The next day arrived, and I had just finished the Dhuhr prayers. I have not been able to bring myself to call Ethan to cancel our date. I couldn't bear to hear the hurt in his voice because of me. I hope I will be able to tell him when he comes by without backing down.

I hear a little knock at the door, and I know it is Ethan because the time is 2 p.m. I approached the door and open it for him. Once I stare at him, it pains my heart that I have to hurt him by cancelling our date.

"Adina, why are you not dressed?" Ethan says, shocked.

"That is because I am not going."

"Why did I do something wrong?" Ethan says, sounding worried.

"You did nothing wrong, Ethan, but I can't go on a date with you."

"Why?" Ethan says, looking a bit hurt and confused.

"I can't go on a date with you."

"Why"

"Because we can't do the things people who go on dates do."

"Like, what?"

"Like holding hands and all that, you know it's not allowed in my religion."

"And what if we don't have to do that?" Ethan says, confusing me.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, the whole point of why we can't go on this date is because I can't touch you."

"Yes," I say, wondering what Ethan is getting at.

"Then I won't."

"What do you mean you won't?"

"I mean I will go out on dates with you and I won't touch you," Ethan says, shocking me to the bone that he would do such a thing. I can't also pretend like I did not just hear him say dates. Does it mean he really wants to date me? He has not said if he likes me or not, but I don't think he needs to with what he just said, but I also can't be too sure.

"Alright, give me ten minutes so I can change," I say feeling very happy. Ethan is willing to hold himself while on a date with me. Ethan never ceases to astonish me.

I change my dressing gown into a pair of faded grey patched ripped jeans, a black top, a grey coat, a black handbag, a black hijab and black ankle boots. I step outside my room to join Ethan so we can be on our way.

Ethan drives for a few minutes before finally stopping at an amusement park. He did not tell me where he was taking me, and I would have never guessed here. I just hope we have fun today. I can't believe today is our first date. Ahh, I am mentally screaming, so many firsts are happening with Ethan lately. We step out of the car and walk into the park.

"So what will you like to do first?" Ethan says, looking around.

"There are so many rides and games, but I would like to do the scariest rides first."

"What?" Ethan asks, confused.

"I want to do the most daring and scariest rides they have," I say smiling.

"Really, why would you want that?"

"I'm not sure, but whenever I find myself in an amusement park, I like to challenge myself to do the most daring rides," I exclaimed, excitedly looking at all the scary rides they had. I am going to have a great time today.

"Wow, that is not something you hear every day, and I like it. "You are unique in your own way, and that is what makes you amazing," Ethan says, smiling, while I blush as a result of his remark.

"Thank you," I say, smiling.

"Thank you, and which one do you want to ride first?"

"This one looks terrifying," I said as I walked towards the ticket line, Ethan close behind me.

Ethan and I have been on so many rides, and so far, I am having the most fabulous time of my life. They were a few terrifying rides, but Ethan was there to comfort me and make the fear go away. We are in the queue for our last ride before we start playing a few games and eat.

"Are you sure you want to go on this one?" Ethan says

"Yes, I am."

"Hmmm, are you sure, because I have heard it's terrifying and I know you are really acquainted with the word fear. My arms can speak for themselves," Ethan says chuckling while showing me the nail marks I made while holding his arms in fear while we were on a few rides.

"I am really sorry I did that. I did not know I was going to be that scared," I say playing with my fingers, feeling very sad and embarrassed that I had caused him such harm.

"It's fine and, if anything, I love them," Ethan says smirking, shocking me to the bone.

"You like it," I say confused.

"Yes, because Mio Caro Bellezza Nero (my dear black beauty). It tells me how amazing you can be in so many ways," Ethan says dangerously close to my ear, causing a shiver to run down my spine. What could he possibly mean by that? The smirk and lust in his eyes are enough to tell me what Ethan meant by that. I can't believe he is thinking of me in such a way.

"Ethan!" I say shocked

"I am only stating the facts, my dear," Ethan says, winking at me, making me blush because I can't believe he would think of me in such a way.

After Ethan and I came down from the rollercoaster, we decided to get a little something to eat before we continue the day. Ethan is eating hotdogs with French fries and a Coke. I am having a burger with French fries and a vanilla milkshake.

"So what do you want to do after we finish eating?" Ethan says it with a mouth full of food. He has a little ketchup on his lips.

"Anything fun, and there is ketchup on your lips."

"Oh, where?" Ethan says, cleaning his lips, but he does not find the spot where the ketchup is.

"On the left side of your lips."

"Have I gotten it off?" He says and still does not clean it off.

"Let me do it," I say gently, wiping the ketchup away with my finger as I notice how soft his lips are. I remember how amazing they were against my lips last time. How I would do anything to kiss him again, but we all know that is not possible.

