Demi thanked Joe as he held the door open for her. He then entered the two of them making their way over to the podium where they were told to wait. Joe had booked a table and they were soon led over to it. Demi still didn't like to see the cut on his forehead knowing that people were looking at him because of it, it looked as if he had been in a fight. They sat down though knowing what they wanted to order straight away. The waiter soon wondered away with their order.
"Was your step dad drunk when you left?" Joe nodded his head gently.
"He had started drinking when mom was still at home, he's worse when he's drunk too." Joe explained looking at his cut in the mirror Demi passed him sighing debating or not whether he would need to go to the hospital to get stitches.
"Is it still bleeding?" Demi questioned.
"A little bit," Joe sighed. "Do you think I need stitches?" Demi looked a bit closer sighing too nodding her head gently. She knew it would mess up their first date if he ended up at the hospital and not spending time together at the restaurant getting to know each other.
"We could go now before the food comes?" Demi suggested Joe nodding his head both of them getting up. They let the waiter know that they were leaving to the hospital before they left. This isn't how they imagined their first date but it was how it was happening.
"Denise your son is here." Denise heard as she was treating a patient, she became a little confused on why Joe would be here but it didn't come to much of a surprise the amount of trouble he had been in over the past couple of weeks. She didn't know what she could do with him anymore, she didn't like seeing him coming home with battle wounds.
"Can you take over here and I'll see to him?" The nurse nodded his head taking over Denise wondering through into the waiting room sighing when she saw her son with a wound to his head. She was surprised when she saw him holding onto a girl's hand, she remembered her husband telling her about him bringing his girlfriend home. Joe's eyes soon wondered up to his mom sighing slightly having been hoping that she wouldn't see him.
"Come on Joseph," Denise demanded Joe getting up along with Demi Joe following her to a cubical separated by curtains. "What happened?" They had already come up with a story to how it had happened on their way down.
"This is Demi," Joe introduced. "Bar fight."
"Were you hurt sweetie?" Demi shook her head smiling as Joe took her hand again locking their fingers together. "I guess you know this will hurt." Joe winced a bit when Denise injected some fluid in his forehead near the wound to numb it.
"It was meant to be our first date." Joe mumbled as Denise got to work on closing his wound up. The wound her own husband had given him.
"This won't take long then you can go catch a film or something, don't let it ruin your night," Denise encouraged not wanting her son and his girlfriend to be upset because of something that happened. "Mine and your dad's first date didn't go well either and look where we went, ended up having four wonderful children."
"Yeah and got divorced." Joe murmured Demi squeezing his hand gently, she was able to see how much of a troubled person he was. He was broken, ready to give up. She wanted to show him that he didn't need to give him. That he didn't need to give up.
"You know us divorcing wasn't anything to do with you or your sisters," Denise assured her son. They remained in silence for the rest of the time that Denise was stitching his wound up. Joe let go of Demi's hand climbing up from the bed he was sat on the edge of hugging his mom. Denise smiled as she hugged him back as did Demi. "I love you." She whispered in his ear.
"I love you too mom." He replied.
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