Wow! Didn't expect people to read my story, never mind review/favourite/follow it. Thankyou all so much! Will be continuing this as random one shots of established Waige.
"This is very romantic Walt," Paige commented, "any particular reason?"
Paige had gone through the special dates she had mentally stored, it's not anybody birthday, not an anniversary and they hadn't done anything recently that needed celebrating to this degree.
"Can I not surprise my gorgeous girlfriend with a fancy dinner date?" Walter questioned, clearly amused at Paige's confusion. He knew he didn't have the best way of expressing feelings, usually a Chinese takeout on a Friday night sufficed for the two, before they 'retired' to the bedroom. But instead, Paige had come home to an empty apartment, a note saying Ralph was staying with their neighbour, a bunch of roses and a gorgeous Armani dress. Yes, Walter really did out-do himself this time. When the knock on the door of her apartment came, she very nearly refused going to eat and just having Walter as a meal instead, he looked that delicious in his suit.
"Im joking, although I really should surprise you more if you're going to make them eyes at me more often. It's officially a year since I met you at Nemo's cafe and you became a part of Scorpion, and a bigger part of my life," Walter noted that whilst stating this, Paige had started tearing up.
Happy? Sad? Angry? Relieved?
He couldn't decide
"These are tears of love Walt, because as much as you frustrate me, I love you so damn much and don't deserve the kind heart you hold," Paige's speech had an effect on Walter. Not quite as public as hers, but his stomach fluttered just a little bit, his heart rate picked up and he squeezed her hand just a little tighter.
"I love you too, Paige, so much you can't imagine."
After that comment, the waiter came to take the orders and Walter was brought back to his professional, blank self when speaking to strangers.
Suddenly, Walter's phone rang, which shocked them both because the rest of the team was under strict instructions by Walt not to ring either of them tonight. Of course they wanted to know why, the nosy genius's can't help butting in to their relationship, but Walter had kept it all a secret. Until now apparently.
"What?" Walter didn't even bother with a polite greeting, Toby doesn't deserve one for interrupting what was meant to be a romantic evening.
"I know you said not to call unless it was an emergency, but this is one. Cabe just called, there's been a tip off to the fed's that the restaurant L'oiseau Blanc is going to recieve a serious terrorist attack within the next hour. Now we've just pulled up in the car park, we'll wait in the van for you and Paige," Toby's information made Walter's blood run cold. Not only were they unarmed, but they were unfamiliar of the restaurant they were sitting in. Of course Walter chooses the newly opened, fancy sounding French restaurant without looking at fire escapes and other safety precautions.
"No need, we're inside. Table 12. Right hand corner. Bring your own chair," and with that, Walter hung up, knowing the rest of Scorpion will join them in 30 seconds.
"What's going on Walt?" Paige's velvety voice brought him out of his thoughts.
"Terrorist attack is going to commence in this restaurant within the next hour. We need to not only get out, but stop the terrorists," Walter whispered, not wanting to alarm or notify someone that he knew what was going to happen. Last time he did that, he ended up in a jail cell with a tiny-handed scone expert.
"Well, well, well what have we here. Sneaking off to have a quiet evening without your best buddies I see guys," The shrink's voice did nothing to calm the couple, and for once, Walter was stumped on what to do because he decided to give his brain a night off from thinking, so he could just concentrate on the love of his life sat before him.
"Now my bets are that he's going to enter through the kitchen door, possibly masked as a worker, before attempting to take the whole restaurant hostage," Happy concluded, someone was actually focused on the job in hand.
Walter set tasks out for each member, Toby was to analyse any worker or customer that looked shifty, Happy had been sent to make sure the wiring of the building hadn't been tampered with and Sylvester was working out the escape route with the highest success. Paige was ordered to stay next to Walter and not move, he couldn't risk her getting hurt.
"Him, that's our guy," Toby whispered to the team. He then pulled out his phone and informed Cabe, who was outside with armed backup. The guy in question had a uniform on that looked cheaper than the rest, the shirt wrinkled and waistcoat an off colour, probably due to the haste in wanting the job done. He kept flickering his eyes over to the corner near the door, where 2 men with caps on sat. Subtle, thought Toby. They were obviously going to be blocking the front door off.
Walter got to his feet, giving the impression he was going to the bathroom. However, when he saw Cabe and backup walk through the front door towards the two men, he grabbed the shifty looking waiter before he could swiftly escape.
Handing him over to the backup, Cabe released them for the night, having enough evidence that it was indeed these 3 guys and Scorpion wasn't needed anymore.
Sitting in McDonalds for a romantic evening wasn't what Walter had planned for him and Paige. But as she said, it's cheaper and more efficient, with it being nearer Paige's apartment.
"Don't worry, I'll make it up to you in the bedroom later," Paige whispered in Walt's ear, consequently ending the night abruptly and dragging Paige to the car.