Chapter 43: The Date
Location: The Mystery Restaurant
"We're here." Alexander says shutting off the car. I lean forward in my seat, but I see nothing but woods in front of us.
"Alexander what is this? I don't see a restaurant just woods. Are you trying to kill me and dump my body where no one will find it because you found the perfect location." I tell him rambling on.
"If I wanted to kill you it wouldn't be here." He grunts out as he gets out the car and heads over to my side so he can open the door for me. Opening the door, he holds out his muscular hand for me to grab. I hold on to his as I get out the car.
"So, you are contemplating my death." I say lifting up an eyebrow. His feet shift from side to side and he lets out a chuckle.
"Your death never crosses my mind. Now come on." I follow behind him as we walk into the woods. Looking around the trees are so tall they reach the skies; I see crows and owls flying by over me. I hear a streaking sound behind me, I jump up in fright and clench on to Alexander's arm.
"You Ok?" He said looking at me with worry.
"I heard something. This is not safe I kind of want to go home." I tell him stopping us from walking. This is extra creepy like 'children of the corn' creepy.
"I wouldn't take you anywhere that would hurt you Quinn. You have to trust me. Can you do that?" He asked looking me deep in my eyes. I see the grey flakes swarming around in his eyes. His eyes tell me that I can trust him, even with my life. I give him a nod and we keep walking.
After almost 10 minutes of walking, we arrive at the restaurant. This is nothing like I've seen before. Below us there's a long concrete slate of stairs that descend to the beach. On the right side of that lies the restaurant. It's a circular building with a clear dome looming over it. The light from the stars reflects off the dome to create and whirl will of colors.
"What is this place?" I ask in awe. My eyes pan over the place trying to absorb the beauty of it all.
"It's called the Sunlight Café in the morning, but at night it's the Midnight Café. Do you like it?" He asked me. Looking up at him I see that he's trying to read my face to find an expression.
"I have no words. It's amazing how did you even find this?"
"A friend. We have to go or we'll miss our reservation." He says holding out his arm for me to grab. I hold on to his bicep as we walk down the concrete stairs. The wind from the beach blows directly in our direction.
Shivers run up and down my body as my dress flairs up from the wind. I instantly hold it down before it reveals too much. Sensing me shivering Alexander stops us mid walk to take off his jacket.
"You don't have to give me your jacket, you're probably cold." I say to him refusing to take his jacket.
"Trust me I'm warm enough. Remember that I'm warm blooded." He slings his jacket over my shoulder. I snuggle up into his jacket, it's actually quite warm really warm actually. It feels like it just came out the dryer.
Finally, we reach the restaurant. Walking in the door I see couples holding hands whispering sweet nothings in each other's ear. The aura on this place is filled with love and hope. Walking up the counter we are greeted by a young girl with pink hair.
"Hello. Do you have a reservation?" She asks looking at me and Alexander.
"Yes, it's under the name Germani." She starts typing on the computer looking for his name. Once she finds it, she hands us both menus.
"Follow me to your table." She walks out the door to which we just came from, weird.
"Why is she going outside?" I asked him while pulling at his arm.
"It's outside. I wanted us to not be surrounded by so many people." He said leaning down whispering in my ear. We jog up to the lady as she arrives to our table. It's directly on the beach, almost 20 ft away from the water. The table wears a white table cloth with lotus flowers surrounding the table. It's paired with two white chairs.
"Someone will be back to take your order." She says turning around heading back into the restaurant. Leaving me with the wind, this beautiful table and Alexander.
"Do you like it?" He asked me.
"Do I like it? I love it. The lotuses are just... It really puts the whole thing together. I couldn't ask for a more perfect date." I tell him giving him a dazzling smile. He relays back with a even more intoxicating smile. We both take our seats and began looking at the menu.
"So, what are you going to order?" I ask craning my neck over to see what's he's looking at on the menu.
"I don't know. Maybe the fish or something." He sits down his menu and focuses his attention on me. "What about you?"
"Maybe the chicken salad." I tell him.
A woman walks over to us asking for our order. Alexander nods for me to go first.
"I'll take a chicken salad and some water, please." I tell her. She writes down my order and the turns to Alexander.
"Can I have the fish special with a glass of water." She writes down his order then takes our menus.
"Your food will be out shortly." She speaks.
"While we wait for our food tell me what's new." He says giving me his undivided attention.
"I got an internship at The Tribune. That's about it."
"That's really good congrats. So, what do you do there?" He asked.
"I only been their one day so I've just been organizing with my partner Lyle." I say while drinking my glass of water. He looks at me with curiousness and a mix of anger.
"Who's Lyle?" His hands clench on the side of the table, crushing the lotus flowers underneath his hands.
I look down at his hands and then look up to his face. "He's just a friend that's all." I say reassuring him. His grip on the table subsides and he returns back to normal.
"Umm so I heard a rumor." I say leaning forward lying my hands on the table.
