I'm really feeling this story! I've got so many ideas going on in my head I can barely contain it! Hope everyone loves it!

I woke up Saturday morning feeling groggy, but comfy. Caitlin told me since things are slow at the lab, don't even bother coming in. I grabbed my comforter and cocooned myself. I slipped on hand out to check my phone. I had a text from Cisco. I felt my cheeks warm up a bit. He hadn't talked to me much outside of the day at lunch besides a few hello's when we saw each other at the lab. I opened it and took a deep breathe and read.

'Hey it's Cisco! Thought you might want to go out for lunch today? Try out that Italian place'

I shoved my face in my comforter and quietly squealed to myself. He wanted to go back out! I was afraid that he lost interest when he hadn't talked to me much. I squeezed my eyes shut hard and took a long breath, deciding how to reply. After checking that the time was just at 10:30 I grabbed my phone again.

'Hey sorry I just woke up! Sounds fun! When would you like to go and where shall we meet up?'

I twisted my legs into my blanket more and did another squeal. I couldn't believe that after a week here I had a date! Well was it a date? I relaxed my body and decided to not get too hasty. It's just lunch! My phone buzzed and I grabbed it a bit to excitedly.

'Theres a place on 7th called Romeo's that's pretty authentic. How about there in an hour?'

'Sure I'll be there!'

I leaped out of my bed and scrambled out of my room. I nearly ran into Viv.

"Woah pretty lady what's the rush?"

I felt my cheeks hurt from smiling. "Cisco asked me to lunch in an hour!"

"You ready and at a location in an hour? Go man go!"

I laughed and rushed into the shower. After drying myself and my hair I put on a towel and went to my closet. It was pretty warm out so I decided on black short shorts, a black, off the shoulder shirt with the original Nintendo controller on the front and my converses. I applied my make up extra cute and added some beach wave spray to my white blonde hair to make the waves in my natural hair stay cute and not frizz. I checked my purse for my wallet, spritzed some smell good spray all over, put on my aviators and waved goodbye to Viv.

I pulled up at Romeo's at 11:33 to see Cisco leaning against his car. The place was small but luckily there was only 2 other cars besides ours in the parking lot. I got out and smiled warmly at him.

"Sorry I'm late, I take a bit to get ready"

He waved me off "you're fine and look cute! Shall we go?"

I blushed at his compliment and followed him in. The place had the blinds open and the light splashing in gave the restaurant a homey feel. We were seated by the window that looked out into the city. After ordering our drinks I got nervous. What do I say? Luckily I didn't have to start.

"So how do you like working with Caitlin?"

I shrugged and smiled. "It's nice! She's really helpful. Last place I worked at was quite stressful and I always felt like the others were going to stomp on me. They were very stern. It's why I moved here to work at STAR labs. I felt like I was going to combust!"

"That bad there huh?"

I nodded and took a sip of my lemonade. "Mhmm. They gave me unrealistic deadlines and pushed around me since I was so young. It was demeaning to me. At STAR labs I feel comfortable. I actually want to go to work every day. Dr. Wells is stern but very kind. He understands the work better than anyone else I know. Plus Caitlin and I flow so well together. We can sit there in front of the whiteboard and figure out the equation together. As at my old job I was like a shadow on the ground."

Cisco nodded in understanding. He closed his menu and motioned at the waitress coming up with our breadsticks. After ordering we started looking at the paper placemat that was in front of us.

"Woah. When you said authentic, I didn't think you meant the owner himself was from Italy!"I said while pointing at the little map of Italy that said 'birthplace of Romeo' he pointed at the woman at the front counter

"That's Romeo's wife. This place is a bit old but the owner Romeo is still here and if I'm right is back there in the kitchen now. I think all his chefs are from there too. You can't get more authentic than actual Italian chefs. It's why I love it here. It's real Italian food that won't cost you your whole paycheck."

I had to consciously tell myself to close my mouth. "Damn Cisco, glad I chose you as my tour guide!"

He laughed and nodded his head. "Yeah I've been here quite a while so I know my stuff."

It didn't take long for the food to come. I had to stay this food was good! I'm a fan of Alfredo noodles, but this was the best I've ever tasted! We only lightly talked, mostly because I was so entranced by the food. We were almost finished when I glanced out the window and saw a plaza across the street. I swallowed my bite and pointed out the window.

"Is that a game store?"

He glanced out the window then smiled wide. I couldn't help but smile myself at how cute he was. "Yeah that's dungeon games. It's items vary from old games to new ones, card games like Magic the Gathering to ones like Dungeons and Dragons."

I felt my jaw drop. "You got a store just for that stuff?"

His smile turned to a smirk. "Wanna go check it out?"

I nodded my head fast enough I had to flip my hair back out my face. Once again he paid and I tipped(a good one too!) we drove across the street and Cisco led me inside. I looked around and felt my stomach tighten. This was a heaven. I walked up to a glass case. Inside were a bunch of Final Fantasy games. I searched for the one I've been looking. Nope.

"Which one are you looking for?"

I looked up at Cisco. "The first 3 Final Fantasies. They're all in one set usually."

He walked up to the guy at the counter as I started skimming at the Nintendo games.

"Talked to the guy. He said they don't have it but I gave them my number. If they get it they'll call me."

I smiled up at him. "Thanks Cisco!" I held up Mario Double dash. "I use to always play this with my friends. Never owned it myself. I got a game cube and like 3 controllers at the apartment. Wanna go play?"

