Miranda sat at the hotel bar playing with the stirrer in her Manhattan. She had been there already for a good 45 minutes by this point and while she had a few nice conversations, no one had truly sparked her interest. Mike had bought her this drink but then conveniently been called by work (his wife) and had to run. Steve was very friendly and Miranda especially loved hearing about his recent break-up with Jessica, the love of his life. Honestly, no one in here thrilled her like she had hoped until James walked in.
6'3" with dirty blonde hair and a kind face, James came over and took the seat next to Miranda. She went to say something and suddenly stopped herself. "No, Mir, tonight you are going with the flow. Let him start."
James noticed her hesitation and asked, "Oh, I'm sorry. Is this seat taken?"
"No," was about all Miranda could muster. She was currently drowning in those beautiful blue eyes.
"Oh, good. I just figured a woman as beautiful as you would have to have a husband."
Miranda looked down at the finger where her wedding ring usually lay and lied, "Divorced."
"Ah, his greatest regret, I'm sure."
"So what brings you here?" "What a walking cliche I am," Miranda thought to herself. Luckily James saved her and took control of the conversation.
"I'm in town on business but my meeting ran late so I came down to see if I could scrounge up some dinner. Maybe you would want to join me?"
"Wow, that was pretty forward", Miranda thought to herself. She paused for a second. It's only dinner. What was there to be nervous about? Was she expecting her husband to walk in and catch her having dinner with another man? She laughed as she decided that idea was pretty impossible. "Sure, why not", Miranda heard the sound of her voice but still couldn't believe it.
They were doing this, they were having dinner together. James asked the bartender if they could get a menu and led Miranda over to a quiet booth in the corner. She knew exactly what was on this man's mind and she was going to let the scenario play out. For better or for worse.