First date

First date

Two minutes later Keegan came over to hand us our coffee

here you go, black coffee as you ordered”

“ kinda took a while but thank you” Cruise teased

“ you’re welcome, do the employees here accept tips?” Tyson Cruise was bent on getting Peyton Keegan’s nerves, he said looking straight at her with a smirk plastered on his perfectly shaped face.

“ no, they don't “

oh well, that’s sad, I was going to offer you a huge one” Cruise knew she was lying but decided to play along. Who was Keegan kidding? She needed that tip she needed the money but why did she lie? Why did she just do that?

“ Anyway thanks for the coffee again, I’ll see you at six” Cruise said winking at Keegan and walking out with Lucas following closely behind.

Keegan watched both men as they left the building wondering what tonight was going to look like.

She went back to the counter and continued her work waiting for the tables, but that didn’t seem to distract her as time went by. When her shift was over she hurriedly left for her house she didn’t have much time to prepare for the date so she had to make the most of it. After two hours of battling with what she was going to wear Keegan finally found something in her closet, it was a black sleeveless laced gown she had worn for her twentieth birthday. It was a gift from her dad. Applying a bit of makeup Keegan heard a knock on her door assuming it was Cruise Keegan grabbed her purse and rushed for the door.

“ you’re early” Keegan greeted opening the living room door.

“ I did say six-thirty” Cruise said looking at his watch

“ it’s six-twenty-five,” Keegan said in a duh voice

“ Exactly!” cruise stated “ you look nice” Cruise complimented with a smirk plastered on his face

“ thank you! You mean up nice too” Keegan complimented back

“ so are we leaving or you forgot to put on mascara?”Cruise joked trying to get Keegan to loosen up. She seemed a bit too tense. But unfortunately for Cruise Keegan only rolled her eyes again and locked the door behind her. Understanding body language Cruise offered his arm for Keegan to take she hesitated at first but took it. Cruise led her to his car and being the gentleman he is he held the door open for her and closed it when she was comfortably seated and went off to the driver's seat. While in the car Cruise tried making small talk with Keegan to get to know her and in the end, he doesn't want her to stop talking.

“ so Keegan who are you?” Cruise posed the question which Keegan didn’t like talking about most. Herself. At first, Keegan froze in her seat and thought about the question properly so she wouldn’t give a wrong answer.

“ what do you mean who am I ?” Keegan asked wanting him to break it down a bit

“ Who do you like what do you like, what do you do, I mean apart from the restaurant what else do you do” there that was it that was something she didn’t like telling people. She hadn’t achieved much she didn’t finish college which explains why she doesn’t have a proper job.

“ oh umm, I um..” Keegan lets out a frustrated laugh, Cruise understands that she's either shying away from the question or she doesn’t want to talk about herself. but why not? Cruise thought

“ There isn't much to know about me,” Keegan said shaking her head awkwardly “ I might just bore you”

“ I’m the one who asked Right? Which only means I’m Interested in” Cruise said glancing at Keegan a few times before focusing on the wheel. Keegan only sat there face down and played with her fingers yup she didn’t want to talk about it and Cruise understood that so he proceeded to change the topic.

“ Okay so where were you off to in a haste the day I accidentally knocked you off,” Cruise asked stealing another glance at her, earning a look that said are you kidding me from Keegan. “ okay someone doesn’t like talking about herself,” Cruise said and Keegan only smiled to herself

“ how about you what are you like?” Keegan asked Cruise faking a little girl's voice earning a laugh from Cruise himself

“ There's nothing to know about me too”

“ c’mon White, there's gotta be something” Keegan persuaded

“ Alright, alright” Keegan grinned cause he was giving in to her “ well I’m actually from Virginia” cruise began

“ OMG you are?” Keegan gasped

“ yeah, but I love it here more than there,” Cruise said his voice sounding like he was in deep thought about his answer

“ Why so?” Keegan asked overly interested in his story

“ well back at home they want me to be someone I don’t wanna be and I’m being forced to, but when I’m here I’m everything I want to be” Keegan looked into Cruise to see if there were any signs of dishonesty but none he was serious about what he just said.

“ but have you tried talking to your parents about it? Maybe they’ll understand” Keegan encourage sounding hopeful but the question made Cruise chuckle

“ my parents are dead, Keegan” Those words hit Keegan like a brick wall fell on her she searched his eyes and she could see was sadness Cruise wasn’t the type to show his emotions but with his mate, he couldn't hide it she knew it bothered him and that he didn’t like talking about it too.

“ I’m, I’m sorry about that Cruise,” Keegan said genuinely but Cruise only smiled at her. As if on cue the car came to a stop pulling up in front of the glass building. Don’t tell me this is where we’re eating. Keegan thought to herself. Cruise got out of the car and moved over to Keegan’s side and opened the door for her. Taking Cruise’s held-out hand Keegan climbed out of the car not taking her eyes off the building. It was beautiful.