I smiled immensely and he seemed to notice it, he ruffled my hair and smiled

-You're cute Sav... -he gave me a pile of clothes and led me to the bathroom- you can take a shower to clear your head, and then I'll make some dinner, if you want to stay I'll be happy to do something else for both of us.

I nodded and went to the shower, missing a bit of my lavender shampoo, but had to use the one in there, which had a very subtle vanilla scent. I spilled some on my hand and put it in my hair to wash it off and after a while, a little longer than I expected, I got out of the shower, wrapped in a towel.
I grabbed the clothes Joe had handed me, a Sheffield United sweatshirt, which was too long for me, and a pair of jeans, also a bit big for my legs. I towel dried my hair and let it recover on its own, when that happened I went back to Joe's room to put my clothes from the previous afternoon into my backpack.
I saw some photos of Joe, younger, he had short brown curls, he was cute but I think his straight blonde cut suits him better... I read a kind of letter, it was from his mother... "for Joseph Thomas Elliott Jr With love, Cynthia Elliott"

-Dinner is ready... I'll wait for you in the dining room... -his voice took me out

So your name is Joseph Thomas Elliott...

-No, actually that's my father's name, I'm a junior -he laughed and that made me smile

-and... You're dark-haired and you have curly hair... -I saw a slight blush form on her cheeks as a symbol of embarrassment

-In my time it looked like a Jackson Five... I know, I'm not proud of that time -I couldn't help but laugh

-And you're also a Sheffield United fan... God, this takes away your points as a decent human being.

-eh eh eh, respect for United! I looked at the shirt

-Do you know that I was a Sheffield United player? -he looked at me quite amazed, and we both had a very entertaining chat about football, fanaticism and my childhood as a United footballer, Wednesday fan
Joe also took an interest in my life, he asked me many questions and the truth is, I felt very flattered, there are not too many people in the world who have the capacity to take an interest in me, and he certainly did. At the same time, we had a delicious soup for dinner, which helped me get through the cold that it was in the house.

-Excuse me for a second? -I got up to go to the bathroom, I hadn't looked at my phone all the time, it was about half past eleven, and I had calls, and thousands of missed messages from Dave

Dave👨‍❤‍💋‍👨: Richard, it's half past eight, where have you been?
8:36 p.m. 03/22/83

Dave👨‍❤‍💋‍👨: I want you to go back to the bar now, Richard I'm here alone.
9:19 p.m. 03/22/83

Dave👨‍❤‍💋‍👨: Either you come now or I'll come to your house and bring you myself
11:01 p.m. 03/22/83

Dave👨‍❤‍💋‍👨: Who are you with?
11:02 p.m. 03/22/83

I read each message and started to shake, I must have spent hours rereading each message in a panic, as Joe knocked on the door, driving me out of my head

-Are you OK? You've been there like half an hour...

-I-yes I-I'm fine... -my voice trembled and he noticed it, he opened the door slowly and knelt down to always be at my height, I was sitting on the floor

-Sav... What's going on? -I looked at him, I couldn't tell him so I justified what happened with a simple dizziness.
Joe took me to his bed and patted my head

-I think it's a good idea for you to sleep here tonight... I wouldn't want you to get another one of those dizzy spells on the way home...

... I didn't want to go back, so I stayed with him, and that, that was the most wonderful night of my life...