Pacing nervously in his living room, Harry glanced at the clock hanging above the fireplace. It was only twenty past 5 in the afternoon and Charlie hadn't arrived yet. Muttering quietly to himself, Harry took a few deep breaths trying to settle himself down. It wasn't working too well. He was far too nervous. He hadn't been on a date in quite a few years and the last time was with a girl. It didn't end too well and he'd been the subject of ridicule from his dorm-mates for weeks.
Walking over to the sofa Harry sat down and closed his eyes. 'He did say we'd go at 6...I'm sure he's over at his place getting ready now' he thought to himself. Sighing softly he got up from the sofa and made his way into the kitchen. Reaching the fridge he opened it and grabbed a can of Coca Cola, popping the tab and taking large swig.
Suddenly, the sound of knocking on the front door startled him, almost causing him to spill his drink all over himself. Wiping his mouth on the back of his hand he placed his Cola on the kitchen bench and made his way over to the front door. Taking a quick breath to calm himself he opened the door and, in an eerily similar fashion to his first morning in Forks, he was rendered speechless.
There standing before him was Charlie, nervous smile on his face and holding a small bouquet of red, pink, and white roses. Harry smiled widely at the man before he took a step back to get a better look at him and his mouth watered slightly. Drawing his eyes upwards slowly, obviously checking out Charlie much to Charlie's amusement. Charlie was dressed in well fitting black dress pants, a light brown belt with a bright silver belt buckle , lifting his eyes further he noticed Charlie was wearing a loosely fitting dark blue button up shirt with the top two buttons left open, revealing a hint of Charlie's faintly hairy chest. Feeling his mouth go dry he finally lifted his eyes to meet Charlie's, noticing the now confident smile on the other man's face.
"Evening Harry. See something you like?" Charlie said with a quick wink.
Blushing deeply, Harry tried to speak but he couldn't seem to get the words out. All that seemed to escape was a tiny squeak which left him feeling mortified.
Charlie laughed deeply before stepping forward and gave Harry a warm hug. "Don't be embarrassed. I like that I can render you speechless " Charlie said softly, his warm deep voice in Harry's ear.
Finally confident in his ability to speak again Harry leaned back and smiled up at Charlie. "Yes I do see something I like. I believe they're currently in your hand and you're trying to hide them behind your back".
Charlie winced slightly before chuckling and stepping back. Holding out the roses to Harry with one hand he rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly with the other. "I stopped in on the way home from work. The lady at the florist said that these are good for a first date...I didn't know if you'd like flowers or not though..." he finished nervously.
"It's ok . I really do like them. No one has ever bought me flowers before unless they came with a get-well-soon card" Harry said quietly as he reached out and took the roses from Charlie's hand, lifting them up to his face and breathing in softly. "They smell wonderful and they look even better. I'll just go put these in a vase before we head out" Harry said as he turned away from Charlie, walking back into the house, Charlie trailing behind him. "And you can stop staring at my arse you know..." he shot over his shoulder.
Charlie chuckled wickedly from behind him "You like it when I stare at it. Don't try to lie".
Laughing quietly Harry simply nodded as he entered the kitchen. Quickly reaching the sink he bent over as he opened the cupboards below, smirking to himself as he heard Charlie's soft gasp from behind him. Grabbing the vase from beneath the sink he stood upright again and filled it with water, placing the roses inside. Turning around he froze as he noticed Charlie standing right in front of him, so close they were almost touching. "Charlie?" he inquired softly.
Charlie smiled as he reached out, taking the vase of roses from Harry's hands and placing it carefully on the bench beside them. Leaning forward he gently pressed his lips to Harry's, wrapping his arms around Harry's back, pressing the younger man against him. Breaking the kiss he rested his forehead against Harry's.
"I've been wanting to do that since you opened the door" he said quietly with a sigh, drawing a quiet laugh from the man before him. "C'mon" he said whilst stepping back from Harry. Lifting his arms from around the man's waist he smiled softly at Harry's dazed expression on his face. "We don't wanna be late for our reservation"
Harry blinked. "Reservation?".
