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CHAPTER 8

"AMAZING"

PATCH'S POV:

It was Friday night and here I stood in front of a mirror in my bedroom pondering whether I looked good enough to even bother taking Nora Grey out for a real sit down, flowers at the doorstep kind of date. After changing my outfit around six times I had finally decided on a royal blue Henley and black jeans with my usual black motorcycle boots. Blue because once Nora commented on how much she likes blue shirts on me, the rest because I really didn't want to look like I was trying too hard even though in reality I was trying. I was trying so hard. I have never ever tried this hard at something before aside from my grades, but right now even my grades seem to be taking a backseat to these feelings I have for one Nora Grey. I glanced at the clock on my cell phone and took a deep breath. It was time. I had just enough time to stop and get some flowers before I went to pick her up. I had every intention of being right on time. I was actually making the effort to impress her parents. I had a long way to go, my reputation really has preceded me and I'm sure Dr. Harrison Grey knows all about it. He's probably lecturing his daughter right this very minute about why she shouldn't be going out with me. It's okay though, I can take it. I can handle a little bit of parental disapproval if it means I still get my angel. I left my room, shutting the door behind me, my family has a strict no opening of bedroom doors unless it's your own rule and I'm thankful for that. If anyone in my family had ever walked in to find me doing what I did on a regular basis with different girls every night, they would be not only disappointed but disgusted too.

"Where are you off to?" my dad asked as I grabbed my leather jacket off the hook and my keys out of the bowl beside the door.

"I have a date," I answered as confidently as I could.

"Are you coming home tonight?" he asked always the father. He needed to know where I was because he honestly worried about me. It felt nice to have at least one parent who worried about my well-being for no other reason than the fact that they were my parent.

"Yeah," I answered.

"Alone or with a companion?" he asked and I chuckled. He knew exactly how I worked and he never really tried to stop me because he knew it was futile. He figured I'd grow out of it all on my own. He was right.

"Alone. It's a real date dad," I told him not really expecting the smile on my dads face when it came. He didn't smile too often, he was a stern parent who liked to let us make our own decisions and face our own consequences.

"Really? Wow son, I knew you'd grow up eventually, I'm proud of you. I can't wait to meet this young lady who has you acting like a better man," dad said and I grinned in response. It wasn't often that my dad was even partially proud of me. That was more Scott's gig than mine.

"You will at some point, I promise. I need to make it through this date without ruining it first," I told him and he nodded knowingly.

"You'll be fine, that first date is always the hardest, but once you pick her up it'll be as easy as breathing if the chemistry is there. If it's not then make sure there isn't a second date. No use torturing each other longer than necessary," dad advised.

"Oh, believe me the chemistry is there. We were seeing each other for a couple of weeks without anyone noticing before she decided she needed more than that. We have tons of chemistry. The only thing I worry about is her realizing that she can do so much better than me," I admitted. Usually I refrained from showing any sort of emotion around my dad, but it seemed fitting with the conversation we were having despite the fact that I really needed to leave.

"What's this amazing girls name anyway?" he asked and I grinned.

"Nora Grey," I answered proudly because any guy who got to call her his girlfriend was a very lucky man. I can't believe I almost lost her because of some stupid fear. There is no way anyone could ever lump her together with any of the other girls I slept with, mainly because they will see beyond a shadow of a doubt that I actually have feelings for Nora.

"Ah yes, Dr. Grey's little girl. Good luck son. What time are you picking her up?" he asked and that was my cue.

"In about a half an hour so I better get going so I can get some flowers. I can't pick up my girl up at her house with her parents there without some flowers to impress them all with," I smirked and my dad nodded in agreement.

"Have fun tonight and I'll see you when you get home," he said finally dismissing me. My father and I didn't have too many candid conversations like that one and it quite honestly felt really good when we did. It was times like these that I remembered that I actually have a father.

"Yeah, I'll see you tonight," I told him as I walked out the front door shutting it firmly behind me.

When I got to the flower shop, the elderly woman at the counter smiled at me. I wondered how many nervous teenage boys she had seen come in here to get flowers through the years.

"You're going to buy out all the daisy's in the entire state of Maine if you keep this up," she beamed at me as I carefully searched for the most perfect bouquet I could find.

"My girl deserves every daisy in the state of Maine," I smiled back at her when I selected the most colorful bunch. They were pink, blue and yellow. The colors were bright and the flowers were perfect. I wasn't exactly an expert with flowers, the three times I bought flowers for Nora were literally the only three times I have ever bought flowers.

"It's guys like you that make my business so successful and worth every minute of the work we do. The girls that you men are with are the luckiest ones out there. Keep doing what you're doing and she'll never want to break up with you," she told me and I grinned.

"I hope not, this is technically our first date," I laughed as I handed over some cash to pay for the flowers.

"Well good luck to you both," she smiled brightly as I left the store. I carefully placed the flowers in the passenger seat of the car and drove towards Nora's house. When I finally arrived I took a deep breath and turned off the jeep. I was three minutes early as I got out and walked up the front walk.

