Dirty Little Secret

Chapter 19

"Uh, do you happen to have another table maybe?" Liam asks the waiter in frustration.

"Nope, you either take this table, or wait for another hour." The waiter fires back.

Liam looks at me and I nod to tell him to just take it. "Looks like we're eating here."

"Lovely." The waiter says with a little bit of sarcasm in his voice.

Liam pulls out my chair and I plop down in it as he takes the seat across from me. The waiter places two menus in front of us and briefly tells us the specials. I glance over at Harry who's talking to his little "toy". I was trying my best to avoid them, even though their table was inches from ours.

I'm separated from my thoughts by Liam asking me what I was thinking about getting for dinner.

"I honestly have no idea, there's so many choices I can't decide."

"You should get the steak, you'd like it." Harry interjects. I shoot him a look. I don't want him ruining my date with Liam.

"Thanks, I'll keep that in mind." I respond, trying very hard not to yell at him.

"You know, I was actually thinking about getting the chicken fried rice. Wanna split it?" Liam says, ignoring what Harry had just said.

"Yeah, that sounds good." I actually wanted to get the steak, but I didn't want to give Harry the satisfaction that he was right.

After the waiter took our order, a little old man was walking around with a cart of cherry blossoms and peonies that smelled wonderful. He started walking towards us and I realized it was because Liam had waved him over here.

"Can I have 1 peony flower please?"

The old man smiled and nodded as he picked out the flower. He picked out 5 different ones before he actually takes one to give to me. He was shaking and was having a hard time trying to pull out the flower, it must have been stuck.

"Here, let me help you." I say as I reach to grab it for him. He gives me a small smile as he hands the flower to Liam and whispered loud enough that I could hear, "keep your eye on her, she's a keeper." and gives him a pat on the back. Liam smiles and gives the flower to me.

"The prettiest flower for the prettiest girl."

I don't say anything, I just take the flower and place it over my mouth as I smell it to try and hide the ridiculous grin on my face.

"Hey, I'd like to buy one, too." Harry yells a little too loud at the old man. He turns around so Harry can purchase a peony flower, as well. He gave her the flower and a look of disappointment flow through her face. I don't think Harry realizes, as he's smiling at her, waiting for her to say something.

"Isn't it beautiful? Just like you." He says. I felt like I was going to be sick.

She tries to put on a fake smile as she nods, but it slowly disappears.

"Is something wrong?"

"No, it's just..I mean I love the flower, but cherry blossom was my favorite....but that's okay, it's the thought that counts."

I can tell Harry is cursing at himself inside his head for messing up. It makes me smile a little knowing that Harry remembered my favorite flower.

The waiter brings our food to the table and it was much more than I expected, I was glad Liam and I split it. As I put my napkin on my lap, Liam takes the first bite.

"Mmm, this is delicious. Here." He takes a scoop full of rice and feeds me it. I smile at his cute gesture and because it really did taste good.

I feel Harry watches us as he practically shoves a bite of steak down his dates throat, then apologizes once he realized what he just did. I can't help but silently giggle to myself. I took another bite of food and I look up to find Liam staring at me. He gives me a warm smile as he reaches across the table to grab my hand. I can feel my face start to blush and that stupid smile forming on my face again. Liam leans across the table and whispered a joke in my ear and I start laughing.