"Yeah. I made us a reservation at that new Italian restaurant that just opened up in town that I was talking about earlier. La Tranquilo Romantico. One of the girls down at the diner recommended it. Said it was good." Charlie finished with a wry smile.
"Oh...that sounds wonderful. Right well we'd best be off then" Harry said side-stepping Charlie and making his way out of the kitchen, Charlie once again trailing behind him with a smirk on his face.
Teddy smiled to himself as he leaned tiredly against Paul a few feet away from the camp fire. He was pretty sure he'd just had the best day ever! After he'd been picked up from his house they had drove back to the reserve, stopped in at Billy's house to pick up some food for the evening and the tents they'd be sleeping in plus the sleeping bags as well. Teddy was borrowing one of Paul's old ones that no longer fit him after he'd apparently had a growth spurt a few years back. Billy had decided to stay back at the house and let Jacob and Paul take him camping by themselves. Looking over to where Jacob was currently snoring by the fire he laughed quietly. Jacob sounded like a small thunderstorm with how loud he was. Looking up at Paul beside him he nudged him gently in the side. "Do you think we should wake him or something?" he asked quietly.
Paul smiled down at him before he shook his head. "Nah. We really ran him through his paces today".
Teddy snorted softly to himself in amusement. They'd played a game of tag of sorts. Paul and Teddy versus Jacob. Even with Teddy riding on Paul's back they'd still been faster than Jacob. Much to their amusement and Jacob's irritation. They'd raced throughout the forest stopping occasionally to let Jacob catch up before taking off again, Teddy's cries of delight attracting the attention of the other wolves who were patrolling that afternoon. He rather liked Leah. She was a bit gruff and standoff-ish at first but had quickly warmed up to him. She'd even let him ride on her back for a while.
Even though she was not as fast as Paul it had been still been pretty amazing to streak through the forest till everything seemed to become a blur. He wished they could run further but she'd suddenly stopped at a small clearing and refused to go further, turning back and heading towards where Paul and the others had set up camp nearby.
When he'd asked her about it she'd simply shook her massive head. Once they'd got back to camp she'd handed him off to Paul and barked at the smaller wolf who was waiting nearby. Together the two had raced off again presumably resuming their patrol. Teddy had asked Paul about what happened and he'd quietly explained that she couldn't cross the clearing as it marked a border between their land and the Cullen's. One of whom he'd seen the week before.
Letting out a quiet huff he got to his feet, drawing Paul's curious gaze to himself. "Nature's calling" he explained with a grin.
"Alright don't go too far..." Paul said quietly, closing his eyes and relaxing once more by the fire.
Teddy nodded and walked quickly away from the camp. Humming softly to himself he lost track of how far he had walked before he stumbled upon the very clearing that Leah had refused to go past. Sighing he ducked behind the trees and quickly relieved himself. Buttoning up his pants he began to walk back to the camp when he heard the sharp crack of some twigs snapping nearby. He froze, looking around quickly trying to find the source of the noise. Feeling a sudden chill behind him he turned around, yelping quietly as he came face to face with Emmett Cullen, topaz eyes shining brightly in the darkness.
"Evening squirt! Fancy seeing you round these parts" the vampire said with a grin. Teddy stumbled backwards and was about to fall on his arse before Emmett quickly reached out and steadied him.
"Thanks..." Teddy said nervously as he was put back on his feet.
"Don't mention it" Emmett replied, grin still on his face.
"Erm... What are you doing here? I thought you weren't allowed on these lands..."
"Ah but I'm not on the wolves land kid... you're on Cullen territory!" Emmett cocked his head to the side, clearly amused.
Teddy quickly looked around again realising that the vampire was telling the truth after a few moments. Oh man he was going to be in so much trouble with the others he quickly thought to himself. Remembering the vampire in front of him he quickly turned back, meeting Emmett's gaze.
"I'm really sorry! I didn't realise I was so far! I promise I won't do it again!" He said quickly as he began to back away slowly from the man before him.
Emmett smirked again and moved forward, matching Teddy step for step. "No need to rush kid. I ain't going to hurt you. Just wanted to talk. We didn't get to chat much last time we met".
"So you're not going to eat me?..." Teddy questioned in confusion, cocking his eyebrow as Emmett threw his head back and laughed .
