A/N: This one shot whas suggested by SailorMew4. I hope you all enjoy it!
First Date
Sophia walked into Granny's and spotted Felix sitting in one of the booths, drawing in the sketchbook she gave him. She walked over to him and sat down across from him.
"Hey," she said and he looked up.
"Hey," he said and smiled at her.
"What are you drawing?" she leaned over the table trying to see but he closed it.
"Nothing," he said and put it away. "Why are you here?"
"Can't I just come to Granny's to see you without having a special reason?"
He gave her a look that said, really? And she sighed. Ever since they returned she wanted to show him everything from the modern world. She still planned to teach him how to read since it's kind of necessary now a day and if he could she could text him instead of looking for him. Not that he was hard to find, most of the time he was at Granny's and if he wasn't there he was in the forest doing who knows what. He is still a lost boys deep inside. Sometimes she wondered if he liked it here, if he regretted his choice to come with them.
"Okay, so I wanted to ask you if you would like to go out with me," she said a bit nervous.
"I don't really know what you mean but sure," he said and she laughed. Sometimes she forgot how much he didn't know about… well, life. He knew everything about surviving but besides that, he was as clueless as a lost puppy. And still he trusted her, accepting everything she suggests and never doubting anything she tells him.
"It's… a date, like courting. It's when two people go do stuff together to get to know the other better, like going to a restaurant or the movies or something," she explained.
"And why is it different from when we just spend time together?" he asked, trying to understand.
"Well… uhm… you dress neater than normally, it's really about getting to know the other and having a good time together. I don't really know how to explain it. Just pick be up around six and I'll show you."
"Okay, anything else that I must know?"
"I'm going shopping with my mom so I won't be home for a while," she said and stood up. "Just so you know where I am if you're looking." She winked at him and left the diner. She had to make a reservation at a restaurant that wasn't Granny's for tonight and get a cute new dress to surprise him with.
Felix stood before the front door of Sophia's house. He couldn't believe he was actually doing this. For Sophia. He took a deep breath and knocked on the door. He heard someone inside move to the door and open it.
"Felix?" Hook said surprised. "Sophia and Emma aren't home."
"I know," he said and ducked his head a bit.
"Then why are you here?"
He sighed. "I need your help," he said barely hearable.
"Sorry what?" he heard the teasing tone and the smirk in Hooks voice.
"You heard me old man, I need your help," he said annoyed.
"Still younger than you," Hook mumbled under his breath and walked inside, motioning Felix to follow him. "What do you need my help for?"
"Sophia asked me on a date or something and I have no clue what to do or expect. It is clearly something because she became a bit nervous when she asked me." He closed the door behind him and looked up just in time to see Hook tense and stop.
"She asked you out?" he asked him without looking, the teasing completely gone from his voice.
"Yes," he answered slowly. Hook sighed and ran a hand though his hair while he mumbled something that sounded like 'Bloody Hell' before walking again and sitting down on the couch.
"First of all," he started, "if you hurt her in any way, you're dead."
"I already knew that." He walked into the living room and sat down in the armchair next to the couch.
"I can't believe this," he whispered before continuing in a better hearable voice. "Second, if she asked you out that means she wants to go further in your… relationship."
"What do you mean by further?"
"She wants you to be her boyfriend," Hook blurred out and his stomach made a flip-flop.
"Her boyfriend?" he asked with a smile.
Hook grunted, "Aye, boyfriend."
"Would you approve?" Hook looked surprised by his question, probably not expecting him to ask permission.
"Not really, but I wouldn't approve even if she wanted a bloody prince to be her boyfriend." He let out a breath he didn't realize he was holding. "And that you ask in the first place is a start."
Felix nodded and looked at his hands. For a moment there was an awkward silence before Hook cleared his throat. "So, this is your first date?" Hook asked amused.
"Going on a date wasn't really something you do in Neverland," he said.
"But before you came to Neverland, never had a girlfriend? A crush?" Hook chuckled, he was enjoying this too much for his liking as he leaned back against the couch and crossed his arms.
"Laugh all you want, no one saw me back then," he snapped and Hooks teasing smile faded, sensing he had crossed a line.
