Running from the Sunrise ||#Wattys2017

Chapter Fourteen

The rest of the ride went on pretty quietly. "Where are you taking me?" I whined at Ryan. "Shush, we are almost there." He said. "But you said that 20 minutes ago." I said. Before he could say anything the car stopped. Finally. We had been driving through the city for almost a hour now. I looked out the window and we were at a fancy restaurant. I had heard of it before it was one of the best. The strange thing was the restaurant was called "Nemo" which was Latin for no one. It's pretty depressing if you think about it. "Woah" I mumbled.  "Ryan, your parents must be rich. Especially if they are letting you take a stupid girl on a date to a place like this. Did you make reservations?" I asked still in awe. "Sky, I didn't have to my uncle own the place. So I guess we are a bit rich." He smiles at me. "Oh. Ryan. Why didn't you tell me before. Are you sure it's fine." I glance at him. "Skylar, stop worrying. Everyone who works here knows who I am. They won't say anything. I promise." He said glancingback at me. "Omg, I could kiss you right now. You have no idea how much I have wanted to eat here before." I smiled at him. For the first time in a while I actually felt happy. I think being around Ryan who is as broken as I am, helps. Maybe he feels the same way right now.

"It's not a problem. Maybe when you and your friends get back we can all come here as a group." He said. "That would be amazing. What kind of food do they have here?" I asked grabbing his arm. "Well let's go inside and see." He smiled and turned off the truck the jumped down. He quickly ran to my side and opened my door, whilst bowing and offering me his hand. "My lady." He said. Which caused me to giggle. "You're funny." I said in between giggles. I couldn't believe that I was actually happy for once. "Whatever you say." He said as he closed the door and locked the truck. We walked over to the door and he opened it for me, once again bowing. "Stop doing that Ryan." I said trying to be serious and not giggle like a little girl. "Never." He said once again grabbing my hand. This time he kissed it. Why? He was being so polite, I was adoring it. For a split second my mind wandered off.

What would Alec say if he knew you were with Ryan.

I quickly shook my head as if attempting to shake the thought away. Why was I thinking of Alec? Especially when I was technically on a date with Ryan.

I tried to focus on Ryan, instead of the thoughts about Alec that were in my head. We walked up to the hostess and she politely smiled "Ryan, who is this lovely young lady you have brought in with you today?" Glancing over at me and smiling. She seemed like she was a really nice person, she resembled Becca like alot. That's when I remembered that Rebecca had a younger sister who was like sixteen, there really wasn't that much of an age difference. I glanced down at the hostess' name tag, to see if it really was Becca's sister. Clara sure enough it was Becca's sister. "Hi, I'm friends with Becca. Aren't you her younger sister?" I smiled, I hoped I didn't sound weird. "Yeah I am. What's your name because if you are friends with Becca I have probably heard of you before." Becca's sister was home schooled I'm not sure why, I mean Becca was in school so why couldn't her sister be? It didn't make any sense. At least she hasn't heard of my problems then. "I'm Skylar." I said. "Oh, I have heard of you. Becca talks about you all the time. You are like her best friend right. She always talks about how you and that guy who plays on the school football team should get together. I can't Rember his name tho." "Alec is his name." I interupted her. Then contiued. "There is nothing between Alec and I, we are just really good friends. I have known him since 3rd grade."I said, glancing back at Ryan. "Oh, my sister said you guys would be cute together. But anyway I see you are with Ryan. So I will shut up before I say something stupid." She said. "Your fine. I don't get why people say that about Alec and I. We are from different worlds. If we were together it wouldn't make any sense." I said.Then I thought back to what Brittany had said "He's in love with you but you are to dumb to notice it. He deserves better." Was it true did he love me and I just never noticed it. And did he deserve better than me if he felt that way about me? And how did I feel about him? However I felt I needed to decide, because I didn't want to lead Alec or Ryan on. But I put on a smile, I was really good at faking happiness I did it all the time.

