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Chapter Ten:

Ben decided where we were going to go since I was basically new in town. He said it was a surprise to I sat there and relaxed. After a while, the silence was starting to get annoying,"So, do you think Marissa will be OK?" Ben looked at me then looked back at the road. "Yeah, she’s tough. She’ll make it. She’s just...really close to her dad." "Yeah," I said and looked at the road. We sat in more annoying silence the rest of the way there. Once we got there, the sign said Olive Garden. ‘Oh My Gosh’ I thought. How does he know this is my most favorite restaurant? Ben looked over at me as he turned the cars engine off. "Let’s see. You are wondering right now, How did I know that this is your favorite restaurant? Well, that’s why mothers love me. They give me the best places to go." He smiled and leaned in for a kiss. "Now lets get inside!" and he hurried out of the car and came over to my side to help me out. What a gentlemen! I thought. When we headed inside, he held my hand. It was the perfect fit. We got in there and a waiter showed us our table. We sat down and he handed us our menus. He asked us what drinks we wanted and then he headed off to get them. "Can I ask you a question?" I said as I looked in the menu for something to eat. Ben looked up from his menu. "Sure. Ask away, beautiful." I smiled, "Why did you want to go on this date with me? Was it my looks? My personality?" Ben looked at me, with a smile on his face. "I guess I picked you because...your so beautiful and your smart and funny. I just love everything about you." I blushed and looked down. ‘Was this really true?’ I thought. I can’t believe this is happening. This is the best feeling. "Well, since you asked me a question, May I ask you a question?" I shook my head. "OK, why did you agree to come with me on this date?" He gave me teasing eyes and I smiled. "Well...probably because your very cute and your so funny. I love the way you are when you tell Marissa it’s OK. I love that...you have a caring way about you. You make people think that it’s going to be OK." He looked at me, shocked that I had said something so true. I was actually shocked myself. I laughed to myself. He smiled at me as the waiter brought us our drinks. We ordered our food and he headed off to give the order. Ben just kept smiling at me. That wonderful smile of his. I love that smile, I thought. I stared into his beautiful brown eyes. I loved everything about him. "OK, enough of this silence," he said. "Tell me about yourself. What do you do for fun?" I looked at him and smiled again, for the thousandth time that day. "Well, back in Jacksonville, I hung out with my friends at the mall. Twenty-four seven." I laughed. "I also played on the schools soccer team. I love soccer," I paused. "What about you?" He looked across the room for a second and looked back at me. "Well I love long walks on the beach and.."his voice trailed off and he started to laugh. I laughed as well,"No, really. What do you do for fun?" He laughed once more. I now noticed that I loved his laugh as well. "Well, I’m on the basketball team. I’ve been playing since I don’t know when," he laughed his wonderful laugh again. "I have tons of friends, which of course you are going to be meeting." He smiled just as the waiter brought us our food. He set the food down in front of us,"Enjoy," and he headed off to another table. The food looked awesome. I dug in right away. After I took my second bite, Ben’s cellphone started ringing. He looked confused, and looked to see who it was. "It’s Marissa, you don’t mind if I take this call. I swear it will only be a second." I smiled," Go ahead." and he went off to the bathroom. I wonder what she wanted. I hope nothing was wrong at the hospital. I don’t think she could take anything else. Ben came back and took his seat. He dug into his food. I looked at him in confusion. "What’s wrong? Did she need anything? Any calls from the hospital?" Ben swallowed his food and looked at me and laughed. "No, she’s being her usual self." I looked at him once more with confusion. "And that means.." He smiled at me. "She wants me to bring her some food back." I looked at him and we both started laughing. Marissa must be getting back to her old self.