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Riley Matthews
Once I got home from school I rushed into my bathroom and had a shower. I put on my robe and blowdried my hair then straightened it. After that I did my makeup and picked out an outfit.
I must admit I looked pretty good. It was 6:00 and the door had been knocked on. I opened it to see him in a button up and jeans. He was adorable and I couldn't believe this was happening.
"Wow, you look gorgeous." He managed to say due to him being struck. I chuckled at him.
"thank you, you look very nice yourself." I smiled and he put his hand out gesturing for me to hold it. I intertwined our fingers as we walked out of my house shutting the door behind us. It was a comfortable silence, until we got outside.
"Are you cold?" He asked as the breeze hit me, I simply shook my head. I was lying, it's so cold out and I'm freezing. "Okay... I promise we're almost there."
Sooner than later we entered a really nice restaurant that wasn't packed but wasn't empty either.
The waiter brought us some water then gave us some time to ourselves to pick something. I decided on the pasta.
The date was going well until the waiter came back to take our order.
"Have you two decided?" The man asked. I nodded and proceeded to tell him my order.
"I'll have the Penne pasta with Alfredo." I said before pushing my menu closer to where he was. The waiter deadpan looked at me and laughed.
"The pasta? For you? I don't think you need those carbs just looking at you." The waiter said and my jaw dropped a little and Farkle squinted at the man before standing up and pushing him. I was stunned by everything happening. The waiter hit Farkle in the gut.
Farkle then punched the guy in the face. I didn't know what to do. The waiter punched Farkle back in the face before sitting down from exhaustion. Farkle held his nose that was most likely bleeding. "Come on Riley... This place doesn't deserve you here."
I nodded and stood up quickly. We walked out and I didn't say a word to him. He walked us over to the beach which was empty because it was autumn. the waves were large and the sky was grey.
We sat on a bench that was on this pavement trail that was near the rocks on the beach. Farkles nose was still bleeding. I pulled out a Kleenex from my pocket and asked him to look up. I wiped up the blood and it stopped.
"Hey sweetie you didn't have to do that..." I said while staring at the waves.
"Yes I did." His hands dropped from his nose "if somebody insults you on our date I'm obviously going to do something about it. This night is about us." I smiled lightly at him. "How about we go get some food from the food truck over there."
"I'd love to." I chuckled as we stood up and walked over to the food truck. We decided to share Chicken and Waffles. We sat on the dock that was on the water, with our legs hanging off. "You know what... This is better than a fancy restaurant, thank you."
I planted a kiss on his cheek and he lit up all happily. I am honestly not a fan of fancy/proper dates and this was basically the opposite of that. "You know I would do anything for you, Ri." He said. I laid my head on his shoulder
"I love you." I accidentally said out loud. He looked up at me and I took my head off his shoulder.
"You do?" he said very stunned but still smiling largely. I stared into his ocean eyes and smiled back.
"I really do." My voice was sincere and I couldn't have been more honest. Farkle is honestly now my best friend and my lover.
"I've always loved you." He replied and it was some of the best words I've ever heard in my life. I hugged him tightly and he hugged me back.
