After spending the rest of the afternoon and evening eating and drinking with Naomi and her companions, Doug was feeling the call of sleep. He looked at his watch it was 8 pm, usually he was much better at staying awake but this had been a long day of fun and frolic. He looked over at Naomi and smiled then tried to suppress a yawn but it didn't get by her view.
"You're tired Douglas aren't you?" she said to him concerned.
He really liked the way she called him Douglas no one but his Nana called him Douglas, she felt it was strong name that didn't need to be shortened for convenience. But Naomi said in a way that his Nana never had and it made him have feelings in places that Nana's were not allowed to go.
"Yea, it's a been long day," he said but quickly added, "but a really great one since I met you and your sister and Freddy." He made sure to put emphasis on the 'you' portion of his sentence. He was really beginning to like Naomi and wanted to get to know here better.
Naomi was just looking at him as he stared at her, she was finding herself more taken with him every moment, he had the most beautiful eyes and she wanted to stare at those all day. Dhani and Freddy were having a great time they'd walked off a while back and came back to the table with two more beers laughing hysterically. Al and Zoe were not faring better, about half way through the conversation they had some kind of argument over the death penalty that left them both annoyed by the other one. After that Zoe spent time between participating in Doug and Naomi's conversation or Dhani and Freddy's and Al just sat there drank beer and sulked. Odd as it was, Naomi was starting to feel sorry for him she knew her sister could be a little stubborn but she was lovable and as sulky as Al could be she could see that he had a sweet side. Although, he hadn't spoken a lot during the day to Zoe he'd asked her on numerous occasions whether she needed a drink and always got up to get if for her and he paid for it. Naomi thought that was more than most men would do for a woman that didn't talk to them.
Doug thought this had been a wonderful day he'd met his dream match and was feeling better about his prospects in the category of love. Dhani seemed to having a remarkably great time with Freddy, those two had hit it off almost immediately and had pretty much been acting as if no one else at the table existed most of the evening. Al, however, was not having any luck with Zoe and Doug felt kind of bad for him for all his childish antics and arrogance sometimes, there was no better person to have as a friend than Al and when he was committed to one person which wasn't often he was really committed. He could see in Al's eyes that he was really feeling Zoe he just didn't know how to get through to her and his smooth moves and machismo charm were not working with her at all. Naomi brought his mind back to present and better looking company.
"We have to depart Doug," she said looking around at the girls at the table, Zoe immediately got up gathering her things, "I'm rather tired myself and need to get some rest."
She even spoke like royalty who used 'depart' in a sentence he thought "You have things to do tomorrow?" he asked her.
"Not much, thinking about some touring but not really sure."
"Can I ask you something, Naomi?" Doug wanted badly to spend some more time with her.
She turned back towards him after gathering her things from the table. "Sure you can?"
"I'd like for you to spend the day with me tomorrow."
She looked confused for a second, "with all you guys, all of us?" she asked.
"Oh no, no offense to Zoe and Freddy," neither one of the ladies seemed to take any, in fact they were both smiling, "but just you and I, hang out, do some touring together around the city. What do you say?"
Zoe spoke up before Naomi could answer, "I say yes."
Naomi turned to her sister and trained her glare on her, "He wasn't asking you Zoe," she turned back to Doug and said, "yes, they sounds great. You guys will be okay on your own tomorrow, won't you?"
"Chile, we'll be fine tomorrow on our own we're two grown women." Freddy said and laughed.
"Yea, you guys will be okay, won't you? Al? Dhani?" Doug asked looking at them with pleading in his eyes. They knew what to do.
"Yea man, we're cool we may just hang with the ladies tomorrow." Dhani suggested.
"That might be a good idea." Al said all the while looking at Zoe, she wasn't looking at him and she didn't look happy about the idea.
"Great, then we have everything set. What time can I pick you up at your hotel?" Doug asked her.
"Hotel?" Naomi answered. She couldn't let him see where they were staying. Her parents had a small castle in the German countryside with full staff for their visit. She told him quickly, "That's okay, I'll meet you at your hotel and we can leave from there."
"Okay, if that's what you want." Doug thought that was strange, he wondered why she didn't want him to pick her up maybe they were staying in what she thought was a subpar hotel, oh well he thought.