Back in the 1950s (O/O Closed)

Janet nodded as she started to the door. She didn't want to really lead Axel, she wanted to walk next to him and walk there like they both knew where they were going. A feeling of… admiration? It wasn't quite that, but something had been steadily rising inside her since she ran into him. Not that it had been that long, but it was already at a pretty high level.
She took a sip of her milkshake as they got to the door. She backed up to it, pushing it open and letting Axel through. Her smile reappeared once they got outside. It was already a lot better outside. It was a perfect day in spring, not too hot ant not too cold.

Janet giggled, smiling after. "Oh, it's very good, thank you so much. I owe you some time." She said in her naturally quiet voice, looking up at Axel. But she soon had to look forward to cross the road. The walking light turned on and she ran a little, lightly pulling Axel along with her. Her smile grew, as she ran.

"Ah, you'll see!" Janet said a bit louder than usual so he could hear her with the car sounds and commotion. She looked back at Axel for a second, a large smile on her lips. She was taking him to her favorite place. She had a multitude of places she liked to go, but this one is definitely her favorite. Just a moment later, they got to the other side of the sidewalk. "Sorry for not warning you about that. I like to run across the street even though I know there is plenty of time to walk across." She said shyly.

Janet giggled, glancing down at their hands and smiling more. She was always one to be slightly touchy even with people she didn't know super well, but that happened more when she was younger. Although she is shy about it now, so she only is touchy and close to people she knows pretty well or she knows they're comfortable with it.
"We're almost there! Just a couple more minutes." Janet said to Axel, looking up at him. She looked out ahead again to know where to go, taking a sip of her melty shake.

"Oh it's just down the road, you can kinda see a bit of it from here," Janet said pointing ahead of them with her had with the milkshake. Sure enough, a little of it could be seen. It simply looked like a forested picnic area, but there was more than that, it's just hidden deeper in the park.
As they continued walking, Janet inched closer to Axel, eventually, their shoulders were touching. She smiled, glancing at him. There was one more road crossing, but it was a smaller one and there were no cars. This time Janet walked at their normal pace, deciding against surprising Axel with another running session.

Janet giggled and ran along with him. The sidewalk started, but she kept running, the park getting closer by the second. It was incredibly green and lush. The closer they got, the more trees and plants came into view. It was already pretty obvious that not many people knew of the little park. It didn't help that it was down a small and not very busy street. But that made it actually better, not so crowded and polluted.
Janet came to a sudden stop at the beginning of a path. "Here we are! This is just the beginning, there's a lot more once we go further."

"It's just so amazing. But let's keep going, it's even more amazing a bit down this path." Janet said quietly. She didn't like to talk loudly in this park. Most people that were here liked their peace and quiet. And it just seemed to perfect to disturb the silence of nature. She softly leaned her head on Axel's shoulder as she started walking again. Strangely enough, Janet didn't feel very shy around this man. She already was pretty comfortable and they hadn't even known each other a full hour yet.

"Yeah, I've known about it for quite a while. My father took me and my siblings here a lot. We actually lived in that house that was on the corner where we crossed the street the second time. If we weren't at home or school, here was where we probably were." Janet explained softly, with a small smile while recalling her memories. "We then all had to move to a bigger city and I didn't really like it. There weren't any special places like this park and it wasn't as friendly. So once I graduated high school I moved back here myself."

Janet smiled back, lightly gazing into his eyes and her hands softly gripping Axel's. Yes a dream, just like you… She caught herself thinking. "Er, yeah it was perfect, just like I remembered. I live in an apartment now since we sold the house, but besides that nothing changed." She said in a whisper.
They started crossing a bridge, Janet brought Axel to the edge of the bridge to look out at the water for a little. The sun was shining on the stream, making it look like a thousand stars in the sky. She let go of one of his hands, but kept ahold of the other. Her head rested on his shoulder as she watched the stream.

(Lol it's okay. That happens to me at times as well :)

Janet stared at the stream, recalling her old house. Her smile softened. "Yeah, I definitely do. It was perfect. There was a mural on almost every wall since my mother is a painter. I always wonder if the paintings are still there or if the new owners painted over them. We also had a lot of pictures, new and old, on every shelf. My older brother was into carpentry so he made a lot of our furniture. My house was just full of artistic things. My parents liked to give us full artistic freedom so they always showcased our stuff anywhere there was space. We had a piano in a back room and my younger sister would play on it a lot, eventually starting to compose her own music."
She paused for a few seconds to think about it a bit more before continuing. "It was a cozy house, not necessarily small just homey and comforting. My room was upstairs and there was a window that looked out to the town. I often looked out the window every morning before getting ready for school or for the day. I miss it a lot. One day I want to buy it back and live with someone I love and start a family or something… I mean maybe I'd just live in it alone. I don't know…"

Janet furrowed her eyebrows, trying to do the math. "Um, I think 5 or 6 years?" She answered quietly. "If I buy it back, you'll be the first to see it, after myself of course." Her plan was to recreate at least some of the things from when she lived there. Especially if the paintings had been covered. But she didn't need to think or worry about that at the moment. She was content standing on the bridge, hand in hand with Axel. "What about you? I've been talking so much about myself, I want to know about you."

"Well… then what do you like to do or where do you work?" Janet said, wanting to know more. She was sure he wasn't nearly as boring as he said he was. Everyone had their stories and experiences, all more interesting than they themselves think. The corners of her mouth curled up a bit. She removed her hand from Axel's. But just a second later, she lightly wrapped her arms around the man, smiling up at him. "I can make your life less boring if you'd like." She said in a whisper. Who knows what inclined her to do and say that, but she did. Her shyness grew and she started regretting it though.

Janet shrunk back, looking down at the groud and her right hand holding her left elbow. She felt her face heat up in embarrasement. "I… um… was that too… much? I'm sorry… I don't know why I did that, um…" She said shyly, her gaze stuck to the ground. "I guess what I meant by that was… maybe I could be a friend or… something and you'd have something to look forward to instead of the same old routine. But um… sorry."

She gazed softly into his eyes, a small smile growing on her lips. A breath of relief escaped her mouth. "I-I'm glad… um… do you wanna keep going down the path? My favorite place is that way a bit." She asked quietly, her gaze still on Axel. She didn't quite mean just friends, but it's better than nothing. She a very quickly rising level of adoration and she wanted to do something about it. But it was evident to Janet that Axel wanted to keep their relationship on a friendship level rather than anything else.