He parked in a ramp and they got out and started wandering the huge city, and window shopping.
She lingered at a store front and looked longingly at small golden heart shaped locket with a small
heart shaped diamond in the middle.
"Sorry." She said sheepishly.
"It's okay." He said and gently tugged her into the small store.
An elderly woman greeted them when they walked in.
"Hi, can I see the locket you have on display in the window?" Shane asked politely.
"Of course." She said and handed him the locket.
"Move your hair." He said.
"What?" Kayla asked.
"I said move your hair." He said.
She lifted her hair from her neck and Shane stepped behind her and fastened the necklace. She
dropped her hair and looked at herself in the small mirror on the counter.
"Wow." She said.
"I'll take it." Shane said. The old woman beamed at him and moved to the register to ring up the
sale.
"Shane, no, I can't let you." She hissed.
"I want to." He said as he pulled out his wallet and handed the lady a credit card. "Shane…" she
said.
"Kayla…" he mocked.
The lady handed him his credit card back and he put it away.
"Thank you." She said as Shane took her hand and linked their fingers together and led her out of
the shop. She fingered the locket as they walked aimlessly down the street. "Thank you." She said
quietly.
"No problem." he said and gave her hand a gently squeeze.
Soon Shane was loaded down with shopping bags.
"Now I know how the divas have such upper arm strength." He said.
"Hey, you were the one who kept buying." She said.
"I wanted to and I was merely saying." He protested.
"Hungry?" He asked.
"A little, I need to stop at the store to pick up a few things first though." She said. "What?" he
asked.
"I was thinking spaghetti for dinner and we need sauce and some vegetables." She said. "I was
thinking of going out to dinner." He said.
"Oh." She said.
They went back to the car and put everything away. Shane pulled the car into a small crowded
parking lot and parked.
"Come on the food here is incredible." He said and grabbed her hand.
They were escorted hurriedly to a small secluded table, surrounded by flickering candles and fresh
vases of roses.
"Wow this is beautiful." She said looking around.
Shane smiled sheepishly,
"I called ahead and pulled a few strings." He admitted ducking his gaze.
"Oh, you didn't have to I would have been happy fixing us something to eat." She said. "I know
that, and that is why I arranged this." He said.
She leaned forward and gave him a small kiss on the lips. He looked at her shocked and she smiled.
"You're a sweetheart, Shane." She said.
"Shh." He said and looked around.
"I don't want my hard ass boss's son reputation to go down the drain." He said.
"Yeah you're such a hard ass." She said sarcastically.
"Hey, I am too." He said.
"Yeah you let Glen off when he was in a big match on his anniversary, and when it's the divas times
of the month they just shoot promos." She said.
"Okay whatever I have a soft spot sometimes." He admitted reluctantly.
"It's not a bad thing, I like it." She said.
"Well in that case, I'm just a big old teddy bear." He said.
She laughed,
"Really? If I didn't know better I'd say you were flirting with me Shane." She said. "That's because
I am, is it working?" He asked.
She smiled at him.
"You need some work but I'm willing to let you practice with me." She said.
He raised a brow at her and gave her one of his cocky smirks.
"Now I think you're flirting with me, Kayla." He said.
She sighed dramatically,
"What one must do for one's friends." She said.
"Ouch, that hurt the ego." He said and they both laughed.
The waiter came and gave them their food. She had ordered chicken Alfredo and he ordered
cheese risotto.
"You were right, they do have incredible food." She said after she had taken a bite.
"Of course I'm right." He said.
"I see I stroked your ego a little too much." She said.
"You're also great a deflating it too, sweetheart." He said with a wounded expression. They
continued with their playful bantering through out the meal then left.
"Want to go to the movies?" He asked.
"A good old American date, dinner and a movie." She said.
"Does that mean this is a date?" he asked.
She smiled at him shyly and linked their hands together. They walked down the block to a movie
theatre packed with teenagers. After stopping at the concession stands they went to the packed
theatre and found two seats in the back.
"So, what's this movie about?" She whispered as the previews started.
"It's supposed to be scary, haven't you heard of it?" He whispered back.
"No, I don't even know what it's called." She said.
