Matt sat outside at a table in front of the busy café waiting for Clara. He kept checking his hair in the silver napkin holder over and over again.
"I would pick a breezy day for a date." He muttered trying to get his hair perfect.
Matt never felt so nervous in his life. What was this hold Clara had on him? He couldn't figure it out but he wasn't sure if he wanted to.
Suddenly he felt a soft tap on his shoulder. He looked up and saw Clara there smiling. "Hi!" She said.
Once again he was nearly tongue tied looking at her in her long sleeve dark red sweater dress and black tights.
"Uh, hi!" He replied standing up to pull her chair out.
She blushed at his gesture; no one had ever done that for her. "Thanks." She smiled sitting down.
A waitress came by and took their order then leaving the two sitting there feeling nervous and awkward.
"Say something!" He yelled to himself.
Finally after a couple of minutes he smiled at her. "You look lovely."
Clara blushed. "Thanks, you too." She then winced. "Why did I say that?" Clara scolded herself. "Sorry, I meant you look nice."
Matt grinned. "It's okay. I don't think anyone's ever told me look I lovely before."
His comment and gorgeous smile helped her feel relaxed.
"So what made you decide to become a med student?" She asked.
He folded his arms on the table. "It was when I was a kid and I tried to treat a minor injury on David's forehead."
She looked at him intrigued. "What happened?"
Matt smirked. "Well, it was my fault but I convinced David he couldn't wear his glasses during follow the leader because I didn't wear them so it was breaking the rules."
She winced. "I'm afraid to ask but what happened then?"
He gave a humorous sigh. "Oh, we started playing and he ran into a tree and got a nasty bruise on his forehead."
Clara muffled a giggle with her hand.
"And of course I felt terrible and I tried to treat his injury myself." He replied.
"Oh, no!" She grinned.
Matt nodded. "Yeah, I got a huge roll of toilet paper and wrapped half his body to make sure I didn't miss anything; not without a fight of course but I really wanted to help him."
Clara shook her head smiling. "How did David react to your "special" medical treatment?"
He gave a half smirk. "David took it better than I thought. He found his glasses and chased me all over his backyard." He replied simply.
Clara beamed. Matt was the sweetest guy she ever met. Now she knew why she liked him so much.
Matt sighed. "Anyway I realized I like helping people and trying to heal them. That's when I decided to become a Doctor."
She smiled. "That sounds nice."
Matt blushed. "What about you; what made you want to be a teacher?"
She smiled proudly. "My mum inspired me. She was a teacher before she passed away then in high school I became a tutor and realized I liked helping kids learn and I wanted to become a teacher."
He glanced at her and leaned back in his chair. "Yeah but I think there's something more you want to do than just wanting to teach."
Clara blushed and folded her hands on the table. "To be honest I like to travel the world after graduation."
He looked at her surprised. "Really?"
Clara nodded. "I have a book that shows the best places in the world to see and I hope I get to."
"Hope that doesn't sound corny." She smiled shyly.
"Not at all." He replied thoughtfully gazing at her. Matt realized he really liked being around her. Clara was so different and genuine.
"What?" She said noticing he was staring at her.
Embarrassed he cleared his throat pretending to be interested in an imaginary spot on the table cloth. "Uh, so what's it like to be the Dean's daughter?"
Clara sighed. "You know, huh?" She really didn't want him to find out yet.
Matt just shrugged. "Yeah so? Why is being Dean Oswald's daughter bad?"
Shrugging Clara fiddled with a sugar packet. "Well, most guys run when they find out."
He gently tucked a strand of her brown hair behind her ear making her shiver. "Yeah but I'm not most guys." Matt told her softly.
Clara glanced up at those amazing green eyes and smiled. "No, you're not."
He slowly came closer taking her hand and stroked her thumb while gazing into her wide eyes ignoring the fact their coffee had arrived and was getting cold.
Later in week at the bookstore Amy found David crouched down restocking a shelf she folded her arms and eyed him from behind grinning. "Mm, still loving the view."
He turned and smiled. "Hi, how long have you been standing there?" He said getting up from the floor.
Amy shrugged. "Not long but I had something nice to look at." She smirked.
David blushed. "You do realize you're the only girl that could ever make me blush."
"I'm sorry." She said softly worried she had embarrassed him.
David tilted her chin. "Who said I was complaining?" He grinned kissing her nose.
It was her turn to blush. "Yeah, well you don't do so bad yourself."
He smiled. "So what brings you here?"
"Well, I contacted that publisher and he's interested in publishing one of my writings." She said proudly.
"See I told you!" David grinned.
"He's even picked a pin name for me." She added.
"Peter's really good at that. What did he give you?" He asked.
She thought for a minute. "River Song." Amy dramatically emphasized the name with her hand.
"Mysterious." He nodded.
Amy then took his hand. "I also was hoping we could have lunch."
He smiled. "Yeah, sure, the place isn't exactly crowded. I think they can get by without me."
They walked to the crowded cafeteria for some chips and found an empty table to sit at.
"Amazing how the bookstore is almost empty but the cafeteria is always packed." David thought to himself.
They sat across from each other and David shoved a chip in his mouth glancing at her.
"How in the world did I get a girl like her?" He wondered staring at her soft red hair and angelic face.
"What?" She said shaking a ketchup bottle.
Staring at his food he shrugged. "Nothing, it's just you're the first girl that's ever flirted with me. Sometimes I wonder what you see in me. I'm not exactly perfect. "
Amy reached over and squeezed his hand. "You being you caught my attention."
David arched his eyebrow. "So you were looking for a sarcastic broke college student."
She smirked. "You know what I mean. In fact you're the first guy I ever really liked."
Amy took a bite of a chip slightly embarrassed she admitted that.
"Really, how come?" he asked surprised.
Amy took his hand into hers' and their fingers intertwined. "I don't know. You're just different but in ways that I like and want a guy to be."
David smiled at that.
She then tilted her head to the side biting her lower lip. "You're also extremely sexy." Amy added flirtatiously.
David blurted out a snicker covering part of his blushing face with his arm making Amy smile. No one had ever called him that before.
"Sorry, had to be honest." She teased.
He looked up at her with a mischievous grin. "Oh, you asked for it."
David quickly moved his chair beside her and whispered something in her ear but it wasn't what she thought it would be.
Instead of it being filthy it was sweet and simple. She glanced at him tenderly. "Really, you think I'm beautiful?"
He nodded and kissed her cheek. "The most beautiful girl I've ever seen." David replied softly.
Amy smiled and rested her head on his shoulder and they continued their lunch date.
A/N: Hello! Okay I know this chapter is really sweet but I couldn't resist but the angst is coming starting in the next chapter and of course there still be some tender moments.
Hope you like this chapter and thanks for reading! :)