"Naaaah. I'm what's known in vampire circles as a vegetarian vampire. We don't drink human blood, kid. Just animals" he finished with a smile. He seemed to smile quite a lot, Teddy thought to himself.
"Well... I guess that's ok then... what did you want to talk about?" Teddy asked, walking over to sit on a nearby tree stump.
"Well for starters... Who are you? And why do you smell so good?".
Teddy cocked an eyebrow again at this but remained quiet, gesturing for Emmett to elaborate.
"I mean, you smell like a wolf. But you don't have the same wet dog smell that they do. You smell softer and more like a real wolf. As well as forest and moonlight. It's...pleasant?" Emmett said as he sat down in front of Teddy waiting for him to respond.
Teddy sighed "I'm a human. Well... mostly human. My father was a werewolf".
Emmett's eyes widened almost comically. "No freaking way! A real werewolf? You mean werewolves are real!?"
Teddy rolled his eyes "Well duh... You're a vampire. If you can exist why not werewolves. Is that really so hard to believe?".
Emmett shook his head slowly with amazement evident in his eyes.
"As for whom I am...my name is Teddy Black. I moved here with my godfather a little over a week ago. We came here from England".
"Why'd you move here?".
"To start somewhere new. Mostly. Other reasons too but I don't think i'm allowed to talk about them to you...''
"Fair enough" Emmett said as he nodded.
"What about you? How come you're out here?" Teddy asked quietly.
Emmett smirked wickedly, revealing his fangs. "I was hunting" .Seeing Teddy's shocked and at the same time slightly worried expression he laughed again shaking his head. "I already said I don't eat humans so don't worry kid. You might not be fully human but you're close enough for my tastes".
Emmett looked around quickly. "I don't see your wolves anywhere nearby? Don't tell me you're out in the woods all alone..."
Teddy smiled "No they're not that far from here. We're camping for the night. Billy is babysitting me so my godfather and Mr Swan can go on a date".
Upon hearing this Emmett's jaw dropped . "What? Your godfather and Charlie on a date? Charlie is gay? When did that happen?" Emmett asked quickly, confusion filling his voice.
"I don't know if he's gay. But he makes my godfather happy so I don't care. They've been dating since last Saturday" Teddy said with a shrug.
"Oh man... Bella is totally gonna freak when she hears this!" Emmett exclaimed. He almost sounded excited at the news.
"Who's Bella?" Teddy asked as he cocked his head to the side inquisitively.
"Oh she's Charlie's daughter. She's a vampire like us and is married to my brother" Emmett explained.
"Oh... how many of you are there?" Teddy asked quietly
"How many vampires? Or how many vampires in my family?"
Teddy smiled softly. "In your family I mean."
Emmett nodded before appearing to think for a few moments. "Well first there is Carlisle. He's like our father. He sired most of us. That means he turned us into vampires by the way. He's married to our mother of sorts Esme. Then after Esme there is Edward. He's the one who Bells is married to. He turned Bells a while ago. They have a daughter together called..."
At this point Teddy interrupted.
"Vampires can have children?"
"Not really... We don't understand how it happened but before Bella was turned she became pregnant with Edwards kid. Long story short, she gave birth , she was dying, Edward turned her".
"That's so sad..." Teddy mumbled quietly.
"Nah not really. Bella wanted to become a vampire. She kind of had to as well. Don't ask..." Emmett said quickly, already heading off the question he knew Teddy was about to ask. "Anyways like I was saying, there is Edward and Bella and their daughter Renesmee. Followed by m..." Emmett broke off quietly, a sad look in his eyes. "Followed by Jasper and his mate Alice. They weren't turned by Carlisle. Jasper was turned during the American Civil War and we never really asked Alice. She just turned up one day with Jasper in tow and moved in with us. Kicked Edward out of his own room too, said it had a better view..." Emmett finished with a grin.
"And then there's you?" Teddy prompted.
"Yeah then there's me. Emmett . The coolest one out of them all. I'm also the strongest too" Emmett said, bringing his arms up from his side, flexing them comically causing Teddy to laugh.
"Do you have a mate?" Teddy asked quietly.