~P&N*P&N*P&N*P&N*P&N~

NORA'S POV:

When I heard the doorbell I started panicking. I was ready aside from a small issue with my shoes. He told me to dress nice via text message today so I assume that means a dress and heels. The only issue is I can't find my sole pair of Louboutins that my parent bought me and I really need them tonight. They were my good luck shoes and I was depending on them for this date. They made my legs look amazing, not that I really needed the extra help with them. Vee told me on a regular basis that my legs were to die for, it was my unruly mahogany curls with their natural red highlights that were often my biggest problem. They could hold their own against the best flatirons and I often had to resort to ponytails and messy buns to somewhat tame it.

"Are you almost ready for your big date sweetheart?" my mom asked from outside my bedroom door.

"I can't find my shoes," I wailed after having torn my closet apart looking for them.

"Which ones?" my mom asked opening my bedroom door and coming in.

"My black Louboutins. The ones with the red sole," I told her as I frantically rushed from my room and ran to Travis' to see if he stole them from me to be mean.

"I haven't seen them, have you checked downstairs?" she asked and I shook my head after exiting Travis room having made him promise that he didn't have my shoes.

"You better hurry sweetie, your dad is down there with your boyfriend," my mom told me and instantly my anxiety grew. I worried that dad would send Patch running for the hills.

"I'm trying but I still haven't found my shoes yet," I screeched as I ran from my room with the flowing fabric of my dress billowing behind me.

"Are they downstairs?" mom asked me when she found me in the hallway.

"I don't know. Are they?" I demanded and my mom chuckled in response as she walked downstairs.

"Come and check. You should let your boyfriend know you're not ditching him while you look," she said. I sighed and walked towards the stairs when I heard Patch's voice greeting me.

"Is everything okay?" he asked and I could hear the humor in his voice.

"I can't find my shoes," I sighed ready to give up and stay home.

"There are some black heels poking out of the closet here," he called to me and my spirits perked up immediately.

"Do they have a red sole?" I asked eagerly. I heard him pull them out of the closet and answer with an affirmative yes. When I heard that word I ran down stairs as quick as I could to get the shoes from him. Crisis averted. He found the shoes. Thank God.

"Thank you so much," I said wanting nothing more in that moment than to kiss him, but I knew my dad wouldn't appreciate me laying one on Patch when we hadn't even went out yet.

"No problem. Wouldn't want us to miss our reservations," he smiled as I slipped my feet into the sacred high heels.

"Be home by ten," my dad told me seriously, and Patch nodded solemnly.

"Yes, Dr. Grey," he said earnestly. My dad nodded as if he wasn't impressed. He had tried to talk me out of dating Patch for the past few days but I couldn't change my mind. I wanted nothing more than to be his one and only. I knew though that dating him meant I was going to have to go much further than I ever had with Joey physically. He wouldn't be able to be celibate with me forever. Eventually he was going to want more from me and I expected that. He led me out of the house and he actually opened the car door for me before I got in. I was touched by his actions and I knew my mom and dad were watching from the window. I could imagine the impressed look on my moms face and the complete opposite look on my fathers.

"So where are you taking me?" I asked when we began driving.

"A little place I like to call Fitzpatrick's," he smirked and my eyes widened.

"You're taking me to Fitzpatrick's? How did you manage that?" I asked completely shocked.

"I called in a favor. Rixon's mom is the owner of the restaurant. She basically gave me no choice but to take you there," he told me and I smiled totally in awe of his surprise. First flowers and now this, he really was trying I thought to myself sneaking a peak at him while he drove. Even in the dim reflection of the dash lights he looked beyond gorgeous. He reminded me of a fallen angel with his dark clothing and features with a surreal sort of beauty. He was breathtaking.

When we got to the restaurant, he helped me out of the car and took my hand. After holding the restaurant door open for me he placed his hand on the small of my back guiding me through the interior, we were immediately escorted to the best table in the house.

"Fast service here," I commented when Patch had taken his seat after pulling out my chair for me.

"Mama Fitzpatrick probably saw us come in and told the host to seat us right away," he told me and I nodded. After we ordered we talked some more, he was so easy to talk to. We just had that connection and I loved it. I had never had that with anyone before. Joey and I had always been able to talk, we were good friends even after our break-up, but we never had this kind of intense connection or even the sexual chemistry that Patch and I have. It didn't take long for our meals to come and I devoured mine, dinner was delicious to say the least, I had never tasted anything like it.

"Mama has taught me to cook more and more every time I'm over there for dinner," Patch explained.

"You like cooking?" I asked him thrilled to learn something more about him.

"Yeah, it's a bit of a guilty pleasure," he smiled an almost shy smile. Once we were done eating he paid the bill and held my hand as we walked out to the jeep before he helped me in.

"So where are we going now?" I asked him curiously.

"I thought we would go back to where it kind of began for us; the river," he told me and I nodded happy with his plan.

"I love that idea. What will we be doing there?" I asked.

