A/N: In our last update, Sherman, Leslie, and Mr. Peabody got on the plane to Indiana. Sherman is not so great with heights, but Leslie was there to calm him down when the plane took off. And now they're in Indianapolis right now and they love it so far. In this chapter, Sherman and Leslie have their special quality time together in the city! Enjoy!
(Sherman P.O.V.)
Mr. Peabody and I were in the lobby waiting for Leslie to finish getting her clothes on. Mr. Peabody said there was this really great restaurant in the city and he recommended I take Leslie there. So, I am. It's gonna be fun, just the two of us together.
"I have to admit Sherman, you look so handsome" Mr. Peabody told me. I just smiled. I was wearing black silk pants with zippers on the pockets, I did have my gray long sleeve shirt on, but a black silk blazer was over it, and it was halfway buttoned up, and I wasn't wearing my beanie on my head.
"Thank you, Mr. Peabody" I told him. He just smiled and patted me on the back. I just squeezed on the strap of my bag that had my oxygen tank in it tightly due to my nervousness for this 'Special Night' with Leslie. I saw that Mr. Peabody turned his head and I did the same.
"Hey guys? So, how do I look?" a girl's voice asked us. I couldn't believe my eyes. Leslie was wearing the most beautiful dress ever. It was navy blue, and she had a black wool cardigan over it, and she had black stockings and she was wearing blue Mary Jane shoes.
"You look beautiful" I said walking over to her. She smiled and twirled around a bit. She was just as beautiful than before when she did that.
"So, here's the directions, and here's some money" Mr. Peabody said before he handed me a piece of paper that had the address of the restaurant and four twenty dollar bills.
"Have fun you two" he told us. I smiled and held my hand out for Leslie to hold. She put her hand in mine and we were holding hands as we walked together.
(Normal P.O.V.)
The two friends walked down the sidewalk and kept on walking until they arrived at their destination. Some people just looked at them and said how cute they were together and how the sight of them together was adorable and stuff like that.
"This is it?" Leslie asked. The two of them looked up at the sign to see the words 'Capri: Italian Restaurant' in big red lit up letters.
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure. Mr. Peabody said that someone arranged for us to eat here at least once during our stay" Sherman said. He then walked up to the door and opened it up for her.
"Ladies first" Sherman said. Leslie walked in through the door. Sherman walked behind her and they came up to the waiter who was sitting at a desk.
"Hello, do you have reservations?" the waiter asked.
"Yeah, just look either under Sherman Peabody or Leslie Anderson" Leslie said. The waiter looked over to the computer that was sitting right next to him and scrolled up and down the page on the screen and found something.
"Ah, here it is. Under Sherman Peabody. Right this way please" the waiter said. The two began holding hands again as they followed the waiter to their table. It was sitting right next to a large window that was on the very top floor of the building and the view was incredible and they could watch the cars drive by as they ate.
"Your table" the waiter said. Sherman sat on the left and Leslie sat on the right. Both getting a nice view of the streets.
"May I start you off with some sparkling apple cider?" the waiter asked. The two kids looked at each other and nodded.
"Sure" Leslie said.
"Yes please" Sherman said. The waiter nodded and left. Leslie then looked over to Sherman.
"Sherman, I wanna say something. I've been wanting to say it since you checked out of the hospital on Sunday" Leslie said to him. Sherman's eyes widened a bit and then he spoke.
"Go ahead" Sherman replied. Leslie took a deep breath and spoke.
"I wanna tell you that I'm in love with you, Sherman Peabody. You've got something special that makes every day of my life special. I don't care whether it's a birthday, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween, a cloudy day, a rainy day, or any day of the week, because I know that I want you to be the one who spends all of it with me. And I know this because I love you" Leslie told the redhead with a smile. Sherman then began getting a feeling inside of him that made him feel wanted and special.
"Would it be crazy if I said that I'm in love with you too, Leslie Anderson?" Sherman asked with a smile. Leslie just shook her head.