Emmett froze, looking back at Teddy. Sighing he shook his head sadly. "I thought I did. Her name was Rosalie. She'd found me when I was human after I'd been mauled by a bear in the woods. Picked me up and took me straight to Carlisle who turned me. She was the most beautiful woman I'd ever seen in my life. Even to this day I doubt there will be someone more beautiful in my eyes. We were travelling through Russia and she met a guy there. Another vampire. She fell in love with him and she just left me. So I left Russia and had just met up with the rest of my family in Brazil when Alice asked me to come back to Forks. Said I needed to check up on Charlie. Good thing I did though because things have gotten way more interesting since we'd left" Emmett said smirking wickedly.
"How long have you been back in Forks?" Teddy asked.
"I got back early Saturday morning. Why do you ask?" .
"I think there might be more vampires in Forks. The day before you arrived me and my godfather were at the markets and I smelled something. It smelled similar to you but darker. And I smelled it the night before that around Charlie when we first arrived".
"You can smell us?" Emmett laughed. "What do I smell like?"
"You smell kinda nice actually. Like warm chocolate. And...mischief? If the others were vampires though they didn't smell as nice as you. Darker...not as nice... like burnt sugar. Really gross to be honest".
"I think that's one of the nicest things someone has ever said to me about how I smelled" Emmett said grinning widely.
Teddy shrugged his shoulders not saying anything. Looking up at the moon he jumped a little as he noticed it was a full moon for the first time that night. His eyes turning a steel grey and he reached without thinking into his pocket, withdrawing the stone he was given earlier that day by Billy. Emmett, seeing the stone, got up from his spot on the ground and quickly took a few steps back.
"Kid... what is that you got there?".
Teddy's eyes snapped back to Emmett standing a few paces away, glaring at the stone in his hand. "It's a gift I got from Billy...He didn't say where he got it from only that It was a welcoming gift for me..."
"I think you need to g..." Emmett was unable to finish what he was going to say as suddenly loud growls filled the night air around them. Teddy looked away from Emmett eyes reverting to their original colour of pale honey and noticed 4 massive wolves stepping out from behind him. It was Paul, Jacob, Leah and a large black wolf he didn't recognise. It was easily the biggest of all of them.
Standing up slowly he made his way over towards them, putting the stone back in his pocket and standing beside Paul who quickly nudged Teddy behind him, taking up a protective stance in front of the boy and glaring at the vampire before them.
"It's ok guys we were just talking. He didn't step onto your land I got distracted and was on theirs. He didn't hurt me, we just talked I promise! He was really nice... don't hurt him please!" Teddy said quickly, pleading with the wolves.
"The kid's right. We were just talking. I was asking about Charlie...honest! I wasn't going to hurt him I swear. His dad is dating Bella's dad... he's practically family now.'' Emmett said quickly, backing slowly away from the wolves in front of him, hands raised and palms open towards them in a peaceful gesture.
The large black wolf growled again before snapping his jaws at the vampire. Emmett nodded and then with one last look back at Teddy he disappeared into the forest behind him.
Suddenly all 4 wolves turned to Teddy and stared at the boy. Each of them with matching expressions of concern. Paul whined softly before nudging Teddy's side with his snout, sniffing the boy as if he was trying to smell any injuries. Teddy rolled his eyes before wrapping his arms around Paul's neck. Or at least trying to. His arms didn't quite make it all around. Sighing he murmured quietly into the wolfs ear knowing the others would hear him as well, reassuring Paul that he was fine and unharmed.
Paul huffed before kneeling laying down before the small boy, gesturing towards his back. Nodding quickly Teddy carefully climbed on top of Paul before grabbing a handful of the wolf's fur and holding tightly. Paul stood up and all 4 wolves made their way quickly back to camp. The largest black one and Leah separated from them as they reached the camp site and swiftly disappeared into the darkness of the forest.
Stopping in front of their tent, Paul knelt down and Teddy quickly climbed off his back before Paul nudged him gently through the tent's flaps. "Ok ok! I get it time for bed, sheesh!" Teddy said with a sigh. Paul huffed quietly behind him before moving away to where his clothes were, quickly shifting back to human form and getting dressed, muttering something he couldn't quite make out to Jacob before joining Teddy who was curling up in his own sleeping bag in their tent.
