Chapter 174
As the new year approached, I noticed the guys had many hushed conversations, huddled together, then quickly breaking apart, giving me the most innocent looks and assuring me nothing was happening. I didn't believe them for a minute but decided to let them keep their secret. I'm sure I would find out soon enough anyway.
Something was even more apparent when Patrick appeared in the library next to the overstuffed chair I had turned into mine, where I had gone to curl up with one of my new books after breakfast. I gave him a questioning look over the top of my book, thinking he had left to go into the city since it was a Monday.
"Love, would you like to go have lunch with me?"
"Sure, do you still have to go into the city today?"
"No, plans changed; that's why I thought you might enjoy a date with me."
"Okay, just give me fifteen minutes to change, and then we can go," I told him, setting my book aside and following him out of the room.
Fifteen minutes later, Patrick held my hand, leading me out to the car and opening the pasanger door. I smiled at him as he gave me a quick kiss before shutting my door, going to the driver's side, and climbing in.
When we pulled into the parking lot of a sporting goods store, I gave him a curious look.
"I just need to run in and pick up something really quick. Do you mind waiting in the car? It will just take a minute."
not to giggle at the look of panic on his face. "Oh, just some golf balls
I should stop giving him a hard time, but watching him panic and try to come up with plausible reasons for this stop was fun. I was looking forward to whatever they had been planning and had no idea what a sporting goods store had to do
the store, and not even
bags of golf balls," I
a little diner in town that's good. Are you okay
to me," I
he pulled into a parking spot in front of the diner and, taking my hand,
tables were scattered in between.
waitress called as she hurried by with a tray of burgers. Patrick nodded and led me through the tables, where he found an empty booth in the corner; we had just slid into our seats when a waitress around our age came over, handing us two menus and staring at Patrick like he was her next meal and she was starving. I
without taking my order, and when Patrick stopped her, she turned around all
get my girlfriend's order," He said, ignoring her attempts to shove her breasts in his face. Huffing a
She asked in
chocolate shake," I told her, linking my hand with Patrick when he reached
my fault, Patrick completely ignored her attempts at flirting, and she
you, love," he said,
I said a silent prayer that she hadn't spit in my food. The burger was amazing, and we both
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