Angel of Light (A Zak Bagans Story)

Chapter 93: First Date

Authors Note: Back with another update. Not only will this update FINALLY get me caught up to the other two sites I post on, you'll also getting 2 brand spanking new chapters. :)

Chapter 93: First Date

Once Zak and I were both sitting down in the bed of the truck - which didn't even feel like one, the layers of thick blankets making it very comfortable – we both took off our shoes, since we didn't need them. We left the shoes on the open tailgate and then moved up near the pillows, and Zak took his cell phone out of his pocket.

"Music okay?" Zak asked.

I smiled and nodded.

"Sure," I replied.

Zak smiled as he tapped a few times on his phone, and some music began playing softly as he set his phone aside.

I recognized the first song from the night of my birthday - when we danced in his backyard – "Never Gonna Be Alone" by Nickelback. I smiled to myself at the memory as I watched Zak start to open the picnic basket.

"This isn't exactly a 'first date' meal, but I made some of my mom's homemade soup that you said you liked, and brought some rolls and crackers and some other munchies," Zak said, somewhat sheepishly, as if he thought the food wasn't sufficient enough.

I smiled at him.

"That sounds great. Nice cozy blankets and some warm soup," I said, not at all minding his choice of meal. My stomach still had butterflies, so I was rather grateful I didn't have a large meal to eat.

Zak smiled.

"Awesome," Zak replied, pleased with my reaction, and started taking things out of the picnic basket.

I moved closer to help him, and was surprised at how full the basket was. He had packed some plates, bowls, glasses, forks, knives and spoons. There were two large thermos' – which I assumed contained the soup – and a large bottle of water. And then there was some rolls and crackers like he had said, as well as some cookies and some other small snacks.

"Wow, you really went all out," I said, teasing him.

Zak laughed and looked slightly embarrassed.

"I wanted to be prepared...I asked my sister for ideas," Zak replied, sheepishly, but was also laughing.

I laughed quietly.

"Well, it looks great," I said with a smile, carefully setting down the plates and bowls on the blankets.

Zak smiled as he continued to unload the basket.

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Roughly 20 minutes later...

"That was delicious Zak, you make good soup," I said, politely wiping my mouth with a napkin as I set my bowl down on the blankets.

Zak smiled after taking a sip of his water, having already finished his soup.

"Thanks doll, glad you enjoyed it," Zak replied. "Are you sure it was okay for a meal?" Zak added.

I nodded reassuringly.

"It was great. To be honest, I've had butterflies in my stomach all day, so I didn't really want a big meal..." I replied shyly. "Besides, you have a bunch of snacks packed too," I added.

Zak smiled.

"You weren't that nervous about going out on a date with me were you? I know I'm weird, but still," Zak asked, laughing.

I laughed in response.

"I'm a 33-year-old woman on her first date...of course I was nervous, especially since a certain someone wouldn't tell me what we were doing," I replied, playfully nudging him in the arm.