Fate

Chapter Five

"My goodness Laura, you look beautiful!" Aunt Kathy says, taking my cheeks in her hands and kissing either side."Doesn't she Rob?" Uncle Rob nods his head, smiling in my direction then turning his attention back to the cup of coffee he's holding."Where are you going all dressed up like that?"

"She has a date!" Ari says before I can answer. She throws her arm playfully around my shoulder, pulling me closer to her and kissing my cheek dramatically.

"With who?" Rob says, his focus back on me.

"A guy named Harry," I answer."He'll be here any minute. 

They continue to grill me for answers, asking questions about Harry. I'm unable to answer most of them, do to the short time I've known him. A knock at the door causes the questions to abruptly end. Aunt Kathy hurry's to answer the door, leaving me standing to the side, unsure of what to do. I face uncle Rob desperately thinking of something to ask him. 

"So how was work today?" I lamely ask in a nervous tone. I hear the front door swing open and aunt Kathy greet Harry.

"It was good, busy though." I nod my head, as if I understood his job.

"Hi, is Laura here? I'm Harry." I turn at the sound of my name, seeing Harry extending his hand for aunt Kathy to shake. She does quickly, then opens the door wider for him to step inside.

"Laura, Harry's here," she says to me, even though it's clear I already know. Harry holds my gaze for a short second before addressing me.

"Hey, you look beautiful," he says quietly to me as I make my way closer to him. I feel my cheeks heat up instantly, making my discomfort known to everyone.

"Thanks, you look very nice," I compliment him as I take in his outfit. He's dressed in black, tight pants, a white button up shirt and a black blazer on underneath his winter jacket. I quickly grab my jacket from the kitchen counter, then open the front door.

"Let's go," I say, waving goodbye to everyone inside of the house, and walk to his car. He jogs ahead of me, getting to my side of the door first and opening it."Thank you," I say sincerely. Out of all the dates I've been on, not one guy has opened the car door for me, so to say I'm shocked that he has, is an understatement. I sit myself in the car, clicking my seat belt into place, and rubbing my hands together in attempt to warm them up.

"Are you cold?" He asks, eyeing my actions.

"A little, I have really bad blood circulation." I shrug, dismissing the topic of my always cold hands. He turns the heat on, and continues to drive. I let the silence last for a few moments, not minding really."So are you going to tell me where we're going?"

"A nice and small restaurant, it's kind of far though, is that okay? We can go somewhere else if you want."

"No it's fine, I like driving a lot, it kind of relaxes me," I turn my gaze to the window, attempting to hide my blush.

"I feel like we still don't know each other very well," he says after a few minutes of silence.

"Well ask me something then," I turn to face him, leaning my back against the door.

He ponders my response, thinking intently before asking."What was the last dream you had?" I laugh to myself, remembering the dream I had last night.

"Don't laugh, but it was really scary at the time." He nods his head, urging me to go on."Last night I had a dream that Frankenstein chased me into my neighbor's house and cornered me. Ari and my cousin Maya appeared out of nowhere, so I told them to cause a distraction. When they did I ran past them and out of the house. Frankenstein caught Maya and started eating her and I just kept running, and then I woke up."