Chapter 4: First Date

"Deep breaths" I told myself as I stood outside The Golden Corall. "here I go."

I opened the door and found out that the whole restaurant was empty, and there were lights twinkling from the celing.

"May I show you to your seat?" A sweet voice asked me. It was Nick.

"Sure" I smiled. "Nick, this is amazing. I've never seen anything so beautiful in my life."

"I have" Nick said as he looked at me. "you"

I Smiled back, and he pulled me into a tight hug.

"Shall we eat madame?" Nick asked.

"haha you don't have to talk all fancy Nick, I like you for who you are."

I smiled at him. It was the first time I'd told him I liked him.

Nick led us to a table for 2 that had candles and lights.

"If I knew you would've done something so amazing, I would've dressed up nicer."
I started examining my clothes and thinking that I looked hideous.

"You look beautiful" Nick said as he smiled at me.

"So Nick, what do you like to do in your spare time?"

"What is this, a talk show?" He laughed. It was a beautiful laugh.

"Um..well I basically like to write songs. I love making something out of nothing. I just write my feelings down on paper, and it transforms into this beautiful thing. I love playing the piano, and making up new songs.the piano amazes me. It's so simple, but so amazing."

"Wow Nick" I smiled at him. "You're so passionate about your music. It's amazing. your not like other singers who swear and scream into their microphones. you actually sing from your heart. I like that."

I smiled at him, and he smiled back. His eyes staring right into mine. it seemed like nothing else existed but us.

"errm *cougg, cough*" it was the waiter.

"Sorry to interupt, but may I take your order?"

"Yes please." Nick said. He was so polite.

"I'll have a hamburger and fries with a diet coke" Nick said.

I looked a him with suspicious eyes, and he noticed.

"what is it?" he asked.

"it's just that I thought you would order some fancy french thing that i can't pronounce." I said.

He laughed. "haha nope. I love my junk food! what do you want? A Salad?"

"A salad, yea right" I laughed. "Ill have the same thing as him please" I told the waiter.

The waitor walked away, adn this time Nick was staring at me with suspicious eyes.

"You didn't want a salad?" Nick asked.

"No, I prefer meat to lettuce" I laughed. "is that ok?"

"is that ok?" Nick asked. "thats great! Most girls are watching their weight and only order water and a salad. Your not like the rest of the girls. You're...differant."

I looked down, suddenly sad that he was calling me differant.

"A good differant" Nick said as he grabbed both my hand under the table.

I looked up and he was smiling at me, and I couldn't help but return the smile.

The rest of the night felt like it flew by. We talked about everything. by the end of the night, we knew basically everything about each other.

"Haha, so Joe hit your hand with a drum stick during one of your concert?" I asked.

"yea, it was crazy!" he laughed. "but I kept going, I had to for the fans."

"you're a pretty amazing guy Nick"

"Well you're a pretty amazing girl Sally."

Suddenly my brain went into a complete negative mood. I started thinking about before, and how I was thinking that Ncik would never fall for someone like me. Nick saw the worry on my face.

"check please" Nick paid the waitor, and helped me stand up, and we walked outside.

"what's wrong Sally" Nick asked me.

"it's nothing important...."

"please tell me." nick smiled at me.

"C'mon, I want to show you something." he said.

Nick led me into a forest and up a hill. Suddenly a cute brown little tree house appeared.

"what is this?" I asked Nick.

"it's a treehouse I built with my dad when I was 8. he forgot about it, but I never did. I like coming here to think about things. C'mon, let me help you up"

He helped me up the stairs, and we both sad on the edge of the tree house staring at the sky.

"you know, your the first girl i've ever had up here" Nick said.

"really? Well, I'm honored." I smiled.

"So, will you tell me what was wrong now?" He asked me.

"Ok, but I'm kinda scared.."

"Dont worry" he said. "You can trust me"

I looked into his eyes, and I did trust him. I felt like I could tell him anything and everything.

"Well, I just, I don't know, I cant help but over think certain things..." I said.

"like what?" He looked confused.

"Why would someone as amazing as you ever fall for a girl like me? You proboably jsut asked me out tonight because you felt bad for me. I don't deserve someone as amazing as you Nick. You could do so much better than me. There's millions of girls who would gladly go out with you, so why would you choose me? There's not much that's special about me. I want you to be happy, so I think it'd be better if you found someone else. A girl who is actually amazing like you."

Tears started filling my eyes. and I stood up to leave.

"wait" Nick said as he grabbed my hand. "please don't leave"

He grabbed me and sat me on his lap. he started stroking my back,and he wiped away my tears with his hand.

"Please, don't ever say what you just did ever again. You are an amazing girl. I'm so lucky I found you. before I met you, I didn't know what being really happy ment. But now, I become happy everytime I see you. And I get butterflies in my stomach everytime you look at me. You're so much better than you think you are Sally. You are one of the most amazing girls I've ever met."

Another tear rolled donw my cheek, and I layed my head down on his shoulder. he put his arm around me and hugged me.

"Do you really mean it Nick?" I asked him. "Am I really amazing to you?"

"Of course you are, and I truly mean it. You are my sunshine." he smiled at me.

I looked up at the stars, and Nick looked at me.

"Would you mind if..." Nick asked me.

"If you what?.." I asked.

"If I were to give you a kiss on the cheek?"

I smiled and shook my head slowly.

Suddenly I felt his sweet, soft lips againt my cheek. And for that moment, all my other problems disapeared. Nick thought I was amazing. And that's all I needed to be happy for the rest of my life.