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Luke leaned on the counter toward her. Jamie looked into his eyes for a minute and then glanced away, suddenly shy. She had never been shy her entire life.
“Uh, your total is four dollars even,” Jamie almost stuttered.
He reached into his pocket and pulled out a five and pressed it into her hand. The warmth from his touch seemed to spread through her entire body.
“Put the change in the tip jar.”
The bell for the door jingled again and Luke pulled back, standing up straight. He put his hand over Jamie’s for a second and said, “I’ll see you later,” before taking his coffee and danish and heading out the door. Jamie watched him go.
With a smile, Clara nudged Jamie out of the way as she took the next customer’s order. The café suddenly got busy and Jamie didn’t have time to process her interaction with Luke. Finally, after the café cleared out, Jamie busied herself cleaning up.
“I didn’t know you knew how to flirt,” Clara teased. “Thousands of men, some extremely good looking, have come in here. Some of them have hit on you so hard that it was embarrassing to watch. You didn’t pay a bit of attention to him. Then, this tall handsome fella comes in here and you are acting like a school girl.”
Jamie blushed and said, “I don’t know what you are talking about.”
“Mm-hmm. I’m all for it,” Clara said.
“Next you’re going to have us married when all that has happened is that he’s come in for coffee.”
“Sometimes it just starts with a little coffee. Look at Dillon and me.”
“You two are special,” Jamie said, brushing Clara off.
However, she couldn’t deny that she had an unexpected reaction to Luke. It wasn’t like they had even been especially close in high school. Jamie was, quite frankly, surprised that Luke even remembered her enough to know that she had changed a lot in the past several years.
The rest of the day went by quickly. Jamie was tired and her feet hurt, and wanted nothing more than to just go home. Unfortunately, she reminded herself, her refrigerator and cabinets were empty, and she did need to eat. The thought of ordering another pizza or some Chinese take out just didn’t sound appetizing.
The grocery store was mostly empty so Jamie was able to get in and out quickly. She groaned loudly when she got back to her car. She had a flat tire.
Sighing heavily, she stowed her groceries in the back seat and popped her trunk. Pulling out her spare, the lug wrench, and a jack, she got to work.
She almost had her car jacked up when a voice behind her asked, “Do you need a hand with that?”
Squealing, she whirled around, her heart pounding a million miles an hour.
“Luke, you scared the daylights out of me.”
“Apparently,” he said. “Sorry about that.”
The grin on his face made it seem as though he wasn’t very sorry at all.
“I was leaving dad’s store and saw you over here. I thought that I could help.”
Jamie was perfectly capable of changing her own tire, but stepped aside so he could finish jacking up her car.
“Are you my knight in shining armor coming to save me?”
“I wouldn’t go that far. I’m just a helpful guy.”
Luke had the tire changed in no time. He stowed her ruined tire and tools in her trunk.
“I really appreciate your help.”
“It’s my pleasure,” Luke said, leaning against her car.
Jamie leaned against the car in front of him, close, but not too close. She looked into his eyes. She felt that she could get lost in the blue depths of them.
“What do you do when you aren’t dishing out coffee and changing tires?”
