You get to the coffee shop and she's not there. And so you wait, nervous and uncertain. Perhaps you shouldn't have come. And now you think about her and about this; what? You have no idea what to expect. You've thought about it over and over again, about what might happen or what might not happen. And yet you're still unclear, unsure. And now you think about all the times that you saw her here while getting your morning coffee. It's strange, you check out other woman all the time, just like all woman do, you'll notice if they're hot, or not, you'll notice something specific about them, something that you like or don't like, but not this time; why? She isn't really even someone who you'd think you would want to do this with for a first time; she's a little bit rough, sexy as hell, but definitely rough around the edges in a rocker, biker sort of way. At first she caught your eye in the normal and curious way and then it slowly became something else. Why? What is it about her? Her body? Her hair? The way she moves? The way she speaks? And when did it get to the point that you started to look forward to seeing her every morning; happy when you did, sad and depressed when you didn't.
You gonna get in or what?
You turn away from the coffee shop window and see her standing next to her little beat up car waiting, watching you.
You don't move. You wait, still at this very last minute, uncertain.
Well? It's not exactly fuckin warm out here you know.
You step towards the curb and get in the car.
I didn't think you'd come, she says as she pulls the car out onto the road.
I wasn't sure either, you reply.
She lights a joint, takes a hit and passes it to you. You try it and it immediately makes you feel better, calmer.
You drive and together you smoke the rest of the joint. You think about the last time you saw one another in the coffee shop and about how she stopped next to you on her way out and whispered to you; if you got the balls, met me here tonight at 7.
Perhaps it was the way she smiled when she said it. Or they way she threw her head back the ways she does when she left. You don't know. But you're here.