As you enter the living room a lot of different smells hit you at once and they all smell way too good to be true.

"I hope you both enjoy ze meal! I made some delicious steak, I know how Alfred likes it but I didn't know how you liked it so I guessed. It also comes with some steamed whole potatoes seasoned perfectly by moi, and for your vegetable I made some seasoned green beans, and for desert I have some chocolate mousse waiting for us in ze refrigerator." Francis listed off all the delicious sounding food in a sing song-ish kind of voice as you sat down a bit bewildered. He offered you a roll and you take it with a smile.

Alfred chuckled at his friend and started to dig in immediately. You decide to follow suit and try the steak. It was still a little bloody on the inside but not too much though. You take a little bite and are bombarded with the different tastes of different spices. It really did take like a fancy restaurants steak! You try the potatoes next and they were delicious as well the texture of the potatoes were firm on the outside but soft on the in! You never expected they could be cooked like this! Now the green beans you were a bit cautious about. You take a bite and shiver in the rich taste that danced along your taste buds. You hear a soft giggle and look to see Francis smiling at you knowing full well what you were thinking as he sipped his wine. You smiled back a bit embarrassed and continued your meal. It was a bit quiet for a little while the only noise was the clinking of the silverware on the plates.

"So Mademoiselle, what brings you to New York." Francis inquired. You almost choked on your food and looked up at him. You can't really tell the truth of why you are here so, a little bit of a white lie/truth won't hurt.

"I came here for a new life! I used to live in a pretty small town and was tired of it I needed a fresh start and to get away from it all. So I chose New York." you smiled softly hoping they would not ask any further. Francis nodded and you sighed in relief inwardly. You don't think you could ever really tell them the truth, you shake your head to forget the memories and go back to smiling.

"Well what made you two decide to open a shop?" you ask and set your fork down since you were now done with your meal. They looked at each other and smiled a knowing sort of smile and then turned back you you.

"Well we have a lot of time on our hands, we decided we wanted to try something we both liked to do. I like running a business its fun and exciting and every day is a different challenge. Then Francis here loves to cook and make people happy with his cooking. He also designed the interior of the shop as well, I figured I would let him since he was French and all and knows his stuff." Alfred smirked as he saw his friend shoot him a playful glare and he leaned back in his seat.

You giggle softly at the two. You hope to become good friends with them since they both seem like very nice gentlemen. Then another question shot into your mind and you blushed a bit.

"Some umm, are you two like, together?" you murmured softly.

Francis almost spat out his drink and Alfred fell backwards out of his chair hitting his head on the floor.

"Oh my god I am so sorry! I didn't mean anything by it! I was just curious cause you two seem so close ya know! Oh my god..." you quickly try to amend the situation and cover your face with your hands. You could feel the heat of the blush on your palms and hope they forgive you and then you hear it. They are...laughing? You look up to see them laughing like crazy and you look at them confused.

"Well we did have a short fling but that was...ages...ago. We are just good friends and have been since he was little one." Francis replied in between his laughter. Alfred nodded trying to calm his own laughter. You wiggle in your seat embarrassed as Francis left his seat and then came back with a milkshake glass full of chocolate mousse. You stare at in and grab your spoon. You take your first bite and melt. The texture of it was flawless it was light, it was fluffy, it was melt in your mouth goodness! This might as well have been made by a god and you looked to Francis with a silly little smile on your face. He smiled back knowing you meant that it tasted delicious.

~An hour or so later~

After being full from a great meal and having a wonderful dessert Francis waved goodbye and left. Alfred stretched and yawned and you yawned as well and laughed.

"Hey now yawns are contagious!" you giggled. Alfred stuck his tongue out at you and laughed and then looked at the pile of clothes that were in the corner.

"I never realized how bad I needed to wash my clothes." he sighed and rubbed his head. "Welp lucky for us the shop is closed tomorrow so we can do that and get you a bed and stuff." he continued and smiled at you.

"Wait get me a bed?! No I can not ask you to do that its really okay I promise!" You stammer over your words. This man was too kind. First a job and place to stay, food, and now he wants to get you a bed!

"Trust me it is okay and even if you say no I am going to do it anyways. Don't give me that face! It will come out of your paycheck if it makes you feel any better." he glanced at you above his glasses and you nod. If it comes out of your paycheck then you guess it would be fine then.

He tosses a towel at you and sighs. "Now you can shower first. I am going to separate my clothes for tomorrow." he turned away and started to work on the big pile. You nod and walk down the hallway and open the door to the bathroom.

You stand there in awe of it. You have never seen such a pretty bathroom! It had a tub that was sunk into the floor and the ceiling had the shower. The knobs were on the wall and you walked to them and turned it to your temperature. As that did its own thing you looked around a bit more. There was a wall mirror on one side and the counter was white marble. The sinks were silver and there were two of them, spaced out enough to were you could place all your stuff on it without bothering the other person. You turned around and saw a rack filled with towels and on it hung a blue bathrobe. Then a door to its side caught your attention and you opened it to find the toilet. You smile and nod. That was definitely a good thing to know where it was. You start to undress and set your clothes to the side. You smile and get into the shower tub and stand in the waist deep water and under the shower. It felt good on your sore body and you start to wash away all of todays troubles and worries. Then in the corner of your eye you spot something black. You turn and see a spider just watching you. You try to splash it away and it started to crawl at you and you scream. Alfred comes in and bust through the door, you stand there pointing at the spider since you had nothing to kill it yourself. Alfred nodded and got some paper scooped the spider up quickly and opened the window letting him out.

"I didn't know you were afraid of spiders _. Its kind of..." his words dropped off as he looked at you and blushed deeply.

You stood there confused for a second and then became aware that you two are in a bathroom and you are naked. You blush deeply and splash at him and sink your body under the water.

"W-well don't just stand there and stare get out!" you yell and continue to splash him.

"I-I am sorry!" he said and ran out of the bathroom his clothes now soaked.

You sigh and sit down only your head above the water. You think that is enough excitement for tonight and you can not wait to go to sleep.

Hope you enjoy this chapter! What secret are you hiding from sweet Alfred? Find out later in the next chapter maybe? Please leave a review and share with your friends!