Arcanum - Chapter 29

Chapter 29






Making our way to the Raman restaurant, Paul leading the way silently in front of me . An unbearable impulse overtook me, causing me to gently hold his hand . He slowed down noticing my hand, he began clenching my hand tightly interlocking our fingers but still walking silently . An overwhelming feeling of glee radiated throughout my body, causing a giant smile to appear on me .

We walked for about 5mins till we arrived at the restaurant, letting go of my hand he held the door open for, me letting me walk ahead . "Hi just the two of you?" a waitress asked .

"Yes please table for two . " He answered her

"Okay sure follow me . " the Waitress replied leading us to a table for two .

He took the normal chair letting me sit on the more comfortable padded sofa . "Here's the menu . . . . and this is the drinks menu, we have Lunch Discount of 10% . I'll be back in a few mins or just let me know when you're ready to order .

I excitedly open the menu looking at all the pretty pictures of the dishes . "Do you know what's good here? . . . " I asked unable to pick what to eat, they all looked so good!

"Yeah… I've been here a few times . " He said looking at the menu, then closing it held his hand up notifying the waitress .

"Hi . . . . Are you guys ready to order? . . " The waitress came to us .

"Yes please, can we have two Veggie Ramans, one Vegetable Gyoza, one salad and one veggie Bibimbap please . " He answered her smiling handing her the menu .

"Any drinks?" The waitress asked .

"Hmmmm can we have . . . . a Jug of water, two cola and one apple juice please . " He answered still smiling .

"Okay sure, do you want the starters to come first or all together?" she asked one last question .

"All together please . " He smiled .

"Okay . . . sure" the waitress smiled, taking his menu, and leaving us .

I cautiously closed the menu, since he seemed to have already ordered for me, and placing the menu to the side .

"So . . . Paul . . . what you been up to? . . . " I hesitantly tried to start a conversation .

"Nothing much . . . . still a geek and working . . . " He replied .

"What do you do now?" I asked .

"Accounting . " He answered .

"Ohhh nice? . . pay well?" I inquired .

"It's so so . . . pretty boring though . " He answered, slowly engaging a bit more .

"I can imagine . . . " I replied .





"So what you been up to?" He asked me in return .

"Hmmm well . . . . I was gonna start my first day at a Law firm but I had this messed up dream, so I didn't go into work today . . . " I replied .

"Messed up dream?" he asked .

"Yeah . . . . I got kidnapped by a red head girl names Scarlet, telling me that I am a wizard . Got picked to go to a school called Atlantis, made some friends and surprisingly you was a very famous and stupidly strong wizard . " I explained to him .

"Woah . . . . . sounded like a dream come true for you… . . " He replied


"Yeah it was… . Kinda . " I replied .

"Well since the jig is up . . . I have something I need to tell you . . . . " He replied .

'OMG I KNEW IT WAS ALL TRUE!!!' I began leaning forward as excitement filled my body .

"Only joking . . . . I'm not a wizard sorry . . . . I am in World of Warcraft and that's a Shaman if that counts . . . " He revealed laughing at how excited it got .

"That's not funny . " I growled at him scrunching up a tissue and throwing it at him .

"I'm so sorry . . . . I couldn't resist . . . . you should have seen your face . . . " He carried on chuckling .

"That wasn't funny!" I growled again and began ignoring him turning away .

"Okay I'm sorry I went too far . . . . " He tried to apologize .

"Nope . . . . " I replied still ignoring him .

"Hi, so here's your drinks . . . . " The waitress came over with our drinks .

"One cola and apple juice for her please, and just leave the jug on the table and one cola for me . " He replied .

"Okay" . . . she said placing the drinks in front of us . . . She said and began to giggle, "you two look pretty cute together" she said .

"Ohhh we aren't together, we are just acquaintances . " Paul replied to her .

"Ohhh I'm so sorry . . . . " she said turning red and began to scuttle away quickly .

I began to take a sip of cola, but still refusing to look at him . "Okay . . . Okay . . . . what can I do to show you I'm sincerely sorry . . . . ?" He asked .

Still refusing to answer him, I looked at him from the corner of my eyes . He still has a smug smile on face . "Why are you still smiling?!" I yelled at him .





"Because you still look cute when you pretend to be angry at me . " He answered .

"Pretend?!" I yelled grabbing a butter knife and threatening to stab him .

"Woah Woah Woah . . . " he responded holding his hands up but still smiling .

"I swear I'm very sorry . . . . . " He apologized sincerely .

"Fine whatever . . . " I replied to him .

"So how's your family?" He asked .

"They are doing well . " I replied .

"Did they forgive you?" He questioned .

"Yes . . . " I answered him with a sigh .

