Hank beckoned to the waiter and ordered a bottle of wine. They already had their menus and we're looking through it. He looked at Amy; he reached out and touched her. She almost dropped the menu. She looked around to see if anyone had seen her reaction. She was trying to move her hand but he was holding his hand firmly in place and he was not bothered by the fact that she was trying to break free without making a scene.
"Amy, you know that I really love you. I don't say it enough.
"Please Hank; I am trying to look through the menu. I love you too and you always tell me that you love me."
"I can guess what you are going to order, it never changes. I am adventurous. I will order something new tonight." He let her go and continued to look through the options.
"I have heard that the Tilapia Milanese is really good here but I will have the Osso Buco."
"See, I knew it. You ordered the same thing again," Hank said.
"I really love that dish. I always come here thinking I will try something different but old habits die hard."
The waiter came and they gave him their orders. They sat there sipping their wine and not saying much. Hank started to talk and asked his wife how her day was. She started to talk and he listened to her but he had something else on his mind. He had a great weekend planned. He was sure that Amy Melissa Stewart would sure be surprised. He had that on the forefront of his mind. He just nodded at her now as if he was really hearing what she was saying.
They were still newlyweds. They had gotten married four months ago and surprisingly Amy was still shy. She still could not be naked in front of him. She always went to another room to dress if he was there with her. She had to have the lights off before they made love and she never had sex anywhere but in the bedroom. She also did not like public displays of affection. He couldn't even hold her hand while they were out. He found it really strange as he grew up in a family that was not afraid to display their affection.
He should have figured it out when he first went to meet her family. It would not have made him change his mind about how he felt about her but he would have been better prepared to deal with it. He realized that it was her parents that kept her so repressed. She was simply unable to show affection as she simply did not know how.
He went to meet her parents six months after they had been seeing each other. A month or so after he had met them he got her father’s permission to ask her to marry him. They seemed to accept him and the father who was very strict and did not mince his words made sure that Hank knew that they would not be able to give much financially toward the wedding. He really didn't expect them to and he made them know as much. That was really old school. He and Amy paid for everything. Of course Amy felt a way about it and he had to convince her that it was okay.
He had noticed that Amy's parents did not even hug her when she told them that she was engaged. They were pretty rigid. In his house it was practically a reason to have a celebration. He was shocked at their reaction but he was sure that she was just as shocked with the way his family reacted as she was not used to it. She and her siblings were all raised to hide what they really felt.
After the wedding, they had dinner at each of their parent’s homes twice per month. As Amy's parents were so formal, he still could not bring himself to call them Mom and Dad. He was not sure how they would react to that informal greeting.
To him the family would do well in a community that was extremely strict. They were doing that all on their own. He would have to work hard to get any to loosen up, to try new things, to smile more and just to be carefree. If something was out of place she would go crazy until it was fixed.
He really wished he could help some of Amy's siblings, especially the girls. He just hoped that they would find someone who loved them, understood how they were raised and was willing to work to teach them new things as he was willing to do with Amy.
What he wanted more than anything else was the thrill of doing something naughty while they were out. He would love if she wanted to make love in the car or a public restroom. He would even take a kiss from her out in public. He had his work cut out for him.