INTROSPECTIVE

Chapter 19

"And 'bout short term goals and long term goals. At this point, you should be asking me where I see myself in five years according to the book."

"Wait....you said you watched the movie.Omg!You read the book."She laughed at his facial expression. He was caught.

"Okay,fine. The book is better. And honestly it was more interesting than watching the movie."

"Ok, so whay are your short term goals?"

"Making sure you have as much fun as possible today. I plan on sweeeping you off your feet,"he answered and she smiled.

"And where do you see yourself in five years?"

"Admitted to the Bar. Being an advocate."

"Such an accurate goal. Kick-ass lawyer.You'll come in handy."

"For what?"he asked.

"For when I need to sue a hairdresser."

"What?"

"It's possible. Insurances are even offering salons premiums that are really afforadable for these kind of instances," she turned to him, "you should know these things."

He shook his head in response.

"So am I allowed to ask you the same questions?"

"Sure. And the answer is I will be wherever life takes me in five years.To be honest I don't wanna do the big five."

"You mean: law,medicine, engineering, architecture and.... Forgot the last one."

"Yep.Yet everyone keeps pointing me in that direction."

"So what do you want to do?"

"Don't know yet," she sighed deeply, "that's the problem with being average at everything.You never find something that grips you. Something that makes you want to dedicate your whole life to it."

He seemed to notice how her mood was darkening.

"You'll find something," he immediately reassured her.

Then to distract her he turned up the volume on the radio.

Eva forgot all about her worries as she watched him sing and dance along to songs. At one point he even let go of the steering.

No kissing babe...
No touching babe...
And don't call me babe....

It was hilarious. Especially since he couldn't sing to save his life.

And wait was he rapping in another language? Damn. He was actually good.

This was such an interesting side to him.He was nothing like the Louis she met two months ago.

To piss him off, she made a comment about his singing skills which only made him sing louder.

He leaned towards her to pinch her chubby cheek again.

"No touching babe..." she sang to ward him off.

They burst out laughing in unison. Wow. When was the last time she had had this much fun? When she thought about it, the last time was with him

And yet, it was only the beginning. Eva didn't even notice that the car had stopped until Louis leaned over her to unbuckle her seat belt.

Her breath hitched and her chest felt even tighter than when her seat belt was on.

He has to stop doing that.

She hurried out of the car to have a look around, "What is this place?"