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Chapter 5

He pulled me to him. I fought the urge to shiver. I looked up into his bright blue eyes.

"Let me buy you lunch." More of a command then and offer.

"Where do you wanna go?" I even heard the shakiness in my voice. Guys never made me nervous. Not till him.

"Its a surprise." He let go of me. "Now go and get dressed. Nothing fancy. Casual." He turned and left. I let out a breath. I went to the bathroom and ran the shower. I got in when it was warm.

I got out and towel dried my hair. I'll let the air finish drying it for me so it'll have a wave to it. I did my make up and went to my closet to find something to wear. I went with khaki shorts a light pink tube top. I grabbed my lacey short sleeve cardigan to go over it. I slipped on some cute wedges and went downstairs.

"Damon I'm ready." I grabbed my purse and phone. He walked up behind me and scared me.

"Shall we? We're taking my car." He open the door and let me walk out first. He parked out front. He went to open the door for me and then closed it when I got in. I turned to him when he got in.

"Guess you have it first hand when being raised chulvorious huh?" He smirked and drove off. We drove out of town. My phone beeped. Looking down I saw Elena text me and said she was on way back. I grabbed my sunglasses cause of the sun. I turned to Damon.

"Where are we going?"

"You'll see." He kept driving.

We eventually pulled up into a parking lot. He killed the engine and looked over at me with a smile. I looked around.

"Where are we?"

"We are at Ronnie's steak house. They have the best meat here. Come on." He got out and I stepped out. It was pretty crowded for a lunch rush. Well it is Sunday so I guess it's church crowds. We walked in and hoistess sat us at a table for two. It was sapious. We were in a booth. A waitress came and introduce herself as Megan and handed us menus. She took our drink order. I had a Dr. Pepper and Damon had a beer. She walked off. I was looking over the menu when I felt someone staring at me. I look up to see Damon.

"Yes?"

"What made you want to be a teacher?" Hmm never really thought about it.

"I guess cause I love little kids and I love how excited they get when they learn something new or interesting."

"You want kids one day?" Oh no. I looked down for a moment to get my thoughts in order to respond to that. I look back up at him.

"I would love to have kids one day but I can't." He tilted his head in curiosity so I continued. "Right after my parents died when I took off and didn't look back I went wild. I mean I partied left and right. I rather drink then deal with the lost. To drown it away. Well needless to say a guy and I hooked up a couple times and I got pregnant. I was scared and didn't know what to do. I just lost my parents. My sister and brother hated me. He comforted me and said he'll be there for me. Well he kept drinking and parting and hooking up with other girls while we were together. He was causing me stress. One day I felt this sharp pain. I went to go lay down for awhile and then I woke up and my legs were covered in blood. I called him and he was pass out at a girls house. I drove myself to the hostpital after I cleaned up. I had miscarried when I was two months along. Turns out my uterus isn't strong enough to carry a baby full term. So now my only other option is adoption or surrogate." I took a deep breathe. He had a normal look on his face. He stared at me for a minute then spoke.

"Well don't feel bad I can't have kids either." he smirked. I laughed a little. He reached over and wiped away a tear. Then sat back and smiled. That to me was better then all the 'I'm sorry' or anything. I hate hearing that. Its not your fault. Don't sat sorry. Megan came back and took our order. I order a cheeseburger and fries. Damon order a rare steak and baked potato. We sat there talking some more. Turns out we have a lot in common. Both older sibling and dead parents of course. But our favorite color is black. I also have blue as well (not cause of Damon). We love scary and comedy movies. We like to spend money. And we both have been in love and had our heart's ripped out. She brought our food out and we started eating.

"So when y'all was adopted Elena was just born and your adoptive mom just got pregnant with Jeremy?"

"Yup they are 9 months apart." I ate a fry. We continued on talking till we were done. He paid and left a tip. We left and went to drive back home. I honestly had a good time. It was better then I thought.