Chapter •22•
Previously on Love Awaits
《Dillon》What about the puppy?
《Peyton》She's fine for a couple of hours, now let's go we walk out the door and head to a restaurant when we get there we get out of the car we walk into the restaurant and the girls said
And now on Love Awaits
《Josephine and Julie》Jasmine, when we see Jasmine we run up to her and hug her
《Jasmine》Hi Josephine hi Julie, mommy these are my best friends Josephine and Julie Meyer
《Rowan》Hi girls then I heard the one voice I didn't expect to hear say to Josephine and to Julie
《Peyton》Girls you know your not supposed to run off like that young ladies
《Josephine and Julie》Sorry daddy but look this is our best friend Jasmine
《Peyton》It's OK just don't do it again then I look at Jasmine and I see she's in a wheelchair then I see Rowan get up and walk over to me and I smile at her hi I didn't know you were here
《Rowan》Hi can we talk? He nods and I look at Carmen, Carmen can you watch Jasmine? She nods and Peyton says to who I'm assuming is his brother
《Peyton》Dillon can you watch Josephine and Julie? He nods and together the girl who I'm assuming is Rowan's sister and my brother say
《Carmen and Dillon》Guys don't worry we got the three girls just go and talk they nod and walk away
With Peyton and Rowan
《Rowan》Why did you freeze up when you saw that Jasmine was in a wheelchair? Look if you can't handle that I have a disabled child then whatever is going on between us won't work
《Peyton》Rowan I'm sorry I was just caught off guard and what do you mean whatever is going on between us won't work?
《Rowan》Listen you don't know everything OK when Jasmine was about 4 years old I had my parents watch her while I went out with this guy and I told him that I have a daughter and he said that he wanted to meet her so I said OK I took him back to the house with me to meet Jasmine and once he saw that she is in a wheelchair he ran out the door faster then I have ever seen anyone move in my life so when he left that's when I devoted all my time to Jasmine
《Peyton》Rowan you are an amazing mother and that guy you were dating last year is a complete jerk and I'm sure Jasmine is a wonderful little girl and I want whatever is going on with us to work I have been wanting to ask you something ever since you kissed me at the vet clinic
《Rowan》Oh yeah what's that?
《Peyton》Well I know we have only went on one date despite the fact that it was at my vet clinic but I guess what I'm asking is Rowan Blanchard will you be my girlfriend?
《Rowan》Hmm I don't know I'll have to think about that, I pretend to think I look around to see if anyone is looking when I see that nobody is looking I kiss him, does that answer your question?
《Peyton》Hmm I don't know would you like to tell me again? She smiles at me and kisses me again oh yeah that answers my question
《Rowan》Come on let's go and you can meet Jasmine
《Peyton》Just wait, I run to the door
《Rowan》Hey were are you going?
《Peyton》I look at Rowan and say don't worry I'll be right back I run out the door and run to my car and go to the flower shop around the corner once I get to the flower shop I get out of my car and walk into the flower shop and get 2 small bouquets of flowers once I have them I walk to the counter and pay for them once I paid for the flowers I walk out of the flower shop with the flowers and head back to my car and head back to the restaurant once I get back to the restaurant I get the bouquets of flowers and walk back in the restaurant and see Rowan still standing there with a worried face I think to myself (dammit she's probably worried that I wasn't coming back) so I walk up to her with the flowers behind my back when I get to her I look at her and say, what did you think I was running away on you?
《Rowan》I thought you were running away like that guy I was dating last year
《Peyton》Rowan I will never ever run away on you now come on let's go so I can meet Jasmine she nods and we walk over to their table where Jasmine, Josephine, Julie, Dillon and Rowan's sister are
《Rowan》Hey what's going on over here?
《Jasmine}Hi mommy my friends and I are colouring in the colouring books that aunt Carmen's friend gave us
《Rowan》That's nice baby, hey there is someone I want you to meet, this is, I look at Peyton I don't know how to introduce you
《Peyton》I smile at her in the best way you can I put my hand on her back showing her that I'm here and I'm not going anywhere
《Rowan》OK OK Carmen, Jasmine this is Peyton he's-he's my boyfriend
《Carmen and Jasmine》Hi Peyton nice to meet you
《Peyton》You too, I step around Rowan and walk over to Jasmine and get down to her level hi sweetheart I got you something, I pull out the flowers from behind my back these are for you I hand her the flowers
《Jasmine》Thank you they are beautiful, how did you know lilies are my favourite flowers
《Peyton》They are beautiful just like you and I didn't know I just guessed and your welcome
《Jasmine》You got 2 bouquets of flowers?