"Alright," he said after a moment and stood up, moving toward the front door.
"Where are you going?" Felix asked confused.
Hook put on his jacket and said, "You asked me for help on dating so I'm going to help. And just to be clear, I'm doing this for Sophia, not for you."
Felix smirked and stood up from his seat. "Sure, Captain."
"Watch your words," he said and glared at him. "You don't know anything so I could give you wrong information and let you embarrass yourself." Felix swallowed and Hook gave him a dangerously amused look.
"Where are we going?" he asked carefully.
"You need new clothing for your date." Hook opened the front door and walked outside to his car. Felix hesitated a bit before following, maybe it was a bad idea to ask Hook for help…
"How do I look?" Sophia asked her mother and father as she walked down the stairs and into the living room where they were curled up on the couch. Earlier that day she had bought a dress with her mother. It was a light blue, strapless dress with a flowing skirt that ended just above her knees. She had put in a bit of make-up but not much and curled her hair. Emma stood up from her spot next to Killian and walked over to her.
"Your look beautiful," she said as she looked her daughter up and down.
"You're wearing a jacked too, right?" her father asked and got up from the couch too.
"Dad!" she said a bit annoyed.
"Shouldn't the dress be at least a bit longer?"
Emma slapped him on the chest. "Shut up, she looks beautiful."
"Maybe a bit too beautiful…" he mumbled. Sophia felt her cheeks heat up a bit. She heard someone knock on the door and sprinted over to open it before her parents could even move. When she opened the door she saw Felix like she expected but still she was a bit stunned. His hair was combed for once and the feather was gone. He wore a white button up shirt and black jeans. He seemed to be just as stunned as she was because he opened and closed his mouth a few times before blinking and shaking his head.
"You look… gorgeous," he said and she blushed.
"Thanks," she said softly. "You don't look so bad yourself."
He walked closer to her and gave her a white rose he was holding behind his back. She smiled shyly at him. a flash of light made them snap out of their trance. She looked to her right to see her mother holder her phone up as she snapped another picture.
"That's going on Facebook," she said with a sing song voice.
"Mom! Please!" she whined and turned to her father, silently asking him for help. He only raised an eyebrow and crossed his arms, looking at her and then at Felix. She sighed and bowed her head, here comes 'The Dad Speech'.
"Make sure she is safe at home before 10 or I'm kicking you back to Neverland after I killed you, you understand?"
"Aye, Captain. Nothing will happen to her," Felix said a bit mocking.
"I'm serious."
"So am I."
"Okay," she said. She handed the rose to her mother and grabbed his hand. "We're going to be late if we don't leave now," she told him and grabbed her coat and calling a quick goodbye to her parents before closing the door behind them. When she was sure they wouldn't see them anymore from the window – she knew they we're watching her – she relaxed and sighed.
"Something wrong?" he asked her and she smiled up at him.
"No, just a bit nervous."
"Why are you nervous?"
She shrugged. "Don't know, but it's getting less every second."
He squeezed her hand and smiled down at her. "Where are we going?" he asked after a while.
"I made a reservation in a restaurant not far from here, I hope you're hungry."
"Even if I wasn't I'm going to eat anyway. Food here is much better than the food in Neverland." he said and she laughed.
"It still surprises me how many different things there are that could taste so good," Felix said as he put a fork full of salmon in his mouth, making Sophia giggle and do the same.
"So, I was wondering…" she started and looked down at her plate. "You looked pretty prepared for tonight and even my father was less overprotective than I thought he would be, what did you do when I left the diner this morning?"
He laughed a bit nervous and rubbed his neck. "There might be a chance that I asked Hook a bit of advice and that he helped me with a thing or two."
"Like combing your hair?" she teased him.
"I did that on my own, thank you very much," he said while trying to look offended but couldn't keep his face strait when he saw her eyes lit up in amusement and laughed. He loved it when she laughed even if it was at his expense. As long as she laughed he was happy.
"What did my father tell you?" she asked and took another bite.
"Just… things," he shrugged. "Like I'm not allowed to give you a goodnight kiss, although I'm pretty sure he made that up." He smirked at her and he cheeks began to redden, another thing he loved about her.
