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Chapter 11

By the time we pulled off I new exactly where I wanted to take her, to Giovanni's Pizzeria. I've been there a couple of times and their pizza is incredible. Plus, the place is pretty vacant which means there won't be any cameras or paparazzi's. I remember Diana mentioning her favorite food was pizza last night. The pizzeria is in downtown London so it will only take about fifteen minutes to get there.

As we drove, I turned the radio up a little to make the silence that filled up the car less awkward. The station I usually listen to is BBC Radio 1. They play all the latest music and all the hits. But for some reason the radio was on a classic rock station. Before I could turn, the host announced the next song.

"Now here's a classic tune for all you Beatle fans. Here's "I Want to Hold Your Hand." by The Beatles!"

I thought that Diana wasn't to fond of this type of music so I reached to turn the radio.

"No wait, I like this song." Diana said. Im not going to lie I was a little surprised by this but that teaches me to be less stereotypical.

"Really? Are you a Beatles fan too?" I asked her.

"Yeah I'm a huge fan. My parents are also." She confessed. I took a quick glance at her to see her looking down and fidgeting with her hands with a thoughtful look on her face. I wondered what she was thinking about or what was making her look so sad.

"So, do you like them also?" She asked.

"I'm a massive fan! They've changed the music industry for the best and were basically the first British Invasion." I said not noticing how much of a teacher I sound like.

"Yeah they made such a huge impact on America after the assassination of JFK and the World War ll era. Their music really cheered people up." She said with a smile. Being from the UK I couldn't really relate to all the things that had happened in America. I've heard about it but I never knew music could bring people together after tragedies like that. Well, I guess we learn something new everyday.

"I never really thought of it like that." I said with a small smile on my face.

We arrived to the pizzeria not to long after. Diana seemed really anxious when we parked, so when we got out I told her where we were. When we entered a waitress came and seated us in a small booth near the window across from each other. I don't think paparazzi's would be a problem around here.

"Could I get you two anything to drink?" The waitress asked. I looked across the table at Diana suggesting she should go first.

"I'd like a Pepsi please." She ordered.

"And I'll have a water. Thank you... Bethany." I said as I stared at her name tag on her left shoulder. I've always liked calling the waitress' or waiters by there first name, I don't know why but it just seems polite.

"Okay I'll be right with your drinks in a few. Wait! Aren't you from that boyband that was on the X factor not to long ago?" She asked.

"Yes." I said with a smile.

"My little sister loves you boys! She was gutted when guys didn't win. She would vote for you boys every time!" She said with excitement in her voice.

"Tell your little sister we say thank you and we really do appreciate it!" I told her.

"Would you mind signing this for her? She would be so happy!" She asked while handing me a pen and paper out of her waitress bag.

"No of course! What's her name babe?"

"Hailey!" She said with flushed cheeks. I wrote on the piece of paper, "Thank you so much for supporting us Hailey, love Harry."