He nodded his head and we went to the front counter. We stood next to a Dungeons and Dragons stand waiting our turn. I began fiddling with one of the dungeon master books.

"Ever play?"

I laughed to myself. "A lot. My friends and I use to sit in the basement of my friend JeQuans house and play for hours. I was the dungeon master usually, Or the healer."

He leaned foreword so he could see my face better. "Really? Don't seem like much of a D&D player."

I poked him in the ribs. "Well at least you do!"

He narrowed his eyes at me as I stuck my tongue out and walked up to the main counter. I made my purchase and walked outside. I blinked hard a few times before my eyes could focus right. When we got to our cars I turned.

"I'll go first, just follow me to my apartment ok?" He nodded and we parted ways to our cars. I grabbed my purse and got out my eye drops. I put a few in and blinked my eyes clear before tossing my purse back into the passenger seat and starting my car. As I pulled onto the highway I glanced back to make sure he was still behind me.

I pulled up into my spot and soon Cisco pulled up close by. We met up by the stairs.

"Up there is my apartment! It's a bit of a walk but it's worth it."

As we walked he looked back. "Gates community huh? Guess those modeling jobs do pay well!"

I shrugged my shoulders. "Yeah, Viv does mostly modeling so we can afford it. It's nothing too fancy. 2 bed 1 bath. We mostly like it cause of the internet access. We use it a lot for Netflix night."

He glanced up at me before looking back at his feet. Guess he doesn't go up this many stairs like I do. "Netflix night?"

"Yeah. We make sure we have at least one night a week where we sit back and watch our shows. We use to do it as a thing when she visited me in Florida for special shoots. Now that we live together we agreed to do a once a week date night for ourselves. Were both pretty busy so we make sure we spend time together to catch up."

We made it finally and I grabbed my keys and let us in. "Viv has a shoot today and if I'm right she's going out with friends to a rave. Afterwords. I doubt she'll even be here until tomorrow morning to sleep the day away. She might come by to change or she may have her clothes with her, who knows!" I tossed my purse on the table and walked to the entertainment center. "Can you bring me the game?" He nodded and handed it to me. I put it in and grabbed the remote. I opened the menu and huffed.

"Think you could unravel and connect the controllers while I figure out which stupid input it is. It's the bottom left drawer."

He sat down in front of the drawer and looked up at me amused. "Got that many things hooked up?"

I rolled my eyes. "Yeah between my Xbox, GameCube and PS2 plus Viv's PS3 and Wii, there's a lot of things connected. Ha! Here it is! Ready to go?"

We played for about 3 hours, going back and forth between racing against each other and playing as a team. At about 5 I could feel myself getting hungry. I nudged Cisco with my shoulder.

"Hey, I'm hungry. Wanna order out? I got pamphlets on the table"

He got up and grabbed about 12 take out restaurants. "God take out a lot?"

I shrugged and laid back on the floor. "Yeah some nights were too tired to cook. And by some nights it's usually about 3 to 4 nights a week"

He lifted his eyebrows at me and shifted through some. He held up one and showed it to me. "How about this one?" I stretched my body and looked up.

"Didn't we just eat Chinese?"

He tossed the pamphlet down. "Choose"

I rolled my eyes and picked up the pamphlet. "This place delivers, wanna just do that?"

"Yeah sure, I want the general Tso meal!"

I rolled over as the bathroom door closed. I rolled my eyes and eased up onto my feet. I sat cross legged on the chair and called in our order. When he came out I switched the tv to the PS3. I leaned over and grabbed the controller and tossed it to him. "Here. Go on Netflix and pick something out ok?" He nodded and started going through Netflix as I picked up our drinks, threw them away and went to the fridge. "Another Gatorade Cisco?"

"Yea sure!"

I put the drinks on the table and went to the bathroom. While I had the chance I used an oil remover paper and touched up my make up. As I finished the setting powder I heard the buzzer. I rinsed off my hands and rushed out to help Cisco with the food. Once it was all laid out we both got comfy on the couch. I finally looked up to see what he chose.

"Doctor Who? Works for me!"

After we ate we just sort of kept watching Doctor Who. I started to feel drowsy so I stretched out and leaned against Cisco. I glanced up to see if it bothered him, from his face it didn't. We watched for a bit longer before his phone went off. He got up and walked into the kitchen area to talk. I sat back up and stretched. I glanced over the clock. 9:30. Goodness we've been hanging out for a while.

"Hey Barry needs me, I'm gonna have to go."

I stood up and started picking up the empty take out boxes. "It's ok, I've kept you busy enough today anyways!"

Cisco leaned over and grabbed the rest. "It's ok, I had a lot of fun with you."

I blushed and opened the trash can lid. "Me too."

I walked with him to the door as he was leaving. "Hey so this really was fun, maybe we could hang out again another day?"

I blushed and looked up at him to see what his face was. I noticed then how close he was. He smiled at me. "I think it's a great idea."

I glanced down at his lips and back up into his eyes. God he was cute. Suddenly he leaned foreword and our lips met. I felt my stomach do flips as I closed my eyes and kissed back. After a moment we pulled a away. I had to concentrate to keep my breathing calm.

"I'll text you later ok?"

I nodded and shifted away so he could get through the door and waved goodbye. I counted to 10 after the door closed before I squealed and jumped up and down. A kiss! An actual kiss! I did my nightly routine and laid down in bed, the kiss never leaving my mind.