Chapter 5: Date Night

Rose arrived at the restaurant downtown from her house. She was wearing a light blue dress that draped down to her feet. Her hair was up too, just as she has worn it in the many dates her and Jake had in the dream realm. However her outfit wasn't that fancy, because the restaurant that was planned for their date wasn't fancy. But it was still proper, to look her best.

Over on the side of the restaurant, there was a large booth. Situated there was man that goes by Jake Long, in a dashing blue shirt and LONG sleeve pants. He wondered if he should have worn a tux today, but he figured he might overdress. Good thing, because that was just what Rose was wondering.

Jake looked over to the side of his booth, wondering where his guest should be. Suddenly, he saw her. He Rose up, to let her sit in like a gentleman. "Hey Rose." He said, in an excited tone.

"Hey yourself." Rose replied back with her usual reply.

Just as Rose moved to the center of the booth, she laid both her hands on the table. "Rose, where's your cast!!?" Jake cared dearly about Rose, and knew it wasn't safe to keep her wrist out of that thing.

Rose looked at her arm, puzzled. Then at a sudden moment, it was as if she remembered abruptly. "Oh, my cast broke off last night. But it feels a lot better now, I think it's healed." She smiled. Jake on the other hand didn't believe that so much, so she changed the subject fast before he could counter her remark. "Oh and if you don't mind, I invited my sister over, we can double date."

"Oh no problem." Jake said though I think he was really looking forward to some alone time with Rose. "So who did she bring!?"

Suddenly Roxanne walked through the door. She had on a similar dress that Rose was wearing, except it was lavender purple. Her brown hair was straightened down rather than wavy like it usually was. And behind her, was her…date.

"Spud!?" Jake looked over, shocked. Rose gave a little glance back at Spud and her sister; she didn't think she would actually ask him!!

Spud was wearing a normal blue t-shirt, and his regular brown pants. For once, he actually wasn't wearing his beanie. Roxanne dragged his arm as she and he made it to the booth. "Okay Spud tonight doesn't mean anything, I just needed a date." Roxanne made it perfectly clear.

"Right this way, my lady." Spud bent down, to left Roxanne get into the booth first. She since the romance, but took it as nothing.

The two couples split apart, into their very own conversations. "So Rose, where were you today? I called your cell, but you didn't answer…" Jake asked her as she and he looked over the menu.

Rose turned to her side, and slowly lifted up her phone without anyone seeing. Sure enough, 2 miss calls showed up on the screen. She tried to remember why she was so busy, to not answer the phone…but she couldn't. "Umm…I can't remember…" She puzzled herself. "I must have been busy…" She tried to cover herself; Jake thought it to be a bit suspicious. Luckily waiter came right after, so the awkwardness disappeared.

"I'll have the grilled chicken with a salad on the side." Rose ordered.

"And you sir?"

"I'll have the baked potato with chili, mild please." Jake handed the menu to their waiter.

Spud leaned over to Roxanne. "What would you like my dear?" He tried saying it, all cool and nice like.

Roxanne turned through each page of the menu. "I don't know, everything here is so expensive."

"Do not worry, Spud will pay for you." He said, grabbing her menu really fast. "She will have the steak and bake potato, and I will have the baroque ribs." He handed both the menus to the waiter. After he was finished writing everything done, he walked out of the area to put in their orders.

Eventually, the same waiter came back, with a tray full of food. He handed each person their plate, they chowed down.

"So Jake, tell us about yourself!" Roxanne murmured as she took a bite of her steak.

Jake lifted up his head, and thought for a moment. "Uhh…my name is Jake. I'm a pieces, I'm a dragon…not much to say about me." Jake then continued on eating.

Roxanne felt a bit, awkward. As everyone enjoyed their meal, she wanted to talk and have conversations. Spud noticed that eager to talk to, so he made his move. "So…Roxanne how's it like being a twin and all."

She sighed her head; she got asked this question a lot. But Roxanne knew Spud was only trying, so she answered him. "Same thing as having a sister. Do you have any brothers/sisters?"

"Nope." He put on a grin, proud.

"Hmm…" Roxanne flipped from brothers/sisters, to boyfriends/girlfriends. "So Trixie and you…you guys are…"

Spud could not let her finish her sentence. It was just too horrible to hear!! "No, we aren't. Personally I like this girl Stacey at my school, but…she's…not so into me."

On the other side of the table, Rose's and Jake's conversations were on a whole different subject.

"So your cast, it just broke off?" He brought this topic back up again.

Rose let go of the fork in her hand, and looked back at her arm. "Yeah. When I woke up this morning it was shattered all over my floor. But it feels like it's fully healed." She grabbed her fork again and took a bite of her chicken.

"You still should take it easy though." Rose knew that that was his own way of saying that he didn't want her to help him with Dragon business.

"Jake, we already went through this. You're gonna need my help, you can't do it alone."

Jake knew this was going to be hard to convince her. But, he was worried. He already saw her almost get herself killed back in Hong Kong. He couldn't deal with that, not again. "Rose, I just don't want to see you get hurt. I almost lost you once, I can't lose you again."

Rose put her arm on Jakey's shoulder. That was the sweetest thingy anyone has said to her, but she couldn't believe it. "Jake, I will be fine, I promise. Besides…I owe you."

I owe you? Jake was thinking that over, how did Rose owe him? On the contrary, he should owe her. "Back at Homecoming, I almost was gone. But you, you saved me. You gave me a family," She hinted her hands to her sister who was too into her conversation with Spud to notice she was talking about her, "a life. I wouldn't be here right now, without you. Let me repay you back, okay." Maybe Jake was too worried about his love. Maybe she was right. All Jake could do is smile; those words meant so much to him.

"Check please, split it down the middle." He finally was able to speak. The waiter handed him the check, and Spud paid for his and Roxanne's dinner and Jake paid for his and Rose's. After they put out the tip, they walked close to each other out into the street.

Roxanne went over and hugged Spud. "I want to thank you Spud, for coming here tonight. I actually…had a good time."

Rose bent down and gave Jake a kiss. "So I'll see you tomorrow?"

"Yeah, we'll come over about 11:00? Kay?" Jake said. The groups then parted, out their separate ways back to their homes.

If you read this clearer, this date night might reveal more than what it means...

Anyways, I will try to update this as soon as I can. But I was just informed that I will be taking ANOTHER AP class for school never year (two total, and a pre-ap) And each of my teachers for next year are requiring me to read books before the end of the summer. I have A LOT of reading to do, so I don't know when I am going to have time to update my stories. But if I find time, I will, I promise.