Knight In Shining Armour
Chapter 11

Jess
Tonight was an exciting night for me. Becker and I are going on our first official date and I am beyond excited. I've dreamt about this day since the day I met Becker and now it was finally happening. It was going to be a simple first date, we were going to have dinner at a restaurant by The Thames and then talk a stroll before going home. It was my idea of a perfect date to be honest and what I liked most about it, Becker was the one who planned everything and surprised me with it earlier on today. I had told him I didn't like surprises as I wasn't sure what to wear and I kept going on and on so he eventually told me what he had planned. We've decided to keep it between us for now, we didn't want everyone to get excited about us getting together in case things went pear shaped. Of course everything was going well so far but you never know, Becker might one day realise I wasn't the girl he thought I was and I wasn't the right one for him.

I know I just need to stop worrying about all of this and just enjoy the night ahead. I just need to take things as they come and not over think everything, it just stresses me out when I do that. I sipped the glass of wine I had on my bedside table, this is going to help with the nerves. I don't know why I'm nervous, it's just Becker. I know him and I know we're going to have a great time and he's going to be a complete gentleman because he always is. I have no idea why I'm stressing out. I just need to stop it.

I looked up the restaurant online and it looked pretty nice so I had to dress nice too. I decided on a white cami top with a purple skirt and light grey 6 inch heels. I put my hair up in perfect doughnut bun and decided on light and natural make up. Thankfully I have no breakouts at the moment so I just put on some blush, mascara, eye liner and lip gloss. I put everything I would need in my purple bag and downed the glass of wine I had and just in time as well. As I walked into the kitchen to put the glass in the basin the front door knocked and I knew it would be Becker. I checked myself in the mirror next to the door to make sure I looked ok and then opened the door.

Becker was stood there in a white button down shirt with some tailored trousers on and dress shoes. We smiled at each other and I welcomed him in whilst I went and got my bag that I left in the bedroom, before I managed to get the bedroom Becker grabbed me and kissed me. I giggled like a little school girl and returned the kiss before going off to the bedroom.

Once I had my bag I went back out to meet him "You look beautiful by the way" He said and put his arm out to me.

I took his arm and the two of us left my apartment and we went down to his car. Becker was a true gentleman and held the door open for me, let me get in the car and closed it behind me. He rushed round to the drivers seat and got in the car too and then we started driving. The car journey was silent apart from the radio going on softly in the background, it was obvious we were both nervous to be on this date. I looked over at Becker who was smiling as he drove.

When we got to the restaurant Becker held all the doors open for me again and he held the chair out for me before taking a seat himself opposite me "Can I get you some drinks?" The waiter asked.

"A white wine spritzer and a large coke please" Becker ordered, the waiter wrote down the drink orders and left to get them "I hope you don't mind me ordering for you" He said.

"Of course not. I just feel bad drinking whilst you're driving" I replied.

"I'm used to being the one who can't drink. Besides I'm on call tomorrow morning so I can't drinks. I have to be ready to leap into action" He told me.

"My very own action man" I commented with a cheeky smile.

The waiter came back with our drinks and ordered our food, I ordered a chicken salad and Becker ordered lasagne. When I saw the prices on the menu I was glad I brought some money with me, I couldn't expect Becker to pay for all of this. It was too much, especially for a first date. I know Becker isn't going to like me paying for some of the bill because he's too much of a gentleman to allow a lady to pay but it was only fair I did some of the bill.

"I can't believe we're finally out on a date together" He commented.

"I know it's crazy. After all this time getting to know each other and after everything we've been through, we finally made it to a dinner date" I said to him.

"Well I'm glad we're here" He told me and he grabbed my hand from across the table and squeezed it gently.

"Me too" I replied.

"Are you sure you'll be ok going for a walk after dinner in them heels?" He asked.

"I'll be fine, I promise" I said "If not then you can give me a piggy back" I joked with a laugh.

When we finished our beautiful dinner we had a couple more drinks before deciding to pay and go for that walk before it got too late. When time came for the bill to be paid Becker refused to take any money from me like I knew he would. He paid on his card and I tried slipping some money into his pocket both trouser pocket and jacket pocket but he managed to catch me. He seemed offended I wouldn't let him pay so we can to an agreement. He pay for dinner tonight and on our next date, I'll pay and I made him promise to stick to that. I don't know when our next date was or what it would be doing but I was paying for it and that was final. I can't have him paying for everything.

I'm glad Becker brought a jacket with him because halfway through our walk I started to get cold. Becker gave me his jacket and we held hands as we walked down the side of The Thames. We took a couple of pictures together as it was our first real date and we wanted to have some memories of it. I got a really good selfie of me and Becker with the London Eye lights in the background and the sky was a pinky orange colour. It was a very beautiful evening and the perfect ending to our date.

"So… I've been thinking about our next date" He started.

"Oh yeah?" I questioned.

"How about a movie or bowling or something" He suggested.

"Sounds great" I replied.

"Next Friday?" He asked.

"Sorry, I can't do next Friday. I have a meeting with my lawyer to deal with Kenny stuff. My meeting isn't until 4pm and I don't know how long I'll be in there" I told him.

"Right. I forgot about him" He commented and sighed.

"I'm really sorry" I said.

"It's ok, we can do it another day"

"I'm sorry. I've been trying to avoid bringing Kenny up" I told him.

"Don't worry about it" He replied and tried to shrug it off but I think he was a little bothered by it. He just didn't want to say anything to me in case he upset me or something.

"I know it's been difficult with everything going on with Kenny but hopefully everything will be done with soon. We have the court case and he's more then likely going to be convicted for what he did to me. Once that's done with we won't have to mention him again and we'll never have to hear from him again" I explained.

"I'll be glad when he's locked up and convicted" He said.

I stopped walking and Becker followed suit. I could see he was no longer as happy as he was when we first started our date and I know it's because Kenny was brought up. I don't blame him, no guy wants to hear his date speak about her ex boyfriend, no matter what's being said. I know Becker just hates him too and never wants to mention him for any reason. I know if Kenny ever went near Becker again, he'd be lucky if he didn't leave in a body bag.

"Everything will be sorted soon, I promise" I told him.

"I know" He replied.

He pulled me close to him and wrapped his arms around me. I leaned up and our lips met in a sweet kiss, that seemed to take both our minds off Kenny.