"You should be more careful Teddy... You can't trust vampires. They're dangerous and could kill you without a second thought!" Paul whispered furiously, wrapping Teddy in his arms, his concern palpable.
"I think I can trust Emmett... he didn't hurt me, even when he found me on their land. We just talked for a while that's all. He was really nice..." Teddy replied with a small huff.
Paul let go of Teddy but keeping close to the small boy he sighed quietly. "Go to sleep Teddy we'll talk in the morning".
Teddy nodded quickly, glad that Paul wasn't pressing the issue and twisting around so he was facing Paul he closed his eyes and within minutes drifted off to sleep. His tired body finally catching up to him after his admittedly exciting day.
While the boys in the tent slept, although neither of the boys in the tent noticed, Teddy's stone began to pulse softly with an eerie white glow. Slowly the pulsing increased until it became a solid yet pale silver glow. Barely a foot away, Teddy's eyes snapped open, shifting from their pale honey colour to steel grey. Slowly sitting up, the boy looked around curiously, a wide grin appearing on his face.
Charlie smiled over at Harry as he parked the car out the front of the restaurant. Unbuckling his seat belt he quickly opened his door and made his way over to Harry's side, opening the door for Harry and holding out his hand to Harry to help him out of the car. "Such a gentleman" Harry murmured quietly with a faint smile on his face at Charlie's actions.
Charlie just smiled again and locked the car behind Harry. Turning towards the restaurant he started leading Harry, still holding his hand. Opening the door for Harry, causing the man in question to smile widely, he followed him through and walked up to the Maîtres D' at the front. A short friendly looking red haired woman who smiled widely at them as they made their way over.
"Good evening and welcome to 'La Tranquilo Romantico'. Do you have a reservation?" the woman asked politely.
"Uh... yes. Reservation for 2 for Swan?" Charlie replied nervously, smiling back at Harry who stood behind him.
"Oh yes right this way! Your table is ready and I'll have your waitress out to take your order in just a minute" The woman spoke with a wide smile as she turned, quickly grabbing two menus from beside her, and lead the men over to a small table for two tucked away in a quiet corner of the restaurant. Turning back to the two gentlemen she beckoned them to sit down, and Charlie quickly stepped up and pulled a chair back for Harry to sit down at, causing the younger man to blush softly as he took his seat. Charlie quickly took his seat across from Harry and the Maîtres D' placed their menus before them quietly wishing them a wonderful evening and making her way back to the front.
"So... what do you think?" Charlie asked Harry in front of him, a hint of nervousness in his voice.
"I'm not sure yet we've only just sat down but this looks like a really nice place. It has a homey feeling to it" Harry replied with a small laugh, causing Charlie to smile widely before they opened their menus to see what was available for the night.
Still perusing the menus the men were startled when a young woman stepped up to them a wide smile on her face. "Good evening gentlemen my name is Jessica and I... oh my god Mr Swan! What are you doing here!?" she exclaimed in shock, eyes wide and mouth hanging open as she recognised one of the men before her.
Wincing slightly, Charlie raised his eyes from his menu to see Jessica Stanley, one of Bella's high school friends standing before him. "Erm...good evening Jessica... I'm on a date actually..." Charlie said softly as he gestured to Harry opposite him. Harry waved slightly at the stunned girl before them with a small smile on his face.
Jessica's eyes widened even further, before she snapped her mouth shut and appeared to be struggling to regain her composure. "Right...oh my god I'm so sorry that was rude of me. I never thought...Sorry! Well my name is Jessica and I'll be your waitress for this evening. Are you ready to order?" She asked quickly, face flushed with embarrassment.
Charlie glanced over at Harry who nodded before turning back to Jessica. "Yes we are. For starters can we please get a 'Pane all'aglio' (Garlic bread) for two and an entrée 'Antipasto'(a small collection of Italian delicacies) to go with it?"
Jessica nodded as she quickly wrote it down before she glanced back up at the men before her. "And what would you like for your mains?"
