Clark had been walking up and down the large halls of the mall for about twenty minutes now, and still had found nothing. He hated this, the one time he needed help on a gift nobody was there to help him. Then he saw it, a small little book store, he walked in and went to the older section. He looked under the "L" section and found one hardback copy. His smile was from ear to ear, he picked up the book and brought it forward to the register. Satisfied with his purchase he headed back to the food court, he knew he still had over half an hour left but he figured he could just sit there and think.
Chloe wasn't having the best of luck thinking of what to possibly get Clark, she had sat down after ten minutes of walking. She thought that thinking of what to get him was a better idea than window shopping. She tried thinking of all of the things Clark likes and she came up with two really big ones, Lana and Astronomy. Well even if she could get Clark Lana she probably wouldn't just to be selfish and he had almost all the Astronomy books around. Then a crazy idea hit her, she got up and went over to a map guide of the mall. She knew she had seen a shop had what she was looking for. She found it on the map and headed off in that direction, once there she got down to business telling the clerk exactly what she wanted. Once she was happy and satisfied she paid and made her way back to the designated meeting spot, she looked at her watch, she had exactly ten minutes left.
Clark was enjoying a bottle of water when he spotted Chloe making her way over. She had the brightest smile on her face and he couldn't help but let his spread across his face too. He got up and pulled out a chair for her, "There you are madam. You look extremely happy, find what you were looking for?"
Chloe had saw Clark long before he ever noticed her walking his way, she watched him as he sat there and just sipped at his water. How was it possible for one person to make everything look so damn cute. She laughed at his little fake French accent as he pulled out her chair. "I sure did, how about you mister, you find me something good?"
"Only the best I could find." Clark smiled as he sat back down and offered Chloe a drink of his water. "So to the car and heading home I take it?"
Chloe took the drink of water eagerly, she was pretty thirsty after her hunt for Clark's gift. "I knew you would, we can do that or we could grab a bite to eat. At a nice restaurant though, no more of this nasty mall food" she wrinkled her nose at the thought of any more mall food.
He had to laugh at her, he loved when she wrinkled her nose like that. It was just really cute, he was so tempted to just play the "got your nose" joke. He totally agreed with her, this greasy fast food was getting old, he wanted a nice meal. "Alright, an actually meal sounds really good right now." He stood up and held out his arm for her, "Shall we then?"
He was being overly cute today and Chloe was loving it, he never acted like this when others were around. As much as she hated shopping, today was really fun. She stood up and looped her arm with Clark's, "We shall, but what type of food are we in the mood for? Italian, Seafood, Chinese, or there are some other restaurant that have a variation of food."
Clark was happy Chloe had taken his arm, he didn't plan on letting go until he had to either. He listened to her choices and thought about it for a minute, "Well I think that a mix of Italian and Seafood sounds great, how about the Olive Garden?"
Chloe liked how this boy thought, that sounded more than perfect to her. "Mmm, never knew you had such good taste there Clark. Sounds perfect to me, I know there is a little one near by." She said as she pushed her way out the doors and made her way to the car. She un-looped her arm from his and opened the trunk to place their bags in it.
Clark smiled at her apparent happiness of his choice, he always felt he had good taste in food. He saddened a bit when he felt her pull her arm away, but he knew they would have to if they wanted to get in the car. He placed his bags in the trunk and closed it and got in the car. "So you think we will make it home before to late?"
Chloe looked at the time it was just after five o'clock, "Yeah we should make curfew if that is what you are worried about Clark." She had to throw in the sarcasm, it just was her and it seemed like perfect moment. She pulled out and down the road to the restaurant.
Clark glanced over at her sarcastic comment, "Good, but I was more worried about being on the road late at night. It is supposed to get bad tonight and I don't want to get caught in it."
"Oh ok, I am sorry." She looked at him with her puppy dog face and then laughed because she couldn't hold it for long. She realized they were already at the restaurant, "Well look at that, we are here, see told you not too far."
Clark laughed at her as she laughed at herself, she was so beautiful when she laughed. He was shocked at how fast they did come to the restaurant, "Well you were right, good though because I am starving."
