Newly single.

chapter 19

'Pisssst Elise... Oi Elise, wake up sleepy head... Elise, come on this isn't funny anymore'

I woke to find Dominic nudging me and encouraging me to wake up... I had slept through the whole film, start to finish. The screening room was empty and it was just me, Dom and the cleaning lady who was stood over both of us.

'What’s wrong?'

I mumbled, gently coming to my senses. Feeling a big black hole in my stomach, damn i was hungry but I hadn't touched my minstrels...

'Come on beautiful; let’s get you something to eat'

He scooped me up into his arms and began to carry me down the stairs, out of the screening room, out of the cinema and into the Chinese buffet. As he did i kept mumbling 'you’re soooo... strong and sooo... handsome' and other bits of jibber jabber like 'i was comfortable there'. But he laid me down in the booth in the Chinese buffet and ordered 2 cokes and a jug of water. The waiter replied by saying we could help ourselves to food when we felt like it. I poked my head up just enough to see Dom staring into my eyes possibly searching for answers or possibly not. But i just smiled and attempted to sit upright and as i did his eyes followed me, glued on to my face and he laid my Ipod on the table. Thinking to myself 'oh shit' i simply gulped and smiled pathetically to be answered with...

'You could have told me you didn't like scary movies'

I still just smiled,

'I would have taken you to another one, i didn't mind...'

Still I just sat smiling like a goof ball at him,

'I'm not mad just when i leaned in to give you a kiss i was disappointed that you just had drool down your face... Not the best that I’ve seen you'

He gave me a cheeky wink and stood up to move towards the buffet and stopped,

'Well aren't you coming... I could hear you belly growling at the quite bits, come on or do i have to carry you everywhere?'

I have to admit after being tenderly carried to the restaurant I wouldn't have minded. So I stood up with a little stumble in my walk as I attempted to find my feet and walk over to the rows and rows of hot, yummy steamy, Chinese food. That woke me up and before I knew it I had demolished 2 soups with prawn crackers, 5 mains plates and was just starting on my bowl of jelly, ice cream and banana fritters and began telling Dom stories like,

'There was this one time...'

He interrupted to say

'At band camp?'

But i gave him a scowl and carried on...

'when we were at a Chinese buffet and my Grandfather got the banana fritters and the chicken ball muddled up and ended up having ice cream, syrup and chicken ball for desert until he realised why the banana fritters tasted funny'

I giggled to myself remembering Grandfather's face when he has realised his mistake, but Dom just politely smiled, not letting on at how much of an idiot I looked, laughing to myself at my own story. By the time I had finished eating my weight in Chinese food we walked out but not before Dom paid and the waiters stared at me, amazed that i could still fit though the double door and didn't flatten the bike as we both got on. The ride home was about 30 minutes ish maybe, I don't know... I was concentrating on Dom and think about how he wasn't mad that I had just stuck my Ipod in and had fallen asleep but he was curious about why I didn't tell him that I hate scary films... He was lovely and this evening had been amazing, even though I had slept through most of it. The bits that I hadn't missed were amazing.

He parked up on the end of my drive and I could tell that everyone else was asleep because all the lights were of, but he still walked me to my door as I got my keys out. My thanks started as it did last time like a cliché...

'I had fun to night'

'You said that last time, but like last time, I'm glad you did'

'Thank you'

'You’re always welcome, I'm just glad that this time it was a date unlike last time when it was just pizza and a view...'

'As good as the view was..'

Insert cheeky wink here followed by a goofy smile on his part.

'I'm glad you enjoyed yourself'

'I did'

And with that he stepped closer to me, so I was looking up into his eyes and he was looking down into mine. And then suddenly his hands found mine and he kissed me, short and sweet but completely mesmerising!