Second Date - Blake & Valeria

Blake was the type of man to keep his promises, and if Val wanted her big ass burrito, she was getting it. He'd slaved most of the morning away, fighting greedy hands with his spatula and threatening any and all who dared to so much as touch anything he had made for his dates. Out of all of them, he was looking most forward to this one, as he'd spent the longest time on her dessert.

Upon entering the pod, Val would find production had set up a low coffee table with two silver platters and a lid over them. Little note cards were next to each one. The bigger platter's card would say "I am a man of my word" and the other one would say "If you have room for dessert" If she removed the lid to the first plate she'd find her breakfast burrito filled with all the fixings, and because he didn't know if she liked salsa or not with her burrito, he'd included a little cup with it as well as some sour cream, and she had a side of fresh fruit and a big red apple. If she looked under the next lid she'd find a strawberry cheesecake with real strawberries forming a heart on the top of it.

Blake made sure to get there early, and eyed what had been brought into the pod. When Val came in he'd call out "I hope you didn't eat breakfast! Also, I'm so eating this brownie."

Blake grinned from ear to ear. "You wanted a surprise!" He told her. "Ask and you will receive." He chuckled. "Good, I like calling you Val. But Valeria is also rather beautiful." He told her."Too late I'm gonna!" He said. He picked it up off the plate and bit into it. "It's...a bit dry, but it is edible." He told her swallowing. "I am pumped for this pillow fort by the way, I don't think I ever built one as a kid." He confessed.

He began his task of building it then, figuring out where the best support was going to be, and then figuring out where he wanted the fairy lights. "Gotta tell ya Val, I'm damn happy to hear you again. Parker was talking about hot you were and I had to bite my tongue and not fight him like a caveman." He laughed. "I dunno if it was a connection or not, but...Ya gave me butterflies girl. And I really wanted to see you again." He told her.

"Awe shit! Don't feel obligated to like...feel the same either, you're pretty spectacular, and I totally get if you don't feel the same." He told her a bit quickly. "No pressure." He laughed nervously. Shoving the rest of her brownie in his face.

"You know what would be fun? Blanket forts with nerf guns." He said. "Yup. Can see it now. Especially if we tied in capture the flag, but it was capture the bunny slippers." He said amused.

He chuckled after hearing what she had to say and tossed a blanket over the arm of the couch. "Glad to know we're on the same page then." He said. "I will admit I don't like to share, but I'm a gentleman." He said. "Gotta admit Val, You're making me feel pretty special right now. Also, let me know how that cheesecake turns out. I was more worried about the guys trying to steal that then your breakfast." He said.

"So Master Fort builder. How should I go about this?" He asked.

"Maybeeeeeee." He chuckled. "I did have my nose in a book a lot of the time. He began to laugh then at Val's master voice as he did as he was told. "Yes master." He said in a matching voice as he set to work placing the chair's opposite the couch and tossing a blanket over. "They're super fancy, and pretty." He said. "I'm very excited for this." He told her.

He tossed some blankets over and then got on his hands and knees and crawled in with the lights, and put them around the base of the chairs and couch. He laughed from inside the fort. "We'll your something special too, like that cheesecake." His was a bit muffled but he army crawled out of the fort until his torso was half sticking out of it. He grabbed a pillow and hugged it. "Well, according to my last girlfriend I have to much baggage and she "couldn't understand me." I've also never really wanted serious until these last couple years." He confessed. "Okay story time, One time in college I thought about joining a frat house, and they had this initiation thing where you had to capture another frat house's flag. Both houses were in on it, and they didn't hold back on the punches, like, it was bad. Anyways, I was pretty damn sneaky, and managed to use two dudes as a distraction to take the flag. Well they had it rigged that a alarm went off when it was taken, so I jumped out of a second story window on the roof,climbed down the gutter, and hauled ass for several blocks while being hunted. I ended up hiding in a dumpster, and I literally staid in there all night. They didn't find me until morning."

Blake rolled over onto his back and placed his hands behind his head as he stared up at the ceiling. "There was a lot more than that with Kendell, it got pretty ugly. She was the only serious relationship I had, otherwise it was just light dating because I didn't feel like I could commit while in school." He confessed. "News Flash Val, I like you enough to make you a relationship person." He told her. His tone was partially serious, but also flirty.