"Yeah, he has," she said, she got even redder and took a sip of her drink. "What else did he tell you?"
Should he tell her? What if Hook was wrong and she didn't meant that? He wanted to be her boyfriend but what is she didn't want to be his girlfriend?
"Hey, Felix?" he looked up and realized he had been silent all the time. "Is something wrong?"
"No, of course not," he said and smiled at her but she gave him a look that said that she didn't believe him. He sighed and said, "Hook said that you ask me out because you wanted to go further in our relationship. Boyfriend and girlfriend and stuff like that…" he looked down at his plate, not wanting to see if he just embarrassed himself in front of her because he believed something Hook told him.
"Would you like to?" she asked him and he looked up. "You know, become boyfriend and girlfriend?"
He smiled at her and nodded, "I would like that very much."
They walked down the street, hand in hand and swinging them back and forth. Sophia laughed at something funny he told her and Felix smiled while he simply admired her beauty. They took a little detour to Sophia's house just so that they could enjoy each other's company for a bit longer. Sadly their evening came to an end sooner than both of them hoped it would. He walked her to her front door and stopped on the porch.
"Thank you," he said.
"What for?" she asked him and tilted her head.
"Everything, I guess."
He leaned down and kissed her softly. Her hands came up to rest on his chest while his own rested on her hips. When they broke apart he didn't make a move to let her go, neither did she.
"Can I ask you something?" he asked her softly.
"Hmmm-hmmm."
"Will you go out with me again?"
"Of course," she said with a smile and kissed him one last time before she left his arms and opened the door. "Goodnight Felix."
"Goodnight Sophia."
She closed the door behind her and leaned against it, closed her eyes and smiled.
"I take it from the expression on your face it went well?" her mother said and she jumped in shock. She looked to her right and saw both her mother and father in their pyjama's on the couch. Her mother was smiling and the curiosity was clearly noticeable in her eyes. Her father however looked like he didn't want to hear anything about it but she also noticed a bit of curiosity in his eyes.
"Yeah," she breathed and walked towards the stairs.
"Stop right there, young lady," her mother said and she stopped, turning to them. "First tell us about your date."
"Tell your mother about your date so we can go to bed," Killian said tired although she saw that it was all just a mask to hide his curiosity. She sighed and sat down on the armchair.
"It was nice. We talked and stuff like that," she shrugged. She turned to look at her father. Felix had told her Killian didn't make it easy for him so this was his payback. "Oh, and Dad, he did kiss me goodnight, twice."
Killian groaned and stood up from the couch. "Goodnight!" he called over his shoulder and disappeared upstairs. They both laughed.
"So, it's getting serious, hu?" Emma asked her.
"We went on one date, how is that 'getting serious'?"
"Because if it wasn't you wouldn't have asked him out."
Sophia thought about that for a moment. It was true, she wouldn't go out with someone if she didn't feel something for them. And she doesn't do crushes, so maybe her mother was right, it was getting serious.
"He is my boyfriend now," she said after a while.
"I'm so happy for you, Sophia. I can see the way he looks at you, he really cares about you a lot." She smiled at her mother and stood up.
"I'm going to bed, goodnight," Sophia said as she walked toward the stairs.
"Sweet dreams, honey," Emma said.
She smiled and walked over to her room but stopped when she saw Killian sitting on his bed with her baby blanket in his hands. She walked inside the bedroom and sat down next to him.
"Is everything okay?" she asked him gently and he gave her a sad smile.
"Everything is fine," he said. "It's just… you're so grown up already. Sometimes I can still picture you as the little lass you once were who needed her daddy to protect her. But now… you don't need me anymore."
"Of course I need you," she said and he looked at her. "I'll always need you no matter how old I am and I promise that you'll always the my number one man in my life."
She saw a tear roll down his cheek before he pulled her into a hug. She loved her father, she could always rely on him no matter what. He made her feel safe no matter what the hell was going on around them. No guy was ever going to be in the place her father stood in her heart. Felix could come close but her father would always be her number one.
A/N: Thank you all for reading! please leave a review and send me a prompt with what you would like to read next with these characters. ;)
