How to tame a Dragontamer

Chapter 6

As we walked the streets of Bukarest more and more lights got turned on and less and less people were in the streets.
The fewer people there were the more comfortable I got.
I never was a peoples person.
Joe on the other hand seemed more and more sad the lesser people were around.
He thrived in attention.
"Come, I'm starving. Let's get ourselves some food"
He dragged me through the streets, so fast I couldn't tell the houses apart.
"slow down I will break my ankles at this speed"
Joe didn't slow down.
He didn't even hear me.

Suddenly we came to a stop.
We stood in front of a beautiful hotel with a restaurant at the base.
As We walked in I looked around and understood the reasoning behind the fancy clothes.
Everywhere I looked was red and gold, and I felt wrong just breathing and standing here.
Joe walked up to the front desk and checked us in while I was frozen in awe and shock.
He looked back at me smiled and held his arm out.
"We have the best table in the house. Take my arm and don't just stand there like a deer in headlights."

The front desk man called a server over and we got lead to the very back of the restaurant.
The server pulled a curtain aside and revealed our table.
It was a round table in its own little room.
On the back was a giant window looking over a river and a park on the other shore.
The walls were hanged in a deep red velvet and the fabric of the seating harmonized perfectly.
Joe thanked the server and gave him a silver coin.
Then he walked around the table to hold the chair for me.
I giggled "oh, thank you."
HE didn't seem like much of a gentleman initially, I thought to myself as I sat down.

Joe sat down next to me, layed his hand atop of mine and looked me deep in the eyes.
"Your eyes are beautiful, they remind me of the night's sky on a full moon (freshly molten caramel/the ocean in the summers breeze/green hills of the highlands)"
I blushed and looked outside, I don't know how to handle compliments.
Never did.

Back in hogwarts I was more of a wallflower.
Didn't get into much trouble either.
I was just a student like any other.
Back then I didn't really care for romances.
Yeah I had a few crushes and was in one or two relationships but never long lasting ones.
This here felt different.
Joe seemed interested in me, not just to get someone else jealous or to proof himself to his friends but for me.

A big container ship floated by as I looked outside.
The lanterns in the park glowed in dimmed yellowy light and made for a really aesthetic scenery.
I looked back at Joe who did not stop looking at me.
The more he looked, the more his gaze felt like a staring.
I shifted uncomfortably in my seat and pulled my hand back to grab one of the menus and hid behind it.

"You're already hungry? I thought we could talk first. I want to know more about you. More than the beautiful face with those captivating eyes and soft lips."
Joe's Hand appeared at the top of the card and pulled it down.
My weak defence was gone and I locked eyes with him once again.
But this time I didn't feel like he was trying to scan me.
I held his gaze.
" Okay, what do you want to know? "

He chuckled.
"You sound as if I'll be interiogating you.", He smiled, "Don't be like that. I just want us to be closer."
"Sorry..."
"So... Anyway, what do you do in the department?"
That's how he knew my vacation destination, he's a collegue in my department.
Man Word gets around fast.
"I'm in regestering and control, visiting the nearly human and helping with damage control by muggle incidents."
I wonder what his Job is.
"And you?"
"Oh I... ahh.. I'm an Assistant, a Jumper. I jump in wherever help is needed."

I never saw him >jump in< when we needed help.
"Do you just help in my department or anywhere?"
Seemingly I cought him off guard.
"Anywhere really but mostly I help in the archive."
He avoided my eyegaze and waved to a waiter.
A quick look over my shoulder to see the waiter was pretty close, only like two or three tables away.
I tried to grab the menu but Joe had placed his hand on the card.
" I've got this"

The waiter arrived and Joe ordered.
"I'll take the lobster with Chardonnay and my lovely company gets Salat and Water with Lime. Thank you"
After noting down the order the waiter turns and leaves.