[13]

                                    

                                          
Alena's POV:
                          
Dressed in a v-neck long-sleeved black skirt tucked into my tan leather skirt and my black thigh-high boots I sit down on the edge of the bed and take a deep breath. Tonight Dom is taking me out for dinner, I have no idea if it's a date or just two friends hanging out, but either way, I put a little effort into my appearance. My hair is down and curled and my make-up is light but helping me look flawless and feel a little better about myself. 
                          
Bex has already left for the night and is spending the night with Riccardo and his family, I'm so happy for them, for a couple who has only been together for a short amount of time, they sure seem like forever goals.

                          
Knock knock 
                          
I stand up and make my way to the door, dusting my outfit down before I open it. Once the door is open I find Dom standing there with a bunch of red roses in his hand 
                          
"Hey beautiful" he smiles and holds the flowers out to me 
                          
"Hi." I smile taking them and holding them to my nose inhaling in their incredible scent "these are so beautiful"
                          
"I'm glad you like them" 
                          
"I love them, thank-you." I kiss his cheek "Let me just put them in water and we can leave"
                          
♣

                          
We arrive at the restaurant and make our way down a small set of stairs. The restaurant appears to be underground which is quite cool. I walk close to Dom and as my hand brushes gently against his, he slides his hand into mine interlocking our fingers 
                          
We enter and I'm greeted by small round tables with the only lighting candlelight except for the light coming from the kitchen, a few small lights over a bar in the back and fairy lights that hang on the roof. The tables are decorated sweetly with small vases of flowers on each one. This place is very romantic 
                          
"Benvenuto" (Welcome) a waiter greets
                          
"Ciao, prenotazione tavolo per Domiano Ricci" (Hi, table booking for Domiano Ricci)
                          
"Mr Ricci, naturalmente, da questa parte." (Mr Ricci of course, right this way) The male say politely as if he knows Dom or knows of him.
                          
We follow the waiter to our table, and Dom pulls my chair out for me, pushing it in once again once I've sat down. The waiter places down our menus and places some water and bread on the table 
                          
"Thank-you." I smile politely and look down at my menu. The food again is, of course, Italian but I'm excited to try some more authentic food "There is so much to choose from"
                          
"Order whatever you like, I'm paying for dinner" Dom smiles across the table at me
                          
"You know you don't have to pay for me all the time right?" I raise a brow at him with a smile 
                          
"I don't pay for you all the time" he protests 
                          
"You do, you even buy my lunch at school most days."
                          
"Okay fine, I like buying you things, does that make me a horrible person?" He grins cheekily
                          
"No, but just so you know, you don't have to." 
                          
He takes my hand across the table and smiles once more "I want to." 
                          
Dom is very affectionate tonight and I'll be honest, I'm really enjoying it. The last time I was close with a male was with my ex-boyfriend Jayson, we were together for a year and a half, almost two years but after a while, we just grew apart and we decided to end things. Not long after that he moved across state and ended up finding the love of his life.