"You've never seen the previews on the TV. for Saw?" He asked.
"No I don't really have time for adult TV., I'm limited to The Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, and
The Disney Channel." She said.
She buried her face in his chest when the puppet held a gun at the little girls head. He wrapped his
arm around her shoulder. They walked out of the theatre and she was clutching his hand.
"Did I ever tell you I hate scary and gory movies?" She asked.
"Why?" he asked.
"Because I'm a wimp I get scared from them." She said.
He laughed and pulled her close.
"Don't worry I'll protect you." He said in a low voice. S
he laughed and slid her arm around his waist.
"I'm going to hold you to that." She said as they got in his car and headed back to his house.
He carried all her bags in and put them in her room.
"I'm going to take a shower and change into my pajamas." She announced as she walked into her
room.
He nodded and closed the door behind him. He waited until she got out of the shower and jumped
in the other shower. When he came out fifteen minutes later, he found her in the living room
watching TV. He sat next to her and a few minutes asked what she was watching. She smiled
sheepishly,
"Well when you watch TV. with your kids you get hooked on some of the shows, this is Phil of the
future." She said.
He laughed and continued to watch the Disney show.
"Well I hate to admit this but that was actually pretty good." He said.
"See I told you." She said through a yawn.
"Tired?" he asked. She nodded sleepily.
"Come let's get you into bed." He said and pulled her up with him and went upstairs. They said
good night and went into their respective rooms. A few hours later he woke up. He looked around
disoriented to see what had woken him up and seen Kayla sleeping fitfully next to him. She
appeared to be having a bad dream. He lay back down and pulled her close to him and she slowly
relaxed. He smiled as he drifted back to sleep. He woke up the next morning and seen Kayla still
sleeping peacefully next to him. He smiled to himself and carefully got out of bed to take a shower.
When he got out she was sitting up looking around.
"Hey, sleep well?" He asked.
She nodded and smiled sheepishly.
"I told you I don't deal well with scary movies." She said.
"Oh so that's why you crawled into my bed last night. Damn that kills the ego." He said wincing.
She threw a pillow at him and he easily dodged it. She got out of bed and started to stomp past him
while sticking her tongue out at him. He hooked an arm around her waist and spun her around.
"Don't stick your tongue out at me." He said.
She stuck it out at him again.
"That's it!" He said and picked her up and straddled her on the bed, than began tickling her.
"Shane…" She said breathlessly.
He ignored her.
"Shane…I have to pee!" she yelled.
He instantly got off her.
"Not in my bed." He said.
She laughed.
"Got ya." She said as she slammed the door to the bathroom.
"I'll get you back." He yelled.
She laughed and he heard the shower start. She came out and went downstairs smelling breakfast.
"Smells good." She said and grabbed a piece of bacon.
He slapped her hand away,
"Who said I was sharing." He said at her inquiring look.
She pouted and he laughed. She grabbed a cup of coffee and sat down sipping it while she watched
him finish breakfast.
"So who taught you to cook?" She asked.
"My mom and I learned on my own take out gets blah after awhile." He said.
"Any other hidden talents?" she asked.
"Well…not to brag or anything I'm great with the ladies." He said smirking.
"Shane!" she said.
"Okay, okay, I was bragging." He said and laughed when she slapped his arm.
"Okay seriously, I clean my own house, I can cook, I'm absolutely love kids, and I'm good at my job." He said.
"Well you'll make some lucky lady a good wife some day." She said.
"Hey!" he protested.
"You left yourself wide open for that one." She said.
"Just sit down and eat." He said.
She smiled and got up to fix herself a plate.
"Sit." He ordered.
"I was just…" she said and trailed off at his look.
She sighed and sat down. He placed a plate in front of her and then sat across from her. When they
had finished he excused himself and went up to his office to make a few phone calls. She peeked in,
"Hey can I grab a book?" she whispered.
He nodded and continued to scowl at his lap top. She looked at the shelves packed with books and
settled on a new mystery novel. She tip toed out and went out into the back yard and sat in one of
the lounge chairs by the pool. Soon she was engrossed in the novel and didn't even notice Shane
watching her. He smiled and quietly walked away so he wouldn't disturb her.