before she came.

Part 6

We arrived at Frankie's and Bennies, in ashford. We walked to a table that was by the window. My dad sat next to me and Mandy sat opposite us.

We looked at the menu and there was a range of choices to choose from but I finally decided what I wanted "I'll have a beef burger please with chips"
My dad ordered the same as me and Mandy ordered a cheese pizza.

Silence echoed around the whole room, I couldn't think of a conversation starter, I don't think anyone else could either. There was a window open, causing a draft I couldn't stand, so I stood up and closed it.
"Why'd you close the window honey" Mandy said quietly, obviously trying to spark up a conversation between us.
"Oh I'm a bit cold"
"Do you wanna borrow my scarf?" She said already talking it off. In my head I didn't want to at all but in reality I knew I had to take the offer since she was already handing it to me.
"Erm, yes please" I stuttered.

Our food arrived and it smelt delicious, the smell of the crisp chips sitting on the side of my plate mixed with the smell of the freshly made burger with all the sauces tucked nicely inside, stuck between the two buns of bread.
We tucked into our meal, enjoying every mouthful we took. Mandy and dad talked the whole time they ate, occasionally adding me into the conversation with things like
"Oh Emma loves to draw" and "how is school Emma, do you enjoy it?"

Once we had finished our meal no one really wanted to have a pudding because we were so stuffed from our main course so we paid the bill and then left for home.

We walked over to the car, me still wearing Mandy's scarf. I let Mandy sit in the front because the thought of her staring at me in the back of the head annoyed me. We came out of the turning, however we turned left, not right which was unusual because there was no other way home than that way. I thought about asking my dad where we were going but instead I resisted and I kept quiet, leaving it as a surprise for myself, because who doesn't love surprises every once in a while?

About 20 minutes pasted and we hadn't got far because we got stuck in a mountain load of traffic. Once that pasted we drove for another 10 minutes, until we arrived at our final destination.

I got out of the car, confused as to why my dad had drove us here. We approached the building, walking inside.