flick my eyes to his plate and he realises what I'm referring to and starts to smile.

"You should know by now that I have an appetite." He says rubbing his stomach.

"There's having an appetite and then there's... That..." I stifle my laughter looking at him as if he was crazy. He grins at me before shoving the burger in his mouth and taking a huge bite of it. He leans over and leaves a kiss on my cheek and a little bit of tomato sauce.

"Ewwww!" I say trying to get away from his lips. He chuckles as I wipe my face with the back of my hands. "You're evil." I say frowning it him, trying to appear serious.

"How's the food?" Rob asks as he sits down across from us.

"Delicious!" Paul says with a mouth full. I scoff and nod agreeing with him. "Thanks man."

-

"That was not a good impression of a lion!" Meadow shouts at Rebecca as she bends over laughing hysterically. "I thought you were a dinosaur!" She says laughing. They had 'The Lion King' but Rebecca was clueless to whatever Meadow was acting out.

"We suck at this!" Rebecca says as she sits down whilst me and Paul laugh at their failure. Everyone had now gone home except me and Paul so we decided to play charades. Rebecca and Meadow were a team and me and Paul were a team and Rob was just watching us in amusement.

"Dad's turn!" Meadow shouts stuffing a marshmallow in her mouth."

"Alright! Alright!" He says standing up and grabbing a card. "Ok, Alena you got this." He says pointing at me smiling. I shake my head and laugh, sitting forward to focus on him.

He first signals that it's a film and has three words.

"First word." He nods. He gestures his hand lower than his height. I frown before I start guessing.

"Small?!" He signals for me to continue and that I'm on the right lines.

"Short?!"

"Tiny?"

"Errrm... Little!" He nods and signals second word.

He points at Meadow, Rebecca and me.

"Lady?" He shakes his head.

"Women?" I laugh.

"Girl? Female?" He shakes his head and gestures third word.

He points at the sky and make a round shape with his hand.

"The moon?"

"The sun?" He nods and gestures for me to carry on.

"Sunny?"

"Sunshine?" He nods.

"Little Miss Sunshine!!!" I jump up and yell.

"Yes! Woooo! That's how it's done ladies!" He says sticking his tongue out at Meadow and Rebecca and gives me a high five.

"I think we better get you to bed missy." Rebecca says to Meadow whose passed out in her chair.

"Yeah, we should probably head back." Paul says looking at me. I nod and get up. "What time shall I pick Mead up tomorrow?" He asks Rebecca as he helps carry her back inside as we follow.

"9:30?" Rebecca suggests. Paul looks at me for approval and I nod. He carries her upstairs and comes down soon after. We all say goodbye and me and me and Paul get into his car.

-

"Damn I'm exhausted." I say as I take my hoodie off and grab a bottle of water from the refrigerator. I was beginning to get a stomach ache.

"Same. I'm going to pass out as soon as my head hits the pillow." Paul smiles rubbing his eyes.

Before I can reply, I feel the sudden urge to vomit. I rush to the bathroom and open the toilet seat before throwing up. Paul comes in after me and I want to tell him to not look at me but I can't find words between being sick. He holds my hair up and rubs my back as I empty the contents of my stomach.

"Shit Alena." He says once I pull back and flush the toilet. He hands me a tissue and pushes back the hair covering my face. "You ok?" He asks with a worried expression.

"Yeah, I think I ate the wrong type of burger." I say standing up. He helps me and kisses my head as I smile weakly at him.

"Let's go to bed." He wraps his arms around me.