Te Adore (Book One)

Chapter Twenty Three

-Two weeks later-
Two had been able to keep his job for Two weeks and it still amazed me how much effort he was putting into this to make this relationship work. We were meeting at the Malt Shop on his lunch break. I sat down at one of the high top tables outside while I waited. It was starting to get late so I thought maybe he just got hung up at work. "Hey Gorgeous." He said coming up from behind me wrapping his arms around my waist. "These are for you." He said smiling and handing me a bouquet of flowers, "Sorry I'm late." He said sitting down across from me. I smiled and placed the flowers next to my purse and looked back up at him. He was scouring through the menu while I just admired him. He looked up for a second with a smirk and a little laugh. "Like what you see?" He said, teasing me, I laughed and looked down at my menu. "Maybe I do, maybe I don't." I said laughing. "Ouch." He returned. The waiter came over to take our order and left. Two placed his hands on mine and we just took the time to admire each other. "How did I get so damn lucky." he said smiling at me. I blushed and looked down, he reached across the table and lifted my chin up into a kiss and he sat back down. The waiter brought us our ice cream and we talked for a while until he had to run back to work. I reached for my purse and he put a hand out. "I got it." He said, pulling out some money from his pocket. He left the money on the table and we stood up to leave. He wrapped an arm around my waist and kissed my cheek before leaving for work. "I love you!" I yelled as he walked off, he turned around waving as he walked away. I smiled and walked around the town for a while, I got a nice dress at a boutique and decided to head home. I spent the day reading and looked over at the new dress and got an idea to cook a nice dinner for me and Two . I was gonna need help though so I raced over to the Curtis  house. The door was unlocked so I walked in, Pony and Johnny   were sitting on the couch talking. Pony had a book in his hand so I guess he was reading it out loud. "Is your brother still at work?" I said looking over at Pony. "Um, hi..." Pony said, confused. "Hi, sorry...Is your brother still at work?" I said confused "which one?" He said sitting up. "Darry obviously I know when Soda gets off work." I said closing the door behind me. "Uh he gets off in like thirty minutes if you want to wait for him." He said putting a bookmark in his book. "Sorry if I interrupted your book I'll be in the kitchen." I said walking out of the living room. I started rummaging through the fridge and cabinets looking for anything I could find. "What are you doing?" Pony said reaching around me for the orange juice. "Trying to find something I can cook." I said as he handed me the orange juice to put away. "Why'd you choose our place to rummage through." He said, confused. "You're the only people that actually have food, explains itself." I said with a laugh, he responded with a laugh back. "We've got leftover spaghetti from the other day behind the icebox." He said walking out of the kitchen. "Thanks." I said reaching behind the ice box. It didn't take long for Darry to get home and I thoroughly surprised him when he walked into his kitchen and it was a mess. "What in god's name are you doing?" He said tossing his toolbag over to his chair. "Ummm can you help me cook a romantic dinner?" I said standing up. "You're not gonna get anything romantic out of this crap, I guess I can go pick up some stuff from the store." He said rubbing his neck and turning around to open the door. "Wait!" He paused and turned back around. "Here take this." I handed him the money I had left in my wallet. "Just buy what you can get with this, don't use your money." He looked confused but just turned and left. I went back into the kitchen and cleaned up the mess putting everything back. I set up the table with fancy red holiday tablecloth and put the flowers I still had in my purse into a vase and placed candles in the middle of the table. Darry got back with all the food and he helped me make fresh spaghetti and salad. It didn't take long for us to get everything finished. Darry made the spaghetti and I mixed the salad. Soda walked in after a while mildly concerned for what was happening in his house but he just went to shower and change. The food wasn't really finished but I noticed it was time for Two to be getting off work. "Crap!" I said dropping the tongs. "I...I'll be right back." I ran out the front door, it was starting to get dark and so I ran pretty fast. I was able to catch Two walking past my house towards his house. "Two !" I yelled. "What, Catherine what is it!?!" He said concerned. I stopped myself against him, almost knocking him over. "Woah woah slow down." He said helping me stand up straight. "Can...you...meet me...at the Curtis  house." I said trying to catch my breath. "Y-ya what happened at the Curtis  house." He said, confused. "Nothing just meet me there." I said giving him a quick kiss on the cheek and running up to my house tripping on the stairs. "Im ok!" I yelled standing back up to get inside. I could hear him laughing, "Shut up!" I said closing the door laughing to myself. "Cat where were you?" Steve  said looking over at me. "I was busy at the Curtis  house. I'll be there majority of the night." I said walking back to my room. I grabbed the dress and a pair of heels and threw my hair up in a bun, putting on light makeup. I walked out to the living room and Steve  looked thoroughly surprised. "C..Cat? What are they doing at the Curtis  house?" he said looking at me all dolled up for the first time in my life. "Just a little dinner Darry helped me set up with Two ." I said smiling and going to leave. "You're not walking alone like that, I'll escort you." He said standing up. "Fine." I rolled my eyes and we walked out the door and to the Curtis  house. I could see the group all standing outside on the porch. Two was facing the house talking to Darry, I looked over and saw Ponys jaw drop. I laughed a little. I looked up at Steve  And he had a smile on his face locking arms with my arm. We walked over to the gate, Pony still in shock I could see Darry and Sodas eyes widen in amazement as Steve  opened the gate for me. "Darry?" Two said, trying to get his attention. Two turned and saw me. "Holy shi-." He was in complete shock. I blushed and looked down. Steve  let go of my arm and Two walked over to me helping me up the steps to the house. "Everythings set up, we're gonna go wait at the park come get us when you're done." Darry said stopping me before Two could open the door. "What's all set up?" Two questioned. "You'll see." I said excited as I opened the door and the rest of them walked off. Two looked up, I was just as amazed as all the lighting had been dimmed and the candles had been lit with the finished plates of food at the table. "Wow." he said stopping in his tracks. "Did you do this?" he said, amazed. "A little." I said laughing and pulling him over to the table. We talked about life and his new job while we ate and about what we planned to do in the future. We finished and I washed the plates. I felt him wrap his arms around my waist and rest his head on my shoulder. "I have something for you." He said, pulling away from me. I set the plates down and turned to face him. He pulled a golden locket out of his jacket pocket. "I-I meant to give you this earlier, It's my mom's but she didn't want it anymore I thought it would look nice on you." I examined it, "I-I love it." I turned as he clasped the locket around my neck. I looked down at it and back up at him pulling him into a kiss, he held me close to him and slowly pulled away. "We should go tell the group." Two said with a little laugh. "Oh ya forgot about them." I said with a laugh as we walked out the front door. I kept looking down at the locket and rubbing it with my finger, engraved on the locket was the words Te Adore. "Te Adore?" I said looking up at him, "It means Adore you." Two said holding my hand a little tighter and kissing the top of my head. I rest my head against him as we approached the park. "I adore you too." I said with a smile. I heard him laugh, the night went perfectly. I could relive this night everyday for the rest of my life.