Roman and Erie decided on IHop for an early breakfast. They walked in the restaurant. Roman was relieved because although he loved his fans and is grateful, now he wanted to get to know Erie. They sat in a booth. As they sat there in silence Erie started laughing. Roman looked at her curiously.
"Sorry."
"Don't apologize. What's so funny?' Erie looked down. "Erie."
" Okay. I hate silence, so I think of jokes and laugh,' Roman nodded. " Okay. Let's not be silent then, pick a topic." Erie thought for a second. "Family" then smiled.
Roman looked at her and took a deep breath. " I grew up with one brother and three sister. We're all super close. Also, I have a beautiful eight year old daughter, named Joelle" after Roman said that he looked at Erie trying to see her reaction.
"Pictures?" Roman slid his phone to Erie and showed her picture of JoJo. They discussed his daughter until the waiter came with their drinks and took their orders. Erie comment on her cutest then talked about her family.
"A sister, brother and niece. All my siblings were raised by my mom. My father left when we were 7 years old. My mom became superwoman."
"Want kids of your own?"
"Do you want more?" As they both asked at the same time, they both laughed then answered " Yes." at the same time. Roman laughed. "You know twins run on both sides, right?" Erie nodded, secretly she always wanted twins.
"Okay. Have you wrote any books besides the one with Alaura?"
"Yes. I wrote History of Silence on Fan Fiction when I was in my graduate program. Then I wrote a romance series in my doctorate program. Now I'm working on the sequel."
"What's the series?" Erie looked at her drink. "E, have I read it?" Erie nodded. " why do I have a feeling its Endless Possibilities."
"It is. I didn't want to publish through my name so I decided to use Laura and I middle names, which is my future daughters names as well."
Roman smile and took her hand. Erie smiled. As the morning went on they discussed what they want in a relationship and what was most important to them. They both agreed the honesty and trust, along with respect, was at the top of their list. On thing they discover was in their relationship family comes first to both of them.
As they departed from the restaurant, Roman and Erie both in their thoughts of breakfast.
"So does this count as our first date?"
"I hope so!" Erie laughed at how she replied.
"That's one thing I hope you never lose. Your outspoken natural is what can make me fall for you."
" I'm crazy because while I'm outspoken I'm also a loner,-"
"The perfect package for me." Roman said as he leaned down to kiss her. Erie kissed back with eagerness. Roman pulled away. "Damn baby girl! Oh yeah, no more Roman. It's Joe."
They headed back to the hotel and texted all day while Erie hung with her family, with Alaura texting Mark all day as well.