Russell Howard Fanfiction - Love At First Laugh

Chapter 2 - The date?

A/N
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Y/N POV

I woke up the next morning and looked at my phone to check the time. My lock screen of Russell Howard came up on the screen. That made me remember what happened last night.
Oh my God!!!
I ring Hannah to tell her what happened.

On the phone
H: Hi Y/N! How was the ...
Y/N: OH MY GOD HAN YOU WILL NEVER GUESS WHAT HAPPENED!
H: Whoa calm down! What? Did you get married to Russell?
Y/N: I wish! Sadly no. Well basically....

I told her about everything that happened with me and Russell.

H: ..... Yeah right! You can't be serious
Y/N: Hannah I'm being deadly serious! He even gave me his number!
H: WELL TEXT HIM THEN WOMAN
Y/N: What do I say?
H: Will you marry me?
Y/N: oh ha ha hilarious
H: Just say something like .... "Hey It's Y/N"
Y/N: You are a GENIUS okay I'm gonna go now bye!
H: Your welcome, bye!

Off the phone

I don't know why I was so nervous about just texting Russell. I've always liked him for his comedy on screen but I guess it just feels different considering I have now met him in real life. But even so, Russell seems special. I've never felt like this about anyone else in my whole life.

I text Russell : "Hey its Y/N"
I wait for a text back. The longer I wait, the more anxious I get. What if he doesn't actually like me? What if he thinks I'm weird? What if he ...
DING
I leap for my phone and see that he's messaged me back.
"Hi! Wanna meet up?"
Oh my god
I reply with: "Sure! Where?"
He responds: "Nandos 😉"
I reply: "Why am I not surprised? I've never been to Nandos before"
He responds: "WHAT!? You will love it! I'll pick you up at your place. What's your address?"

I send him my address and say goodbye. All I have to do now is get ready.
I decide on a short mint dress and white flats. I curl my hair to make it wavy and apply some makeup.
I'm all ready for our date! Wait .... is it a date? The thought surrounded my mind. Just as I'm questioning this, the doorbell goes. I sprint to the door and open it.
There he was, his bright smile beaming at me. He was holding a small bouquet of light pink roses. My favourite!

"Hello!" He says with a grin.
" Hi!" He extends his arm holding the flowers.
"How did you know that pink roses were my favourite?"
"Are they? To be honest it was a lucky guess" He laughs.
"A psychic aswell as a comedian hmm?"
"Oh I have many talents" He says, giving me a wink.
I take the roses and place them in a vase on a table next to the door.
"Thank you for those, they're beautiful."
"No problem" He offers his arm. "Shall We? "
"We shall" I say, laughing as I take his arm.

The question pops up in my head again. Is this a date? Well he gave me my favourite flowers and offered his arm .... but a friend could do that right?

We walk out of my flat and outside to his car.
"Your carriage m'lady" He says, opening the car door.
I enter his car and smile up at him. "A gentleman aswell? You keep getting better!" I laugh.
"I did say I have many talents!" he says while getting into his side of the car. "I can also drive!"
I laugh at his joke. "Well that might be useful if we want to get to Nandos!" He laughs as we drive off.

The drive went really quickly. Maybe even too quickly. I was having such a fun time!
We stopped when we reached Nandos. We got out of the car, entered the restaurant and got seated in a small booth.
"I still can't believe this is your first ever Nandos!" He says when we've sat down.
"How about you order for me? You know this place better than I do."
"Sure" He says, with his signature grin on his face.
Oh that grin. It makes me want to melt every time.

The waiter comes up to our table.
"Two (insert meal here. I actually haven't been to Nandos so yeah 😅) please".
"Coming right up!" says the waiter as he scribbles down on his notepad.
He winks at me and walks off.
I look at Russell and we both start laughing our heads off.
"Oh ... my ... god!" I manage to say between laughs. "He looked so sleazy!"
After we finished laughing Russell asks "does that happen to you often?"
"Sometimes. I just laugh it off"

After about 15 minuites of talking, laughs and getting to know more about eachover the same waiter returns with our meals.
"Enjoy" He says placing the plates on the table. He looks me up and down with a grin on his face before leaving again. His grin was nothing compared to Russell's.
I laugh nervously and say "I'm starting to feel a bit creeped out by him now".
"Don't worry, if he comes back I can pretend I'm your boyfriend".

Oh... well that seemed to put me in the friend zone. A friend might do that to help another friend so .... he can't be interested .... can he? That question popped up in my head again. Is this a date? I'm starting to doubt it now.

"Anyway, It's time for your first taste of heaven!" He says, snapping me out of my thoughts.
"What?"
"The Nandos"
"Oh... right".
"Go on then!"
I take a bite of the food.
"Well ... what do you think?"
"This is amazing!"
"YES!" He shouts. Some of the people in the restaurant glare at him. "Oops shit." He turns back to me. "I told you you would love it!".

After eating, more talking and laughs, I see the waiter at the other side of the restaurant begin to stride up to our table. Russell also sees the waiter and puts his arm around my waist and pulls me towards his side of the booth. I felt sparks at his touch. I didn't look up at him, as my face was blushing like mad. I felt his eyes on me which made me blush more. This moment was ruined by the sleazy waiter. When he sees our position, he looks us both up and down, but this time with a jealous sense about him. He just collects out plates and storms off. I look up at Russell, still in his arms and say "I think we did it". He grins at me again and removes his arm from my waist.
I felt like a part of me was missing as soon as his arm moved from me.

The waiter came back a few minuites later and plonked the bill on our table and stormed off again. We both sniggered at him together as we both went to get our wallets out.
"Oh no Y/N I'm being a gentleman again" He says gesturing to my purse.
"Russell I don't give a shit, you've been more than a gentleman tonight. At least let me pay my half." Instead of persisting again, he pauses, grins and says "okay".

Once we had paid the bill, we went to walk out of the Nandos. Russell was walking in front of me and as soon as he reached the door, I was pulled back by guess who .... Yes the waiter.
"Hey, so you're hot, can I have your number?"
I think carefully about what to say next.
"Sure!"
I turn around to Russell who was looking at me with confusion. I gave him a wink and he grinned. I turn back to the waiter who had a notepad in his hands.
"Okay ready?" He nods, getting ready to scribble down my number.
"Okay, 077 ... 85 ..... 44 ...... fuck off" I flounce off before he can react and turn to a laughing Russell with a massive smile on his face. He opens the door and says "nicely done!"

In the car ride on the way back to my flat, we both laugh about the events of the evening.
When we get up to my flat, we are still talking about the waiter.
"I definitely think that pretentending to be your boyfriend worked well" Russell said laughing.
"Yeah" I say as we come to a stop outside my door.
We both stand in silence for a few seconds before Russell says, "Do you think it would have worked better if I was your boyfriend?" I look up at him in shock and confusion at his words. He had a grin again, but he seemed nervous, and like he had been bottling his feelings up. I smile and say "I think it would". He smiled back and said "Y/N I know this is a bit soon but will you be my girlf...." I lean in and kiss him before he can finish. He seemed shocked at first but then puts his hands on my waist as I put one hand on his cheek and the other on the back of his head, my fingers going through his hair. We both pull back and stare into eachovers eyes. "So is that a yes?" he says. I laugh and reply "yes". We pull back in for a hug. I felt safe wrapped up in his muscular arms. He smelled of really nice cologne and felt warm. We pulled back again and he says "Thanks for a great evening. It was the best time I've had in a long time".
"And thank you too. You made this evening ... magical".
We pull back in for a short kiss and then say goodbye.

I walk into my flat and think to myself - It definitely was a date.