forum one on one romance? (closed)

Started November 22, 2019 by @Hybrid-Is-tired

tune

"Smells delicious!" Joanna chuckled, swinging their arms back and forth gently.

They had to wait about ten minutes and then were led to their table for two. The waitress poured coffee for the two. Tempest looked over the menu for a little bit and quickly knew what he wanted, so he handed the single menu to Joanna.

"Already? You must come here a lot." She teased reading over the menu carefully. "How's everyone doing at work?"

"Fine. Just a few went in today since it was up to them today." He grinned a bit as he remembered that he could never finish he ordered, for it was quite a large order.

"Oh OK, sounds nice. Wish my job was as flexible." She chuckled folding the menu closed. "I think I know what I want, you do too right?" She asked sliding it to the middle of the table.

"Yeah I do." Tempest had an idea that was sure a longshot but hey it's fun to hope for the future "What did you wanna do when you 'grew up'?" He asked as they waited for their Waitress

“What did I?” She asked stopping to think about it. That was a tough question, she wasn’t even really sure. Though it slowly was coming to her the longer she thought about it. “Well for the longest time I wanted to be a crime scene investigator.”

"Really? That's so cool. You'd get to help bring people that need to be locked up to justice. I could see you doin' it." Tempest said to her as the waitress walked up

"What can I can you two?"

Joanna smiled at his excitement, and turned to the waitress. “Can I get the cinnamon French toast please?”

"Peter Pancake please." Tempest told her then turned back to Jo once the waitress had left "I really could"

“Well I tried, but school costs money, and things got rough for awhile.” She sighed, but still kept her smile.

He nodded and reached for her hand "Hey I believe you'll be able to eventually." he assured her

“It’s not that big of a deal, just a little disappointing.” She smiled at their hands, linking their fingers together. “What about you? What did you want to be?”

"A musical arts teacher…I just knew it would be perfect…I'm not that far from my dream to be honest…"

“Sounds fun, but who would you teach? Like what age range?” She asked drawing circles on his palm.

"High School…I wanna see them go off and make an impact in their communities through what I teach them…Make a difference through them." He smiled and gently squeezed her hand

“You sound so cheesy, but at the same time it’s so sweet.” She smiled gently.

He blushed a bit, then their food came out. Indeed the dinner plate sized chocolate pancake was quite a size.

“Wowie, you’re gonna eat all of that?” She asked in surprise. “I can barely look at it without getting full.”

"It's what I get every time and umm…I think I can get it this time"…He could not

Joanna laughed at his attempt to eat the whole thing. " 'I think I can get it this time' my a**, nice try Tempest." She mocked his voice.

He groaned as he pushed back a half eaten pancake and blew her a raspberry

"You're so childish, maybe I should put you on a diet." She teased taking her fork and stealing a bite of his food. "Oh gosh, maybe I won't, these are ridiculously amazing."

"God I wish I could gain weight." He responded as he pulled some cash from his jeans pocket

"What do you mean? It sucks to gain weight." She said in a matter of fact tone.

"It also sucks to be a scarecrow." He fired back with an eyebrow raise

"Fine, but you get better responses when you're naturally thin." She sighed reaching over to take his hand.

She let out an amused huff and smiled as his hand was held "What would you like to do next?"

"Not sure, it's up to you." She chirped lacing their fingers.

After they paid Tempest drove them to the local park. He helped her out "I think a walk in the cool weather would be nice." he took her hand again