Emily held her head up and smiled wide to her friend as she walked out of the unfinished building, quickly gripping his hand before walking around the car and jumping in the passenger seat. "I think that went really well."
"Did it?" The older man had been waiting outside for at least an hour, and he knew that she had been a bundle of nerves before she went in for the interview.
"Yeah," she beamed, her bright eyes staring straight at him as she buckled herself up. "He was extremely nice and let me make a quick shrimp scampi for him, and before I could even ask when I could expect a call, if I were lucky enough to get one, he hired me."
Aaron let a laugh leave his lips before reaching over, setting his hand on the younger woman's knee and giving a squeeze. "That's great Emily. I knew you would do well."
Emily bit her lip, trying her best to hold back her smile as she watched the father of one turn his key and start up the SUV. "Thank you."
"So we have the rest of the day to ourselves," the older man grunted, jerking the sticking gearshift before finally putting into gear to get them out onto the road. "I got a text from Mia a few minutes after you went inside and she said that she and Jack are having a good time and are ok for now, so we have a few hours just to ourselves."
Glancing over to the older man, Emily shared a smile with him. "That sounds great, I'd love that."
"What would you like to do?"
"I don't know," she frowned, looking out the windshield as she leaned back in her seat. "I haven't really been here long enough to know what there is to do around here."
Aaron smiled, his hands gripping the steering wheel as he turned a corner. "Alright, well I know this place that you'll just love."
"Oh please don't let it be a place with games," the mother laughed, groaning as she sunk back into her seat. "Amelia begged me for days to take her to a carnival when she was ten years old, and she beat me at every single arcade and child's game there. I refuse to play those things."
The older man let his brows raise at the words that were running from his new friend's mouth. "Ok so we're not going to the arcade."
Emily blushed when she heard herself give a giggle, and she gently shook her head. "Well whatever it is I'm sure it'll be great." Eyes widening when she felt the car pulling to a stop, looking out to the mini golf course she saw that they had pulled up to. "We are not doing this."
"Oh I think we are," he smiled, turning off the car and pulling the key out of the ignition. "Mia told me that this was always your favorite thing to do when there were just you and her days, and so this is what we're going to do."
"No no, I haven't done this in forever. I refuse."
"You refuse?" Aaron turned in his seat and sent a somewhat playful glare to the younger brunette. "I'm not allowing that."
Emily quickly shook her head. "How about this? If we leave now, I will treat you to ice cream before we have to get back to the house."
"You really don't want to do this?"
Emily sealed her lips before vigorously nodding her head, not wanting to break the older man's sweet heart by saying mini golfing was really just a her and Amelia thing.
Aaron locked eyes with the beautiful woman for a small second before nodding, setting the key back in the ignition. "Whatever you want."
Feeling a small flutter in her heart that she hadn't felt since her first date with the father of her child, Emily didn't even blink before leaning over the console and pressing her lips to the older man's.