Chapter 5
1415 Words
Steven pov
As I walk to my car from my visit to Eric’s room I see my Grace. I see that she is talking on the phone as I go closer. She calls someone baby. s**t is her boyfriend? s**t, she s**t. They talked a little more and she hung up. I couldn’t control myself I asked and thank God is her best friend.
I have a date with her. My smile doesn’t leave my face to Sally’s. There I saw her car, she came to eat. I see her inside talking to Sally’s husband. Toby waved at me and she turned around looked at me and smiled.
“Hey”
“Hi, Steve. You are here for your take-out?”
“Yeah. You helping Sally today?”
“Yes. Is the only way to spend little time with her. Also, our friend Grace takes her to take out. Do you know each other?”
“Yes. I met him at the hospital. He came to see Eric and Austin” Grace said to Toby
“Oh. I want to ask you how are they going?”
“They are better,” Grace tells him about the boys and I keep looking at her. What beautiful wavy brown hair. That blue eyes look at me. She is a very happy and kind person. So perfect.
“What do you say, Steven?”
“Steven?”
“Yeah sorry Toby I was thinking something”
“Do you want to eat here with Grace? If you not in a hurry” Toby said and I saw Grace looking smiling. That’s what I want, to spend more time with her
“I’d love to.” And I point a sit for Grace. She walked gracefully to the table and sat down. Toby took our orders and he went to the kitchen
“Toby and Sally they talking always about you,” Grace says smiling
“I hope good things”
“Always”
“Well, I know them from a little kid. They are not older than me. So we are good friends” she frowns
“Sorry that I ask. How old are you?” I laugh
“You don’t have to apologize. I’m thirty-seven”
“Wow. You don’t look more than thirty. I made you younger than me”
“Really?”
“Yes. I’m thirty. Well thirty-one next mouth”
“Well, you look like a student. Your skin is smooth”
“Thanks that great compliment for a woman”
“It’s true. You are so beautiful” she is blushing. Blushing
“Thank you. You too” I laugh. She put her hands on her face
“I mean. You are handsome”
“It’s ok. I get what you mean” I say and she seems relaxed. We talk all the time as we eat and then we eat something sweet.
“No way,” she says and she starts laughing hard. A few customers turn around to look at us. I was telling her a story from school and she couldn’t breathe from the laughing.
“Yep. It happened” I say
“Oh my God. I had so long to laugh like that.” She is amazing when she feels comfortable and relaxed. Her laugh is fantastic.
“You should laugh more often. It fits you” I say and she looks at me trying to catch her breath
“Maybe from now on you give me more reason to laugh,” she says with a smirk
“That I plan to do,” I say and I look at her back. She makes a move to pay
“No, leave it to me”
“But”
“No. My treat.” I say
“I want to make a good impression for the second date”
“Second date?”
“Well we eat dinner, dessert and I pay for that. We will skip movies but I count it as a date” I say and she laughs
“You’re unbelievable,” she says shaking her head. We walk to our cars and I look at her. f**k those blue beautiful eyes hypnotize me.
“What?” She asks smiling. I run my finger on her cheeks
“The things you make me feel” I whisper and I lean to kiss her. My lips touch hers, she doesn’t move back. Instead, she welcomes me. Her palms touch my chest and she holds me by my shirt. My hands cup her face and then pass to her hair. So soft and curled to my fingers. She passes her hands around my torso. Her palms are now touching my back pulling me closer. I push her into the car and her back rests on the car door. The kiss becomes more passionate and hungry.
“Steven” she whimpers and I love how my mane rolls from her lips. We cut the kiss to breathe again. I never hate more oxygen than this moment. I rest my forehead on hers
“Wow,” she says and she giggles
“I know”
“No, you don’t. I’ve never been kissed like that before” she says looking at me in the eyes. The truth is I never felt like that either. Not even with Lisa, that she was supposed to be the love of my life. But I guess I haven’t met Grace before. She is perfect for me.
“But you have been kissed?”
“Obviously. But not like this.” She says blushing. God who will think that a thirty-year-old woman is blushing like a teenager?
“Come on I will drive with you to your house and then I will go to mine,” I say opening her car door
“You don’t have to”
“It’s late. I want to make sure that you will reach home”
“I have driven many times late at night from the hospital. You don’t have to....”
“Shhh, I mean it. You do not change my mind” I say seriously
“Fine,” she says rolling her eyes. I close the car door when she is inside. I laugh and I walk to my car. When she parks outside her house I see her enter. She waves before closing the front door and I drive to my house.
The next day starts like always but first I visit the kids at the hospital. I saw Grace I went to her office and she was as beautiful as every day.
“Good morning” she lifts her head for some papers and she looks at me.
“Good morning sheriff,” she says smiling. She stands up and walks closer
“This coffee is for me?” She asks pointing to the coffee I’m holding
“Yes”
“How did you know what coffee I’m drinking”
“I ask Sally” she smiles and she looks at me with warm eyes
“Thank you” She drinks and then kisses me on the cheek
“Thank you for thinking of me,” she says with a soft sweet voice
“I just want to see you and I thought not to come with empty hands”
“Even that you will come just to see me is enough,” she says. As I lean to kiss her my phone rings.
“Sorry. I have to take this. Is it from the office” I say
“I understand. Please answer” she says and walks to her office chair. Neither Lisa nor anyone else was understanding of my job.
“I have to go,” I say and she smiles
“Of course. Your job is important you can be missed” she says standing up. She comes closer and gives me a long, sweet, and sensual kiss.
“Something you remember me”
“I will,” I say
“Before I go. I need your phone number” I say and I caress her cheek
“Sure. About the details of the date,” she says and she takes her phone from her pocket.
“Not just for that,” I say with a smirk and she smiles again. I take her number and she takes mine and I drive to the sheriff's station. In two days I have a date with my beautiful Grace. I can’t wait
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