Chapter 214 - Double Date(2)

Alyssa shared a smile with him. She then took his hand and led him out of the motel room, looking down the street where the bar and grill was.

"Come on. I don't want to be late," she told him, hurrying him along down the sidewalk toward the small bar and grill.

Modern rock music blared from speakers inside as they neared the entrance. Tacky beach and sports decorations lined the walls, and high wooden tables filled the interior.

"Welcome to Davie's! Just two?" a young waitress greeted them.

"We're with them," Alyssa said, pointing to Melina and Tyler, who sat a table in the middle of the restaurant. There were only a few other groups of people in the bar and grill.

"Okay!" the waitress chirped.

Alyssa led Elias over to Tyler and Melina's table.

"Hi!" she greeted them as she sat across from them.Diiscover new stories at novelhall.com

"Hey," Melina replied cheerfully. "I'm so happy we're doing this."

Elias was glad that everyone was trying to have fun and forget about what was going on. However, there was a bit of a somber tone to this double date.

There was a possibility that they would never get to do this again. He didn't want to think like that, but he knew that was a real possibility.

"You'll have to come over to our place for dinner one night," Elias invited them. Even after all of this, he wanted Melina to have a place in his life.

She was family after all, and he had mostly gotten over his anger with his parents for keeping such a huge secret from him.

Everything happened for some good reason, and he just had to take advantage of the time that he could spend with Melina now.

"I'm guessing steak and lobster? Something fancy, Mr. Businessman?" Melina smirked as she raised an eyebrow at him, holding Tyler's hand after the table.

Elias scoffed, sparking laughter around the table. Steak and lobster did sound good right now, but he didn't eat as many fancy dinners as she probably expected he did. He mostly liked to try to cook with Alyssa at home.

She leaned against Elias with a tired smile. "So much better than fast food or motel food."

Elias chuckled and nodded his agreement. Their diet hadn't been all that great lately. It was hard to eat good on the road, and this was the first time that they actually sat down and ate somewhere.

He wished that they could do it more. He wanted more breaks, but he also wanted to end this.

"Ugh. Don't remind me. We'll be back to that tomorrow," he muttered before popping one of the small tortilla chips in his mouth.

"I don't want to leave here. Life on the road is hard," Melina sighed as she rested her chin on her hand. "But I didn't know what other plan to put into action."

"It was a good plan. Anything would've been hard," Elias assured her. They all went into this knowing that this would be hard.

It was a sacrifice that they all made, abandoning their lives to save their lives. Hopefully, it all worked out and was worth it in the end.

Melina gave him a grateful smile.

"Yeah, you're right. I just hope we're doing the right thing," she replied.

"We are," Elias said, knowing that she was worrying too much. Honestly, it was hard not to worry.

They hardly knew what they were doing. They were just trying to buy themselves time. "We've made it this far."

Melina laughed softly and nodded.

"Yeah, I guess you're right. And we've gotten stronger," she added.

"I think this trip was good for you guys. You've really bonded," Alyssa spoke up, smiling between them.

Elias nodded his agreement, feeling something warm burn inside of his chest. If he was honest with himself, he didn't think that he and Melina would get to this point.

He thought that he would always feel off toward her and wouldn't be able to separate her from what his parents did.

"Guess she isn't so bad," he smirked at Melina playfully.

Melina rolled her eyes, leaning into Tyler's embrace as he put his arm around her shoulders.

Elias chuckled, feeling that warm sensation gradually spread. This was a good moment. It was one that he would remember for a while.

Through all of the darkness surrounding them, they had finally found a little bit of light. He hoped that they continued to find those moments of light.. They would need them when things became even darker.