Angel POV
Ok, so I have been on a fair few dates with Floyd, we have what I can only class as usual adult dates, we have adult conversations, this can include what banks we have robbed and what jobs we have had and what inspires us. But I have never been to a dinner with him and Zoe, I have only heard things about her from Floyd and from her profile – don't get me wrong I have heard nothing but good things about her…but I'm worried, I don't want to say the wrong thing in front of her, or scare her – heck I have even gone so far as to get a brunette wig as my face is on the crime watch and I'm sure she'll have seen it and I don't want her to scream in fright at me for seeing my green hair.
I look around at some of the other small and the very large families that are sat around me, they all seem happy, laughing. Me and J never had that, majority of the time before he left we would get take out and watch television at whatever motel we were living in, to us that was class. This is a whole new scale, but we've worked hard to get where we are now, and I don't regret any of my choices.
"Hey Scarlett, sorry we're late, traffic was bad tonight" says Floyd, I look to him at this, standing up from where I was sat at our table, now seeing both him and Zoe before me on the other side of the table, I smile at them both happy to see them,
"It's no worries, I wasn't here long" I say, sitting back down, Zoe taking her coat off and putting it on the seat behind her, Floyd doing the same, I look to Floyd and see him smirking at my hair, I send him a small glare, I didn't tell him I was doing this but at least he can't say I didn't put any effort into this.
"It's nice to finally meet you Zoe, your dad has told me a lot about you" I say to her, my eyes on her now, she smiles at me for this,
"Yeah, he's told me a lot about you too, I wanted to thank you also for your help with the card, I didn't know mum had found it" she says, I smile gently at her for this,
"It's not a problem, happy to help" I say.
I look to Floyd wanting to know what he thinks so far, only to see a smile on his face, I hope that means this is going well.
"Your menus, would you like to order your drinks?" the waiter asks after handing us the menus, I swear these places just love to mess around with my head with these weird names.
"I'll have an orange please" I say, not daring to have alcohol in front of Zoe,
"Me too please" Zoe says, I look to her to see her smirking at me, I grin back, copy-cat,
"And I'll have a lemon and lime" Floyd says, the waiter nodding and walking off,
"Dad you're going to have to translate this whole menu for me" Zoe says, I look at her surprised,
"He does this with you too? Every time he takes me out I swear I've gone to an alien restaurant, I can't understand a word of any of this" I say surprised, and she laughs! She laughs at me and I laugh back at the funny situation,
"Hey – Hey I'm just trying to class it up, treat my girls" he says, I smirk at this,
"Well just for the record, I also love McDonalds, Indian and Chinese places, at least most of their menus are in English" I say, and this only makes Zoe laugh harder, I smile happily, knowing that I have made her laugh,
"Yeah dad I'm with Scar on this" she says, looking to me, I smile happily at her for this, hearing the nickname she has given me, I like it!
"Damn I should have known you two would gang up on me" he says, I chuckle at this.
"Come on then, tell us what is on the menu" I say, but then I see him with a mischievous smirk,
"Nope, you two can pick on your own" he says, I freeze in fear at this, looking at the menu like it is my worst enemy, how the heck am I supposed to understand any of this?
"Hey Scar, maybe we should just close our eyes and just point at something quickly and stick to it" Zoe says, I look to her from this, seeing her look at me with hope, I smile and nod at this, it's as good an idea as any.
"Sounds like a plan" I say, then we both close our eyes and without looking (not that I would know what it was anyway) I put my finger down on the menu. I look then to see what I have chosen; damn I hope it at least tastes nice.
"Here are your drinks, two oranges and one lemon and lime" says the waiter with our drinks on a tray, placing them in front of us each,
"Are you ready to make your orders?" he asks, both me and Zoe raise our menus and point at our choices, earning a giggle from both of us,
"And your choice sir?" he asks, looking to Floyd who then says something in what I can only guess is French. I look to Zoe at this,
"Do they still teach French in school?" I ask her, she nods at this,
"I may have to borrow one of your text books" I say with a smile, she laughs at this, I'm not kidding though I will have to learn some French if Floyd is going to be taking us to these places more,
"I suck at it though, the teacher is horrible, he won't explain much, just tells us what it is, what it means then expects us to remember what he has said, he won't write anything down on the board for us to copy, everyone hates him, he always gives us bad marks too" she says, I frown at this, if teachers are like that it's no wonder she's struggling with the language.
"Well I may have to speak to your head of school then Zoe, how can they expect you to learn like that?" Floyd says, I nod in agreement.
After that conversation, Zoe started asking me different questions, where I was born, what school I went to, where I work, normal things, I was able to tell her I was born here in Gotham City hospital. I decided to be honest and inform her that I was kind of home schooled with my brother and more learned things on my own, told her of the dance, gymnastics and other clubs I was in when I was around her age, she informed me that she loved to dance, which was where we made a very in-depth discussion on difference dance moves and recommended different songs to try with too.
All too soon we had finished our deserts that thankfully Floyd did help us with, we had ice cream with sauce on top, since our meals were nothing like what we would have willingly have chosen, I ended up with snails and noodles while Zoe was given a whole lobster. We made it a little fun though where we both attacked the lobster with the instruments they gave her to crack the shell, and we all had a snail each, which was disgusting!
"So, when can we see you again Scar?" Zoe asks, the waiter helping her into her coat as one of the other waiter helps me into mine,
"how about next Saturday? I could cook if you like?" I ask, looking from her to Floyd, he seems to surprise by this but nods with a smile in agreement,
"You'll have to let me know what foods you like Zoe" I say as we walk out of the store,
"Yeah, I could text you if that's ok?" she asks, I nod in agreement, saving my number into her phone after she hands it to me to put in.
"I'll see you at work tomorrow?" Floyd says in question to me, I smile and nod, then after taking a quick look at Zoe he kisses' me on the cheek, my eyes widening in shock at his action, such an innocent act, but one that made my insides tingle.
"We had better get you home then Zoe" Floyd says to her, she nods albeit reluctantly, I raise my hand about to wave when suddenly her small body collides with me and her arms wrap around my waist, I'm shocked at first, my mind at first thinking it an attack, but then realise what this is…a hug.
Slowly I wrap my arms around her and return the hug,
"See you later Scar" she says, stepping away from me, I smile and nod, waving to them as they walk away.
Hey everyone, sorry its taken so long to make an update, my mind really hasn't been there, some explanation on some of my other updates I have managed to do recently for other stories I have done.
Anyway I hope you like this chapter, look forward to any reviews x