《Peyton}I smile at her yes I do that's because these once are for your beautiful mommy, I get up and smile at Rowan, Rowan these are for you I hand her the other bouquet of flowers
《Rowan》Thank you Peyton but you didn't have to do this for us
《Peyton》I wanted too, oh and Jasmine, Carmen and Rowan this is my brother Dillon and my daughters Josephine and Julie
《Carmen, Jasmine and Rowan》Hi nice to meet you
《Carmen》Dillon, Peyton, Josephine and Julie sit down and look at the menus and whatever you want to eat I can get my chef to make you anything you want I hand them menus and they look through them, you see anything you like?
《Josephine and Julie》Do you have chicken nuggets and for the drinks do you have chocolate milk?
《Carmen》We sure do, Peyton, Dillon anything you'd like?
《Peyton》Can I get chicken Burger and for a drink Diet Coke please
《Carmen》Dillon and for you?
《Dillon》I'll have the taco salad please and as for a drink I'll have root beer please
《Carmen》Coming right up I take the menus and the paper I wrote their food orders on and the paper I wrote their drink orders on take them to the kitchen and have Michael make them their food, hey Michael I have another food order for you I hand Michael the food order paper and I take the drink order paper and walk over to the fridge and get them their drinks once i got their drinks I walk to the door I was about to walk out the door when Michael stopped me and said
《Michael》I'll bring out the food when it's ready, she nods and walks out the door and I think to myself(god she's gorgeous if I wasn't married I would totally ask Carmen out) I snap myself out of my thoughts and start working on the food
《Carmen》When I get to the table I put down the drinks I hand out their drinks and sit back down with them, I look at Dillon so Dillon what do you do for a living?
《Dillon》Well I own my own car dealership
《Carmen》Oh really that's great my sister here is looking for a wheelchair accessible van
《Rowan》Carmen I told you I don't have the money to get one
《Dillon》Here's my card come down whenever you can and you can pick one out
《Rowan》I will but I have to call her O.D.S.P worker first to see if I can get one for her, there's a lot of things I need to talk to her O.D.S.P worker about I have to talk to her O.D.S.P worker about getting her a power wheelchair because Jasmine said to me that it's getting harder for her to push herself in her manual wheelchair her arms are getting tired from doing it, but Dillon you don't have to feel obligated to help me get a wheelchair van just because I'm dating your brother Peyton
《Dillon》Rowan this has nothing to do with the fact that you're dating my brother Peyton this has to do with the fact that Jasmine is in a wheelchair and it's going to get harder and harder to lift her in and out of your car as she grows up and when you get a wheelchair accessible van you will find that it is easier to transport Jasmine around with the wheelchair accessible van
《Rowan》OK thank you Dillon I'll give you a call after I call her O.D.S.P
《Dillon》it's not a problem I'm happy to help in anyway I can, I look at Carmen so Carmen you own this beautiful restaurant?
《Carmen》Yes I do I opened this place when Rowan told my parents my brother and myself that she was pregnant with a baby girl and when Rowan told us her name I knew that I wanted my restaurant to be named after my beautiful niece then I think to myself (also my beautiful late daughter Heaven)
《Dillon》That's beautiful are you working today or is it one of your days off?
《Carmen》The perks about owning a restaurant is I hired a manager so I come in when they need anything
《Dillon》So what I'm hearing is that your free today?
《Carmen》Well I'm out to lunch with Rowan and Jasmine
《Rowan》Carmen can I talk to you for a minute?
《Carmen》Sure, I get up and walk with Rowan to the storage room when we get there I look at Rowan, OK Rowan what's going on?
《Rowan》Carmen Dillon clearly likes you and he wants to hang out with you to get to know you so go hang out with Dillon get to know him, it's been 4 years since you lost Kevin and Heaven they would want you to move on
《Carmen》I know they would but I'm still dealing with their loss
《Rowan》I know you are, I hug Carmen it's going to be OK they love you and they always will now come on let's go back to the table she nods and we walk back to the table when we get back to the table the girls are still colouring and Peyton and Dillon are sitting there talking we sit down with them