HENRY

Jo was breath taking as always, the dress she wore was absolutely stunning. But the way she was acting toward the waitress, I could see the emotions flick across her face, the jealousy was the prominent one, so as soon as the waitress had left I knew I had to reassure her. I told her the first thing that came to mind

"There is no way I would leave you Jo. You're the only one I want" I told her and watched as her cheeks brightened again, thinking to myself that she truly was a beautiful women and that I was seriously lucky to have her. Drawing little circles with my thumb on her palms I knew that she was trying her hardest to remain calm. When the waitress returned with our drinks I didn't take my eyes off of Jo for a minute, but said thank you just the same, Jo who had noticed her return had started blushing when she realised that my whole attention was on her.

"What? Do I have something on my face? Is my hair out of place?" she asked reaching up to fix her hair, I shook my head and said

"No you look perfect Jo, don't be nervous" I said and she shook her head

"Easier said than done" she said aloud before clamping her hand over her mouth, I chuckled and smiled

"I'm not going to do anything unless you let me. But please Jo relax" I begged and watched as she visibly did so.

It was a couple of minutes later when we had taken a couple of sips of our wine when Jo seemed to truly relax and begin to act like her normal self. We were talking about work, which transitioned into us talking about us talking about we would do if we weren't in our current jobs. I learnt that if Jo hadn't of chosen to be a detective she would've chosen to either become a marine or a lawyer, but she decided that she could make a difference being a cop. Especially since she had grown up in a very bad neighbourhood, and had watched her parents struggle to make it from one pay check to the next, it wasn't until Jo was in her late teens when her father actually had a full time job that paid a good wage. I told her that if I wasn't a ME or a doctor I would've probably gone for the something like working at NASA or something, especially since the galaxy had always fascinated me, and Jo joked that with the knowledge that I did have, I should be a professor, which caused me to laugh and Jo joined in.

However the laughter faded when the waitress returned and Jo ordered, but the waitress was completely ignoring her and wouldn't acknowledge her, getting just a little feed up with the way Jo was being treated I said

"Excuse me ma'am, but I have very much respect for waiters and waitresses but the way you are acting is just plain rude. You have made my partner incredibly uncomfortable, and now you are completely ignoring her. That is not on" I scolded and she looked at me her cheeks a deep red colour when the manager of the restaurant came out and looked at the waitress and then to Jo and I, asking

"What seems to be the problem sir?"

"Your waitress made my partner feel very uncomfortable when she was out here taking our drink order before and now as she was taking our order for our meal she completely ignored her, I had to ask her to write down both of our meals because she wasn't paying attention" I told him and he nodded, turning to the waitress and giving her a look that clearly said "I'll deal with you later"

"I am so sorry sir, ma'am" he said indicating to Jo "I will be happy to wait on you both, and I will be talking to my employee as soon as you have your meals. Again I am truly sorry for this unacceptable behaviour" he apologised and we nodded thanking him. When both of them had left Jo looked at me and said

"Thank you for protecting me like that but did you really have to get the poor girl in trouble?" I nodded

"Yes because how she was treating you is not acceptable. That is just rude and I hate rude people. Besides we should be out here enjoying tonight, not having it ruined by a waitress that can't do her job properly" I said. I watched Jo and knew how uncomfortable this had made her, and I felt truly horrible for that fact.

"I'm sorry Jo this isn't how I expected our first date to go" I said and she shook her head

"No it's alright I mean it's us, if one thing doesn't go wrong it's another right?" she joked but I knew that there was that underlying question there. And it was true, if there wasn't one thing wrong between us there was something else, and I don't think that would ever change. It would probably be the same way until she found out the truth about my secret, and right now I wasn't exactly sure if I wanted that just yet.

It was a while later that Jo and I were out of the restaurant, walking through the cool air. I had my arm wrapped around Jo as it was still quite cool out but it was nice having that contact and it was nice knowing that she wasn't trying to shrug out of the contact. After what had happened in the restaurant things seemed to go back to normal, well better than normal because somehow I had made Jo laugh at what I was telling her, which stunned me a little. But she seemed to be enjoying herself and for that I was grateful. We had made our way the short distance to the nearest park and we were now overlooking the pond, my arm still wrapped around her waist but now her head rested against my shoulder.

"Henry I know that we have a lot to tell each other, I mean we're friends and after this I want to become something more but I want to know you, the real you and in return I want you to know who I am"

"I would like for that to happen also. Please don't take this the wrong way but I was really happy when we agreed to doing this. I think Abe might even joke that this is the happiest he's seen me in a really long time" I said and when I saw her expression change slightly I reached out for her hand and squeezed it tightly before saying "he would be right though, this is the happiest I have been in years. Jo you make me so happy, and I don't know I just I want it all" I said and she smiled with a light blush on her cheeks.

I didn't kiss her until we got back to Jo's house. I helped her out of the car and wrapped my arm around her waist as we walked up the steps. When we were on the landing I didn't know what to do, nor what was acceptable. So I leant down and placed a kiss on Jo's cheek and smiled

"Tonight was fun. Thank you for this I haven't enjoyed myself this much for years" I said and she nodded

"You're welcome. I guess we did the same thing for each other tonight" she said and I nodded

"I guess we did" I smiled and she smiled back. As I looked at her, truly looked into her eyes, I felt myself gravitate toward her, wrapping my other arm around her waist and placing a gentle kiss on her lips, before pulling back seeing the slightly shocked expression on her face, which quickly turned into one that yearned for me. Crashing our lips together again, we fought a battle where both of us were trying to come out on top, both of us fighting for dominance and knowing that it was a useless battle. Pulling apart I looked at Jo, her face flushed and her eyes showing how much she yearned for more.

"I promise Jo, there will be more where that came from. But I would like to wait a bit more before we do the uh well the deed" I said and she smirked after letting a small giggle escape

"Alright Henry. I respect your wishes" she said and I smiled, leaning in for another quick kiss before biding her a good night and making my way back down to my car.

"See you tomorrow Henry" Jo said as I got in the car, leaning over I called

"See you tomorrow Jo" I said before driving off.

Walking into the apartment I shared with my son above the store, I saw that he was napping in his arm chair, dressed in his pyjamas, his reading glasses slipping down his nose and a book lying in his lap. It seemed that Abraham had tried to stay awake to wait up for me, I smiled he was such a good son. Making my way over to him I nudged him slightly knowing that if I didn't wake him up and send him to bed he would be complaining about a sore back tomorrow.

"Abraham" I said shaking him and he moaned before opening his eyes and stretched, I heard something crack and winced, before he looked at me and cracked a smile

"That good huh?" he asked with a chuckle

"Abraham!" I scolded and he chuckled again

"What I'm not the one who looks as if he's just had the most amazing night in the world. I'm happy that you're happy dad. Jo's good for you" he said and I smiled

"I know" I said and he smiled.

"Well goodnight pops. I'm not as young as what I used to be" he said and I smiled

"Goodnight Abraham" I said letting him go. He got to the door before turning back and saying

"Maybe soon you'll be comfortable with telling her you're secret. She deserves to know the truth" he said, not even letting me argue before he left the room. As I watched my son go, I knew there was no way I was getting to sleep any time soon so I made my way down to the basement where I reflected on this most wondrous experience and tried to convince myself that maybe Abraham was right.

A/N: Hey guys I hope you like this update and so sorry that it took so long to update, I wanted to have a little bit of tension to their date and see how they handled it. Please review and tell me what you think