Everyone had turned up: family members and family friends. Brogan looked around the room, as she sat down beside her older cousin, Amy. She smiled at her auntie, as she spoke to her, trying to keep her attention on the conversation. But her heart was racing. She hadn't seen him in months. He went through a patch of not coming round on weekends to get drunk and play on the Nintendo Wii, for some odd reason. Her brother had explained the reason, but all Brogan could do was roll her eyes. Boys and their toys. She'd always think to herself. But the two were finally in the same room again, and she couldn't stop her eyes from wandering back over to him. She wished she was interesting enough to have a full-on conversation with him. She hoped that the seating arrangement would end up with she and him sitting beside one another. Putting a smile onto her face and nodding at her auntie, Brogan picked up her glass of Malibu and coke, and she took a sip,
"Oh, I know. I'm so glad that I finally have an actual job!" She laughed.
"Brog?" Her older brother, Thomas, called.
Brogan looked over at him, and she raised her eyebrows at him,
"Wha'?"
"What's that you're drinking?"
She held the glass up to him,
"Malibu an' coke."
He laughed,
"You'll be lickin' the toilet seat soon." He joked.
Brogan's cheeks burned bright pink, as she glanced at David beside him, and she rolled her eyes,
"Shut up." She told him.
"Ignore him." Her auntie told him.
"Oh, trust me. I try." She replied back, with a huff.
It was finally time to sit down and eat. Brogan was slightly disappointed that, once again, she couldn't sit next to David. But, luckily, she got to sit opposite him. Swallowing slightly, Brogan pulled at the bottom of her dress, as she sat down, and then she smoothed her hands over the bottom of her dress. She looked up and took the menu from the waiter, and she smiled,
"Thanks." She said politely, before looking down at the menu.
"Have you eaten here before, Brogie?" Her cousin, Amy, asked.
She looked beside her and she nodded, smiling,
"Yeah, it's nice here." She informed her.
Brogan looked ahead at David, and she noticed that she'd caught his eye. The two looked at each other at a brief second, before he broke the gaze, causing Brogan to look down at her menu again.
"I'm watching you two." Amy whispered in Brogan's ear.
Her heart was racing slightly, as she looked up at her cousin, an innocent look on her face,
"Wha'?" She asked with a laugh.
Her cousin fave her a knowing smile,
"You 'eard."
Brogan scoffed, and kept her gaze fixed on her menu.
"What're you havin'?" Thomas asked David.
"Dunno, what about you?"
"Not sure yet."
"Brog?"
Brogan lifted her gaze, and she looked at David,
"Yeah?"
"What're you havin'?" He asked. "You've been 'ere before."
"Uh..." She looked back down at her menu. "I was jus' gonna 'ave some chicken and bacon pasta." She shrugged, looking up at him.
He stared at her for a few seconds, nodding, and he looked back down at his menu, having another look.
Everyone's food came and everyone started to eat. Brogan looked at David's plate, and she rolled her eyes and scoffed,
"Did you actually scrape all that salad to the side?" She asked, feigning disgust, already knowing his answer.
"I don't like salad. It's rabbit food."
Brogan shook her head, smiling at him, and David smiled back at her, shaking his head too.
"And you left the cucumber! That's the best bit!" She laughed.
David picked up the cucumber, and he held it out to her,
"'Ere. You 'ave it."
Brogan grinned, taking the cucumber from him, trying her best not to touch him, but she failed, touching his fingertip,
"Thanks!"
He laughed at her reaction, and Brogan ate the cucumber. Brogan took note of her brother being engrossed in a conversation with their uncle.
"You're so weird for not liking salad. It's good for ya!"
"I work out, so it's exactly the same." He replied.
Brogan rolled her eyes and she laughed, shaking her head, before she picked up her drink, and she took a sip.