"We'll figure it out when we get there," he smiled at me and I immediately grinned back.

When we arrived at the river Patch turned up the radio in the car and got out coming around to help me out so that we could sit on the hood of the jeep. Before I had even sat down one of my favorite songs started to play. I started singing softly along with it when the first words started to play, more out of habit and contentment than knowledge that I was doing it.

"Would you care to dance with me?" he asked and I smiled as he took my hand in his bowing to kiss the back of it before he pulled me into his embrace, his one hand was on my lower back, the other one holding mine. I placed my other hand on his shoulder and we started moving together.

"You're a really talented dancer," I complimented him as we swayed in perfect sync together with the song.

"My mom taught me. One of the only useful lesson's she's ever given me," he said softly.

"I'm sorry your mom is not someone who you can depend on," I whispered.

"It's not your fault," he said quietly when I laid my head to rest on his shoulder.

"I just think you deserve everything. You deserve so much more than what you've been given. No one knows just how truly special you are," I sighed.

"There is no one else in the world like you, Nora Grey," he told me in a hushed voice before he tilted my chin up to kiss me passionately. We stopped moving as our kiss deepened, his other arm wrapped around my waist, bunching my dress up slightly. His other hand cupped my jaw. His tongue laid siege on my mouth and at that moment there was nothing I wanted more than to keep on kissing him till the end of time.

"I don't want to stop but I don't know how far I can go tonight," I said, pulling away in need of air.

"We'll stop whenever you want," he promised as we slid up on the hood of the jeep.

"I want to keep going but I'm not ready to have sex yet. I'm sure I will be soon but not tonight," I told him.

"I'll wait as long as you want. It's not why I'm with you Angel, but the second you want more I will give you more. Just not tonight, not even if you begged," he told me sincerely. I understood that he was trying to make a good impression tonight and that he wanted me to know he wasn't using me for sex or only trying to get into my pants anymore, that wasn't what this was about for him unlike Dante.

"Not tonight but soon," I promised him and he kissed me again. We laid there under the stars together talking quietly and kissing for a while. It was so amazingly beautiful.

"Do you want to go get some ice cream?" he asked me and I smiled.

"That sounds perfect," I agreed and we got off the hood and back in the jeep.

After we had ice cream, Patch drove me home. He stopped the jeep outside my house and he walked around to help me out of the car. He held my hand as we walked up the front pathway to say goodbye.

"So you buy me flowers, you hold my hand and you walk me to my door. You're pulling out all the stops tonight," I said with my hand on the door handle.

"Now I'm going to kiss you goodnight and leave," he grinned softly and I smiled.

"You should do that," I smirked as he slowly lowered his lips to mine, keeping this kiss chaste in case my parents decided to spy, which I was eighty percent positive they were. It would be just like my dad to watch us out here to make sure Patch didn't do anything bad. When we broke the kiss, he gave me one more small peck on the lips before pulling back.

"Maybe I'll see you again tomorrow," he said and I nodded.

"Text me," I told him as I turned the handle.

"I had an amazing night Angel, I'll text you later," he told me before turning and walking back to his car.

"Goodnight," I called out to him as he opened his door.

"Goodnight, Angel."

That was the an amazing date, easily the best night of my life so far. I went to bed on cloud nine with my thoughts filled with all things Patch.

~P&N*P&N*P&N*P&N*P&N~

PATCH'S POV:

When I walked in the front door I dropped my keys in the bowl whistling. I just had the most amazing night ever and I didn't want it to end.

"How was your night?" my dad asked from the sitting room. I walked into where he sat nursing a glass of bourbon with a book in his lap. Scott was sitting across from him and he looked up clearly hoping that my evening with Nora had failed.

"It was perfect. I'm having a hard time trying to figure out how I got so lucky. I've done nothing ever worthy enough to deserve Nora Grey," I told them with a genuine smile on my face.

"You earned her somehow, son. There is something in you that she sees that she must like, even if nobody else does," dad said and I smiled again.

"I'm probably going to go see her again tomorrow," I told him and he nodded.

"You should bring her by sometime, I'd really like to meet this special young lady," he smiled and I nodded.

"I will," I promised. Just as I started to turn around to walk up to my room, Scott rose and grabbed my shoulder.

"Don't you ever get tired of screwing up my life?" he demanded.

"Oh, pray tell what I did to you this time, Scott? Did I misplace your hair gel?" I asked him sarcastically. I really didn't need him screwing up my night. I was in a perfectly good mood thank you very much.

"You stole Nora from me, she's supposed to be my girlfriend," he hissed and I rolled my eyes in response.

"Nora is her own person. If she wanted to date you, you would be dating her," I told him, sick of his childish antics.

"Sure she is, you probably needled her until she said yes," he whined.

"Why yes, I did Scott, but the difference between you and me is that I actually made an effort and she honestly started to like me. I don't know why but she did and now I'm not giving that up for the world," I told him firmly before turning and walking upstairs. This was the best night ever and there was no way I was going to let Scotty ruin it.

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