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She had only ever heard the word appetizer and didn't really know what one was definitively. She looked at the menu, "Um... I'll have a salad too," she said timidly. She also knew what she wanted though she was goin to wait until Nero ordered her meal to pick her own. She had never actually been in a restaurant before and didn't know the order of events.
"I've never actually eaten anywhere except home before..." she said a little bit embarassedly.

Nero gives a smile at her, the fact that she didn't know anything made her seem cute. She looked nervous and somewhat embarrassed about the whole thing. I quickly try to show her the ropes, "Well we have a menu here...", he opens up his own menu, "And it has a wide selection of meals you can choose from...", he said pointing out various choices. The waiter came back with two glasses of water and stormed off again, seeing that we were still finding out what to order. "Have you ever had Italian?", he might have to order something that she might like or explain what something is if she didn't.

"I-I know how the menu and stuff works. I'm not simple, I've just never been to a restaurant," she huffed, "And yeah... Kinda, if pizza and spaghetti count as Italian."
She waited for the waiter to return then said, "May I have the fettuccine Alfredo?" she asked timidly.

The waiter nods and turns to me, "And what would you like sir?". I had already decided what I wanted when I saw the Italian Restaurant, "Spaghetti and meatballs, please". The waiter nodded and said, "Your salads should arrive shortly", before turning and leaving. Nero smiled and turned his head towards Natalia, he seemed a bit nervous actually.

She relaxed when the waiter left and looked around idly. "I like this place... It feels..." she scratched her chin then, "Warm... It feels warm," she said after a few seconds of thought, "So, we're going to the ocean after this?" she asked him, "I haven't been there in a long, Long time."

Nero gave a slight nod, "Yeah...I don't go their often", he looks down for a second. Seeming like he was deep in thought, or in indecision. The waiter came back a few moments later and set our salad in front of us and stormed off. I begin to eat the salad, happy to get something in my belly, but I eventually slow down. Nero looks up at Natalia and gives a slightly nervous and worried look, "Hey Natalia....Can I tell you something?".

She starts to poke at her salad with her fork and then take small bites of it.
When Nero spoke again, she looked up at him curiously, "Of course. You're the only person who's nice to me. You can tell me anything," she smiled shyly at him and her ears perked forwards expectantly.

Nero blushes and looks down and says, "While I....", it was a bit hard for him to admit. He took his time to try and finish his sentence. His hand that held his fork shook nervously as he tried to figure out the best words for this. The tension was absolutely tangible as he slowly looked back up. He slowly said, "I can't swim....", he was very ashamed of it. He could do physical feats that not many people his age could accomplish, yet he sunk like a rock when it came to swimming.

"So?" she asked, "You don't need to go in deep water," she said indifferently, "If I remember correctly, I think you can go pretty far out and still touch the bottom with your head above the water."

Nero looked down and said, "I know....I just wanted you to know, if something happened...You would know...", he was happy she didn't bring it up as a mockery. He was hoping she wouldn't scoff at him for being unable to swim. The waiter came by and set our main courses down, so I moved the salad out of the way, for now. He asked, "Is there anything else you needed?", smiling warmly.

"No," she shook her head, "Thank you though," she smiled at Nero, "My little sister, the one I like, can't swim either. You don't even have to go in the water, we could just take a walk on the beach for all I care. I'm just glad to be away from that house," she sighed.

At that the waiter walked off to service more customers. I thought it was slightly unfair for me to take the privilege of swimming away from someone just because of my inability to swim. One of the main things about the beach was the ocean, and the one next to the city was surprisingly clear. "No....It's okay we can swim....", he honestly didn't mind, he wasn't afraid of it, he was just nervous about anyone knowing. Nero picked up his fork and began to eat his spaghetti. Spinning the noodles around his fork and then lifting it to his mouth to blow it off before eating it.

She twirled her noodles around her fork as well, following Nero's lead.
"This is really good!" she smiled, her green eyes lighting up as the Alfredo sauce covered her tongue, "Thanks for taking me out today... I appreciate it more than you know."