Chapter 10

Sidney’s POV

Ok so tonight is the night…date night. I didn’t think that it was possible to be more excited about finally having an actual conversation with her but this date topped just about everything, not winning the cup nothing could beat that, but this date was up there.

“Dude hopefully you won’t spill anything on her tonight” said Max. God they won’t let that go…it only happened once and I have since learned to let the waiter open up the wine. But what if I do screw up I mean Hadley has been through so much and I am sure I don’t even know the half of it, I hope to find out but I have to get past the first date first then maybe if I’m lucky I will get to spend more time with her. It’s then that I realize that Talbo is still talking about all the things that could go wrong….someone remind me why I let him come over while I was getting ready…he doesn’t do relationships..which is something I would like with Hadley.

“OK Talbo I GOT IT…DON’T SCREW UP” I said to him and then returned to my thoughts about a possible relationship with Hadley. I would seriously be the luckiest guy ever. Now I got to get through this date without screwing it up royally.

“What’s wrong Darryl? Nervous?” Max said laughing at me because now apparently I’m pacing around my living room with way to many thoughts in my head for my own good.

“DAMN RIGHT IM NERVOUS AND YOU ARE NOT HELPING THE SITUATION.” I practically screamed at him.

“Ok man, your going to do fine. From what Jordy has told me she’s been through a lot so the fact that she is willing to go out with you means something…DON’T THINK TOO MUCH…just go with it” Max told me.

“Just go with it…” o what the hell it can’t go any worse in my head…can it???

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Hadley’s POV

Ok I took the first step to something that I think could be very good for me. I agreed to a date with Sidney. But now I am thinking a lot. What if he just asked to ask to be nice….What if there is no future in this. I know a little bit ahead of myself but I always think into the future that is what I do and have always done. Just like my dad.

He wanted me to be happy and have all my dreams come true and for the most part they have but not my dreams involving my heart. O who am I kidding this is only the first date..nothing is going to come from this I shouldn’t get my hopes up.

“I DON’T KNOW WHAT THE HELL I WAS THINKING I CANT DO THIS…” I yelled to the whole room even though Katy was the only one there

“OK YES YOU CAN…THIS IS GOOD….YOU BEING NERVOUS LIKE THIS” she yelled back at me to get my attention. I just looked at her like she was nuts. She pushed me down into the chair so she could finish my hair. I had wanted it wavy and couldn’t do it myself.

“Hear me out. You are nervous because you like him…which is good. You are moving on and it is ok that you like someone other than that douche Felix. Sidney is good for you.. He is the perfect gentlemen, he is fun to be around. And let’s not forget about the BIGGEST THING…you were comfortable enough to tell him about Felix…YOU HAVENT TOLD ANYONE ABOUT THAT…well besides me. You are comfortable around him…so go have a good time see where it goes and be open to more. Hadley you can do this ….you DESERVE this. OK I am done, and you are ready for your date.” Katy said and fell onto the bed out of breath.

She always gave me just what I needed to hear even if I didn’t want it at the time. I HOPE she is right and this, he is good for me.
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Before she knew it; it was 7pm and the buzzer was going off to say that he was here…it was now or never. With that Hadley walked out into the living room after attempting to give herself her own pep-talk in the bathroom. When she saw Sidney standing there she couldn’t help but smile because she saw he was just as nervous as she was which was oddly calming to her.

“Hi, you look beautiful” Sidney said as he leaned in to kiss her on the cheek.

“Hi, you’re not looking so bad yourself.” Hadley said surprised at herself for actually saying something like that. She had never even talked to Felix like that.

“You kids have a good time now…Don’t bring her back to late.” Katy said not being able to help herself much to the dismay of Hadley as Sidney just laughed and opened up the door for her.

The date was on.

Sidney took her to a little Italian restaurant that he loved to go to. As he was walking into the restaurant he remembered this was where the wine debacle had happened and silently hoped that tonight would go so much better because he couldn’t keep the possibilities of a future with her out of his head. Hopefully she was thinking along the same lines of a possible relationship.

They went to a back table so they could have some privacy.

“Would you like me to open your wine….” the waiter asked as he brought back their waters and wine they had selected from the list. Sidney didn’t wait for the waiter to finish.

“Open it” he quickly said hoping that Hadley wouldn’t pick up on his nervousness.The waiter quickly opened the wine and left them to finish looking over the menu.

“So is there a story to that” Hadley asked because she saw how fast he answered and then chuckled when she saw him blush a little bit.

“Well yea the last time I was here I spilled wine all over someone when I wanted to try and open it myself” he quickly said but calmed down a little bit when Hadley just smiled at him. She wasn’t laughing at him like everyone else had…well at least not as hard.

“Well I’m sure Katy’s shirt thanks you then” she said and Sidney couldn’t help but laugh a little bit. That was the first time that he had been able to laugh about that because it was so embarrassing.

The rest of dinner went by great. They didn’t have any of those first date awkward silences.

They had such a calm and constant conversation and Hadley loved it. That didn’t even happen with Felix. At that point she knew she couldn’t even compare Sidney and Felix…they were so different and Sidney was well pretty much perfect. She hadn’t felt so comfortable in she didn’t know how long and she hoped Sidney felt the same way.

Before long the waiter came over and told them that it was almost 12 and the restaurant was closing they had closed the place down for the second time in a week.

As they were driving back to Hadley’s apartment she saw two lines of lights going up a mountain.

“What’s that” she asked hoping Sidney would know.

“O that is the incline. The view is great up there.”“I’m sure…we should go sometime.” Hadley said then the more she thought about it “ well that is if you would like to. We don’t have’….” but Sidney cut her off.

“Of course we can go….maybe it can be like another date.” He said nervously but she just smiled and nodded.

Before long they were back at the apartment. He got out and opened her door. They both were a little disappointed that the night was over. “I have training camp starting and I’ll be pretty busy but I would love to take you to the incline when I can..” he said as he was rubbing his neck like he always did when he was nervous, he was hoping that his busy schedule wouldn’t be a deal breaker.

“Ok that sounds like a plan. Hopefully we can still talk in between then though” Hadley said then regretted it because she thought she sounded desperate. Sidney just smile and nodded. It was then that he looked right into her eyes and he couldn’t help himself, he leaned down and softly planted his lips to hers.

She was surprised to say the least but it was a pleasant surprise and she quickly returned the kiss.

“Goodnight Hadley” he said and started walking backwards toward the elevator as she put the key into the deadbolt to let herself in. Neither of them could wipe the smile off of thier faces.