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"I'm glad you did. Can we start over? I would like for us to get to know each other better. Can I take you out to dinner tonight?"
She looks at me, and I'm waiting with bated breath, praying she says yes.
"I would like that, Will," she says with a smile, and I smile back.
"Great, how about I pick you up at seven?"
"Okay. I'll text you my address. Now I need to go before I'm late for my next patient."
At seven o'clock, I knock on her apartment door, and she opens it, standing there in jeans and a shirt.
"Did you just get home?" I ask, confused.
"No, I thought I would change the plans a little and cook us dinner. Are you okay with that?"
"Sure," I say surprised as I hand her the flowers I bought. "If I had known, I would have brought some wine."
She smiles. "No need, I already have some, and thank you for the flowers, they are beautiful.”
She leads me into the kitchen, where the aroma smells amazing. She hands me a glass of wine, then says, "To fresh starts."
"I like that," I say with a smile as we clink glasses and take a sip.
I watch as she moves around the kitchen with ease. Putting together a salad while checking on the meal.
"It smells amazing, what is it?"
"Tenderloin steak, with roasted potatoes, and a salad."
"Wow, I can't wait."
She has me take the salad to the table as she gets the rest of the meal. We sit at the table, and I wait for her to make her plate before I make mine.
Once I take a bite, I am amazed at how well it tastes. "Wow, this is really good," I tell her while taking another bite of the tenderloin.
I watch a smile cross her face and see her shoulders relax. "Thank you."
We finish our meal, then I help her clean up the kitchen.
"Want to watch a movie?" she asks.
"Sounds good, what would you like to watch," praying it's not a chick flick, though I think I'd watch anything just to be able to sit next to her.
"How do you feel about Lord of the Rings?"
"Is it the extended version?" I ask.
"Of course."
"I'm in," I say with a smile, taking our glasses to the couch as she sets the movie up.
When the movie is over, I look down where she is curled up next to me, and see she is sleeping. I grab the throw blanket that's draped over the couch and place it on top of her, while wrapping my arm around her. I close my eyes, feeling at peace as I fall asleep.
* * *
Three weeks later
Krista and I have spent every day together doing my physical therapy and every night either cooking at her place or cooking at my dad's, then talking and really getting to know each other.