"So back to business, I almost forgot I was working. A table for two. You can follow me this way." Clara said directing us to the left where there was a bunch of fancy dining tables for two to three people. She sat us down at a table in the corner of the room. It was like it was just me and Ryan over in the corner. "So, what brought you to this small town in Montana?" I asked Ryan. "Well, you see it wasn't really up to me to move here. My older brother Liam thought it was a good idea to move to this place, because of my previous issues." His eyes were growing full of sorrow and pain. But I had to ask, I just can't stop myself. "What exactly are your issues? I mean they can't be that bad. You know I have issues to right." I said sensing his pain. "Well I don't feel like telling you right now because it will ruin this, maybe I will tell you when you get back from the trip with your friends." He said, he was on the verge of crying now, and he looked more broken in this moment than when I first met him the other day. "Okay. Well..." I was interrupted by the waitress she had just arrived to take our orders.

"What would you like today?" She asked sounding a bit annoyed. She was an older lady, you could see the age in her face, eyes and hands. "I will have a salad and some grilled chicken and to drink a pepsi." I said, she looked at Ryan, "I will have my usual." Ryan said not even glancing at his menu. She looked towards me and spoke, "Aren't you skinny enough." This made me wince slightly, she was the first person to ask me about my weight. "I...I.....uhhh." I looked at Ryan for help, as if reading my mind, he spoke up. "You know my uncle owns this place right and I could get you fired. Now apologize to her, Rose." He smirked at me. Man I really liked when he did that. "Oh, of course sir. I'm sorry for my rude outburst. It will not happen again." She glanced at both me and Ryan, back and forth. "I will be right back with your orders." She said.

"Thank you for that Ryan. I had no idea what to say." I smiled at him. "It's not a problem. I think that you are perfect. And I invited you here to get to know you. So, what made you decide to go on a trip with your friends." He asked, I could tell he was still a bit down from earlier. So I answered his question, not wanting to put him back on the spot. "Well, you see I'm not entirely sure. I was going through some stuff and I felt like I needed to escape and be alone, only I didn't want to be alone. You see its hard to explain." I said, glancing down at the floor shyly. "Oh, so it was just out of nowhere. Also I feel that way all the time. When I met you the other day, I felt like my whole life was back in order. When I look at you I see myself, I see my brokenness in you. You are like a mirror image of me except, the way we look of course." His voice cracked on the last sentence. "That's how I feel. I'm not sure when it comes to relationships not sense...." I cut myself off. I wasn't sure if I could trust him yet. So I didn't want to scare him with the story of the orgin of all my brokenness. Now was not the time. "Not sense what?" He asked casually. Looking at me with his broken hazel eyes. "I can't tell you right now. Maybe another day." I said glancing at the floor, I really didn't want to tell him about my internal psychological problems. Not yet anyways. "Oh, well that's fine." The waiter had just arrived with our food. "This food looks even better than what I imagined." I said taking a bite of my food. While Ryan did the same. "It tastes better too." I continued and glanced up at Ryan. "Yeah I know. It's not that great, especially if you eat here everyday. We ate our food in silence, I assume it was because we were both starving. "So are you ready to go?" He asked, doing the smirk thing that he always does. It really drove me crazy. "Yeah I'm ready. Let's go." I said jumping up from my seat. "Slow down. Just because my uncle owns the place doesn't mean we don't have to pay." He said, smiling down at me. He was like 5 inches taller than me, I just realized it. "Oh right. I'm sorry." I said looking up at him. "Stop apologizing for things you didn't do. Now let's go and pay." He said gently grabbing my chin and turning it up to face him. We walked over to the register where another employee was waiting for us. Ryan pulled out his wallet and placed $60 on the counter. "I feel like I should pay for my part." I looked up at him. He was leaning against the counter so he wasn't that much taller than me now. "No, I got it. Don't worry about paying." He said. I know that he was just trying to be a gentleman but I feel guilty for not paying. "Let's go." Ryan said, placing his hand on my lower back and leading me to the door. "Okay. Are you taking me home or are we gonna hang out some more?" I asked. Because honestly I didn't want to go home. I liked hanging out with Ryan. When I was with him I felt whole. I felt the way I did before the accident. "I think we can hang out a bit longer." He said opening the door to his truck for me to climb inside. "Sounds good. Where are we going." I asked. He ignored my question, shutting my door, and running around to the drivers side and climbing inside of the truck. "Don't worry. You will see." He grinned at me.