Hey everyone! This is a little short, I know. But I promise that the next chapter will be super long. Promise!
Laura: I'll have an explanation for their quick relationship soon, I promise :) Thanks for your review by the way
"Where the hell are we?"
Lisa smiled, and grabbed Mark's hand to drag him inside the restaurant in front of them.
For the past half an hour, Lisa had dragged him halfway across the city, through parks, tent cities, clusters of people, children, and Mark could've sworn he saw a swan as Lisa dragged him along. He fought through screaming babies, evil gangsters, live sharks (they could've been dogs), and crazy monkeys (they might've been kindergartners) to attain his surprise—(Okay, Mark tended to overreact) Now, finally, has reached his destination: a...restaurant. It was either the lively restaurant was his surprise or there was something inside waiting from him. He chose to believe the latter.
Looking at the restaurant, he noticed many things. The restaurant looked old, with vines draping the walls in the front and on the sides. It was made of bricks with white paint chipping off. It was Italian (as much as Mark could tell by the name, which was something he couldn't pronounce), and obviously very romantic. It seemed expensive, but not as expensive as the restaurants they passed to get there.
They walked inside, and Mark barely fought against Lisa as she forced him inside. What the hell...? He thought, looking around the inside of the restaurant. Even in their best days, Roger and Mark couldn't afford this.
The first thing you saw when you stepped inside the restaurant was the large creative-looking hall. It was filled with pictures, drawings (on the actual walls), multi-coloured lights, and a small line of many people. Lisa immediately started pushing through people, who gave very little resistance.
"Lisa!" Mark hissed, "What are you doing?"
"Getting through. You're surprise is in here." Lisa said, now looking very excited.
Mark sighed, and apologized with his eyes to everyone they were butting through. After a minute or 2, they were finally at the beginning of the line. At the beginning was a black man with an apron on and a Mohawk. He looked polite on the outside, but it was easy to tell he was bored.
That all changed when he saw Lisa.
"LIZZA!" the man cried.
"RONNIE!" Lisa squealed, and rushed towards him. They embraced happily, laughing and smiling. Mark looked at the line, and was shocked to see not one person peeved. Some were smiling, some were looking away, and some just looked bored.
"How are you?" Lisa cried, finally letting go of the man.
"Great actually! I met a guy. He's amazing!" the man cried, gripping her hands happily.
"Awesome! Later you're going to have to tell me all about him...But first I must ask; is the surprise ready?" Lisa asked, smiling happily. By the looks of things, Lisa didn't care anymore about hiding the surprise, and Mark listened eagerly. But it was short-lived.
"Of course. This is the lucky guy?" the man asked, looking over Lisa's shoulder to look at Mark. Lisa nodded quickly and turned to look at Mark. Both were now looking at him and smiling, and Mark blushed profusely.
"You're very lucky. Your boyfriend must love you." The man said with a bright smile. "Yeah." Mark said, slightly smiling.
"Oh frig! I forgot intros! Pooh, this is Ronald. Ronnie-baby, this is the birthday boy Mark." Lisa cried, as if having an epiphany.
Mark chuckled, and shook Ronnie's hand politely. "So...Ronnie, we can talk later. But first, I must give the Birthday Boy his surprise." Lisa practically squealed. "Of course honey. You two go ahead. But go through the restaurant. Half the kitchen is under construction." Ronnie sighed.
"Really? That sucks." Lisa said, putting her hands on her hips. Mark wanted to scream in frustration. He really wanted to see his surprise. Ronnie seemed to sense that.
"Baby girl, go and give your friend his surprise. He seems about ready to explode." Ronnie laughed, slightly staring at Mark.
"Of course. Sorry! Catchya later babe?" Lisa asked.
"Of course Lizza." Ronnie said, kissing Lisa's cheek. She kissed his, and then before Mark could say goodbye Lisa was dragging him into a large room lightened by colourful lights and through numerous couples and people. It wasn't until he was halfway through the room when he got a real good look at it.
The room was filled with people, from every different gender and race. Most of them were couples though, but not the type of couples that society would call...normal. Gay couples, lesbian couples, different coloured couples, couples where they were both from different religions...couples that are pretty much shunned by society. It kind of shocked Mark a little bit, and he stared at all of the people who were chatting and laughing in the room in front of him.
"C'mon Pooh. We can't be late! Roger will kill me if we're late." Lisa cried, leaving through a door at the end of the room. Inside was a pair of stairs (A/N lol it rhymes :D c'mon, I know you were thinking it).
"Ha! So it does have something to do with Roger!" Mark cried as Lisa started to drag him up the steps.
"No shit Sherlock! Where do you think he was most of the day?" Lisa laughed, bounding up the steps with Mark behind her. She seemed pretty excited now, so Mark knew it had to be one hell of a surprise.
It took them 10 minutes to get to the top of those steps. But a few steps before the top, Mark noticed something on the steps. It was a couple of maroon things, and they were small and almost round. On closer look, Mark realized something in shock...they were rose petals!
Lisa just kept grinning as Mark stared at the trail that led up to the door. Mark followed it, and as he reached the top, he realized he was alone. He looked back, and Lisa was still where the trail started.
"Go ahead honey, it's not my surprise." Lisa said with a grin, before bounding down the steps. Leaving Mark all alone to found out what was behind the door.
Mark again started to follow the rose trail up the stairs. When he finally got to the door, he was not only excited but nervous. What the hell is up here? What if I'm in the wrong place...Okay, that's sort of impossible since there are rose petals leading to the door...Mark mused, finally reaching the door.
Okay, here goes...Mark sighed, and twisted the bronze knob in front of him. The dark forest green door opened easily, and what was on the other side gave him a shock.
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