It had been a few days since Iker and Fernando had their talk and Iker was getting use to the fact that we were dating and Fernando was trying not to make Iker angry.
"Iker!"
"Si?"
"I'm going out."
"With?"
"Fernando."
"Where?"
"Dinner. Movies."
"Be home before one." I rolled my eyes,
"Si papa." He laughed,
"Hey don't get smart." He kissed my head and I left. I was meeting Fernando at the mechanics shop because his spark plugs needed replaced. I pulled up to the shop and of course there were paparazzi. I got out and made my way through the questioning crowd,
"Ms. Casillas!"
"Are you picking Fernando up?" I pushed through and made my way into the station.
"Hola."
"Hola Fernando."
"So are you ready?"
"Si." He took my arm and we pushed our way through the crowd. We got to my car and made our way to the restaurant. It was a French restaurant whose owners were friends of mine. I used to work for them when I was a teenager and they became kind of like a second family to me. They would always send food home with me for Iker and me to eat and would always check up on us and have us over for holidays. We walked in and Fernando put his arm around my waist and led me to the front,
"Natalia!"
"Abella!" The old woman gave me a hug and then kissed Fernando on the cheek,
"Felix! Come out here!"
"What is it?"
"Natalia!"
"Natlaia!" The old man came out and kissed me on both cheeks and then shook hands with Fernando, "You must be Fernando." He shook his head and Abella led me to a table.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Fernando pov~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The hold man held me there while my girlfriend kept walking,
"Take care of her. She means a lot to me. She and Iker are like my children. She deserves the best, and I think you can be the best. Just don't treat her like that other Spanish kid did." I gulped down the lump in my throat and walked to the table.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Natalia pov~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When Fernando came to the table he seemed slightly stressed,
"Everything okay?" he shook his head and sat down beside me,
"Yeah,"
"He talked to you didn't he." He shook his head and I took his hand, "He's a good man. He lost his daughter and son to a fire and moved here and took Iker and I under his wing."
"He seems like a good man." I smiled and put my hand on his cheek. We had dinner and then made our way to the theater. We sat in the back and I felt his arm around me. We watched the movie and my head rested on his shoulder. When the movie was over I stood up and when we were leaving the theater I stepped on something and twisted my ankle. My ankle was throbbing and Fernando was worried,
"I'm fine it's just twisted." He helped me up,
"Are you sure you're ok?"
"Yeah." I started to walk and I fell. Fernando caught me and wrapped his arms around my waist. People were watching and taking pictures. Great. Just great.
"Yeah, I don't believe you." His lips were by my ear and sending tingles down my spine. He lifted me up in his arms bridal style and then walked out of the theater. People were staring at us and I felt my face turn every shade of red. This was embracing. People were pointing and taking cell phone pictures. I put my against his chest and mumbled,
"Lord this is embracing." I felt his lips near my face,
"But you still look beautiful." I looked forward to see the paps all gathered snapping pictures of us coming out. I buried my head deeper into his chest,
"Fernando!"
"Fernando! What happened?"
"Natalia! Do you care to comment on what happened?"
"Are you two a couple now?" Fernando didn't say a word and simply took me to the car. I gave him my keys and with me still wrapped in his arms he unlocked the car and satme in it. Fernando got in and we drove off.
"Thank you." I whispered.
"Anything for you." He leaned forward and kissed me on the forehead and drove off.