declan hadn't been to a place this nice literally ever and so he was surprised by the fact that they were even here in the first place but he knew her sister suggested it and so he wanted to give it a try. if he was going to give something like this a try, he wanted it to be with ella. in fact, most of what he wanted to experience in life, he wanted her by his side and he'd gotten lucky a lot of the time. there were a few things they missed out on, like being each other's first kiss but he knew that everything happened her a reason and this was happening now because it was meant to.
he laughed, "no, i won't judge you." he reassured and followed them toward the table to take a seat across from his date. "come on, let's give this a try. who knows? maybe it'll be our new place." he doubted it, especially since it seemed to be out of both of their comfort zones but it was nice for a first date. "let's see," he started and scanned over the menu, "you know, i feel like i should order a steak. it's gotta be good for that price, don't you think?"