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much rather be with my friends than be constantly nagged and judged all summer. My mom would flip out, though. “I don’t know, I think my parents would go insane.”
    “Okay, well it’s up to you.” He seems disappointed.
    We pull up outside of a restaurant, and Shawn gets out of the car and opens my door for me. The sign says the restaurant’s name is Haven and it’s a Brazilian steakhouse. When we walk in, he gives the hostess his name and she immediately walks us back to a table. She walks away without even giving us a menu and I’m really confused.
    Shawn laughs and I look up at him confused. “I see you looking for a menu but there isn’t one.” What? How the heck can you order food then? “They serve you everything on their menu and you get to choose what you want to eat.”
    I look up and see waiters walking around with all kinds of different meats on huge skewers that look like swords. They’re stopping at each table and serving it to the guests. Our waitress comes and takes our drink orders.
    “So what do we do?”
    He laughs again and I kick him under the table. “Ow, sorry. There is a little red circle in front of you; on the other side it is green. When you are ready to eat, you flip the card to green, and when you need a break, you put it back on red.”
    “This is so cool! I’ve never been anywhere like this. How did you find out about this place?”
    “I had always wanted to come here, but I never had the money to do so. With all of the fights that have been happening lately, I have a little extra money. I just wanted to take you somewhere nice.”
    He is the most amazing guy. I lean over the table and kiss him. “Thank you. I’m really excited.” The food is absolutely amazing. Sitting across the table, looking at him, I can’t believe he’s real. I’ve never felt like this about anyone before. All I’ve really ever had were meaningless relationships, but it’s different with him.
    When we finish dinner, we walk out to the car but he doesn’t drive back the way we came. “Are we not going back to the house?”
    “No, I’m not done with you yet.”
    I smile and try to figure out where else we might be going. We pull into a parking lot, but I’m really not sure where we are. As we are walking, I can see a building which looks really nice. It’s all brick with huge windows. It seems really modern, and the doors are really tall, almost like what you would expect a castle to be like. The front is lit up with big spotlights and outside is a sign that says Midnight. When we are almost at the door, I notice Carter and Madison standing outside. When she sees me she smiles and we give each other a hug. “What are you guys doing here?”
    Mads smiles at me. “Shawn called us to see if we wanted to meet up with you guys.”
    I feel him come up behind me and he wraps his arms around me. “Surprised?”
    “Yes! But I still have no idea where we are!”
    He laughs. “It’s a club, babe. Come on.”
    When we walk in we go straight to the bar and order a round of drinks.
    “Hey, Chris, I’m going to go to the bathroom, you wanna come with?” I nod my head and follow her. “So, how is it going?”
    We walk in and even the bathrooms are really nice. “It’s going great. His family is so nice, and honestly, I’m really falling for him.”
    She smiles at me. “I can tell. It’s crazy the way you guys look at each other.”
    “Yeah. I just hope he feels it, too. I’m kind of scared that I’m going to fall for him and then it’s all going to fall apart.”
    She shakes her head. “Trust me when I tell you he is just as invested. You can see it, it’s like you guys have been together as long as Carter and I have.”
    “Really?”
    “Yeah, you know that on our first date Carter brought me here. I can’t believe how much has happened since then.” Madison and Carter have definitely had it rough, I don’t know how she’s done it. “You ready to go back out there?”
    “Yes!”