10 minutes later, they arrived outside of Kelly's apartment. For Stella the ride was a breeze, but the ride was torture for Kelly. Stella had decided that she couldn't keep her hands to herself, constantly running her hand up Kelly's leg, chest and arm, and at times reaching over and kissing his neck, ear, and lips if he would let her. He put the car in park, running over to her side. "You are lucky we made it here in one piece. We're calling an uber for dinner because I can't guarantee we'll be so lucky next time". She looked up at him with an innocent look on her face. "I don't know what your talking about. I was simply enjoying my view to the left". He brought his arms to frame either side of her body against the car, followed by his lips coming down to meet hers. He let her enjoy the kiss for a moment before pulling away, seeing her pout at the kiss ending. "I have a date to bring you on, let's go get ready" he said, leading her up to her former home. "It feels weird being back here. Like I'm not allowed since I moved out". "You probably only think that because you were kicked out of your apartment before you ended up here". She rolled her eyes at him, heading towards her former bedroom but was stopped by his hand reaching out and landing on her hip. "Hey, where are you going? I was thinking we could save on my water bill by showering together". He barely had the words out of his mouth before she pulled her shirt over her head and had him following her to the bathroom.
An hour and one shared shower later, Kelly was waiting on the couch while Stella finished getting ready. "Hey Stella, how much longer will you be? I just called an Uber". With that, she walked out of his room and caused him to stop and stare at the beauty in front of him. Her dress was olive green, and hugged her body in all the right places. He never had a doubt that she was stunning, but tonight she was on another level. "What? Say something please". He walked towards her, placing his hands on her waist and brought his lips to her forehead. "You are the most gorgeous person I have ever seen". She blushed, taking in his appearance. He wore a dark suit that looked like it was made for him. "Yea, well you don't look so bad yourself". She leaned in to kiss him, and as he was deepening it his phone buzzed with a notification that their uber was outside. He sighed impatiently, and then took her hand and lead her out of the apartment to the waiting car. He opened the door for her, and after they were both in the car he reached over for her hand and held on like it was the only thing that mattered in the world, because truly, what else did matter?
20 minutes later they arrived at their restaurant, a top destination for tourists and locals alike. She clung to his side to stay warm in the chilly night as he lead her to the door. They were seating quickly, counting themselves lucky to have a job that allowed time off in the middle of the week because otherwise a table on short notice might not be possible. As they waited for to place their orders, she caught him up on all the drama he missed at the firehouse for being out for just one shift. They wondered whether Cruz would ever tell Brett how he was feeling, both knowing what it's like to meet the most important person to you at your place of work. She tried not to let her mind wonder back to Renee, but it happened during a quiet time when they were both deciding what to order. He picked up on her change in mood before she could force a smile, knowing her all too well. "Stella, what happened in the last 3 minutes that made you suddenly seem so upset". She shook her head, not wanting to talk about it. "I would rather not let my wandering brain ruin our night. Please, it's nothing, just forget it". "Stella". "No. That's the end of the conversation for now. I'm okay, I promise. Please just trust me". He looked at her, knowing that this was not a disagreement he was going to win and choose to drop it. "Red". She looked at him confused. "Oh I thought we were finishing our game from last week. My first guess is red". She broke out into a smile, leaning over the table to him. "Who said you get more than one guess?"
30 minutes later, their food arrived, giving Kelly a chance to collect his thoughts and wonder how he still hadn't guessed the right color yet. Stella looked at him with a smirk on her face, confident that he wouldn't guess. "You have one more guess. So dig deep into your imagination before you lose your chance to see anything else tonight". He groaned, knowing his chances of guessing correctly were lower now. But he was not someone who buckled under pressure. He looked right into her eyes, willingly her to give up the answer without saying it. She stared right back, confident he wasn't going to be right. "So? What's your guess"? "I'm going to go for the Hail Mary here. No color, because you're not wearing any". She froze, and for a second he thought he had her until she threw her head back and began laughing. "Hey hey what's so funny about that? I know you well enough to know that's a valid guess", he said while raising his eyebrows at her. "Yes it is a valid guess, and if we weren't interrupted last time we played this you would've won right now". She continued to laugh at his express while he groaned and threw his head back. "At Molly's, baby, really? Are you trying to kill me"? She smirked at him, shrugging her shoulders. The waiter came and cleared their plates and took their order for dessert. After they enjoyed their dessert and the check was paid, Stella looked at Kelly and decided to be nice tonight. "I think if you're good then maybe I'll give you one more guess tonight. But only when we get back to your apartment, because I'm not going home tonight." With that, he was leading her out to the cold night and into a cab heading straight to their once shared apartment.