"Adina"

"Yes"

"Do you love my lips that much?"

"What?" I was shocked to hear him ask me that.

"Your hands have not left my lips since they touched them," Ethan says, smiling.

"Oh, sorry," I say quickly removing my hands away from his lips. I can't believe I left my hands there. I feel so embarrassed right now. I can't imagine what Ethan thinks of me. I am really losing my head around Ethan.

We finished eating a few minutes ago. We are walking past a few stalls when I see one that catches my interest.

"Ethan, I want to do this one," I say, walking towards the stall with Ethan closely behind me.

"Welcome, how are you guys doing today?" The nice man by the stall says

"We're doing great, and I'd like to play," I say.

"Alright, the game is simple. All you have to do is shoot bullets into the holes on the wall while they move around. "

"Oh, that's not hard. Ethan, are you going to play?"

"No, I will just watch you and how much you pay," Ethan says to the man.

"2 dollars," the man says. Ethan is about to hand him money, but I stop him.

"Ethan, you promised me you were going to allow me to pay for the next game," I say, pushing the money back to him. Throughout the whole day, Ethan has paid for everything we had done even though I have asked him to allow me to pay for a few things. He has been so stubborn about allowing me to pay for anything. We fought at the last stall about paying, which ended in us not playing the game, but I made him promise to allow me to pay for the next one.

"Are you sure I promised you?" Ethan says, pretending not to remember, so he can pay again.

"I know what you are trying to do. I am paying this time."

"I am not trying to do anything. I only asked if I really made that promise," Ethan says evilly.

"Yes, you did, and I won't allow you to pay for this game," I say and hand the man the money before Ethan says something and ends up paying again.

"I allowed you to pay this time, but I might not for the next game," Ethan says while I just smile.

"You have 30 seconds to shoot as many holes as you can," The man says and hands me the gun for the game.

"Good luck," Ethan says, stepping away from me to play the game.

"Thank you," I say and start the game.

I tried for 30 seconds and failed miserably. I was not able to shoot even one shot, given how fast the walls were moving.

"Oh, I'm sorry you lost," Ethan says, coming up beside me after the game.

"It's fine, but I really wish I won so that I could have gotten that big teddy bear."

"Oh, you want that teddy bear? We could go back, and I would play the game and win it for you. "

"No, there won't be any need for that."

"If you want it, I will win it for you," Ethan says with determination.

"It's fine; I don't need it."

"That's a lie; we are going back. You have not stopped staring at it since we passed the stall," Ethan says, turning back.

"You don't have to play the game, Ethan," I say following behind him.

"I know, but I will because I want to see that gorgeous smile of yours when I win it for you," Ethan says, smiling while he winks at me. I blushed as a result of his compliments on my smile. Ethan knows how to make me blush in ways no guy has ever done.

Ethan won a sweet teddy bear for me. He got a lot of stuffed animals for me. I have five, and I don't know how I have so many, but Ethan was really key in getting me everything I wanted today. If I failed any game, he made sure he won it for me. He made me very happy throughout the day. I think I blushed more than 100 times today from all the compliments Ethan showered me with. I have never felt cared for like the way Ethan made me feel today.

We are walking towards the beach after playing and riding almost every game at the amusement park. There is a beach close to the amusement park. Ethan and I got cotton candy for ourselves on our way to the beach.

"How does your flavour taste?" I ask, taking a bite of my cotton candy. Ethan and I both got different flavours.

"It's not bad; do you want to try it?"

"Yes, please," I say, feeling curious to taste his flavour. I am about to grab his cotton candy when Ethan gives it to me by himself. I open my mouth to eat it, but it's not the taste of the cotton candy that registers in my brain. It is the warmth in Ethan's hand that sends tingles all over my body that register in my mind. I felt tingles all over me from the small contact my mouth had with his hand.

"So what do you think," Ethan says, pulling his warm hands away from me.

"It's nice," I say, even though it's far from the cotton candy I am talking about.

Ethan drops me back at home and helps me with my big stuffed animals to my room.

"Did you have a good time today?" Ethan says, dropping all the stuffed animals on my bed.

"I had a wonderful time today," I say, smiling at all the beautiful memories we made today.

"I am happy I was able to make our first date wonderful for you," Ethan says, smiling.

"Me too, and I love all the stuffed animals you won for me," I say holding the biggest one close to me.

"I am happy I got them for you because they are going to be your Ethan for me."

"I don't understand."

"Since we can't touch each other, I want you to hold them whenever you feel the need to be close to me."

"I will," I say, smiling while hugging the stuffed animal close to me. The same way I want to hug Ethan right now. 

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