Looking to Harry again, Charlie gestured for the man to order first with a small grin. Nodding Harry cleared his throat before turning to Jessica "I would like to order a 'Vitello E Pollo Parmigiana'(crumbed chicken breast with fresh vegetables) please with small side of stuffed mushrooms"
"Excellent choice sir" Jessica murmured as she wrote it down before turning to Charlie, smile on her face as she took in his slightly dazed expression.
Charlie shook his head slightly to clear his thoughts. Harry speaking Italian with apparent fluency was both a surprise and a rather startling turn on. Turning to Jessica he cleared his throat softly "Ah yeah I would like a 'Bistecca Griglia'(plain grilled eye steak with fresh vegetables) and a small side of sweet potato fries please" he finished with a glance back at Harry.
"Good choice Mr Swan. Would you two like anything to drink with that? We have a wonderful selection of wines available tonight in both reds and whites..."
Harry glanced down at the wine menu before glancing at Charlie and raising his eyebrow in question, at Charlie's nod he turned to Jessica "Yes please, A bottle of 'Montepulciano D'Abbruzzo' as well as two small bottles of 'Aqua Panna' and can you please place them all in an ice bucket?"
Hearing the man's request Jessica smiled and quickly wrote it down before turning back to Charlie. "I'll just go get this off to the kitchen for you. Your drinks will be out with your appetisers shortly. If you would like anything else please don't hesitate to let me know. I hope you gentlemen enjoy your evening" She said as she gave a small smile and turned away when they both nodded.
Watching her walk away Charlie let out a small sigh of relief, causing Harry to snort in amusement in front of him. Turning back to Harry he grinned. "I didn't know you spoke Italian Harry..."
Harry smiled softly at Charlie, "Teddy and I spent a few months in Italy before we came here, I kind of picked up a few things during our stay" Harry said softly.
"Cool. I'll have to bring you here more often If you like it. You sound amazing when you speak Italian like that..." Charlie finished with a wink, causing Harry to blush deeply and look away in embarrassment.
"Thank you Charlie".
"No, thank you Harry".
The two men chatted amicably for a few minutes before their appetisers and drinks were placed before them by a widely grinning Jessica whose smile got impossibly wider as they thanked her and turned back to each other continuing their conversation as she left.
"So...who is that girl? You seem to know her?" Harry questioned with a small grin on his face
Charlie winced slightly before he sighed and took a sip of his wine, It was actually pretty good though he was more of a beer kind of guy. "She is an old friend of my daughter Bella. They went to high school together but last I heard she had decided to go to California...I didn't know she was back in Forks..."
"Oh... Bella is the girl in the photographs on your mantle?" Harry asked softly.
"Yeah..." Charlie murmured, a faraway look entering his face at the mention of his daughter. "I've told you before I've never dated a guy before Harry. It was only women before I met you. Bella is my daughter from my only marriage from many years ago. She left a few years ago when she got married to her boyfriend Edward and I haven't really seen or heard from her since..." he finished sadly.
"Im sorry Charlie I didnt mean to ..."
"No it's ok. I don't mind talking to you about it. I want to be able to be honest with you about my life and you with me" Charlie said raising his eyes to meet Harry's, reaching out his hand across the table to take hold of Harry's and squeezing it gently.
"You're the first man I've ever been with Harry. This is all new to me and it might be kind of scary at times but I like you and I want to make this work and if that means talking about my past and my daughter then I really do not mind at all..."
"Oh Charlie..." Harry murmured, squeezing Charlie's hand firmly before smiling warmly at the man before him and taking a small sip of his own wine.
"This is actually pretty new to me too" Harry said softly as his eyes met Charlie's. "I haven't been with a man since I was 15 or so. And even then we didn't go out on dates and stuff. So it's kind of scary for me as well. I have never met someone who I liked as strongly as you in such a short time. Not since..." Harry broke off quietly looking away from Charlie. "I'm sorry but...I'll talk to you about it some other time if that's ok with you? I don't feel quite ready to talk about it yet..."
Charlie nodded "That's fine Harry. This is only our first real date after all. Don't need to reveal all our secrets in one night" he said finishing with a grin and taking another sip of his wine.
