Lidia.

I don't remember saying this often...but I truly have nothing to wear! I only have an hour to get ready. In the end I decided to wear my white dress that is tight on my torso and loose from the waist, it's not a long dress but also not short, more like mid thigh length. light makeup should suffice and I decided to wear my long hair in a high ponytail.

My anxiety levels are rising, it's time to make my way downstairs and meet up with Hank.

Hank.

I haven't been on a date for a while, then again this isn't really a date . I decided it's best to dress like a date anyways, I really want to impress Lidia. I decide to wear my white button up, dress shirt and my black suit pants.

Because of all my fur I end up spending the hour drying all of it after showering.

Now I'm standing at the main door waiting for her. I hear footsteps at the top of the stair that lead to the main door, when I turn what I see is an angel, she's so beautiful that for just a second I forget how to breath.

"Ready to go?" she asks me, but I just can't stop staring at her and forget how to talk. "Hank?"

"sorry...um...yes, ready" what am I doing? those aren't sentences. "you look beautiful"

she blushes "thank you, you look nice too" she says "are we driving? it is a lovely day, maybe we should walk"

"we can walk, Frank's isn't that far from here" I tell her and open the door, she makes her way out and I get a whiff of that perfume I like.

Lidia.

The walk through the garden made me feel like I really was on a date. I'm still wishing I would have told him it really was a date.

But wow, how amazing the trees lining the way out look. It is close to fall and they are starting to change their leave color.

"I haven't been to Frank's since the day we 'kind of ' met" I say to Hank

"It has only been a few weeks" Hank answers "and we have been so busy "

The walk there was nice, we kept talking about the school, the kids, the search for more help. Many times I had to remind myself that it wasn't an actual date, we even started to share each other's interests. It's amazing just how many things we have in common, we both love to read and the same foods, we also miss fast food.

When we entered Franks' the only two empty spots were at the bar. Just like the first time I came here, the place was full of mutants, both adults and teens trying to live as normal a life as possible. But today I really did forget they all existed, to me having lunch and a few drinks with Hank was the best part of being there.

Hank.

What an amazing afternoon, after lunch Lidia and I played some games at Franks' and even told each other what our favorite book was, mine as always was 'To kill a mockingbird' and hers' was 'Carmilla', a book I didn't even know existed , she explained how it was written twenty five years before 'Dracula' and it inspired Bram Stoker to write said book. That is when I noticed she has a love for knowledge and the reason she became a teacher in the first place.

When we got home Charles was already back with the children, he also brought some food home saving us the problem of cooking. All the kids wouldn't leave him alone which gave Lidia and I more space.

That night I couldn't sleep , I just kept replaying the not-date we had in my head, and planned to one day take Lidia on a real date.