"Hey you wanna get outta here?" Dante asked once they had put their pool cues back.
"What did you have in mind?" Lulu asked as they headed back towards the party.
"We could get some food at Kelly's." He suggested since neither of them had eaten very much.
"Yeah I could go for some fries."
They took a table over by the window and she sat down across from him as a waitress came by to take their orders. "I'll have a burger and fries and a chocolate milkshake." Lulu said closing the menu. The entire place was decorated for Valentine's Day with red and white streamers and a cardboard Cupid holding a bow and arrow. There were also candles at each of the tables.
"I'll have the same." He told the waitress as she left them alone. "I have to say I like a girl with an appetite."
"Most men don't feel that way."
"Well I'm Italian and we like to eat."
When the food came they talked easily, about anything and everything. He had never felt this at ease around a woman.
Lulu couldn't remember the last time she felt this comfortable around a guy in her life. Most guys seemed to be intimidated by her. "So what are you doing all alone on Valentines Day?"
"I could ask you the same thing."
"Uh, uh, uh I asked you first." She said with a laugh.
"Well I just moved here and I don't know many people yet." He answered.
"What about back home?"
"No one special. Now you."
"Same with me, no one special." She said not really wanting to elaborate any further than that. Her love life had never been great.
She reached over and grabbed a French fry off his plate, "Hey you have your own." He said with a laugh.
"Yours taste better." She joked.
The bells above the door jingled and LuLu glanced up to see Johnny walk into the diner. 'Oh god what's he doing here.' She thought to herself. He spotted her and made his way over with a smile on his face. So much for hoping he wouldn't seeing her.
"Hey Lulu who's your friend."
She looked up at Dante, "Just ignore him."
"Aw come on is that any way to treat a friend."
"We aren't friends."
"It seems to me that Lulu doesn't want you around, Johnny was it?" Dante said to the guy.
"And you are?"
"Dante Falconeri."
"What are you her protector?"
He stood up from the table, facing the guy. "So what if I am?"
"Maybe we should take this outside?" Johnny said with a smirk.
"No stop this I don't want the two of you fighting over me." She said rising from the table. "Dante I was having a great time before he showed up, hopefully I'll see you around." She said and she left before he could even try to stop her. Leaving a stunned Dante and Johhny alone at the table.