Chapter 76 Chapter 76
Jess’s POV
We both hurried to get dressed and then ran down the stairs to meet the others. They were already seated at a table, so they had saved two places for us. Someone had also got a bowl of food and water on the floor for Romeo. Romeo looked up at me waiting for me to give him permission to go and eat.
“Go on then, good boy” He gave me a bark of approval and walked over to his food. Kieran pulled my chair out for me.
“Wow who did your hair?” My mum was looking at me like she had never seen me before
“Kieran did. Who knew he was a hairdresser in the making”
“Sweet now we are going to have even more fun at your place. Kieran can do all our hair” Christina started laughing her head off.
“Hey, I take offence to that. Anyway, red hair scares me. I like blonde the best” Kieran grunted
“Yeah, we know you do. That would be why you turned up late for dinner. We have all been sat here waiting for you to arrive” Justin did not look impressed. He did not like having to wait for his food.
“Sorry Justin. We lost track of time, but we are here now so what’s to eat?” As soon as I finished speaking Nicole turned up.
“Hi, I hope you all feel more refreshed. For your starter you can have the choice of Tomato and basil soup with fresh homemade bread, Garlic Bread or Corn fritters” She pulled out a pad and went around the table seeing what each of us wanted. I was so excited at the mention of bread. Fresh bread as well. I had ordered the soup while Kieran had ordered the garlic bread. We all broke into small conversation while we waited for our food to arrive.
“I guess that we will all be walking back to your place when we leave here. So, after tonight I won’t get any proper alone time with you. So, I was thinking that after dinner we should make the most out of that alone time. What do you think?” Kieran asked me.
“I am thinking that would be a very nice idea. You have no idea how long I have wanted to fall asleep in your arms. I missed you so much” A tear started to fall down my cheek, so I quickly wiped it away. Kieran was about to say something, but the waiter arrived with our food and cut him off. The food was amazing. When you have lived off stew for the last few day’s, fresh bread is the best. We all ate in silence appreciating the food. Once we had all finished Nicole came back.
“Ok now we are on to the main. You can choose from Spaghetti bolognaise, Roast beef and veg with your choice of potatoes or Fish with a side salad and your choice of potato” Again she walked around the table taking our orders. Then she wandered off to the kitchen. The food must have already been cooked and just been kept warm as it arrived almost straight away. We all dug in. The food was amazing. Romeo had finished his food, so I fed him some of mine. Kieran wanting to earn brownie points with him also fed him.
“You do not have to feed him to make him like you. If you play ball with him, he would love you forever”
“I know but it has always been just you and him. I don’t want him to see me as a threat. Come on he is my dog not my child. He will be fine. As long as he still gets to do the things he usually does, he will be fine. But if you try and make him sleep outside you may find that will piss him off”
“Fair enough too, I would hate to have to sleep outside”
Nicole came back with a man who took away our plates. “Now we have desert. You have the choice of chocolate pudding and custard or Fruit tart with cream”
I had no thought I could eat any more, but my mouth started to water.
“Ok you get the tart, and I will get the pudding, and we will share deal?”
“How romantic. Sure, they both sounded bloody good to me too”
By the time the pudding arrived I was pretty much bouncing in my seat. I loved pudding it was the best part of a meal. Kieran and I both ate half or our desert and then swapped.
“Hey no fair. I want both” Justin was pouting at us from the other side of the table.
“Well, I am sure you could have asked someone to share with you”
Nicole walked over to the table during the discussion and then walked away again. When she came back, she had another pudding for Justin. The smile that she gave him told me everything. I waited until she had gone before I spoke.
“Well now big brother it looks like you have found yourself an admirer”
“What who?” Justin looked around him trying to see if anyone was looking at him.
“Nicole. Are you really that slow” I started laughing and Kieran joined in.
“Come on dude she went out of her way to get you another pudding” Kieran pointed out.
“What you really think that she likes me?” Justin was now grinning “I think that I might go and see if she needs a hand” And he was off, walking very briskly to the kitchen
“Wow it looks like I might get grandchildren after all” My mum sighed dreamily.
“Mum please calm down. We do not want you getting ahead of yourself now”
“If it makes you feel better Mrs. Jones I would love to have children with your daughter. Actually, on that note. I know that I said I would wait until this is over but well, I don’t want to” Kieran got off his seat and slid off his chair and got down on one knee in front of me. I heard my mum let out an excited squeal. “Jess, I love you with all my heart. I was a fool to follow orders and leave you. I can promise you though. I will never make that mistake again. I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Jess, will you marry me?”
“I already told you yes on the cliff” I chuckled “But this does feel more proper, Yes I will marry you”
Everyone around the table started to clap and cheer. Then I noticed that people at other tables had also witnessed the proposal and they were also cheering.