Dinner. Pt 2

“You speak french John? And so fluently?”

“Fluently? That was the opposite, I haven’t practiced in a long time.”

The waiter brings our drinks

“Merci” we say in unison

“Well, je pense ton Francais est tres bon” (I think your french was very good.) she says casually.

Almost doing a spit take “how?! Where did you learn?”

She blushes “My mom taught me, it was her first language.”

“Wow, Wendy who knew you were so talented?” I tease

“Oh you’re such a tease” She giggles

“Wendy, I was wondering, do you really love me for me? Or do you just love the idea of being in love?”

She smiles “I really love you John, I’ve thought about this question before but I truly love you. It started years ago, before I even know that you had a crush on me. it was more your kind personality and how you genuinely try to help other people. And I guess your body is a plus” she giggles.

“But really though, I always thought that I don’t deserve to be with such a good person.”

“Wendy, if I thought that I could do better, we wouldn’t be here hell, I would have lost my virginity long before and you know, this wouldn’t be here” I gesture to the wound

“I think you need to get that stitched John seriously, it doesn’t look too good like you shouldn’t even be here right now.”

“Eh I’ll be fine for now, sure it hurts, but we booked an appointment for tomorrow.”

“If you say so John, I’m still a bit concerned is all, oh look the soups are here”

“Ah Merci mon ami”( Ah thanks buddy/ my friend)

Waiter chuckles, “so when’s the wedding?” He jokes.

Wendy blushes but I chuckle along, “who knows? In a year with how things are going right now. And honestly, we’ve known each other so long, it feels like we’re a married couple already” causing Wendy to blush even more

“Ah you two would make perfect parents, and you currently seem like a perfect couple. I’ll leave you two alone now, the entrees will arrive in a few minutes.”

“John where you really serious about marrying me in a year?”

“I mean, a marriage is a two way street, so I don’t know. Definitely not this year though. You just turned 18 so I don’t know if you think you’re emotional ready for it.”

“I agree, maybe in a year.” She smiles “wow this is really good!”

“You like it? Yeah foods really good here”

We continue to chat until it was almost time to pay.

“Thank you so much for taking me here, it was the best meal I’ve every had.”

“Of course Wendy, only the best for you. Do you want to wait by the door while I pay?”

She nods she stands up and as she passes me, she gives a quick peck on my cheek giggling, she elegantly walks to the entrance.

Waiter comes back with the bill “So, you’re together now? Going to cut off Tabitha once and for all?”

“I wish, Tabitha owned a loan company that had such a huge debt and disgusting punishment for Wendy that I had to get rid of it by dating her”

“You really love Wendy don’t you?”

“Yeah” I pay the bill “thanks for giving such a great service, it was another one of her firsts today, so I wanted it to be perfect and you helped with that a lot” I smile and hand him a crisp 100 on top of the 20% for the tip “your tip”

his eyes went wide “This is way too much, I can’t accept”

“You can’t stop me man, it’s just a thanks from me and Wendy” I quickly meet up with Wendy and we drive back to her house.

“Thank you so much John It was the best birthday I’ve ever had” she gives me a kiss that was gentle yet passionate, the best one so far. “Why don’t we have some more fun tonight?” She bites her lower lip as we enter her house.

I chuckle “we still have the cake, and dad has a little something for you as well apparently.”