The perfect dinner

Cassandra had now been in Atlanta for three years with her fiancé Mark and the two were working at La Tavola, a fine dining restaurant. She was in her uniform and she had a smile on her face as she brought the bill over to a table that she was serving. "Alright guys here is your bill and I hope to see you soon." said Cassie with a smile. She then walked over to another table that had just seated down and handed them menus. "Alright I'll be back in a few minutes. Enjoy." said Cassie with a smile. As she was walking back to the kitchen she could hear the jazz music playing over the speakers and while she wasn't a fan of it at first over time it grew on her.




As she walked into the kitchen the music faded away and Mark was hard at work like usual. He had a black bandana around his head to keep the sweat out of his eyes. "Hey Hank I need you to drop those chicken tenders and fries into the fryer now." ordered Mark in a calm tone. "Yes sir." said Hank and he did as he was told. Cassie smiled as she looked at Mark whenever he was in the kitchen he took control and made sure everything went right. Due to his military background he ran the kitchen like a unit.




"Hey babe how's it going out front?" asked Mark as he looked at her for a brief second before turning the pan he was working on. "It's packed but we are hanging in there." said Cassie to Mark. "Keep up the good work babe." said Mark to Cassie. Just then the manager Jose walked into the back and he just let out a heavy sigh. "I'm going out to have a smoke real quick. Cassie hold it down while I'm out." said Jose to Cassie who smiled. "Yes sir." said Cassie to Jose. Once Jose left Cassie turned to Mark. "Are we still up for dinner tonight?" asked Cassie to Mark. For weeks now Cassie wanted to make Mark dinner but he was either to exhausted from work or other things came up. Cassie wanted to make him an original dish. "Of course I can't wait to taste whatever you got cookin up!" said Mark with a smile to Cassie. She blew him a kiss and then left the kitchen to go serve some tables.

A few hours later once they were done with work and were at home Mark sat down on the couch watching an old western movie while Cassie was in the kitchen making her dish. She was in the kitchen since nine and it was almost midnight. "Babe you almost done?" asked Mark as he was starting to fall asleep. "Yep ready!" said Cassie as she prepared the dining room. Mark entered and looked at the dish with an impressed look.




"Wow what is it?" asked Mark. "It's my mom's capellini pomodoro. She used to make this all the time when I lived with her back in the day." said Cassie to Mark. The two sat down and Cassie waited to see Mark's reaction before taking a bite. His eyes widen as flavors just hit his taste buds and it was like heaven in his mouth. "Oh my god...This is perfect. Like for real you gotta have Jose try this."  said Mark to Cassie who smiled brightly.



"You really thing he will put it on the menu?" asked Cassie to Mark who nodded. She got up from her chair and hugged Mark giving him a kiss on the lips. "Love you babe...Oh shit I gotta study!" said Cassie as she realized that she had a test in a few hours for her nursing exam. Cassie quickly ran to her room while Mark was at the dinner table. "Well more for me." said Mark with a smirk as he fixed himself another plate.