18 Dinner Time

Firstly, they were brought the appetizer , which was potato leek soup, Astrea took a spoon was convinced that it was what ambrosia tasted like.

"How does it taste?", Ms.Smith asked.

"It's simply divine", Astrea replied honestly.

"I am happy, because I made it",Ms.Smith said, which Astrea was not the least bit surprised about, since Ezra cooked the way he did.

After the appetizer they brought the main, which was pan seared salmon with pasta and tomato pesto, which tasted amazing.

After that they brought out dessert, which was Astrea's favorite part of any dinner. Aunt Matilda brought a platter filled with around a dozen mini fruit tarts, which were simply beautiful.

As they were placed on the table every body took one each and placed them on their plates, and like everything else it was amazing.

After eating they made they're way to the living room , which was as elegant as everything else in their house. But the focal point would have to be the pristine white couches.

Ms.Smith sat down first and then Astrea and Ezra sat down on two different couches which were next to each other.

Ms.Smith then asked,"Astrea , any plans for your future career?, "

"I want to become a cardiologist", Astrea replied.

"That's nice, is there any reason behind that?", Ms.Smith asked.

"Well, both my grandfather's coincidentally died from heart attacks", Astrea said making Ms.Smith eyes go wide.

"So I want to help other people with heart defects, and I know that cardiovascular diseases are one of the biggest causes of death worldwide and that I can't change that by myself, but maybe , just maybe I can help make that number a little less, even by one or two people", Astrea said looking down sadly at her feet, while fiddling with her fingers. Ezra noticed this and put his. hand on hers which was resting on the arm rest as a form of reassurance.

Ms.Smith immediately apologized,"I am so sorry dear, if I made you uncomfortable", she said.

"No it's fine", Astrea said with a smile, genuinely meaning it .

In order to hype up the current mood in the atmosphere, Ms.Smith said,"I have something to show you", after which she went upstairs.

Astrea looked at Ezra questioningly, wondering what she went to get, but all Ezra did was shake his head, showing he clearly not knowing what his mother when to go and get.

Ms.Smith came down shortly after with a huge , blue photo album, which Astrea had no clue about the contents.

Ezra on the other hand, eyes widen, "Mom, no need to show her these pictures , right?",he said practically flying out of his chair.

"Why not? I'm sure Astrea would love to see them",Ms.Smith said and then turned to Astrea," Wouldn't you dear?",she asked.

Astrea, who still had no idea of it's contents agreed nonchalantly, while all Ezra could do was join them on the sofa as they both sat down to look at the pictures.

They opened the book to reveal a picture of a baby Ezra covered in spaghetti sitting on a high chair with a very wide smile.

"Adorable", Ms.Smith and Astrea both said in unison, "You were one cute baby", Astrea said making Ezra look at her with a raised brow.

"Don't worry you're still cute", Astrea said making Ezra blink multiple signs in confusion.

"I am not cute",Ezra said putting air quotes around the word 'cute' for some reason.

"Really?, are you sure about that?',Ms.Smith said making Ezra give up his notion and Astrea giggle.

They flipped through more and more baby pictures and Astrea found all of them simply adorable.

After they finished looking at the pictures, Ms.Smith kept the album on the coffee table.

"Oh mum did I tell you that I want open the restaurant after graduation", Ezra brought up to Ms.Smith and Aunt Matilda's surprise, who was walking out of the kitchen.

"What made you change your mind, I've been trying to tell you to open it up after graduation for who knows how long", Ms.Smith said and Aunt Matilda nodded.

"Astrea was the one that convinced me to open it after graduation ",Ezra said turning to Astrea who smiled.

"Seriously?",Ms.Smith asked and Ezra nodded in reply. She liked Astrea before but now she liked her even more. Astrea managed to convince her son to open up the restaurant that she had so desperately been trying to get him to open. She knew Ezra was a good cook and that if he opened up a restaurant it would be really popular, that's why she gifted him the restaurant, but the only issue was that he refused to open it up after graduation. But her Astrea got him to want to open it up without any trouble.

"Thank you dear for getting him to finally agree ",Ms.Smith said to Astrea.

"No need to thank me, I didn't do much really ", Astrea replied with a smile.

"Anyways mum it's late and I have to get Astrea back home",Ezra said looking down at his watch.

"Sure",Ms.Smith said and they all got up to walk to the door along with Aunt Matilda.

"It was a pleasure meeting you dear",Ms.Smith said pulling Astrea Into a hug, after they pulled away Astrea replied with, "The pleasure was all mine", She said honestly.

"It was also amazing meeting you Aunt Matilda", Astrea said making the old woman smile, "likewise dear",Aunt Matilda replied.

After they said they're goodbyes , Ezra and Astrea went outside and Astrea noticed how beautiful the moon and stars looked that night. She had always been in awe of the moon, maybe it was because of her name, who knew.

As she admired the sky, Ezra went closer to her, "beautiful right?", Astrea asked and Ezra replied, "It sure is, but not as beautiful as you", his statement made Astrea laugh out loud, "That was a bit cheesy don't you think?", Astrea said even though she enjoyed it. "Yeah it was",Ezra agreed

"Why don't we take a picture?", Ezra said and Astrea finally stopped looking at the sky to look at him,"Sure", She replied.

Ezra brought out his phone, to take the photo since he obviously had longer arms. He was about to take the picture but Astrea suddenly stopped him," Come on, smile at least, for me", Astrea basically begged, "Okay", Ezra said giving in and smiling , showing off his pearly white teeth. He took the picture and showed Astrea who was very pleased with it, mainly because he actually smiled.

"Let's get you home",Ezra said and took her hand and walked her to his cat r opening the door for her, after which proceeding to get in himself. He then drove off.

Meanwhile, Ms Smith and Aunt Matilda stood at the window spying on them from inside the house. It seemed like their parents just liked spying on them.

**********************************************Author's note: Hello my lovely readers , I would like to thank you for getting up to this point. Now regarding the fact that I have not been updating frequently I am sorry for that. I have exams and I will not be able to update as frequently as I would like.