Chloe rolled her eyes, "And what else is knew, you are always hungry Clark." They walked up the stairs and into the restaurant and up to the hostess.
"Ah how many?" the pretty young girl asked staring at the two. She looked at them and could painfully tell they were from out of town. They made a cute couple though, but how could you go wrong with a guy like him.
"Just two" Clark said as he stood behind Chloe and waited for the hostess to seat them. As the girl took off in a direction towards the back he pushed Chloe to follow her and he would follow her. When they got to the small table the hostess had chosen for them Clark again pulled out Chloe's chair and went to sit across from her.
Chloe was shocked at how Clark just took over and answered the girl, then he was pushing her to follow and pulling out her chair. This was feeling more and more like a date and it was kinda freaking her out. She smiled though, maybe it was just her and she was being stupid. "Thanks" she muttered to both the hostess and Clark.
"So what can I get you two to drink?" The hostess handed them some menus and waited to hear their drink orders. She observed how kind and gentlemanly the guy was, pulling out her chair. She wished she had a guy like him.
Clark thought about it and decided on just a glass of water sounded best. "I will have just a glass of water, thanks." He looked at Chloe to see what she was going to get.
"Oh umm, yeah water sounds great." Chloe didn't notice it was her turn to order until it had gotten quite.
The hostess smiled at the girl, she knew how she felt. "Alright then I will be back with your drinks and some salad and breadsticks." She gave them one last smile before she turned and left to get their drinks.
Chloe already knew what she wanted so she pushed the menu away from her and watched Clark read it. She watched him read over the many choices and wrinkle his nose at some and nod at some like they might be good. She laughed after a big wrinkle he gave one option.
Clark didn't even know that Chloe had been staring at him until he heard her laugh, when he looked up he noticed she was laughing at him. "What?"
"Nothing, just watching you silently reject some of the food that is all." Chloe felt like a loser having him catch her staring at him.
Clark started to blush, he was at a loss for words. Thankfully the waitress was back with their drinks and salad and breadsticks.
"Here you are, if you are ready to order I can take it for you."
"Ah yeah I am ready, I will have the Seafood Alfredo." Chloe picked up her menu and handed to the girl, she looked over at Clark to see what he was getting.
Clark listened as Chloe ordered and then saw the girl turn to him, "Well that sounds great, I will have the same." He handed her his menu as well and looked back to Chloe.
"Alright well I will be back later with your orders, enjoy the salad and breadsticks." She gave them one last smile and walked off.
Chloe smiled at Clark, "So was it just a coincidence that you ordered the same as me or you just picked it because I did?" She leaned over the table and narrowed her eyes at him.
Clark picked up a breadstick and tore off a piece, he tried not to stare but as Chloe leaned forward she pushed up her cleavage quite a bit. He managed to get his eyes back up to her eyes, "Well I saw it and thought about it and when you said it, it just confirmed I wanted it."
"Well ok, I suppose it could just be a case of great minds think alike." She leaned back and took a breadstick with her. "So do I get a hint at my gift or are you making me wait?"
"I think waiting is the best option with you Chlo, you will rack your brains trying to figure it out and you won't stop so then I would have to give it to you early and that would be no fun, now would it?" He had done that before and wasn't about to do it again.
She chucked a piece of breadstick at him, "Fine, but that means you don't get a hint either." She stuck out her tongue at him.
Clark caught the piece she threw at him and ate it, "Mmmm, so good." He stuck his tongue back at her and then stuck it back in as he saw the girl come with their food. "Wow that was fast."
"Well we have a pretty empty house tonight so we got to your order right away, enjoy and holler if you need anything." She waited for either of them to say something but they seemed content so she walked off.
Chloe watched the girl place her food down and she said thank you but she was too hungry to look up at her. "Well dig in then."
-x-So this is a longer chapter for me, don't know how it got this long but it did. So this is a long journey to what I have in mind for the end product. But hopefully a nice and enjoyable journey, so please send me feedback!