"We live in a crazy world, Sherman, and I guess it's normal to be crazy when you're in love with someone you think is incredible" Leslie said. Sherman never thought he'd live to see the day when the words 'I'm in love with you' be spoken to him by a girl. The waiter then came by and put down two glasses and poured sparkling apple cider into the glasses.
"And have you decided what you will be having tonight?" the waiter asked. Leslie spoke.
"What do you recommend?" she asked. The waiter then smiled and spoke to the young couple.
"There is a signature dish we have, it is mozzarella and garlic stuffed ravioli" the waiter said. They looked at one another and Sherman spoke.
"That sounds great, we'll have that, please" Sherman said with a smile looking up to the waiter.
"Coming right up, sir" the waiter said before walking away into the kitchen. Sherman and Leslie raised their glasses and Sherman tried to think of a toast, but was clueless as to what to toast to.
"Would you like it if I made the toast?" Leslie asked. Sherman just nodded and shrugged his shoulders and spoke softly afterwards.
"Sure, I'd like that. I'm sort of lost when it comes to this stuff" Leslie then spoke.
"To Sherman, the one who is my joy and sunshine" Leslie said. Sherman then knew what to say and raised his glass.
"And to Leslie, without you I would never have gotten this amazing opportunity to meet my hero, and get to see an amazing place alongside an amazing person" Sherman said.
"So... to us?" Leslie asked. Sherman nodded with his eyes closed and opened them up to speak again.
"To us" they then clinked their glasses and took a sip of their drinks and exhaled as the drinks quenched their thirst. The waiter then came back with two dished with ravioli on them and it had herbs spread across them.
"Enjoy" was all the waiter said before leaving the two of them alone. Sherman and Leslie stuck a fork into one of the many ravioli's on their plates and took a very large bite.
"Oh my Gosh" Leslie said as the taste spread across her tongue.
"How good is this?" Sherman asked with his mouth full of the delicious dish.
"It's amazing" Leslie replied.
"I know, right?" Sherman replied with a smile and taking another bite of his dish. As they ate, they continued on their conversation.
"So, other than meeting John Green, what else are you thinking you wanna do while we're visiting Indiana?" Leslie asked her friend while he had a full mouth. Once Sherman swallowed the pasta, he spoke.
"I'd like to see some art museums, and maybe go to the top of the Chase Building" Sherman told her.
"The Chase Building?" Leslie asked.
"Yeah, it's the highest building in Indianapolis. It's worth paying a visit for the view on top" Sherman said. Leslie shrugged her shoulders smiling and picked her glass up.
"Alright then. A visit to the Chase Building is on the list" she said before taking a sip of her cider. After a while the two kids finished their food, they just kept staring into one another's eyes. The waiter approaching snapped them out of their gazing and they looked up to him.
"Is there anything else I can do for you tonight?" they asked. Sherman pushed his empty plate away from him about two inches away like Leslie did with her plate and spoke to the waiter.
"We'll take the check please" Sherman politely said.
"No need, young man. Your dinner has already been paid for" the waiter said before walking away to another table. Sherman and Leslie looked at each other confused and Leslie stood up and called out to the waiter.
"Who paid for it?" asked Leslie. The waiter turned behind him and smiled.
"By Mr. John Green" he said. Sherman and Leslie smiled and turned to each other. Sherman's favorite author took the liberty of buying them dinner.
"So that means he set this dinner up for us" Sherman said.
"I know. We've gotta thank him when we meet him tomorrow" Leslie said. Sherman nodded in agreement as he got up from his seat and picked up his bag that had his tank in it off the back of the chair and held Leslie's hand in his.
"Now what? You wanna head back to the hotel?" Sherman asked.
"Sure, I'm kinda tired anyways" Leslie said. The two of them walked together hand in hand back to the hotel together.
A/N: There you have it, a romantic dinner between Leslie and Sherman, as well as the two of them confessing their love for each other, and they found out John Green paid for their dinner. Speaking of John Green, Sherman is finally gonna have his dream come true of meeting his hero in the next update as well as another big surprise!
More to come in the next update. Please review, thanks!