why did you choose me?|emblem3 (keaton stromberg) fanfic| EDITING

Chapter 8 (our awkward...date?)

|ANNA'S POV|

I can't believe I'm going to hang out with Keaton all by myself! I was kinda mad for Liz just ditching me like that, but now I could be completely alone with him for the rest of the day. Keaton is so nice and...cute, I can't even deal right now. As we walk out of the hotel he holds my hand I don't know if its a 'I like you' or a 'I'm being friendly' hand hold but I didn't care as long as he didn't let go.

We both walk outside. Its really hot today in New York, maybe like 83 degrees. Keaton and I just decide to walk to the ocean side restaurant since we weren't really that far.

We didn't talk almost the whole way there only the equational 'oh cool look at that' or something about the weather. I wanted to say something but I didn't know what to say even though there was like a million things we could talk about. I hate being shy it's like you wanna say something but you're too afraid that it will just be awkward, even though it was already awkward.

Keaton and I finally get to the restaurant and sit down, its a nice place but not a 'fancy' nice, we took a seat outside next to a railing looking out to the ocean.

"This is nice, you know you a-and me like...here together" What was I saying I need to calm my nerves and just act normal as if I was talking to Liz and not a really cute famous guy.

"Yeah it is, so uhm tell me about yourself!" Keaton says as he spins his spoon around in his fingers like a baton twirler.

"Okay, what do you want to know?"

"Anything, I don't know a lot about you, actually I don't know anything about you so I guess tell me things you want me to know." He says with a super cute grin that makes me blush.

"Well I live with my mom, I'm an only child, I still love watching cartoons, such as spongebob."

Keaton's face lights up, "You watch it still too!? I love that show! So does Wes, we usually watch it together on the road. Now that I think about it, it's pretty embarrassing."

"It's not embarrassing! Be proud, embrace your spongebob watching brotherly time." We both laugh and the waitress comes over, "What can I get get you both to drink this evening?" I order a lemonade and Keaton orders a coke. The waitress then walks off to get us our drinks.

"So what about your dad?"

"w-what?" His question catches me off guard.

"You said you only lived with your mom."

"Uhm yeah I do, m-my dad doesn't um...he-"

"Oh crap, I'm sorry did I ask the wrong question, I didn't mean to upset you." Keaton apologizes frantically.

"No no....ah my dad passed away a year and a half ago, he got in a bad car accident that he didn't make it out of." I look out into the ocean and remember that day like it was yesterday, I felt tears coming so I tried to hold them back but a few fell anyway. "I'm sorry I wouldn't have brought it up If I had known, I'm sorry for your loss, I can't imagine how that must have been for you." Keaton then reaches over the table to wipe a tear from my cheek we make eye contact. His eyes were so beautiful.

"I know what you need!'' Keaton says while getting up, "A warm Keaton bear hug!'' He sits down next to me on my side of the booth and wraps his arms around me. It was nice, I loved his comforting hug. He pulled away from the hug and put a loose piece of my hair behind my ear and whispered, "It'll be ok, I'm here for you" His words meant a lot to me since I didn't talk to anyone about my dads passing, not even my mom, it was hard for me to talk about it with her because she would start to cry which made me cry too...and I didn't like to cry in front of her, it would only make it even worse for her to cope knowing I was in such agony so I tried to stay strong for her, but it made me weaker with all the pent up pain.