Take you out on a date 2

"I wanna take you out on a date" Daniel's words echoed in her room, after, silence resumed. Lucy peered at him as if asking if she heard that right.

"Yeah, let's go out together. Just you and me" he said.

She pursed her lips. "Why me?" She asked.

"Just....I don't know, don't ask okay. Just tell me Yes" he said.

"Umm..." If she could go to places with Eric why can't she also go with Daniel? "Yes, let's do it, let's go. I'd go change" she gestured to her room.

"Thank you Lucy" he smirked. Thank goodness she didn't decline. He have been thinking on how to ask her out on a date.

Leaving the country was his way of calling off the wedding his father had planned for him and he succeeded that was why he was so happy and the first person that came to his mind when coming back to Ireland was Lucy. He didn't know why and what was wrong with him but he likes coming to her.

Liliana came out dressed in a black white gown, making her look beautiful but poor. The cloth looked cheap so, he decided to take her to the mall and get her so much clothes that she can wear.

He smiled, took her hand before leading her out of her house. Just when the door went opened, they met Eric by the door. Lucy was surprised, so was Daniel.

He had questions like. Eric knows Lucy's house? Have they been hanging out together? Could they have done what adult does? Is she possibly in love with him? Why are they staring at each other like they are staring at zombies? How did they even know each other? He had so many questions.

"Uh..Eric, what are you doing here?" Daniel asked and averted Eric's gaze from Lucy to him.

"I don't know that you are back" he said, he was just registering what was going on right now in his head. Daniel taking her hand and the both of them ready to go out, meant that they were close and he even knew her house. Well... he was her boss he should know but he felt really bad and not ecstatic about it. He took steps backwards and left the entrance so they could walk out.

Daniel didn't leave Lucy's hand, he only stared at Eric. "Yeah, I arrived hours ago and I came to see Lucy" he replied.

Eric faked a smile. "Ohh, we've been hanging out together these past few days so I came to see her." He said. "And know how she's doing" he added.

Daniel faked a smile too. "Ohh, I see" he sounded not sincere.

Lucy just stood between the both of them, right now she didn't want to talk to Eric or smell him. "I'm doing fine thank you" she spoke. "Daniel, can we go now?" She asked.

"You guys are going out?" Eric asked, he wanted to know where and the purpose for their going out without asking directly.

"I'm taking Lucy on a date" Daniel told him with a sweet smile before glancing at Lucy. Meeting his gaze she forced a smile which no one would notice because she looked like she was smiling all the time.

"Nice, that's great" Eric forced himself to phrase that.

"Yeah, catch you later Eric. We have places to go" he said and tugged Lucy along with him as he descended the stairs.

Lucy glanced at Eric. 'Why is he here after pushing me away?' she asked internally before entering Daniel's car.

Eric didn't even notice the car he parked next to when he arrived, all he could think of was Lucy. Her words last night bothered him so much. He really was pushing her away and turned out to be the man she thought he'd be. He wanted to make the relationship between them formal and now Daniel was helping him with that, why does it now feel like it would be the last time he'd be close too Lucy? He sighed, he definitely didn't like what's going on. He shouldn't have been so far from her these past few days.

He knew that she deserves happiness because of her health issues and just because of the words she said, he took it too serious and felt he should stay not too close. She needed him even when she doesn't concedes to it. And he has been of a big help to put a genuine smile on her face but he himself turned that down. He eventually left her door step and went to his car, he actually came to apologize to her for being a jerk but it turned out that she has gotten another man to keep her company at all times. It had been so hard to make her smile and feel comfortable with him and he threw all that because of the words she said. He now regretted not having to talk to her for days.

When Daniel parked in the parking lot of the big mall, Lucy wanted to refuse going with him but didn't because she knew it was going to be useless, she accepted to go on a date with him so, she should allow him to do whatever he wants to do for her. She also did her best to stop thinking of Eric but she didn't succeed. He has been on her mind throughout the drive to this mall. He actually turned out to be like everyone.

She followed Daniel into the mall when he pulled her by her hand. "Um Daniel, it really not necessary to get me so much clothes" she finally had something to say about it.

Chosing a nice dress for her, he glanced at her and smirked. "Consider it as my apology okay?" He uttered and then brought her another dress. "Try this on Lucy" he said imagining how she'd look in that sky blue short gown. She'd wear that with him today.

Lucy took the dress and went to the dressing room to change. When she came out, he adored her appearance. She looks not only beautiful in that dress but also sexy. He took her hand and kissed her knuckles. "You look beautiful" he said and she forced a smile.

"Thanks Daniel" she replied, it wasn't the same feeling she felt when Eric complimented her look about her new hairstyle then. Then she blushed and felt something moved in her heart.

"Just noticed your new hairstyle and color" he said. "You look extremely gorgeous" he added.

She forced herself to blushed and eventually followed him to get shoes.

After the shopping, he took her to a fancy restaurant to have lunch. Well... He wasn't aware of her sickness so he ordered a lot. After eating a little, she stopped eating and stared away abruptly. Sometimes was definitely off about her, he sensed that.

"Lucy... Lucy are you alright?" He asked with his cutleries in his hands. But soon he dropped it and leaned closer to her. "Lucy?" He tried again.

Lucy turned her gaze at him and smiled. "I am alright" she said and then sneezed, she sneezed countless times until she began to cough out loud. Not willing to disturb everyone's peace, she left the restaurant and headed to the ladies room. Lucy uncovered her mouth when she was away from everyone, walking through the hallway that perhaps led to the bathroom. She saw her blood and she sighed in frustration, disappointment, pain and sadness.

"Lucy?" She heard that voice and turned about to see Daniel staring her pitifully and worriedly. She hates that gaze not realizing when she began to release tears from her eyes.

Daniel approached her with his handkerchief and wiped the blood off her mouth and then her hand. "Go clean your face and then you tell me what's going on with you" he told her.

Lucy turned around after his statement and dashed to the bathroom, she let it out as she stared at her pitiful face through the mirror. Her face had turned red and her nose were running as she wiped them off. She washed her hands and then again, she coughed and vomited blood through her mouth. She cried her eyes until they were almost puffy. Why? Why does she have this disease?

Eventually, she walked out of the bathroom and went back to Daniel, he had stopped eating and obviously was waiting for her. And when he saw her about to sit across him on the table. He took her hand and led her to his car before driving off.

She wanted to throw questions at him but she knew he also had his own questions but haven't asked. Why? With the drive becoming longer, she now wondered where he was driving to. "Where are we going?" She asked but he didn't give a respond to her until the car stopped at a beach so very far from the city.