Eric didn't notice Amelia undoing her bun but when he turned to say something to her, he stopped and stared for a moment before saying something "H-How long have you lived in California?" He started to feel something he never felt in a long time especially to someone he barely knew.
"Oh…All my life.", Amelia said brushing her hair out of her face. "But there's so much I haven't seen yet.", Amelia said looking at the bridge.
"Same with me. I haven't seen half of the world yet." Eric tried to help Amelia find a parking spot before they got off. "what is the best angle to use to draw the bridge?"
"I think it's down by the water… Come on, follow me.", Amelia headed down by the water.
Eric followed Amelia down to the river. He looked up to see the bridge and said "wow… it's amazing." He sat down near the shore of the river and started to sketch the bridge. He slowly drew the outline of what he wants to draw.
Amelia watched him draw and sighed softly. It was so peaceful and nice.
Eric stopped drawing for a second and looked over at Amelia "Do you know a place where I can spend a few nights in?"
Amelia smiled, "Is my place ok? I live in a studio flat. I can sleep on the couch and you can take my bed if you like." Amelia secretly hoped he would agree.
"That sounds good" Eric agrees, "But I can sleep on the couch so you can still sleep on your own bed" He continues to finish his drawing and shows it to Amelia. "It's unusual how we barely met and we are getting along faster than others," he pointed out to her
Amelia laughed, "Yeah! Nice drawing. Well…you want to head to my place?"
"Why don't we get something to eat first before we head over" Eric suggested as he put his supplies in his bag and got up. He held out his hand to help Amelia up
Amelia blushed and took it, "S-Sure." She then tripped and was falling towards Eric. "Woah!"
Eric caught Amelia and held her while she tried to regain balance. "A-Are you alright?" he asks nervously trying to hide his blushing face.
Amelia didn't move, "Y-Yeah…" She stood there for a minute before stepping towards her car, "What are you in the mood to eat tonight?"
Eric thought about what to eat as he entered Amelia's car. "I don't know. I like to eat almost anything edible. What do you like to eat?" he asks still trying to ignore what happened a few moments ago.
Amelia shrugged, "I usually drive thru Taco Bell on Tuesday and go home and watch a Disney movie." Amelia flushed, "Of course I'm a Disney fan and we don't have to watch Disney."
Eric smiled and snickered a little, "We can get some fried chicken to go and we can watch a movie together." "I like Disney too, but I am more of a Pixar fan," He said as he searched for Popeyes on Google Maps.
Amelia sniffed and pretended to be offended, "Well, I've never been so insulted in all my life." She looked at Eric, "Do you mind telling me the directions?"
Eric smiles at Amelia pretending to be offended. He was about to tell her the directions but suddenly got an idea, "Why don't I drive this time. You drove me to the Golden Gate Bridge, so it would be fair for me to drive you back home. After we order Popeyes."
Amelia got out of the car, "Sounds good to me….I can pick and play some Disney songs." Amelia smirked and then fluttered her eyelashes teasingly, "Cause I know how much you love it." Amelia didn't realize that with her red long hair down and her fluttering her eyebrows it might be…. distracting.
"I don't have a problem with Disney songs as long as it's not Frozen nor-" Eric got out of the car and saw Amelia fluttering her eyes. He didn't know what to say so he just walks past Amelia and enters the driver's seat. "N-Nextime, please don't flutter your eyelashes at me," he said, "it's making me uncomfortable."
Amelia got in too and blushed, "Sorry. I keep forgetting I just know you. It feels like I've known you forever." Amelia flicked through her phone and smirked. "How's this?", Amelia turned on "Helpless" from Hamilton and started singing to it.
"I have never seen Hamilton, but this song is pretty good," Eric said as he drove out of the parking lot they were in and started to head to Popeyes. "The streets here are not as crowded with cars as much as LA. The traffic is terrible but surprisingly their air quality is not bad," he said as he entered the streets.
Amelia paused the music and laughed. She looked over to him with a grin and sparkling eyes, "Welcome to California baby!" She rolled down the window and looked out.
"Welcome to the Hotel California," Eric said as he was laughing at Amelia's joke. As Eric stopped at the red light he looked back at the map to see how far they were, "we are only two blocks away from getting our chicken."
Amelia nodded and hummed softly to a random tune.
Eric parked in the Popeyes lot, "I'll be back in a few minutes. Do you want spicy or regular chicken?"
"I was always a spicy person….so spicy please.", Amelia said with running her hand through her hair.
Eric walked into the restaurant and ordered the 12 piece spicy chicken and a soda for Amelia. He returned to the car a few minutes later and said “I got the spicy chicken and a soda for you. I didn’t know which one you liked so I got you lemonade.” Eric started the car and looked over at Amelia, “where do you live?”
Amelia gasped, "Lemonde if my favorite!" She kissed Eric quickly on the cheek. She then told him the directions.
(i'm not making up like a hole directions but she does live in a cozy studio flat.)
