……………….A week later…………………………………………….
Joey was finishing up her laps around the rink when Portman skated up next to her, "hey jo", "yea Portman" Joey answered breathlessly , "so its Friday ", Joey stopped and turned to look up at Portman "yes its Friday , your point", "well I was just thinking that maybe we could go out and do something together just the two of us", "aww Portman are you asking me out on a date" Joey said coyly, "no its just two friends going out to eat together and if we just happen to end up making out in a deserted parking lot so be it", Joey laughed softly to herself "alright I'm to tired to object but lets hurry it up , its already 5 I want to miss the rush, I will meet you in a hour at my room", "alright see ya then". Joey skated off the ice and into the locker room, Portman waited until he was sure she was gone, " uh oh Go Portman , whos the man I'm the man", suddenly Portman was interrupted by a fit of loud of obnoxious laughter , "bro , you got it so bad" Fulton punched Portman playfully, the two of them skated off the ice together and headed for the locker room.
An hour later
Portman knocked on Joey's door wearily, after a couple of minutes the door opened, Joey looked up and smiled calmly at Portman , "well isn't this cute we match" she said referring to their matching white wife beaters, "but I like my shoes better" she added looking back and forth between Portman's black biker boots and her brown polo ones. Joey shoved her cell phone into her pocket , grabbed her pink velour jacket closed and locked the door and took off down the hallway at Portman's side. "so where are we going?" Joey asked excitedly, "I was thinking that we could go to this little sports bar over on Logan, maybe catch a movie or something." Portman replied, "ummm, sports bar sounds awesome but how bout something else afterwards, my surprise" , "oh god , I'm scared", Joey laughed and entwined her fingers with Portman's "don't be".
At the Sports Bar…..
"so what now, the silence is killin me" Joey said while tossing a french fry into her mouth, "umm I don't know how bout 20 questions",
"how bout five",
"ok" Portman agreed. "me first"
Joey nodded in reply
"have you ever been in love?".
Joey chuckled a bit to herself before answering , "yea once, what about you"
"nope never, what was his name"
"David, haven't you ever wanted to be in love"
"of course who doesn't I just never found someone that was worth it, besides what happened with your love"
" wow how did I know that one was coming"
"you don't have to tell me if you don't want to"
"its alright I guess we do have all night , it is a weekend"
"yes this is true"
"ok well when I was 15 I started dating David, I had known him since I was born , and we fell in love it was perfect for almost two years until one day it all changed , im still not exactly sure what happened, one day he called and it just wasn't the same anymore he didn't care like he used to so I just said that's it , and that was that , I haven't spoken to him in about 5 months"
"wow, that sucks"
"yea, what time is it anyway" Joey asked as she noticed busboys beginning to put chairs on top of tables.
"its 11:45, I guess we should be leaving to see your surprise"
"I guess so".
The pair paid and left the restaurant, "ok give me your keys" Joey said as she held out her hand to Portman.
"Excuse me ,I don't think so , no one and I mean no one besides me drives my baby"
"please I'm not gonna hurt it , besides don't you want to see the surprise?" Joey asked sweetly
Portman slapped his forehead and handed Joey his keys, "I cant believe I'm doing this"
Joey snatched the keys out of his hand and replaced them with her own hand as she dragged Portman to his car.
She put the key into the ignition and started Portman's 1999 chevy tahoe, "I love it already"
"yea yea lets just go before I change my mind" Portman replied hastily.
Joey just smiled and continued on her drive. When they arrived Joey walked over to the passenger side and pulled Portman out , "alright now close your eyes"
"why?" He questioned
"because it's a freakin surprise duh now just do it" Joey replied exasperated.
"fine" Portman said as he covered his eyes .
Joey once again took his large hand in hers and walked through the small park that they had arrived at a few minutes earlier. "ok open"
Portman opened his eyes and found nothing more but a large fenced off area, he couldn't really tell what was behind the fences because it was so dark, "ok I'm confused whats so special bout this"
"Just come on" Joey said as she began to scale the 10 foot fence in front of her.
"what are you doing are you crazy , I'm not climbing that thing"
Joey jumped down on the other side of the fence, "aww is the big gad inforcer scared"
"hell no" in about two seconds Portman was over the fence and standing next to Joey. "now what is so special about this"
"I found this the first night I was here , I was kinda homesick so I went for a walk and I found this it's a garden for the people that live in those townhomes but its so beautiful I just cant help myself" Joey smiled as she walked around the garden .
Portman was a bit speechless, he looked up and saw Joey standing in front of a bench, the moonlight was shining down on her hair and she looked absolutely gorgeous, then she spoke.
"this is my favorite part, look" She pointed to a small metal plaque in the middle of the bench.
"To Katherine who always sat beside me , forever Joseph" Portman read aloud.
"wouldn't that be nice" Joey said quietly.
"yea well its getting late we should probably head home" Portman said breaking the moment a bit.
"yea I guess it is".
