People Like Us

15: Birthday Dinner

POV: Olivia

I'm in my room, scrolling through more tweets when I hear someone at the door,"Liv?"

"Yeah babe?"I answer, smiling to myself about the nickname I just gave him.

He chuckles and sits next to me,"So, it's your 20th birthday. And Mark insisted that just the two of us go out to dinner, not the whole group. Where do you wanna go?"

I look up, meeting eyes with him,"Wherever you want to take me."

"We're going someplace nice, then. So you better get a dress,"he winks, kissing my cheek and walking out.

I sit there. A dress? I get up and run to Amy, who is already ahead of me.

I think a bit before smiling,"How about blue? For his hair?"

"Oh, you hit it in the bullseye, sister,"she high fives me.

She rushes her hands through the hangers in her closet before she comes across a sky blue, cute patterned romper. I nod with extreme approval. She hugs me and I thank her.

I go to my room to change and turn side to side in the mirror, starting to become excited to show it off to Ethan.

I take the curling iron Katherine let me borrow and curl loose ringlets, splitting them to make more. I choose a light copper eyeshadow to go with the sky blue on most of my eyelids. I run some lip gloss over my lips and press them together.

I take a deep breath and walk out of the bathroom, through my room and Amy points to the living room excitedly. I keep walking down the hall and see Ethan, in his satin blue button-down shirt and leather pants. When he sees me, he stops, watching me carefully. I take his hands and he totally checks me out.

"Wow,"he sighs, taking my waist,"You're so god damn gorgeous."

"Okay, lovebirds,"Tyler clears his throat,"Off to dinner you go."

We link arms and walk out to the car. After driving off, I turn to Ethan and ask,"So, where we going?"

"The Palm Restaurant in downtown."

"Downtown?"I look at him in surprise.

His hand takes mine and our fingers lace,"Hey, you deserve the best for your birthday, baby."

"Baby,"I sigh at my nickname,"Oh, I must be dreaming."

"I have so many other names for you, Liv,"he chuckles ,"Baby, babe, sweetie, sweetheart, princess, love, and of course, baby girl."

"I think that ones my favorite,"I blurt out before covering my mouth,"I did not just say that out loud..."

"You kinda did..."he smiles.

I look over at him and just stare for a while. I'm not scared to anymore. After a few minutes, he finally notices, glancing over,"Take a picture, it'll last longer."

I pull my phone out and open snapchat, take a pic and caption,'Taking me to dinner.'

I post it on my story and turn it off. I go back to staring at him until we get there.  He tells me to stay in the car and I wait patiently as he closes the door and walks around. Then I realize what he's doing.

He opens my door and holds his hand out to me,"M'lady."

"Why thank you,"I say in my best accent, taking his hand and letting him help me out of the car.

He closes the door and  we link arms, walking inside to take our reservation. The girl at the front desk calls ours,"Olivia?"

We walk up and she takes two menus, walking us to our table. Once we sit down, Ethan's gaze catches mine. He takes my hand across the table and holds it gingerly,"Liv."

I smile,"Yes?"

"I just want you to know something. You're my girl now, and I'm not going to let anything happen to you. I promise,"he looks me in the eyes,"Okay?"

I nod. Through dinner, he says all kinds of sweet little things to me to make me giggle and blush. Just like that, he stole my heart.

I feel so relaxed now. First day, I had just met him and we got to know each other over several nights of games and laughter. Now, I've gotten plenty of kisses, all of which I've needed.

I look at him, so adorable and innocent. After the dinner, the next time the waitress comes back, he whispers something to her and she looks at me, nodding and smiling.

"Oh no, what now?"I sigh.

He smiles,"You'll see, babe."

Five minutes later, the waitress comes back and places a chocolate fudge cake between us,"For the lady. Enjoy."

I giggle, looking off into space before looking back to him,"Ethan, really?"

He smiles and nods. Then, he grabs a spoon and digs it into the cake pointing it at me,"Here."

"Oh, hell no,"I giggle, shaking my head when I realize what he's doing.

He frowns,"Come on, babe, please?"

"Fine,"I roll my eyes.

He pushes the spoon slowly towards me and I open my mouth. When he slides it in, I close my mouth tight, trying not to laugh. He pulls the spoon back out and I cover my mouth, giggling.

"You're such a dork,"I smile.

He and I share the cake before paying and going home. I doze off in the car, eventually falling asleep.

POV: Ethan

I look over once I pull in the driveway to find Olivia totally passed out. I smile before getting out and walking around to her side. I open the door and stare at her beautiful face for a while before I get an idea.

POV: Olivia

I'm pulled from sleep by the feeling of a pair of lips connected to mine. I moan awake, squinting and shifting in my seat.

Then, Ethan pulls away, smiling his ass off,"Wakey wakey Livi."

"I'm soooo tireddddd..."I rub my face, trying to blink myself awake, but I'm too tired and it has no effect.

"Oh,"he smirks,"I know what you want. Come here Livi."

He leans down, and I feel his arms slither under my legs and back. He pulls me from the car and holds me tenderly in his arms. I sigh, looking up at him lovingly before eagerly pulling him down and kissing him, with passion.

POV: Ethan

I pick up a certain feeling in Livi's kiss. Passion. And I can't ignore it. He grabs my neck and forces me down, but I don't complain. I only hold her tighter. When she pulls away, our eyes meet. Just her eyes, tell me everything.

"My god, Livi, what's gotten into you?"

"I don't know, but I really like it,"she breathes out.

Carrying her inside, I try to be as quiet as possible to sneak up the stairs unnoticed. Unfortunately, I'm caught by a gasp.

Amy.

I turn around, catching her adored expression at us. She zips her lips and nods, agreeing to hold it in. I continue walking to my room and lay her down in bed and pull the covers over her before I climb in on the other side. She makes little noises and shifts around, making me smile.

POV: Olivia

I shift, warming up the bedsheets and slightly waking myself up. I start to wonder about Ethan just before...

... a strong pair of arms wrap around my waist and pull me back. I sigh, leaning back into the warm body next to me. I turn my head a little to see him pick his up, looking down at me. We both smile before he kisses my cheek, leaving me smiling like the biggest idiot.