Aria and Sophia spent three hours getting a mani and pedi. Pink for Sophia with a little flower design and white French tip for Aria. The girls were now heading back home to get dressed for dinner.
"Mommy, I love my nails. It's so pwetty." She said excitedly
"It is sweetheart, now would you please go upstairs and get ready for dinner we have to meet your dad in a half hour."
Sophia didn't say a word, she just ran up the stairs into her room.
Aria was halfway up the stairs when she heard the sound of her phone letting her know it was a text message.
"We still on for tonight? –EF"
"Just got home, getting ready as we speak. –AM"
"Great, see you soon. –EF"
Aria closed her phone screen and smiled her way up to her room.
15 minutes later both girls were ready for dinner. Sophia was dressed in a pink dress with a white cardigan and white lace stockings, tan uggs boots and a white bow in her hair; she wanted to match her nails. While Aria was in dark denim jeans, a tiger shirt and black leather jacket with feather earrings and black knee high boots. She dressed casual since they were only going The Grille.
The girls arrived at the restaurant just on time. Ezra was standing outside waiting for them to get there.
"Hey princess, I missed you."
"Hi daddy I missed you too. Look at my nails, it's pwetty wight?" she asked her dad
"Very, you look very beautiful and your nails look beautiful as well." He said trying to seemed as interested as a guy could be into nails and fashion.
"Hi Ar." He said no matter what she wore she always took his breath away.
"Ezra. You been here long?" she asked
"Not really, I got here a few minutes before you."
"Well let's go inside and get a table shall we." She said leading the way. Ezra had Sophia in arms walking right behind.
The family grabbed a table in the center of the room. Aria started the conversation breaking the silence.
"So how was your day, week actually, we haven't really seen you around lately." She asked while still fixated on her menu.
"It's been kind of.. Idk how to describe it. Schools been crazy with finals for the semester so I've been drowning in stacks of paper, Madison and I broke up and Wes and Alex just got in engaged so they asked me to be the best man so I'm busy helping with whatever I can with that." He said trying to speak a little fast.
Aria looked a little relieved that him and Madison had broken up.
"Oh yeah, I heard Wes got engaged. I haven't been able to call him back about that. And I'm sorry about you and your girlfriend breaking up." She really wasn't sorry she didn't want to sound insensitive.
"It's okay, we've been having problems for a while now." Not knowing that she was the problem.
"So enough about me what about you?" he asked just as the waiter came up to ask what they wanted to eat.
Ezra ordered water with a cheeseburger and Aria ordered a chicken salad with honey mustard and water for herself and macaroni and cheese for Sophia with a side of fries and water.
"Well, I'm almost finished writing my 2nd novel and that's about it. All my time has been on that lately."
"What's your book about?" he asked
"The book is about us actually. About how I left and came back and you found out about Sophia and how were adjusting to life now. I changed the names but it's us alright." She told him sipping her water
"Well I can't wait to read it. What about your first book?"
"My first book is called Love Will Remember. You probably never heard of it. It's pretty hard to find."
"I think I actually have, but the name said Anonymous if I'm correct. I think Madison read that book. She said she loved it."
"That's my book, I don't want anyone to know my name so I just said keep it anonymous. I think it's more fun and I don't have people stalking me." She told him
"Well that was a great idea. And now I have to read the book."
"You don't have to read it, It's fine." She said nervously. The book was about their break up and how her life went on without him and how she still loved him.
Dinner was finished after 2 hours of talking. If you didn't know them you would think they were a real family.
Ezra carried Sophia to Aria's car; she had fallen asleep in his lap during dinner.
"Thanks for tonight, it was fun." She said whispering so Sophia wouldn't wake up.
"It was no problem, I had fun too. Could we do this again some other time?" he asked hoping she would say yes.
"I'd love to, call me." She told and placed a soft peck on his cheek.
"Goodnight Ezra." She said getting in her car
She then drove off and he said goodbye to her.