They continued to chat quietly, conversation hopping from topic to topic, ranging from Charlie's favourite football team to what kinds of wines Harry enjoyed. Charlie was personally horrified that Harry didn't really know too much about American Football and quickly swore that he would teach Harry everything he knew about it much to Harry's amusement and Harry wasn't surprised at all to find out that Charlie preferred beer to wines. He made no promises to Charlie about trying to educate him about the finer drinks in life than beer, much to Charlie's relief and Harry's continued amusement. They had been talking between them for a while before their meals were brought to them by Jessica, who looked positively giddy at how well the two men seemed to be getting along and she turned and winked at Charlie as she left causing the man to choke a little on his wine. Harry laughing softly as he reached over and took the man's glass from him.
"I'm beginning to think you've had enough already, can't even drink it properly" he said with a grin.
"That girl is a menace" Charlie glowered before he quietly began eating his meal, Harry laughing again and following suit.
"I think she's growing on me to be honest. She keeps looking this way and smiling at us. She seems like a nice girl too."
"She's a menace" Charlie repeated and Harry snorted before continuing with their meals.
After they'd finished with their dinner they leaned back in their seats and resumed chatting quietly with each other, Jessica making her way over and clearing their tables of the plates after asking them politely if they'd finished with their meals. Making her way back to the gentlemen after taking the plates to the kitchen she cleared her throat softly causing the two men to turn to face her
"Would you like to order any desserts tonight or would that be all for you?" She inquired with a small smile.
Smiling widely Harry quickly took the dessert menu's she offered, offering one to Charlie who just shook his head no with a small smile on his face. Glancing down at the card he quickly read through the list before grinning and looking up at Jessica he replied "I would love to order a Vanilla Tartufo please?" handing Jessica back the dessert menu. Hearing his order Jessica snickered softly before nodding. "A fine choice sir I'll just go get it for you" and left.
"A vanilla Tartufo ? What's that?" Charlie asked with a raised eyebrow. Harry just smiled back at the man "You'll see" was all he replied. It was only a few minutes before Jessica returned to the table with Harry's desert and Charlie's left eye twitched slightly when he saw. Harry had ordered a bowl of vanilla ice cream coated with white chocolate sauce and dark chocolate flakes topped with a single bright red cherry.
"Would you like some?" Harry asked Charlie with a small smirk.
"N..no that's ok" Charlie replied shakily.
Harry smiled before beginning to eat his dessert, taking small scoops of the ice cream with his spoon, moaning softly as the rich vanilla ice cream and white chocolate sauce hit his tongue, quickly swallowing before taking another scoop, his pink tongue darting out to lick his lips.
Clearly he was enjoying it , Charlie thought to himself as he crossed his legs under the table. The small moans combined with decidedly erotic image of Harry's small pink tongue licking at the melting ice cream on his spoon was really doing a number on Charlie's self control. He wanted to lean over and drag Harry across the table, plunge his tongue into the other man's mouth and taste Harry but thankfully he managed to restrain himself whilst the man in question continued to eat his dessert.
Well he almost managed to restrain himself. When Harry had plucked the cherry from the bowl of now melted ice cream, dripping with vanilla ice cream and melted white chocolate sauce Charlie's self control snapped just a little bit. Hand darting out he grabbed Harry's wrist firmly before he froze. Harry stared at him a look of surprise on his face. Smirking at Harry he slowly drew the other man's hand to his mouth before parting his lips and gently reaching out he took the cherry from Harry's hands with his teeth, tongue reaching out to draw it back inside, quietly sucking the cream from the cherry in an almost obscene manner before biting down, separating the cherry from the stem and swallowing.
Harry gulped loudly at Charlie, breathing quietly but quickly, face flushed at the sight.
"You all right there Harry?" Charlie asked with a wicked smile on his face, eyes almost sparkling in dark amusement at the other man's reaction.
"Y...yeah i'm fine" Harry rasped.
"You want to head on out soon?"
"Y..yeah we can go now if you'd like, I'm finished eating".
"Good" Charlie practically purred before standing up from his seat and quickly walking over to Harry he pulled the man's chair back, helping the man out of his chair, fingers lingering on the man's hips before stepping back smirking.
"Let's go then" and with that Charlie turned and made his way back to the front, quietly paying for their meal and following Harry outside to their car.