“I’ll have a Molson on tap and the barbecue wings,” he said and then gestured for her to take my order.
“Just water and I’ll have the same,” I told her, passing my menu over to her. I felt relieved when she left.
“Are you sure you don’t want a drink? I’m paying,” he said charmingly. I shook my head no. I didn’t want to risk getting my fake ID rejected. It honestly wasn’t very good and I had a feeling she would reject me just to make me look bad.
“It’s okay, thanks though,” I told him smiling. “Do you come here often?” I asked him to change the subject. He seemed to tense up a little bit at this.
“Yeah, I guess you could say this is my watering hole.” His lips quirked up into a small smile. I smiled at that, until the waitress returned with our drinks. She eyed Axel like he was a piece of candy that she couldn’t wait to pop into her mouth, a thought that angered me.
“Haven’t seen you much lately.” She pouted, lingering at our table longer than I liked.
“Been busy.” He shrugged clearly disinterested with her, I just wished she would get the clue. “Are you going to be having your birthday party here again?” she asked excited.
“I hadn’t thought about it much,” he replied, clearly bored with the conversation.
“But you always do.” Her surprise was evident. He merely shrugged and looked back at me, ignoring her presence. She finally left again, allowing me to relax a bit.
“When’s your birthday?” I asked curious. It was something we had never talked about.
“It’s still over a month away.” He smiled warmly, taking a sip of his beer.
“How old will you be turning?” I asked, bringing up the question I’d been longing to ask for a long time now.
“Twenty-five,” he said. My eyes widened in surprise. Wow, he was almost six years older than me! Axel noticed my surprise and turned the question around on me, something I was hoping he wouldn’t. “How old are you?” he asked, interested now. I bit my bottom lip, nervous to tell him.
“Nineteen,” I told him, inwardly cringing as I watched him choke on his beer and his eyes widen in shock.
“You’re nineteen,” he repeated in disbelief. I nodded feeling embarrassed, my cheeks hot and, no doubt, red.
“You’re so young. I had no idea,” he muttered almost to himself. He probably thought I was over twenty-one and I felt guilty having not told him sooner. I nodded my head, looking down with embarrassment. He lifted my chin and held it so I had no choice but to look into his beautiful captivating green eyes.
“I don’t care about your age,” he stated, making me blush a different kind of blush. “I was just surprised is all, you seem much older.” He smiled, rubbing my chin as he held my gaze, I smiled back feeling relieved. The annoying blonde waitress returned with our food but this time didn’t linger, thankfully. We dug into our wings, both hungry after our little escapade earlier.
“These are actually the best wings I’ve ever had.” I grinned, licking my fingers. His eyes widened as he watched me and his lips parted, enjoying what he was seeing. “No wonder you like it here,” I commented.
“We’ll have to come back.” He smiled as he paid the bill. I had offered to pay my half but as usual, Axel wouldn’t have it. He was always trying to spoil me, something I found incredibly sweet and different to my previous relationship.
“Thank you,” I said, touched by his thoughtfulness once again. He acted like it was nothing which just made it mean more. Chris rarely paid for me and when he did, he made a big show of it, even though he was loaded and it was all his parent’s money. Axel worked hard for everything he had and still, he went out of his way to try and make my life easier, it amazed me.
We slipped out of the restaurant and got back into his car. Axel drove us down a dark street and parked the car, it was more out in the open, with houses all around but there were no street lights. I reached over and kissed him hard. Things got heated and passionate quickly as they usually did when it came to us. Axel drove us back to my place after our second sexual exploit. I was exhausted and flopped onto my bed, Axel joining me. He pulled me up against him cuddling me, something I usually tried to avoid but was too tired and too comfortable to stop.
“I had fun today,” I told him, resting my face on his chest, listening to his heartbeat below my ear.
“Me too, I can’t wait to do it again.” He smiled, I could hear the smile in his voice. “All of it,” he clarified, his voice husky, as his heart pumped faster. I giggled with delight, I loved our naughty sex in his car and even though we’d done it twice today, I couldn’t wait to do it again. We fell asleep in each other’s arms and I found the walls surrounding my heart, crumbling a little more. This wasn’t good and what was worse was that I didn’t seem to mind as much anymore.
FRIDAY CAME AND IT WAS time for me to go see my family for dinner. Axel stopped by to hang out and have a quick round of hot sex before I left to catch my train.
“Have a good time,” he wished me, dropping me off at the train station before he headed to work.
I greeted Mom and Dad when I got in and helped Mom set up for dinner as usual. Jackie arrived from the beauty school that she’d been accepted to and had recently started.
“How’s class going?” I asked her, genuinely interested.
“Really good actually.” She perked up. Jackie and I weren’t very close and earning any positive
