Glancing up from her book, her eyes scanned the room before she lazily reached for her coffee. Lifting it to her lightly shimmering lips and taking a long sip, she sat up straight before setting her coffee back down. Her back, as usual, was killing her. The fact that she was hunched over, completely engrossed in her book didn't help, she was certain. Crossing her legs under the small round table and resting her hands in her lap she people watched for a moment.
She smiled when she saw the little girl with her mom, talking a mile a minute while the mom tugged her along to get in line. The old man sitting alone by himself at the table by the door, half asleep with a newspaper spread out over a table that was too big for him and him alone. The barista rushing to get drinks done and out to costumers, obvious it was her first day. Smiling to herself her eyes flicker to the man sitting in one of the plush chairs towards the back. She sits up a little straighter, her eyes lingering.
He's a bit older, clean shaven and handsome. But dark. Very dark. Frowning slightly she continues to asses him. His legs are halfway crossed, his ankle resting comfortably on his knee. He wore a tan long sleeve shirt rolled up to just below his elbows and jeans, with brown shoes. He was very handsome.
"Hmm..." she muttered and looked back down at her book, her finger tracing the spine of it as she got sucked in again, her blue eyes dancing from word to word.
The next moment she reached for her coffee she allowed her eyes to tear away from the words and found them going directly to the dark man towards the back. The only thing that was different about him was that his book was set aside and his eyes were on her.
Instantly flushing she looked away and stared straight ahead, taking a long sip of her nearly cold coffee. Searching desperately for another person to watch or something else to stare at while taking a break from her book. Failing she glanced back at the man who was, shamelessly, still staring at her.
The blood rushed to her cheeks and she smiled at him, giving him a polite nod. He nodded back but his lips didn't move to a smile like she imagined they would. Suddenly she was determined to make him smile. She made it her mission.
She smiled at him and raised a dainty, perfectly shaped eyebrow this time, allowing that little dimple on her left cheek to make a small appearance. His eyes softened and he glanced back down to his book. Frustrated she sighed and closed her book, her fingers lingering on the page she last read before letting it shut completely. Standing she smoothed her blue and black maxi strapless maxi dress down in the back and shrugged off her denim jacket so her tan, slim bare shoulders were exposed.
Taking her empty coffee cup up to the line she glanced at him again. His eyes had followed her and he had softened his face a bit. Success! She was getting somewhere! She smiled at the barista and told him her ridiculously long coffee order and laughed at his "diva" comment, reaching up to tuck a loose curl behind her ear. Paying and turning to glance at the dark man she was satisfied that he was staring again. Wandering towards him to pretend to stare at the assorted coffee mugs that were on clearance was a silent excuse to get closer to him. Her heart beat faster as she did, suddenly very attracted to him.
