Dinner and Dessert

I can’t be distracted by this, I have a million questions that need to be answered. Plus, I’m not ready for anything related to feelings or intimacy. His eyes are burning into my skin, I can feel them move along my body, he clears his throat. “Are you ready to go?” He asks. “Yes, I- uh, where do I put all my things?” I say fumbling my words. “Leave it, I’ll have them sent to your cabin. There’s a car waiting outside to drive us to the restaurant.” He says and walks towards the door. We walk in silence to the car, my heels clicking against the floor the only sound. He opens the door and extends his hand to help me in. “Oh we’re using niceties now are we?” I smile up at him as I take his hand and slide in. “Think you can last the whole night?” He questions raising his eye brow with a knowing smirk at his innuendo, then shuts the door before I can reply. Good thing because I’m too shocked to comment on that one.

“Is he flirting or is it just me Star?” She laughs, “I think you’ll be playing with fire tonight,” she replies. Great. The car ride is silent and I feel microscopic sitting beside this gigantic man. The driver doesn’t even say a word, but I’m sure mind link is their preferred way of communicating. I take in everything we pass on the way there, carefully assessing anything I may need to know for the future hoping Star is paying attention as well.

Ever the gentleman, he helps me out of the car once we reach the restaurant. It’s beautifully built, the dark wood and black brick are accented by tendrils of ivy that climb up the building. The name over the entrance read ‘Blue’ with blue light shining behind each letter so it could be seen in the night like the moon. “Alpha it’s so good to see you,” the young hostess says, “your table is ready and we’ve included our new red wine, I hope you find it highly pleasing.” She smiles with hearts in her eyes. I can’t blame her, he looks like dinner and dessert.

She shows us to our table that’s set in the back, out of view and ear shot from the rest of the restaurant. Along the way I hear everyone acknowledging their Alpha with nods of ‘hellos’ and ‘good to see yous’, while I feel like I’m on full display. Noah pulls out my chair and I sit, the etiquette is throwing me off. “Thank you Kiara, this is perfect.” Noah dismisses her as he sits down as well. “Enjoy your dinner Alpha,” she blushes and walks away. I turn to him and he looks almost, embarrassed? “Are you not used to all the attention, Alpha,” I say the word teasingly. He smirks at the title coming from my lips. “I could get used to you saying that,” he replies. “Well that part is up to you now isn’t it?” I tell him.

The server walks up to us, “Hello Alpha, it’s very nice to see you,” he says as he hands us our menus. “Thank you Carlos,” he leans back in his chair, looking relaxed and confident. “How’s school going?” Noah asks him. Carlos smiles and animatedly starts explaining how well he’s doing in his medical classes, outlining his favourites. Noah goes on to ask him about training as well and Carlos sheepishly explains where he’s been having difficulties. “Please don’t ever hesitate to ask for advice Carlos, we can have a one on one and I’ll help you past this obstacle,” Noah encourages. “Thank you Alpha, that would be amazing,” Carlos says excitedly, “Can I grab you two anything to start? Maybe a drink?” He looks to me expectantly. I totally forgot to look through the menu while they had their conversation, I was distracted by the fact it wasn’t all through mind link like I’m used to.