When I Found You...

Chapter 25

"Y-yeah I'm ready" I stuttered. "Please come" I whispered to Q.
"I'll follow behind" he said with a Smile and a wink.

I walked towards the door, where Sal was leaning against the door.
"You look beautiful" Sal said to me.
"You don't look to bad yourself" I replied with a smile.

I felt so nervous... what if I'm not right for Sal.... what if I'm annoying or not funny or he just goes off me!!

"You okay?" Sal asked as I was being quiet thinking of all those things.
"I'm fine" I replied. "Where are we going for dinner?" I asked.
"I found this lovely new restaurant" Sal said. "You honestly do look gorgeous" Sal added. I felt the heat rise to my cheeks. Instead of replying with words, I slowly reached out for Sals hand and intertwined my fingers with his. I saw him smile to himself and couldn't help but smile.

When we arrived at dinner the waitress shown us to our table. Sat down and quickly texted Q
Me: are you here?????
Q: yep. I'm about 4 tables behind you

That soon settled my nerves. Just to know I had support here with me.
"So what do you fancy?" Sal asked.
"You" I said in my mind.
"To eat? I think I might have the lamb." I said.
"That's a good choice... I think I might have the steak" Sal told me. "Drinks?" He added.
"Water for me" I said.
"Okay, I'll get the drinks from the bar- it'll be quicker" Sal said.
"Okay, thanks" I replied.

As soon as I saw Sal was out of eyesight, I quickly called Q over.
"How's it going?" Q asked.
"Good but what should I talk about?? What does Sal like??" I asked urgently.
"I don't know... WWE" Q said.
"I know nothing about wrestling!!" I shouted at Q in frustration.

Sals POV
I walked up to the bar to see Murr. I bought him with me just in case something goes wrong or I need support.
"How's it going?" Murr asked me.
"Good but what should I talk about?" I asked Murr.
"Maybe ask her about herself. Find out things about her" Murr suggested.
"Good idea!" I replied.

Rachel's POV
I saw Sal was on his way back so I quickly got Q to go back to his table. Sal placed my cold glass of water in front of me as I took a sip.
"Soo" we both said at the same time, causing us both to laugh.
"Do you like WWE?" I asked him.
"Yes! I love wrestling" Sal exclaimed. "Do you??" He asked me.
"Uh.. not really" I said. I could sense the awkward silence creeping up on us.
"So what do you like?" Sal asked me, which made me feel more relaxed as there wasn't any awkwardness.
"I like reading... always wanted to be an author- so I like to write too. And that's basically it" I said with a nervous laugh.
"That's awesome! Have you ever been published?" Sal asked me like he was genuinely taking an interest.
"Sadly not, big hopefully one day" I said. "What about you?" I asked.
"I usually spend all my time on your or filming. I like WWE and I do like sight seeing" he explained.

After we ate our dinner we sat there chatting about anything and everything over some drinks. Now I was starting to feel all those nerves drift away from me. I could see Sals eyes wandering behind me, as if he was distracted by something.
"Is everything okay?" I asked him.
"I- I thought I just saw Q" Sal said with a confused expression.
"Sal" I said to bring his attention back to me.
"Yeah?"
"You did see Q" I told him.
"How do you know?" Sal asked.
I took a deep breath. "Because I invited him here. I was so nervous that it felt better to have someone here...for support" I explained. Sal weirdly let out a sigh of relief.
"W-what?" I asked.
"I bought Murr along with me for the same reason" Sal told me. I smiled widely at him.
"Really?" I said, Sal nodded.
"Maybe we should go somewhere else...just us?" Sal suggested.
"Good idea" I replied.

As we walked out of the restaurant I mouthed a thank you to Q for being there for me today.
"Where should we go?" I asked.
"I have an idea" Sal replied.

He drove us along the open roads. The lampposts flickering in the pitch black, the stars glistening above us. Sal parked onto what seem like an abandoned field.
"Where are we?" I asked.
"I'll show you!" Sal said as he grabbed my hand.

We walked up a few risky steps until we were into a bridge.
"What is this?" I asked.
"Turn around" he answered. As I slowly turned around the wind carefully swayed my hair. I saw the lights of the city in the pitch black sky. It was a breathtaking sight. The only problem was.... I was afraid of heights. I gripped onto the rusty red bars of the bridge. I gripped on so tightly that my knuckles turned pale white. Sal noticed this and guessed.
"Are you afraid of heights?" Sal asked me.
"Yeah" I softly spoke.
"Hold onto my hands" he said. I slowly took my shaking hands off the bars. I placed my hands into Sals warm hands, as he wrapped his arms around me. He rested his head on my shoulder. In that moment I felt safe in his arms... like nothing in the world could hurt me.
I slowly turned around to be face to face with him. The light bouncing of his gorgeous green eyes. His hands were placed securely on my back. I slowly placed my hands onto the back of his neck and pulled him into a kiss...