5
The pub was incredibly busy that night Fiona had forgotten they was showing the Champions league match charlotte was sitting with a group of locals all older than her they were watching the game on the large screen while charlotte was watching the door and Fiona she clearly wanted to know when Leon arrived Fiona had been positioned behind the bar most of the night there were extra staff on but mostly in the restaurant they were 16 and 17 holding down the job while going through school or collage Fiona doubted she would get the chance to talk to Leon like they did last night and this made her surprisingly sad Leon kept his word and walking in about 8:30 she smiled on seeing him and her heart skipped a beat when he casually waved charlotte didn't need anymore indication that that he was the guy Fiona smiled to her self when she noticed that Leon had the same reaction on the young waitress that he had had on her the previous night. She jumped 10 foot in the air when her boss appeared behind her
"Fiona go work the tables give the young lad a break" he nodded to charlotte who suddenly got up and walked over and Fiona felt like she was in the middle of a big conspiracy she walked into the kitchen to get a pen and note book and found that Charlotte had followed her
"He is cute, so what's your plan" Fiona looked shocked
"Just talk to him a guess" charlotte slapped her palm into her forhead
"Fine but first you need to weaponries you assets" she suddenly undid the top button of fiona shirt and moved to undo the next one
"What o no no!" Fiona pulled back
"Good idea you could give the older men out there a heart attack" Fiona was shocked by her serious tone she redid the button
"Look I am at work ok just let me do this my way"
"You have a way" Fiona just smiled and walked out into the restaurant the truth was she didn't have a way or a plan suddenly she was dreading this
Leon sat on a 2 seat table along the wall of the pub his day out had been exactly the way he wanted it he had walked around relaxed and accomplished nothing he just killed time all day and he had loved it when he had since dropped the car back at the hotel and walked over to the pub it was much busier than last night this was easy to work out as most of the locals were glued to the soccer game on the TV he had stopped Fiona behind the bar and politely waved to her he was he was glancing over the menu he felt like something different today he glanced up over the menu and noticed that she was no longer behind to bar maybe she was taking a break
"Hello again" Leon didn't even need to turn around
"Hi Fiona nice to see you again"
"You look like your having a better day that yesterday"
"I am, is it that obvious" she just smiled he defiantly liked her cute smile he noticed that she was holding a pen over her noted pad like she was pretending to take his order 'I get it he through he quickly broke away from her eyes which was harder than he through and looked over to the bar the manager was watching them out of the corner of his eye Leon looked back it Fiona
"I think I will have this fish and chips and could I get just a coke I don't think we should give your boss a chance to embarrass you again" she looked impressed that he picked up on her worries he watched her walk back and drop of his order she then went over to the bar he noticed that she was talking to the boss but it didn't seam like she was giving him a peace of her mind a couple of minutes later she returned with a large coke for him he noticed that there was change in her face I look on concern of her face.
"You ok" she smiled again but Leon could tell this was a forced fake smile that didn't suit her.
"I am ok I just got told to take a break" Fiona started to turn but before she could he spoke without thinking
"Wait" she instantly turned back he pushed the chair opposite his out a little with his foot
"If you don't have anything else to do would you like to talk for a bit" she hesitated but then pulled the chair out and sat down opposite him she kept her hands off the table she was clearly tense she looked into his eyes but them blushed and looked over to the TV 'ok Leon break the ice'
"So do you follow the soccer" Fiona instantly broke out a quick giggle the sound just made him smile more
"No" she replied "I enjoy watching sport as much as I like playing it and I don't enjoy playing it" she looked at straight at his he was happy to see he real smile was back.
"Sorry I just though you were watching the game"
"No a was watching the locals they love to gossip" Leon suddenly felt shocked he miss reed her he was trained better than that but deep down he knew why he made the mistake he was concentrating on Fiona far more than anything else in the pub. "Well what would they have to gossip about were just talking"
"Not a lot happens in this town so people jump on what little gossip they can get" Leon smiled
"I noticed it so quite and peaceful here nothing like back home" Fiona looked a little more intrigued
"So where about in America are you from if you don't mind me asking?" the second half of the question was also timid she was more relaxed now but every time she spoke her voice would go from brave to shy like her confidence ran out mid sentence the last word was often hard to hear but strangely Leon found that this made her even more attractive.
"I am currently living in Washington its always crazy there" Fiona smiled but he could see from the look in her eyes that she wasn't satisfied she wanted to know more about him and Leon was confident his eyes were showing the same thing they talked about mostly small insignificant things Leon talked about why he was over here but for obvious reasons gave her a spin about overseeing a meeting between his security company and a new British client. Then they moved on to talk about the local things day out where he had been Fiona made her self blush talking about how much she enjoy the village Leon just visited today there conversions were in full swing when the young waitress delivered Leon's food
"Thank you" Fiona suddenly stood up suddenly realising how much time had passed
"Sorry but I should get back to work I think I had a longer break than I should"
"Don't be it's my fault I talked your head off" Fiona laughed
"Don't worry I enjoyed it we should do it again sometime" she suddenly blushed brighter than Leon had even seen realising she was embarrassed by there own forwardness he quickly responded.
"I would like that" still blushing she smiled and she disappeared into the kitchen Leon started his dinner the fish was covered in golden batter there was also a portion of thick frech fries Leon glanced around the pub the locals had defiantly taken notice of his talk with Fiona and he swore he heard people close to him actually talking about it then Leon noticed the front door and the gentlemen that entered part of his bodyguard training had taught him to always be aware of people entering and for some reason this guy set off every alarm in his head he was tall and his face was covered by a hoodie if Leon had to guess he would say he was 6:1 he stood only a few steps inside the front door the manager shouted over to him demanding the hood came down if he was going to drink in his establishment suddenly the pub erupted into a cheer as a goal was scored in the game taking this changed Leon leaned over to get a better look at his face while making it look like he was looking at the Large scream behind him then without warning he stopped scanning his eyes turned around and walked out had he found what he was looking for Leon looked over in the general direction he had been looking trying to see what he was looking for or who 'Fiona'