" . . . . I'm sorry . . . " He apologized sincerely the smile fading from his face .

"It's okay . . . . . It was for the best . . " I replied trying to cheer him up .

"I know . . . . . You do know, I wished things turned out better . . . . " He replied whole heatedly .

"I know . . . . . Let's forget about the past . " I said to him .

"So how did you managed to get my number?" He asked .

"Ohh Jay gave it to me . " I answered him .

"Really? . . . . that's surprising . . . " he replied .

"Yeah . . . . it wasn't easy . . . . . I had tell him something before he would even budge . " I answered .

"Really? . . . . what sort of thing could you have possibly told him…" he replied totally intrigued .

"That I was dying and only have 2 months to live…" I answered

Paul leaned back a little his eyes opening a little bigger, "Wait is that real reason you suddenly contacted me?" He asked in shock .

"Yeah . . . " I lied and began to cry into my hands .

"Omg . . . I'm so sorry for the joke early . " He said, I can hear him begin to stand up and go to hug me .





"GOTCHA!!!!" I replied, making him jump back in shock .

"That's way past the limit . . . . you don't lie or joke about dying!" He replied and went back to his seat .

"Okay… . That was too far I'm sorry . " I apologized to him .

"You know . . . . when we was together and I said you'll never need to apologize to me . . . . is still in effect . " He said taking a seat .

"Ohhh . . . Okay . . . . " I answered him .

"So here is your food, sorry for the wait . " The female waitress returned with another waiter, placing all the food on the table .

"OMG . . . . this is too much food!" I gasped as the sight of the sheer amount of food .

"It's okay I'll just take whatever is left over for dinner tonight he replied .

The aromas of cooked food quickly reminded my stomach that I havn't eaten breakfast or lunch today . "It all looks so good!" I smiled and began greedily devouring the food . "It's so good!" I said between mouthfuls .

"Calm down . . . there's plenty of food, no one is gonna come and steal it . " He replied smiling casually eating his food .

"So . . . . have you met anyone since? . . . . . You know… . . " I asked casually .

"Nope . . . . " He replied paying no real attention to the question .

"Me neither" I replied hoping to get a response .

"How comes? . . . I would have expected your parents to have set you up with some rich dudes by now" he replied .

"Yeah . . . . . been on some dates but they all been kinda weird in their own way . " I answered him .

"Yeah but nobody is perfect . . . " He replied still eating slowly but still showing no strong reaction .

"How about you? Any dates?" I questioned .

"Nope . . . . been focusing on work and myself . " He replied .

"Ohhh that's good . . . you look better . . . " I replied .

"Thanks . . . " He responded . . . "You look great yourself . " He added .

"I do?" I replied .

"Yeah . . . . I just get this feeling that you seem a lot happier in life" He answered .

"Yeah . . . some things have been going well . " I answered him .

"How are your friends doing? . . . Hope they doing well also" He asked .

"They are doing really well, all of them are married now and some even have kids . " I replied .

"That's good!" He replied .

"Yeah, my friends and my parents keep pestering me on when I'm gonna get married . . . . " I sighed .

"Yeah we aren't getting any younger . . . . " He said .

"Yeah . . . . but . . . . never mind . . . " I replied, as I began to remember how happy were together, and how he was the only one for me .

"I'm sorry . . . . " He apologized as if he knew exactly what I was thinking .

We sat in silence as we finished up all the food, which was quite surprising .

"I'm so full! . . . . " I said letting out a deep breath .

He smiled at me, and help his hand up to grab the waitress's attention, "Bill please" He asked waitress politely when she arrived .

"Okay sure, I'll be back with the bill . " She said kindly with a smile .

"Let me pay for half . " I instantly said to him .

"I make too much money anyways, but if you want . . . . " He replied .

"Here you go sir . " The waitress returned with the bill .

He pulled out his wallet and paid with a bunch of £20's . . . "Here you go and keep the change . " He smiled and returned the bill to her .

"Ready to go? . . " He turned to me .

"Sure . . . " I replied, getting up, "This wasn't a date, you know that right . " I added .

"Of course, if it was I would have expected you to pay for me . . . . . Since you was the one who asked me out . " He replied with a chuckle .

He let me walk ahead as we exited the restaurant thanking each staff member there on the way out, exiting the restaurant I stretched my arms and legs after being seated for so long . "So what you wanna do now?" I asked .

Several seconds passed with no response, making me turn around to see where he went . He was still in the restaurant talking to the waitress who was serving us . She seemed to have given him something then he waved to her goodbye and began walking out the restaurant .

"Hey sorry about that, the waitress wanted to give me something . " He said when he reached me .

A sudden rush of anger filled my veins, "What happened there?" I said fuming .

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