"What?" He also leans forward his hands being close to mine.
"You paid my friend Lyra to take Mary out of the auction and put me in." He looks away from me trying to find something to say.
"I did."
"Why did you do that?"
"I really wanted to go on a date with you. I knew that you wouldn't go out with me if I asked because you have a boyfriend."
"I would be mad at you, but I'm having a good time." I flash him a smile and tell out a chuckle.
After 10 minutes of waiting our food and drinks show up. I pick up my fork and start to dig in.
"This is really good." I swallow my first bite and take another one.
"Glad you like it."
We spend the next 30 minutes just eating and enjoying each other's company. This night was perfect.
"Hey I have to go to the bathroom. Be back in a minute." He leaves his napkin on the table and heads to the bathroom.
While waiting for Alexander I look off in the distance. The waves crash together under the midnight moon. This all looks like a scene out of a movie. I pick up the lotus flower off the table and play with the petals.
"QUINNETH!" I hear someone scream my name behind me. The voice sounds familiar. I turn around to see Myer's with an angry face walking up to me. What is he doing here? Also, how did he find me?
"Myer's what are you doing here?" I asked pulling him over to the side.
"I stopped by your house to talk to you, but you weren't there. Then I checked social media to see you're here with his fool." He said with anger in his voice. "What the hell are you doing here?"
"Oh my god it's a charity auction date for animals, that's all it is." I say reassuring him.
"Yeah, I bet it is. You like him I know you do. Look at the way you dressed you never dressed up for me." He said yanking on my dress.
"You know why I never dressed for you? Because you never took me anywhere. Now get out of here." I slap his hand away from my dress.
"You're not staying here you're coming with me." He forcefully grabs my arm dragging me up the stairs. I feel his nails digging into my skin, it hurts so bad.
"Let go of me you're hurting me." I said whining. I try to pry his hand away from my arm, but he isn't budging.
"No! Your mine not his." He said yelling at me. He speeds up our pace walking faster than usual.
"Alexander." I whisper to myself, hoping he would hear me. Where is he?
Alexander's P.O.V.-
I finish drying off my hands and headed back to the table. I think the night is going better than I had anticipated. She likes her meal and is smiling eye to eye. To see her smile just brings so much joy to my life. I could spend the rest of my life just seeing her smile.
Heading back to the table I don't see her at the table. Where did she go? Looking towards the ground I see a lotus flower on the ground, somethings wrong. One of the petals is ripped off.
I walk towards the beach to see couples holding hands squishing their feet in the wet sand. No
sign of Quinn. Suddenly I hear a faint voice whispering out my name, "Alexander." It's Quinn.
I trace her voice to see her being dragged up the stairs by a guy. Looking closer I see It's her boyfriend. I said I wouldn't hurt anybody tonight, but I may have to break that promise.
Quinneth's P.O.V.-
Finishing off the stairs we reach his car. With all the pulling and clawing at his hand I'm finally able to break away from his tight grasp. Focusing on my arm I see a huge bruise forming, how am I going to explain this to Grandpa?
"Get in the car." He yells to me opening the door.
"No. I won't want to go with you." I start to back up trying to run.
He slowly walks up to me his chest rising up and down while his fist is balled up. "Quinn don't test me." Out of nowhere I gain a gram of confidence.
"No don't you test ME. We are through I've had enough of your childish behavior. I told you this is not what you think it is but you can't let it go." I said while pointing my finger harshly on his chest.
"You just want to whore yourself to him. He only wants you because your pretty. Now get the fuck in the car." I gasp in shock at him.
Before I'm able to rebuttal Alexander comes out of nowhere and punches Myer's in the face. I swear I heard a crack in his jaw. Myer's falls to the ground so hard I felt it shake. Alexander stands over him with both his fist balled up. His veins bulge out of his neck. I've never seen him so angry before.
"Don't you ever put your hands on her."
He bends down to Myer's and keeps punching him in the face. I hold my hands up to my face scared out of my mind. I hesitantly walk up to Alexander and rested my hand on his bicep.
"Alexander stops!" I screamed out to him. I hated Myers, but I didn't want him dead. His head swiftly turned to me and what I see send a shock through my body.
His eyes went from being black with greys specks to being golden brown. My eyes widen at the change. His teeth bear out as his face turns red. He stares me deep in my eyes, suddenly he starts to calm down. Regaining his humanity, he punches Myers one more time.
"Touch her again and I'll kill you." He said sneering at Myers. He turns around and walks up to me. Placing his hands on my face he observes to see if I have any bruises.
"Are you ok?" He asked with concern in his voice. He looks away from my face and to my arms. Lifting up my arm he sees the slight bruise that has already formed on my arm. He quietly growls under his breath.
"I swear Quinn if you weren't here, I would have killed him." I honestly believe that.
"Come on let me take you home." He wraps his arm around my waist directing me to his car.
I snuggle up close to him, feeling safe in his arms.
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