HEY GUYS! I'm back... only 2 weeks later. So what do you think? Am I getting better at this?
So I have two questions for my lovely followers. (1) Last week I asked which POV you guys would like to read more about... and a lot of you said Rose via messaging, twitter, and PM's. So, would you like Chapter 8 or 9 to be Rosalie POV? Or continue a couple more chapters with Luna? (2) Would you rather have shorter chapters more often or longer chapters, like last week, between longer time periods?
Anyways, here you go... the moment you've all been waiting for. Sage & Luna's first date ;) ENJOY!
LPOV
I watched my family's faces fade in the mist of the night. I was sitting next to Sage in his car and I hadn't said a word when he'd greeted me outside my house. I just needed to get out of the house and by the looks of it, he had captured my desperation in my facial expression.
Luckily the music drowned out the awkwardness between us. He didn't have anything to say and I didn't want to speak. It wasn't a good combination, but it had been Sage's idea to take me out… he would be the one to deal with my mood. I wasn't close to giving him a break, he'd gotten me into this but at the same time I thanked him for saving me from an ugly fight.
We drove to a small bar in town, it was quiet and private and empty. I appreciated him not taking me all the way to Port Angeles, I was in far too much trouble to get home late too.
"I thought somewhere small and quiet would be better… I hate crowded bars," Sage explained as we walked inside the diner. We sat in a big red booth at the far corner and soon enough, a waitress came to take our order.
She was fairly skinny, blonde with blue eyes, and very pretty. "Have you already chosen what you'd like to order?" she smiled. It was obvious she didn't get many customers since we'd just gotten here and clearly still hadn't gotten the time to even look through the menu.
But Sage begged to differ and answered, "Yes, two cheeseburgers, a salad to share and coke for both of us." The waitress nodded at every statement as she wrote it down on her notepad, then smiled kindly at us and skipped away. "She's oddly jumpy," Sage stated before leaning over the table and exhaling deeply.
I stared at him incredulously, "You just ordered for me," he hadn't even asked me what I wanted and yet there he was, sitting across the table, smiling like it was a normal thing to do.
"Yes," he agreed. "Your point?"
"My point is you didn't ask. What was that about?" I questioned.
"You see, Luna. This place has the most amazing burgers, I didn't bring you here for you to leave without trying them," he grinned.
"What if I was a vegetarian? What would you have done then?" I snapped back at him.
"Well, you're not. I saw you eating chicken curry at school on Tuesday. Is that assumption good enough to say you do eat meat?" he justified.
I changed subjects, "So you watch me eat?"
"I never said I watched you, I just said I saw you" he corrected.
I didn't understand him, was it that bad to be wrong once? It's not like it was a competition, we were just talking. "What's the difference? Why do you have the uncontrollable need to be right constantly? The point is you looked… why?" I raised my eyebrows.
"I like it," Sage confessed.
Well, thank god for admitting something once in his life! "You like watching me?"
"No, I like being right" Sage laughed. "Did you really think I enjoy watching you? You're a pain to see… have you even tried talking to people?"
I haven't actually; literally… I only talked to my family, and they were all out of the 'normal' range. But this I couldn't tell him. "I'm not much of a people person and by the way, you're a pain to be around," I sighed.
"Ow, that hurt" he said sarcastically with a hand over his chest.
"Why did you 'ask' me to come out here with you tonight?" I asked him, serious now.
"I was just trying to be nice, like I said… you seemed like you needed some time around people," Nobody was nice like that, just because; I'd learnt that the hard way.
"You're lying, be honest… why?" I pushed.
Sage sighed, "I thought it'd be nice to get to know you better. You're not like everybody else… you're different and proud."
"I'm not always so sure," I admitted.
"You were right, by the way, Luna" he continued.
"What are you talking about?" I asked, Sage changed subjects far too quickly.
"The other day when I asked you out… you were right." Sage smiled, "Different is good; there's too much of the same in this world."
Our stare was interrupted by the nice waitress who cleared her throat, making me realize just how close we'd leaned into each other over the table; how embarrassing.
"Here you go … your food will be here in a minute" she said as she placed both cokes in between us. The waitress gave us another kind smile and then backed away towards the kitchen.
I took a sip from the thin, pink straw in my coke and noticed Sage staring, "What?" I asked, curiosity striking me.
"Nothing; I just wonder one thing Luna Cullen," Sage cocked his head as if amused by my appearance. "Why do you despise me so much?" Had he really just asked that question? Had he really already forgotten what a jerk he'd been? Was he just trying to say something to avoid silence? I raised my eyebrows and straightened up in my seat, hoping he would get the hint.
"Ok! Ok!" Sage put his hands up in his own defense, "I was just testing!" We were interrupted again by the kind waitress that was now juggling three dishes in her hands. She set the plates in a row from Sage to me, the salad in the centre.
I looked at the burger suspiciously, "Are you serious? Do you think that I paid the cook to poison your meal?" Sage exclaimed.
"Well, you never know; especially since nobody mentioned anything about poisoning the burger," I chuckled and took a bite; Sage stared at me, waiting for me to say something. "Fine, I admit these are pretty good."
"PRETTY GOOD? They're delicious! Just admit it, I was right and you were wrong," he smiled.
"Ok, so they are better than I expected. Happy?" I sighed, "So why is this place barely empty then?" I asked curiously.
Sage leaned over the table and whispered, "Can you keep a secret?"
He caught me off guard; a secret? "Sure," I breathed.
"Last year a group of guys," Sage inhaled, speaking with difficulty, "threw the place apart. They came in with guns and masks; wrecked the place, stole all the cash, and killed a man." I stared at him, mouth agape. "Yeah, the place hasn't really had much success since. It's a small town and people talk, a lot. Then rumors began that the owner himself and his three sons were the ones that stole the money to avoid paying taxes. His wife had just been diagnosed with cancer and they aren't the wealthiest family." Sage shrugged.
"That's awful. I mean, it doesn't make any sense. Why would you make up stories like that?" I exclaimed, "You don't believe it, do you?"
"No, it's nonsense. People just need some sort of entertainment. I don't blame them though, stuck in this godforsaken town their entire lives," Sage said. He appeared to understand the feeling.
"Were you there?" Sage's brows furrowed, "Were you there the night it happened?" I asked.
Sage looked away, "Yeah, I used to be good friends with the owner; worked here for a while too."
"What happened?" I asked curiously.
"People change," he looked pained and I suddenly realized, feeling completely ashamed for having asked, that he had witnessed murder that night.
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have pushed it so far," and I let silence engulf the rest of our twilight.
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"I had a great time, thank you." I smiled up at Sage as he walked me to the front door.
"It was nothing, really." He leaned down and let his lips brush mine for the shortest second. I was in shock; embarrassed, Sage cleared his throat and quietly said, "I'll see you at school," before awkwardly walking to his car and driving away into the darkness.
Strangely enough, I found myself smiling for the first time in what seemed like forever.
So? What do you think? Is Sage feeling REGRETFUL about giving Luna a cute, little, good night peck?
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