Thank you so much to everyone who reads this! I wanted to dedicate this chapter to a few girls that mean the absolute world to me and bring joy and laughter to my life everyday. This is dedicate to my charriet groupchat girls. Katy, Amelia, Ana and Natalie. Also to any other Charriet fans that read this FanFiction especially Gemma, Danimay, Summer & finchyfans who has the best twitter dedicated to Harriet/Katherine & Charriet.
Harriet's POV
"Cain..." I spoke softly, choking back what seemed to be tears of happiness.
"How did you do all this, it's perfect." I couldn't quite eve that he'd done this. Cain Dingle. Organising a surprise dinner just for me. It was insane. Insane how much he seemed to have changed over these past few months but he hasn't changed at all. Even from the start he showed me glimpses of this man. This lovely, caring, gentle man.
"I pulled a few strings." He said pursing his lips into a cheeky smile.
"But why? I don't understand." I say, clearly still not grasping his reason for bringing me here.
"You're worth it, you're worth it all. I want to do this, I want to do this with you. And I'm not saying it's going to be easy, because I know that's not true. I want this to happen, even more so because I thought this would never happen again. For months I never allowed myself to feel anything, but I couldn't help it. You turned my head and now I can't stop looking." His words felt like butterflies dancing on my heart.
"What's changed? You were never this keen." I question his sudden very drastic change of tune.
"You're right. You need your own space and so do I. I can't live with my dad for the rest of my life and lord knows they don't have the room to keep me there much longer. Plus I want to do this, I love you and i know that we can do this, together." My heart melts with each word he tells me. How could a man have this much of an effect on me. I'd never felt like this before, not even with Ashley and I proposed to him. My mind goes off track slightly as the idea of marriage enters my head. I don't think Cain will ever want that, not again. But stood here thinking about it, I don't think I need to marry him. I'm happy with us, right here, right now.
"Thank you so much. You have no idea how happy you make me. I'm so lucky to have you and I love you too by the way." I finally respond as my train of thought is interrupted by him removing my jacket.
Cains POV
"Should we take a seat then?" I ask ushering her over to the candle lit table that I'd spent most of the afternoon on. I pull out her chair and wait for her to sit down before pushing her chair back in.
"So then chef, what's for dinner?" She asked tilting her head to the side and smiling. I loved that smile more than anything. I could be having the worst day and that smile would make everything else seem trivial.
"Well, as you know I can't cook to save my own life. So I ordered us food, I didn't want it to get cold so I put it in the oven to keep warm. It's Chinese by the way, I know it's your favourite takeaway food." I still was in absolute shock of myself. I wasn't changed, she just brought out the side of me that I didn't know was there, not even with Moira. She brought it out, yes. but Harriet made me come alive.
Harriet's POV
I looked across the spread that had appeared in front of me. The food has now been taken out of the oven and had been placed on the table. My eyes light up with excitement as I spot the sweet and sour chicken and the egg fried rice. Simple but amazing. My favourite dish, just like he said. As I began to dig into my meal, Cain disappeared into the kitchen only to return moments later with a bottle of champagne in an ice bucket, I was being spoiled.
"I had to knick this from the pub when faith wasn't looking, I'll have to return it tomorrow" he told me laughing as he picked up my glass to fill it.
"You shouldn't steal you know, it's a sin." I say sarcastically, a waiting his answer.
"Say when." He said, flashing his eyes up to mine and back down to the drink again. I let him fill it right up to the top. I didn't usually drink champagne, I was more of a larger girl really so I decided to just go for it. After all we were celebrating.
"You. Are spoiling me mister." I tell him as I lean over to steal a chip from his plate.
"Now look who's stealing, you shouldn't do that you know." He said mocking the words id spoken just moments earlier.
"Shut up." I laugh, pinching another chip.
Cains POV
After we had both finished eating we just sat there, mostly in silence and it was bliss. Silences were never uncomfortable with her. It was so strange how we could both say so little but yet know exactly what the other was thinking. Harriet shifted in her seat slightly and turned her head to the side. My eyes followed her gaze over to sofa. There wasn't much furniture, only the necessities. A table, a few chairs, an oven, a fridge, a sofa and a bed. That was all we needed, for tonight anyways. Harriet stood up and walked over to where I was sitting. She bent down slowly and planted a soft kiss on my lips before pulling me up by my tie and forcing me to follow her over to the couch. As I lay down on the couch she did the same, resting her head on my chest. There was no TV, not that we needed it of course. We had plenty to keep us entertained. Everything in the moment was perfect. The shadows on the wall danced as the room was lit up only by the candles that still stood lit on the table. Her presence was all I needed as we lay in each others comfpany, I realise that nothing else matters but her.