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There was a loud CLANG as someone dropped something heavy on the other side of the gym. A round of scattered applause eventually went up, signifying everything was okay.
“So you’re trying to up your dating game,” Claire theorized, turning her attention back to me, “so you can find the right guy for you.”
“Yes.”
“And you’re going to do this by practicing on three really close guy friends.”
“That’s right.”
“Three guy friends who you already love,” she went on, slyly. “Just using your own words, here.”
“Ummm—“
“And who, according to you, are ‘extremely hot.’ All three of them.”
I opened my mouth and then closed it without speaking. There was nothing I could think of to say.
“So… what’s the problem again?” Claire laughed. “Because honestly, I forgot.”
She screwed the cap back on her water bottle and pivoted away, her twenty-year old ass not bouncing even a centimeter in her tight black yoga pants. Before leaving however, she turned back and leaned in confidentially.
“Mind if I say something that might not have occurred to you?”
I was regarding Claire with an entirely different opinion now. The bubbly blonde looked suddenly much wiser than her years.
“Of course.”
“Sometimes, when you’re looking too hard?” Her pretty smile curled in at the corners. “You can’t see the forest for the trees.”
~ 10 ~
ARIANA
“So… do you come here often?”
I rolled my eyes at Axel, and probably for the fifth or sixth time tonight. He knew damn well it was my first time at the adorable little cafe. We’d driven clear across town just so our ‘date’ wouldn’t feel like any of our normal hangouts.
He however, had already run into four different people who knew them. And of course, in true Axel style, all of them were girls.
Pretty girls.
No, gorgeous girls.
“C’mon Ari,” he pleaded with a grin. “If you want to get anything out of this you’ll need to actually immerse yourself, right? So get back into it.”
His palms slid across the table and easily found mine. I relented, letting him pull my hands forward until they rested between us.
“Right now I, umm…. I work as a barista,” I said, feeling totally silly. “Cool little place Java Queen.”
Axel tapped his lip. “East of Lake Union, right?”
I resisted the urge to roll my eyes again. “Yes.”
“So you serve coffee?”
“Very kickass coffee,” I added with pride.
“Cool, what else?”
