Sam couldn't stop watching Amy as she worked; the way she bent over the tables to talk to customers, the way she sashayed away, the way she smiled at her as she walked past. It was all Sam could do not to touch her.
Ever since that night of ruthless passion, things have been weird. Sam tried to play it off like it was nothing; from her experience, if she cornered the girl, she'd run the other way so she just acted casual whenever Amy came around at work. But damn, it was hard.
Sam was walking around work aimlessly that day, trying to keep her mind off what had happened a few days ago. She noticed that Amy was keeping unusually busy so she tried to do the same. After a few hours of non-stop work though, Sam decided she had to say something to break the tension. She saw Amy was walking out the back door to smoke a cigarette so she followed her.
"Hey babe," Sam said, closing the door behind her. "How are you doing?"
"Oh, hey. Um, things are okay..." Amy replied, not looking Sam in the eye. She was fidgeting with her lighter, acting nervous and shy.
"Hey, are you okay? I mean, we haven't really talked for a few days ever since..." Sam started and then trailed off. Amy finally looked up at her and took a long drag.
"Yeah, I know. I've just been sort of dealing with this whole thing, it's so confusing, you know? I loved what we did, Sam. But... I cheated on my boyfriend, and I've never done anything like that before. The guilt is tearing me up." Sam reached up and brushed a stray hair from Amy's face; Amy blushed at the tender action.
"I understand, dear. I honestly never expected us to go that far... But I certainly don't regret it... Do you?" Amy put out her cigarette slowly on the wall, watching the sparks drop down into the gravel.
"No, of course I don't. I don't know, Sam. I feel like I need a sign or something, to help make sense of all of this mess in my head," Amy told her. Sam nodded her head like she understood, even though she really didn't. It make sense in my head, I wonder if there is something I can do to convince her that she should be with me, Sam thought.
"Well, I better get back to work. Maybe we can talk later about this?" Amy asked. Sam once again nodded, and followed her back into work.
For the next couple hours, Sam was lost in her thoughts, trying to think of what she could do to give Amy the 'sign' she was looking for. Suddenly, it came to her. It was a huge risk... but Sam really didn't have much to lose. She grinned to herself and started planning this maneuver.
It was near closing time and it was only Sam, Amy, and their manager, Josh, closing up the store. Amy was cleaning off the rest of the tables so Sam went into the office to talk to Josh. He was doing some last minute paper work when she walked in and closed the door.