This place is not bad, she thinks as they walk in to Everest Coffee Company. There is a nice aroma of coffee and there are lots of cartoon posters on the walls. The girl at the counter seems to recognize him and even knows his name. He does some small talk with her and smiles the whole time. She is not sure she likes that, but what can she do, she has just known him for a week.
They both order their coffees – she gets a cappuccino and he gets a mocha with a double shot of espresso (she notes that he likes his coffee strong), and go find a table for two. He offers to pay for the coffees and she likes that and also that he says that she can get it the next time. She is glad that he likes her too and wants to go out with her again.
“How do you like this company?” he asks.
“So far so good, but then this is my first job out of school”.
“Oh really, where did you go to school?”
“University of Chicago. And you?” she asks.
“Not to such a good school. I went to Rice.”
“It doesn’t matter now, does it? We are both working in the same company” she says, trying not to sound condescending.
He laughs and says “Well, that is a consolation. But I’ll take it”.
She really likes that he smiles often.
They talk about where they are from and their immediate families, but those things don’t have to do anything in this love story. At least, not yet.
“So, what do you do in your spare time?” she asks.
He says that he likes to bike, listen to music and go on hikes. And he has a dog (a chocolate Labrador) that he likes to spend time with.
“And what about you?” he asks, taking a sip of his coffee. She has finished her coffee by now and is thinking that he likes to take things slowly, at least when he is drinking coffee.
“I like to read a lot. I am trying to learn to play violin. I am also learning Spanish” she says.
“It is pretty cool that you are learning different things. I am impressed” he says with genuine appreciation in his voice.
“Also, I have a German shepherd at home. His name is Rocky. Maybe we should have a play date for our dogs, huh?”
“Yeah, that would be nice” he agrees.
They spend another twenty minutes at the coffee place talking about the most recent political scandal. They both seem to be of the same opinion on what the right thing to do is and how strange the whole scandal is.
As they are leaving, she says “It was nice having coffee and talking with you. We should do it again sometime” and he says that he had a good time as well and would like that. They both part ways after saying their goodbyes.
As she is going back home, she is thinking about how unreasonable and illogical it is to feel so strongly about someone that she met only recently. She thinks that she is in love and feels weird about the feeling, as this is the first time she has felt that way. She has several good friends who are guys, contrary to what people say about a guy and a girl not being able to have a platonic relationship. But then she has never worried much about what other people think or talk about her. She has always tried to do things that make her happy as long as it doesn’t hurt anybody else. She wonders if she should tell him about how she feels, but decides to wait for some more time as this is too early.
As he is driving home, he thinks that it is nice to spend time with her. He is glad that they have so much to talk about and have some common ideas. But he reminds himself that he does not want to go too deep into this relationship because of his previous experiences. He has had two girl friends in the last six months and they both did not end well (of course, no breakups would go well). He is a very sensitive person who was hurt by these breakups, especially the most recent one as he had thought that things were going well and liked her a lot. Coming back to the present, he decided to not get too carried away with her.
- To be Continued
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