He looked at the wall when he heard the crash. "Don't make me come over there! For cheesecake injuries or the other." He chuckled. "Nah, a week later the hazing got so bad I told them they could fuck off. I managed to get a paid ride to Berkley for my undergrad, and then I transferred to the University of San Diego for med school. That's kind of how I settled in San Diego, once I finished school, I wasn't moving." He laughed. "I'm currently at UCSD, and hope to do my fellowship there, if not I might have to move again, which I'm okay with, but I really don't want to have to move." He explained.

"We are! This is pretty fun. I can cross Fort building off my never have I ever list now!" He chuckled. "Tell me about this twin and mama of yours, I wanna hear all about them."

"How about I only make you flustered when I know I'll be there to catch you if you trip?" He asked flirting.

"That's pretty awesome you guys are all in the same place, and managed to find a perfect location for the brewery." He said impressed. He listened then as Val talked about her fam.

"I'm sorry to hear about your Dad. He sounds like a superhero and someone I'd have really liked to meet," he confessed to her. "So your mom's a nurse huh? How do you think she'd take you possibly marrying a Doc?" He asked curiously. He laughed when she said she had a Napoleon complex. "So your the taller twin now huh?" He asked. "I know we're not supposed to ask about physical traits, but I'm really curious now."He laughed.

"Your family sounds amazing Val, and I seriously would like to meet them." He told her. "I don't have anyone for you to meet save for some work buddies and maybe an old friend or too, so any real dirt on me you're going to have to weasel out of me." He laughed.

Blake laughed along with Valeria. "Well that's good. I want mama to like me." He chuckled. "That is rather funny, I will admit." He laughed at her being taller than her brother. "I'd have to draw the line at a joint wedding too. Everyone deserves their own day of glory and not to share it with their twin. Unless they both really want to." He laughed.

"How many babies do you want Val?" He asked curiously. "Seriously? Me too! I want a giant yard and want to build a treehouse or a play area for them." He confessed. "Eventually a dog too, but I want enough space for a giant ass garden." He laughed. "Giant playroom too, for all the fort building and nerfgun wars." He added. "That's a must." He chuckled.

"Me to, to the large family and being 27." He chuckled. "I want as many as the wife will allow me to have. I've also thought about adoption or being a foster dad." He confessed.

"That sounds pretty awesome and very crafty of you. I'm very impressed." He said. "It honestly does. I can't wait for the morning snuggles and hearing little feet run down the hallway before jumping in bed with you. I want my kids to have experiences I never got to have as a kid." He admitted.

"Well, see...I want a lot of kids. I want to be dad, it's probably my biggest dream. But I also know I'll be working funky hours. I could be on call for three-four days out of the week, have a 12-24hr shift, a lot of it depends on the group I'm with. If they need me in the ER that day I could just only see the trauma patients and have to go fix em, or see regular patients, and then send them on their way. But a lot of it I do get a say in. Just don't be alarmed if I have to make a mad dash to the hospital in the middle of the night in my pajama's and bunny slippers." He laughed. "In reality, I'd try my damndest to give each kid that special one on one dad time when I'm home. I want them to know despite dad fixing other people, that I still love them and want to be with them." He explained.

“I think I’m turning as red as one of my tomato’s right now.” Blake laughed. Feeling the heat come off his face. He let Val continue to talk and couldn’t help the smile on his face. “I want biological children too. I want my own kids, but I also know what sort of shit houses there are for kids in the system, and the feeling of wanting to be wanted. I want to be that person for a little person to look up to and know they’ve found that forever home.” He confessed. His voice cracked suddenly and he was blinking back tears. Whelp that was embarrassing.

“It honestly sounds perfect Valeria...” he told her honestly. Reaching up pinch the bridge of his nose to try and stop the flood of emotions. He chuckled then, his mood quickly improving. “Well there is a camera but I don’t think we’re on Gray’s Anatomy.” he chuckled. “Got a confession Val, several infact. What you described literally sounds like heaven to me. It’s what I’ve always wanted. Second confession, the moment I heard you, you were attractive.” He grinned. “And third, I may or may not be tearing up over here. I’ll be honest, I’ve done things I’m not proud of, but I got scared straight and have been fighting for my life since the day I became a ward of the state. And you Valeria Winter, are something I’m also willing to fight for.” He told her. “I was honest with you straight outta the gate, so I’ll be honest with you again, and I’m sorry if I scare you off.” He laughed. “I like liiiiiike you Val.” He said softly.