“Put it on the list,” Easton tells me as he opens the door to my favorite coffee shop. “Wanna grab a seat, and I’ll order?”
“You know what I like?” I ask, casting him a sly grin.
“Gonna take a wild guess.”
Finding a seat at the booth close by, I take out my phone and find a text from Capri.
Capri
So, did you fuck him yet?
As if I’m that easy…
Capri
You haven’t seen each other in two months. I know your kitty is purrin.
What have I created???? You’re turning into me, my dear sister.
Capri
Just call it a reborn deprived woman.
Capri
Except, now you’re the deprived one. Haha
Touche. Today has been so fun. But I think he’s trying to figure things out between us like me. It’s like we almost cross the line…only to pull back just in case.
Capri
I’ve never known you to not take what you want.
This is different. He’s different. I don’t wanna fuck it up.
Capri
Then don’t.
“A coffee for my lady.” Easton sets the cup in front of me, and I look at him skeptically. “I gave it my best shot, okay?”
He sits beside me. Not on the other side of the booth, but beside me.
On the same side.
Isn’t that what couples do? People whoactuallylike each other sit beside each other. I used to think that was super weird anytime I’d see couples not sitting across from each other.
Don’t they want to look at each other? It just seems awkward.
But my current experience tells me I misjudged, because I have butterflies and they’re erupting like a wildfire in my stomach. My chest. My legs. Never knew that was possible, but here we are.
I take a sip of my coffee, melting at the warmth mixed with the flavor of toffee nut and oat milk. It’s delicious. “Not my usual, but I might have to change things up from now on. This is so good.”
“Hell yeah,” Easton chants. “You can thank that kind woman standing behind me for the suggestion.” He points to the woman with a toddler on her hip, and she waves back at us. I chuckle because of course he phoned a stranger for help.
I suppose a mother with young children is the best person to ask for caffeine suggestions. Coffee is life.
Easton and his lack of stranger danger.
