Hello my beautiful bookworms, please enjoy the chapter ...
The three teenagers spent their evening avoiding each other. Finally, Liam caught Sabrina in the kitchen laying the table for dinner and decided it was time to make conversation. He knocked on the door and entered, gently taking the plate from her hands and setting it on the counter top.
"I've called Marshal, he's driving us into town for dinner." Liam said, looking at Sabrina.
"Well, that's not necessary because we have pizza to eat, normal pizza which is something I'd like to treat myself too. I've just woken up, I don't want to go out"
Liam bit down on his lip and raised his eyebrows. "Are you still mad at me?"
"Nooooo, you only destroyed my relationship and forced me to kiss you!" Sabrina exclaimed sarcastically.
"Babe, you know you liked it."
"Go and fuck yourself." Sabrina smiled and continued her job of laying the table.
"Sabrina, I-I'm so sorry." The prince looked at his feet. " It just gets really lonely at home and when I see a beautiful girl my hormones start to jump around. I never meant to split up you and Puck. Let me treat you to a meal. You can have pizza if you want and I bet it will be a thousand times better than that one." Liam looked at the Grimm sadly.
Sabrina didn't normally do this but she caved. She knew what it was like to be alone for ages; nobody but her sister to talk to. "Fine, but we can't leave Puck to use the oven alone."
"We'll bring him back the leftovers. Your ex will eat anything!"
"Good point." Ex she thought, repeating the word, that was going to be hard to come to terms with.
"I'll be ready by eight. Oh, and dress nice." Liam winked before disappearing upstairs.
Sabrina wrote out a note for Puck. She suspected he wouldn't notice their absence, spending the rest of the night in his room. When she'd cleaned the table, the girl ran upstairs to get ready.
'first meal out.' she thought, clothes flying out from her wardrobe. Puck and Sabrina hadn't had chance to go out on a date, unless you count sitting on Puck's bedroom grass, watching the stars for twenty minutes before hearing Daphne and hiding behind a tree.
After several minutes, Sabrina discovered a black bodycon dress hiding in the shadows at the back of a cupboard. She'd been forced to buy it by her mom a year ago, just another one of Veronica's attempts to make her daughter a little more approachable if she ever decided to venture outside, god forbid a party! A pair of black converse were used to complete the look alongside a quick sweep with a mascara brush. The Grimm looked in the mirror and smiled.
Liam was waiting at the bottom of the stairs, phone in hand. "Shall we go?"
"We shall." Sabrina nodded and let Liam open the door for her. They walked down the steps and stopped in front of a black Bentley. Marshal stood by the back door of the car holding it open for the two teens. Sabrina climbed over the seats and relaxed into the leather, letting Liam shut the door behind them.
It took five minutes before the car was cruising through the streets of Ferryport landing, everafters and mundanes staring at the monster with wheels. Finally they pulled over on the side of the road and Liam jumped out the car, holding the door for Sabrina; she stepped onto the pavement but didn't turn to say thank you. She'd decided to be polite to the boy but ignore all extra gestures towards her.
It was no surprise that Liam had brought her to the most expensive restaurant in the whole town. Granny Relda had told them it was owned by Rumpelstiltskin, his bank still held half the gold in Ferryport and sold the best food ever. Sabrina waited for the prince to walk inside the building - just so she could check that it was the right diner. Liam smiled kindly at the waitress as she sat them in a window seat, leaning over to light a candle in the centre of the table.
"You two are so adorable!" She exclaimed.
"Oh... umm, no actually -" Sabrina started only to be cut off by Liam.
"Thank you, that's so kind. I couldn't go a day without this beautiful girl in my life."
Sabrina bit the side of her mouth sourly until the waitress grinned and walked off. "Jesus, you have some nerve. What are you doing? I should never have come here with you."
Liam closed his eyes and sighed patiently. "Sabrina, we get the food half price if we've come as a couple, look at the menu."
Sabrina scanned the paper and averted her eyes to the floor like a child just been proven wrong. Liam smiled sweetly as the waitress returned with their drinks. She poured the fizzy liquid into their glasses and flipped open her notebook ready to write down orders. "So what can I get this lovely lady?"
"Can I have - " Sabrina was stopped once again by Liam.
"She'll have the lobster salad. And... I'll take the steak."
"Right." The lady stopped and glanced at Liam, obviously questioning how much say Sabrina had in the relationship. "We'll have your meals ready in half an hour."
"Thanks." Liam winked and handed the lady both menus.
Sabrina was fiddling with a ring on her finger, biting her lip submissively. She didn't like Liam at all, more so after being denied her pizza and she hated trying to make conversation with people she didn't know, that was Daphne's area of expertise.
"So, now I'd be asking you what we were going to order but you've already done that for both of us! Do you normally do that? Take girls out to dinner just so you can seduce the waitresses and control what the girl eats. I wasn't aware I was that fat! A salad, really? I was actually going to order pizza."
Liam apologised, finally managing to start a decent conversation.
"So, what do you do when you're not out solving mad murder cases or chasing giants up bean stalks?" Liam asked sounding generally curious.
Brina put down her glass and glanced at the boy opposite her. "Nobody's asked me that question before. Let me think... I like movies, watching people paint and reading. And on really cold winter days, I love taking Elvis for walks near the woods. The leaves are so beautiful, the air seems to clear my head." Sabrina blushed, she knew opening up like this to the boy who'd made her single was not a good idea but there was nothing to lose. Liam replied thoughtfully.
"I love going outside too, it is so peaceful. All the trees and flowers make me feel so... alive. Now, tell me about this dog of yours, Elvis? What is he like?"
Sabrina was amazed at how easy it was to talk to Liam. He smiled and laughed showing his perfectly straight teeth when she recited the story of how she broke her ankle trying to pull Elvis away from a squirrel. They chattered on, only stopping to take a sip of coke or cut up a piece of steak. When the two had finished their meal and Liam called for the check, he gazed at Sabrina for a long time.
"You are so beautiful," He said dreamily. "Puck was right, I shouldn't be looking at any more girls after laying eyes on you."
Sabrina turned red and dropped her head. "You're not too bad yourself."
The check arrived and the waitress wished them a good evening. Liam sat back in the car feeling very happy with himself and after a small peck on the cheek from Sabrina, he knew that part one of his plan was complete.
I'm suffering from the worse writers block ever but onto the next chapter where things get serious...