So here we are again. Now we are getting a little bit more romantic in this chapter. Hope you like it.
Gracias, Thanks and Danke for reading :-*

First Date

The next day Jack visited his aunt for an overnight stay, so Aaron took Katie on a walk at the Potomac River. The sun was shining and it was warm enough to let the jackets in the car. Since yesterday they tried to avoid touching each other, but right now for Aaron it seemed to be the right way to hold her hand. The sun made Katie's hair look golden and when she closed her eyes to feel the sunrays on her face she looked even more beautiful. The wound on her forehead was almost gone.
For a while they walked silently side by side. After some time Katie started to talk.
"Yesterday I was sure I would never find any peace again. But right now, being with you…" she stopped, not able to explain her feelings.
Aaron wasn't sure what to answer, so he only clasped softly her hand.
"The worst thing for me is," she started again, "that I now have this memories. And no others. I don't know how my first date was, my prom and my first kiss. Did I have a loving family or was my childhood a mess? We are the summary of our experiences, but I have none, so I'm no one?"
Aaron made her stop. He put his hand under her chin and made her look at him. "You are not no one. You are the most amazing woman I met for a long time. You need to have patience."

In the evening Aaron had a surprise for Katie. His mobile rang and he sneaked to the door.
"I hope she likes it." JJ whispered while she handed a packet over to him.
"Thank you JJ. I couldn't do this without you."
He closed the door carefully. Then he went to Katie's room. She was lying on her bed when he entered.
"It's almost time for dinner?" she asked him.
"Not yet. And I thought we go out for dinner tonight." He gave her that packet. "You have half an hour to get ready. I'll pick you up. It's a first date."
Katie found a wonderful black dress with matching high heels in the box. It took her ten minutes to finally put it on. Like promised twenty minutes later Aaron knocked on her door. He had a red rose in his hand.
"You look amazing!" he said admiring.
"You look quite nice too." She replied. He wore a black suit and a dark blue shirt and she could smell his after shave.
"Are you ready?" he asked her and offered her his hand.

Aaron took Katie to a nice Italian restaurant. The pasta was delicious and Aaron led the conversation. He told her about his work he was addicted to. Katie understood his stand. She thought she would be probably the same.
"It must be hard to see all the freaks out there and to try to raise Jack with a feeling of safety." She said to him.
"Sometimes it is. But my work it is to make the world safe around him. Jack is a smart little boy. He went through so much; he heard the shot when his mom died. He was very secretive the last time, but with you became a normal kid."
"So you think I can't be a bad person, because your son loves me." She smiled at him. And then she joked: "That's only because my pancakes are better than yours." They both laughed.
The evening went quite well. After the dessert they made a walk through the starlit night before they get back home.
"Thanks for this wonderful night." Katie thanked Aaron at the doorstep of his apartment.
"You think it was an appropriate first date?" he asked her when he secured the door behind them.
"Definitely. This memory I'll carry forever in my heart." Slowly he approached near to her. One hand of him runs through her hair, while the other touched gently her cheek. "Maybe I should take care that you have one more sweet memory." He whispers right before his lips found hers to a tentative kiss. It was an innocent kiss, but Aaron knew, that would make things much more complicated for him. He didn't know who of the deepened the kiss. She put her hands around his neck and he could feel her shivering when his tongue started to explore her mouth. But then, from one moment to the other, she got stiffened and stepped back. "I'm sorry Aaron, but I'm not ready yet." She tried to explain.
"That's no problem. Take your time. I only want to be near you." He said.
This night they slept in his bed. He held her till she fell asleep and then he watched her, captured in her nightmares. It would be a long way for her to recover completely.
It was after 3 o'clock in the morning, when he woke up in sudden. Katie got anxious again. She mumbled something in her sleep and he needed a few moments till he understands what she repeated over and over again.
Rose….