Chapter 3:
It's A Date!
"Good morning dad" Lloyd said as he descended down the stairs while putting his shirt on.
"Good morning Lloyd" Dirk greeted, he then noticed Lloyd was holding his wing pack "where are you heading?"
the question caught Lloyd off-guard. "Um…I got a date."
"with Colette?"
"y…yeah" Lloyd scratched his head.
"You've grown up my son"
"thought you would never see the day huh?" Lloyd said as he put the wing pack in his pocket.
"Good luck Lloyd"
"Thanks dad" said Lloyd as he walked out the door.
Lloyd then began through the forest towards Iselia, it did'nt take long for him to get there.
"here it goes" Lloyd said as he ascended the stairs to the door of Colette's house. He knocked on the door and a moment later Colette's grandmother, Phaidra, answered.
"Oh, hi Lloyd. Colette has been waiting for you…" Phaidra said, she stepped back into the house as Colette came to the door.
Lloyd could not believe the beauty his eyes had set on. There stood Colette in a white dress, her hair was tied in a ponytail and she wore emerald earrings.
"Wow" Lloyd uttered, feeling as if he tripped over himself.
"you like it?" she asked.
"Yeah" he replied as he held her hand down the stairs.
"So where are we going for our date?"
"I was thinking of Flanoir"
"that would be great." She said while she wrapped her hand around his as they walked to the outskirts of Iselia.
When they got there Lloyd took out his wing pack and pressed the button on it and out popped a blue Reiard then stepped onto the Reiard and she followed.
"hold on" he said as they took to the skies towards Flanoir.
They made it to Flanoir by mid-day.
"here we are" Lloyd said as he stepped off the Reiard along with her, then returned it to his wing pack.
"yep" she said as she held his hand while they walked into the winter wonderland known as Flanoir.
As they passed the city gates they came across a hot chocolate stand.
"Oh! A hot chocolate stand!" she walked over to the stand.
"My. my,my that's one pretty girl you got there." The stand owner said.
"Yes she is" Lloyd smiled "how much for 2 cups?"
"10 gald"
Lloyd pulled 10 gald out of his pocket and passed it to the man. In exchange the man passed them two cups of hot chocolate.
"thank you and enjoy your hot chocolate." The man said as they headed down the street.
"where do you think we should go?" Lloyd asked Colette.
"hmm…why don't we go up to the Martel church?" she suggested. " I like the view up there of the city."
"okay" Lloyd agreed.
They made their way to where the Martel church stood. There they enjoyed the view of the city.
"I remember the last time we were here…"she began the conversation while she leaned on the stone balcony, gazing into the looming sunset. "I,ll never forget that night."
"yeah, me too," Lloyd said as he finished off his hot chocolate and set it down on the balcony.
"when…we where on the journey of regeneration, I never realized how selfish I was. Cause I was willing to sacrifice myself for the sake of the world, And if it was,nt for you I would'nt be here with you."
"yeah but that's the past now," Lloyd put his hands on her shoulders and turned her to face him, mustering up the courage to say what he had wanted to say all along. "I…I love you Colette…and that's all that matters"
she looked up into his eyes "L…Lloyd"
for a moment that seemed to drag on they looked onto each others eyes, slowly closing into a passionate kiss."
"I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART LLOYD" SHE THOUGHT.
A deep passion for each other would soon reveal itself…