So then the adventure began.
We walked towards a restaurant. No, wait scratch that. A five star restaurant. The number one restaurant known in France called Le Romantiques.
"Bonjour Monsieur et Madame!" A middle-aged waiter greeted us. He was average in size with a bald head and the typical mustache. "Table for deux?" He asked.
"Oui, s'il vous plaît." Wally responded.
It wasn't a surprise he knew French. What other reason to know another language other the than food am I right?
"Daccord, follow me." The waiter lead us towards a table for two all the way up onto the rooftop. It was quite amazing, the view. We were under glimmering stars with a full moon exposed. I snapped out of my thoughts when I realized Wally and I were the only ones up on the rooftop.
As we sat down, we started to order. I got the Beef bourguignon, which was beef cooked and simmered in red wine. Wally got the Jambon persillé, it was marbled ham with parsley garnish. We took our first bite of our food and fireworks lit up inside me. It was the best thing I have ever tasted. The cutlet of beef melted in my mouth like butter.
"Enjoying ourselves are we?" Wally looked at me smugly.
"Wally, this is amazing. How did you even find a place like this?" I inquired.
"Got to exceed my expectations to impress the lady." He chuckled.
"Who said I was impressed?" I sarcastically retorted.
"Ouch Jinxy, not cool." He jokingly acted hurt.
"Oh by the way Slowpoke, this isn't the only place we're going to visit tonight. There's actually one place I wanted to show you." Wally added.
"I wonder where it could be, could you please enlighten me?" I caustically commented.
"I can't tell you that yet, it would ruin the surprise." He said.
"Of course." I replied.
"Before we go visit that place, do you want anything else?" Wally questioned.
"No thanks I'm good. I'm really stuffed." I countered.
"Same here and that's a first for me." He remarked.
Wally asked for the check and looked at the amount.
"How much is it?" I asked.
"Nuh-uh, not telling you beautiful. This one's on me." He responded.
"Should I help you too Wally? I have money too remember?" I reminded him.
"Yeah, but this is our first date and I didn't want you to worry about how much it was." He softly replied.
I studied Wally for a bit, he looked genuine with his answer. Usually I had to pay with my teammates, but Wally wanted me to enjoy myself once in awhile. It made me feel warm inside. It was the sweetest thing he said, but also the cheesiest.
"Thanks Wally." I smiled.
Wally proceeded to pay and gave the waiter a fat twenty dollar tip. We then both zoomed off together and we were on top of a building. At the moment it was difficult to comprehend where I was as I was still getting over my motion sickness. I glanced out towards the view and it was a peculiar view. The view still had a moonlight shine that glittered over Wally and I. The buildings were miniature sized and the citizens of Paris were like little ants crawling around. I briefly looked at Wally who was staring at me quite carefully.
" is great. You're great. Thank you for tonight. I haven't had days like this in a while." I replied honestly.
"No problem Jinx, anything for you." He softly said.
Being with Wally makes me feel indifferent in a good way. I felt like I could finally be myself and stop putting on a fake facade. It made me realize that I can finally tell him what has happened in my life. With trust and with ease. He always told me, if I needed anything. He was there for me and he asked me about my life once before, but back then I just brushed it off, brushed him off. I never really opened up to anyone before and shared every single one of my emotions, which included distress. I was scared at one point that my secrets and past events would scare him away, but he proved to me otherwise. I was ready to tell him.
"Wally… I know you asked me before about my life and I never gave you a clear answer. I always tried to avoid it as much as I could and I can't do that anymore." I sighed.
"Jinx, you don't need to tell me if you're not ready. I'll understand." Wally jumped in.
I gave him a longing look and reassured him.
"I'm ready to tell you Wally." I spoke without hesitation.
"You sure?" He questioned.
"Yes, anything you want to ask me. No limitations. If you want to make it fair, you could tell me parts of your life also. I want to know." I assured him.
"I would like that." He said certainly.