They were now in the coffee shop and were in line to get their drinks. "So Clara, the school. Are the pupils nice?" John asked, breaking the silence.

"They aren't too bad I suppose although you've gotta watch out for Courtney. She can be a nightmare." Clara replied, glad to be back in a conversation as the silence was begining to get to her. "What can I get you two" said the man behind the counter.

"I'll have a cappuccino please" Clara said before looking towards John.

"I'll have the same, thanks" John replied.

"Ok that'll be 6 pounds 98, then please" The man said as he began making the coffees.

John pulled out a wallet and then a ten pounds note "I'll pay" he said and before Clara could argue had handed over the note and was receiving his change which he put into the charity pot. "There's your coffees sir and your receipt. Enjoy"

The two went to sit down at the high bar like table by the window. As Clara attempted to sit down, John helped her up by offering his arm before taking to his own seat. They drank their coffees whilst exchanging horror stories about children they'd had to deal with. Just as the sun was begining to set and they had finished their third coffee, John's stomach growled. "Oh gosh I'm sorry I didn't have much lunch." He blurted out, embarrassed.

"No no that's fine, I'm a bit hungry myself." Clara replied.

"Do you want to errrr you know go out for dinner, then. I'll pay." John hesitantly offered.

"Yeah that'd be great." Clara replied.

"Lets go then, I was thinking the Italian on the high street."

"Ok cool."

The pair walked to the bus stop to catch the bus to the restaurant. Ten minutes later John and Clara were entering the quite posh Italian restaurant.

"Table for two please" John said to the man in the entrance foyer.

"If you would like to follow me sir, I shall take you to your table." He said, begining to walk off towards the back of the restaurant. "Here is your table" he said after they'd finished our trek arround the restaurant.

After they had sat down and the waiter had gone to the bar to get us our drinks John piped up, "we're a bit lonely back here aren't we."

"Yeah, kinda romantic" she said before clasping her hand over her mouth, she hadn't meant to say the last bit out loud. She then blushed with embarrassment. "Oh my stars. I'm so sorry, I didn't mean that we-" But she was cut off by John's voice, "Dont be sorry Clara, I think it is quite romantic back here" just after he had said this the waiter had returned with the pair's drinks and was asking about food. They decided to go straight to the mains.

"I'll have the spaghetti Bolognese please" Clara said.

"I'll have the carbonara, please" John said, and with that the man was gone again. Clara took a sip of her wine before looking up to find John staring back.

"Um, what should we talk about then?" Clara asked, trying to unlock her eyes from his.

"What about family stories" John suggested.

"Ok, you go first" Clara said a smile returning to her face.

"Well I don't really have a family as such, I lived with my friends when I was young. My parents ditched me at a boarding school when I was three and never came back."

"I'm sorry to hear that"

"Yeah but my friends and their parents were great, they let me stay with them when it was the holidays. Any way, there was this one time after we graduated that me and my friend Amy pranked her boyfriend Rory by disconnecting and hiding all the phones in the house and pretending we were burglars. The look on his face was priceless. He got us back good though. What about you?"

"Well there was this one time when I was little that me and my mum and dad were out in the park and dad was teaching me football and I accidentally kicked a ball right into this man's head. It knocked him over on to the floor."

Just then their food arrived and they both, being so hungry, digged in. After ten minutes of light conversation about the food and restaurant and eating, they had both quenched their hunger. The waiter came over and took their plates.

"Will you be wanting deserts?" He asked.

"I think we're full, thanks. Just the bill." John replied looking at Clara for confirmation, she nodded.

A few minutes later he was back with the bill and a couple of mints. John played by card and they both headed out.

"Should we walk home" John said, "Its a lovely night."

"Yeah ok then" Clara replied.

They talked all the way home about the school and pupils and in no time at alll they were ing the lift.

"Here let me give you some money for today" Clara said reaching for her purse.

"No,no,no it's fine" John said

"No please"

"Its fine Clara, honestly"

"But friends go half and half, only on dates does one person pay it all"

"What if this was a date" The lift had stoped now and they were standing imbetween their doors.

"Err, I ummm wha-" but Clara was cut off by John's kiss. It only lasted a clouple of seconds but it happened.

"Goodnight Clara" John said sweetly before going into his flat. Clara did the same.

Hey, thanks for reading. It's a bit longer this time.

Pls review etc etc etc

-good cyberman