Relationships Aren't Easy

"Seemingly" Perfect

This is a little short, but remember, this is something of a prologue. If the quality seems low, I'm sorry, I haven't much sleep and I'm not exactly at 100

Layla fiddled with her fingers impatiently under the table as she waited for the waiter to arrive. She and Will were on their first date at the Paper Lantern, much to the pleasure, as well as chagrin of Will. Although he was beaming that he and Layla were finally on a date, he wasn't too happy that it had to be at a Chinese resturant. It had taken some convincing but Lalya had finally convinced Will to go here (in a rather, interesting matter). Still, Will wasn't completely okay with the date; in fact, 99 of the reason he was here was Layla, the other 1 was that he was really hungry.

"Well, Stronghold and the hippie, not much of a surprise," Warren said rather tiredly as he came up to the table, his hair wrapped ina bun, with a notepad and pen in hand. "First date?"

"You know it," Will said, smiling brightly from Warren to Layla, who returned the smile with equal brilliance, getting an annoyed look from Warren, which was nearly impossible to notice.

"Please, can you get 'luvvy duvvy' after I leave?" Warren said, looking disgusted , forcing the two to break eye contact.

"Sorry," Will said sheepishly as he looked back up at his recently turned best friend. "Well since you're waiting, I guess I'll have... the chicken lo mein," Will said as he looked over the menu quickly, flipping the pages back and forth several times.

"I'll just have a salad," Layla said as Warren jotted down the order, muttering a 'no surprise there'. Warren then quickly turned around and headed toward the kitchen with the order.

"They have salads here?" Will asked, looking at Layla quizzically.

"Apparently," Layla answered with a shrug.

Will merely smiled and leaned foward, pressing his lips against Layla gently, taking her by pleasurable surprise. When they separated, Layla asked, "What was that for?"

"Warren told us to wait until he left, right?" Will said with a smile. Layla couldn't help but laugh and leaned foward once again, Will following suit.

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Will and Layla were walking home, his powerful arms wrapped around her slender, gentle shoulders. Both were feeling quite satisfied and Will had to admit it, Chinese food wasn't all that bad. Both said nothing as they walked but merely let their closeness speak for themselves. Layla then stopped for a second and, with a mere wave of her hand, stretched a tree branch down to eye level, an apple growing from the tip. Layla plucked it and let the branch return to it's normal state as she held the apple up to Will.

"Apple?" Layla asked cheerily, letting the light shine on the apple's red coat. Will nodded and took a bite of the apple as Layla took a bite out of the other side, the crunching sound ringing through their ears. The two smiled as they quickly swallowed the fruit down their throats, feeling rather nostalgic.

"Remember when we used to do this as kids?" Will asked as they turned the corner, taking another bite out of the apple.

"Yeah, back then it was fun but this time, it's romantic," Layla said gently, Will agreeing with a nod. The two laughed at it, finding it rather funny how eating a simple apple suddenly turned completely romantic. Not that they minded, not at all.

After a few more blocks, the two finally reached Layla's doorstep, stopping directly in front of the large white door as Will moved his arm off his lover.

"I told you you'd find something you'd like about Chinese food," Layla said, feeling rather victorius that she got Will to change her mind about Chinese food, well sort of.

"Okay, okay, you were right. Like you always are," Will said, letting the final sentence escape his mouth with half-sarcasm. "I'll see ya tommorow," Will whispered before leaning into Layla, his lips meeting hers gently but with love. After several lingering moments, Will seperated from Layla and began to leave but quickly turned around and kissed her again. As he seperated, he quickly explained, "Just one more for the road," which pulled out a great smile from his girlfriend. As he began to leave, Will swiftly snatched the apple from Layla's hand and began to jog away.

"Hey!"

"C'mon, you can make as many as you want!" Will argued as he got past the open fence, bouncing happily.

As Layla's view of Will was lost, Layla finally opened the door to her house and entered, sighing with contentment. Layla's mom was waiting in the living room, turning her attention away from the TV screen to confront her daughter.

"Hi sweetie, did your date with Will go well?" Layla's mother asked but witnessing the look on her daughter's face, she no longer needed an answer.

"Perfect," Layla murmured dreamily, walking up the staircase, nearly forgetting that it was there in the first place. Just one short date with the man she loved and already she felt like she was floating on air. There was no feeling like it at all.

Definitely perfect.

If any of you readers are from one of the other section were my stories are, I apologize for the day. To explain, this story was already uploaded by the time my things were deleted (unfortunately the only one). Please be patient with me. R and R!