new Mercedes M-Class SUV. It screams comfort and luxury. Keagan and I slide into the back, letting Chelsey ride shotgun. The interior smells of new leather and polished wood. As soon as our seatbelts are fastened Keagan takes my hand and our fingers are entwined once more. It feels almost natural, I can’t help but smile. Eddie starts the car, and grabs his cell phone. A few button pushes and he is playing DJ. The new track by Daft Punk comes on, he turns up the volume. It is too loud for conversation, but I don’t mind. I just tap my fingers to the beat. My heart is beating pretty quickly and it seems as if it is trying to race the music.
We get onto highway 8 0 and head towards Nevada City. I have no idea where we are going. After about a twenty minute drive past fields of grape vines and vineyards we turn off the highway and arrive at a little restaurant that I have never even seen before. The sign says ‘The White Swan’ Eddie grabs his phone and we get out of the car. Chelsey and Eddie are, once again, engaged in conversation with each other. Chelsey is talking animatedly and Eddie is nodding his head and smiling at her.
We head inside the building and it’s really neat inside. The walls are made of brick and in the back a huge fireplace that has a fire flickering away which warms the room. The floors are a shiny, dark wood and each table has a crisp white table cloth, complete with white swans made of napkins, silverware and a candle in the center.
The atmosphere is very intimate, the only light in the whole place is pr ovided by the candles and fireplace. It is full of women wearing nice dresses and men in suits and ties. I look down at my outfit and feel underdressed, slightly out of place. I'm here with the guy of my dreams holding hands, and my best friend, so I don’t care.
A man in a suit and apron greets us at the hostess stand and once Eddie explains that he has reservations he marks a sheet of paper and leads us to our table. Keagan pulls out my chair, like a true gentleman, and I politely thank him as I take a seat.
"So Eddie, I hear that you and Keagan grew up in the same small town? It sounds like a wonderful place, do you ever miss it?" I ask as we all take our napkin swans and u nfold them.
Eddie glances at Keagan, seems to consider his words f or a moment before he replies. "I do miss home, but luckily my grandparents live close to school, in Stone Valley. Besides, most children are home schooled in our town. We were lucky, getting sent to a school together, so that we have the chance of getting into a good college if we want to. Keagan here is on the track team, who knows maybe he will get a scholarship; he’s really good you know. I hear that you ran into him on a practice run? Your knees look like they hurt."
" It wasn’t his fault; I'm just so clumsy that I tripped over my own two feet, who told you?"
I notice a spark of mischief in Chelsey’s eyes; Eddie glances over at her and confirms my suspicion. I guess I know what they were talking about walking to and from the car now. All four of us crack up and that sets the tone for the rest of the night. We have a great time at The White Swan, all teasing each other. The food is divine too, I order the Chicken Cordon Bleu with potato croquettes. The chicken just melts in my mouth.
After a wonderful dinner, the boys even paid for our meals so Chelsey and I insist that we pay for our movie tickets. We walk over to the movie theater. It doesn’t have stadium seating; instead there are sofas to sit in. Awesome! The surround sound is great too, the theater is packed, but we have great seats and are able to enjoy the movie in comfort. Keagan has his arm around me the whole time.
The movie is about a boy that finds out that he is the son of Poseidon, a Greek god. I love mythology, I'm actually taking a class at Dalton Academy about mythology and I'm completely fascinated by the storyline.
It is over all too
We get onto highway 8 0 and head towards Nevada City. I have no idea where we are going. After about a twenty minute drive past fields of grape vines and vineyards we turn off the highway and arrive at a little restaurant that I have never even seen before. The sign says ‘The White Swan’ Eddie grabs his phone and we get out of the car. Chelsey and Eddie are, once again, engaged in conversation with each other. Chelsey is talking animatedly and Eddie is nodding his head and smiling at her.
We head inside the building and it’s really neat inside. The walls are made of brick and in the back a huge fireplace that has a fire flickering away which warms the room. The floors are a shiny, dark wood and each table has a crisp white table cloth, complete with white swans made of napkins, silverware and a candle in the center.
The atmosphere is very intimate, the only light in the whole place is pr ovided by the candles and fireplace. It is full of women wearing nice dresses and men in suits and ties. I look down at my outfit and feel underdressed, slightly out of place. I'm here with the guy of my dreams holding hands, and my best friend, so I don’t care.
A man in a suit and apron greets us at the hostess stand and once Eddie explains that he has reservations he marks a sheet of paper and leads us to our table. Keagan pulls out my chair, like a true gentleman, and I politely thank him as I take a seat.
"So Eddie, I hear that you and Keagan grew up in the same small town? It sounds like a wonderful place, do you ever miss it?" I ask as we all take our napkin swans and u nfold them.
Eddie glances at Keagan, seems to consider his words f or a moment before he replies. "I do miss home, but luckily my grandparents live close to school, in Stone Valley. Besides, most children are home schooled in our town. We were lucky, getting sent to a school together, so that we have the chance of getting into a good college if we want to. Keagan here is on the track team, who knows maybe he will get a scholarship; he’s really good you know. I hear that you ran into him on a practice run? Your knees look like they hurt."
" It wasn’t his fault; I'm just so clumsy that I tripped over my own two feet, who told you?"
I notice a spark of mischief in Chelsey’s eyes; Eddie glances over at her and confirms my suspicion. I guess I know what they were talking about walking to and from the car now. All four of us crack up and that sets the tone for the rest of the night. We have a great time at The White Swan, all teasing each other. The food is divine too, I order the Chicken Cordon Bleu with potato croquettes. The chicken just melts in my mouth.
After a wonderful dinner, the boys even paid for our meals so Chelsey and I insist that we pay for our movie tickets. We walk over to the movie theater. It doesn’t have stadium seating; instead there are sofas to sit in. Awesome! The surround sound is great too, the theater is packed, but we have great seats and are able to enjoy the movie in comfort. Keagan has his arm around me the whole time.
The movie is about a boy that finds out that he is the son of Poseidon, a Greek god. I love mythology, I'm actually taking a class at Dalton Academy about mythology and I'm completely fascinated by the storyline.
It is over all too
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