strangers in love

chapter 16

AMELIAS POV
Owen said he'd pick me up at 7. It was now 6:15 and I unlocked my front door. My mom was still watching the kids and I felt bad so I would ask emma to stay home with her siblings tonight. I walked into the kitchen and my mom was making dinner and talking to Emma.
"Hey," I said.
"Oh hi how was work?" My mom asked.
"Good," I smiled, thinking about Owen.
"Well that's good," she said.
"Hey Emma can I talk to grandma for a minute?" I asked.
"Yeah sure," she said and left the room.
"So did you see Owen at work?" She chuckled.
"Owen and I are going on a date tonight," I smiled. She looked up from the food and smiled.
"Oh my god that's great," she smiled, "Do the kids know?"
"No I don't want to tell them just yet," I said.
"That's okay," She said, "so where you two going?"
"I don't actually know," I chuckled, "he said it's a surprise."
"Do you need me to watch the kids?" She asked.
"Oh no it's okay Emma can do it you've been here all day," I said.
"Amelia I don't mind," she said, "I'd love to stay here with them."
"Are you sure?" I said.
"Yes I'm positive," She said.
"Thank you so much," I said.
"So what are you gonna wear?" She asked.
"Oh fuck I don't know," I said.
"Wow language," she chuckled.
"Sorry," I chuckled and ran upstairs. I took a quick shower and curled my hair. I put some makeup on and skinny jeans with a nice shirt. I also had to pull it off like I was running out to work again and not on a date so Emma wouldn't catch on. It was now 6:40 and I walked downstairs and my mom was eating dinner with the kids.
"Hey I just got paged back into work," I lied. My mom turned and I think she believed me for a second.
"I feel really bad but can you watch the kids it shouldn't take that long," I said.
"Yeah of course honey," she said, "Do you want something to eat before you go?"
"No I'm okay I'll get something at work thanks again mom," I said and hugged her, "and kids be good for grandma okay?" They agreed and I went upstairs to grab my phone. I picked it up and Owen texted me that he was here, I told him not to ring the doorbell because I didn't want the kids to see him. I ran downstairs and opened the door and he was standing there. I closed the door behind me and smiled.
"Hey you," I smiled.
"Hey you," He smiled. He was wearing a cute button up shirt and his hair was neatly combed.
"You're so cute," I giggled and kissed him softly.
"Well you're gorgeous," he smiled. He grabbed my hand and we walked to his car. We got in and I smiled at him and he kissed me softly. I pulled him closer to me and kissed him softly. I loved the feel of his lips against mine. He started driving and I was curious where we were going but I didn't ask since he wanted it to be a surprise.
"So how'd you get out of the house without any questions?" He joked.
"Oh you know I got 'paged'" I chuckled.
"Oh nice one," He chuckled.
"Yeah," I chuckled.
"So have you ever been ice skating before?" He asked.
"Yeah," I said, "oh my god are we going ice skating that's so cute!"
"Bingo," He chuckled.
"So you can ice skate?" i said.
"Yeah somewhat," he shrugged.
"Oh that's convincing," I said. He chuckled and parked the car. We got out and walked into the rink and I was so happy. Owen was so cute and this was such a perfect first date.
OWENS POV
Amelia was so pretty. I figured ice skating would be a good first date since it's winter. We put our skates on and I'm not gonna lie I can kinda skate but I'll figure it out. I grabbed Amelia's hand as we walked over to the rink.
"Hey you were pretty convincing in the car you go on first," Amelia said.
"Fine," I chuckled. I went on and basically almost fell within three seconds. I turned and Amelia chuckled cutely and skated onto the ice.
"Show off," I joked. She came over and grabbed my hand and skated with me.
"Well at least you were convincing in the car," she joked.
"Oh no i just need warming up," I said.
"Ah is that it," she said cutely.
"Yeah," I said.
"Alright then," she said. She kissed my cheek and we skated and talked for a while which was super nice, and yes, I got better with skating and got off the wall.
"So are you liking Seattle?" I asked.
"Yeah," she said, "you know I met this really cute boy here."
"Is that so?" I said.
"Yeah," she said, "it's nice here."
"Yeah?" I asked.
"I mean you're here," she smiled. I smiled and kissed her softly. We stopped skating to make out on the side. Amelia was leaned up against the wall and we were kissing passionately. We were kissing when her skate slipped and she pulled me down with her. We were both sitting on the ice laughing.
"Are you okay?" I laughed.
"Yeah," she chuckled. I helped her up and we were both still laughing. She grabbed my hand as we skated for a little while more.
AMELIAS POV
Owen and I were making out against the wall of the rink. I pulled him closer to me and my skate slipped on the ice and I accidentally pulled him down with me and we both started laughing.
"Are you okay?" He laughed.
"Yeah," I chuckled. He helped me up and we skated for a little while more before leaving. When we left the rink we got hot chocolate and burgers from the concession stand. We sat down at a little booth outside the rink.
"You weren't that bad," I joked.
"Show off," he joked.
"Mhm," I said and sipped some hot chocolate. He smiled and I was confused.
"What?" I said.
"You're just so cute," he said. I could feel myself starting to blush and smiled.
"So are you," I said. My phone rang and it was my mom.
"Sorry it's my mom," I said. He nodded and I picked up the call.
"Hey," I said.
"Hey sorry to call you at work but Izzy really wanted to say goodnight," she said.
"It's okay," I said. She put Izzy on the phone.
"Hi mommy," she said.
"Hi baby," I smiled.
"I wanted to say goodnight since u at work," she said.
"Okay," I smiled, "well goodnight Izzy I love you."
"Did you save people at work?" She asked.
"I did," I lied.
"Joey says hi but his head hurts so he doesn't want to talk on the phone," Izzy said cutely.
"Okay tell him I said hi too," I chuckled.
"Ok goodnight mommy!" She said.
"Goodnight babygirl," I smiled. She handed the phone over to my mom.
"Hey so hows work?" She asked.
"We'll talk later," I chuckled.
"Oooh Okay," She said, "i love you."
"I love you too," I said. I hung up and looked up at Owen.
"Sorry it was Izzy," I chuckled.
"It's alright," he said.
"I kinda feel bad lying to them," I said.
"It's your call," he shrugged.
"Yeah," I said.
"Whatever you want to do it's fine with me," He said.
"You're so cute," I said, "and understanding."
"Hey that's what I'm here for," he said.
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We left the place at 12am because we talked so much. I texted my mom a while ago and told her she can spend the night and she didn't mind, I really do owe her big time. It was dark outside while we were walking in the parking lot so Owen put his arm around me and pulled me close. When we got in his car I put my head on his shoulder. This date was so perfect.