Penny for your thoughts

POV

Millie

I step outside of the hotel and right in front is what I’m assuming is Nick's gray car.

He rolls down the window, “hey em,” he says with a smile and my nerves are in overdrive.

I get in and we lightly converse about our days as we drive for what seems to be only about five minutes when we pull into a restaurant, Blue Lagoon the sign on the building reads.

We step out of the car and I’m thankful when we walk in and the atmosphere seems casual. There are sharks and other sea life creatures hanging on the walls. A hostess greets us and then guides us to a table alongside a window that has a view of the ocean. The sun is starting to set giving the sky an orangey hue. The scene brings me back to all of the nights spent with X and the deep conversation we’ve had that made us fall in love in the first place. Sitting here with Nick is feeling off-kilter but I need to make new memories even if it hurts in the process.

A waitress walks over to our table introducing herself as As