Place -coffee shop
It is a typical coffee shop, not a big one .This place have those round coffee table with stool by sides.Walls have big posters of different boy bands from 90s backstreet boys to 2000s nysnc to latest one direction.the owner Julian is a big fan of all boy bands .Some posters of quotes and other artist. This place is filled with all different kind of music artist , I guess Julian wants to become aspiring music artist but something happened .she really doesn't talk about it much.
It used to my favourite place well ,one of my favourite place, this place is not far from my apartment.Nearly 10 min drive , i used come here very often at least once a day even though I don't really like coffee.But this place offer other beverages also like tea cappuccino, latte and one of my favorite the blueberry muffin. But those weren't the reason I used to come here , it was because of my girlfriend.she loved this place.It was our go to place . That was one of the reason why after breakup I stopped coming here .you know the same story, the thing we used to do together I stopped doing them , places we used to go together I stopped going there .so this is one of that example.
But not today cause today I have date .first in 6 months (yipeey).after going through different stages of grieving ,crying ,what if ,maybe she will come back .i have finally decided to stopped whining and start taking control of my life, which is moving on.
So here I am standing in the front door of the coffee shop.This coffee shop looks familiar but still somehow strange. its funny how fast things change .This place used to come on my top ten list now i dont even talk about it.So thats why today i choose this place, its step first on my"take control of your own life" list,my friend jessica told me to go somewhere else but no because it is time to move on.
But still I have this strange feeling in my back of my mind. Just something doesn't feel right, anyway i push that feeling down and get inside and sit on the one stool around the coffee table in straight line of site of shop door.
WAITRESS COME TO ME .(I know her. Oh yes she is mary.)
"oh hey i haven't seen you here in a while .where did you go on a trip or something" mary said teasingly.
"Oh hey mary no no, i was here in the city" i replied.(physically but mentally I was in HELL).she looked at me suspiciously.
" okk so should I bring you your regular and hey is alex coming? I havent seen her either. should I bring her regular too?"mary said looking delighted.
" no just bring me my regular .she is not coming, we kinda broke up well not kinda we clearly broke up.6 months ago."i said not looking at her face but my hands. i hate to tell people about my breakup. I am not comfortable, because after that they give me a condolencing look which i hate .
(see when I told you how familiar I am with this coffee shop it wasn't just that i come here often.its like every one knows about everyone here which means they know about me and alex but they don't know about breakup.Now they do.)
"oh honey what happened, you guys were amazing.i am so sorry"she said consoling me.
(at that moment different kind of emotion was coming through my mind including regret, annoyance,anger.thats why i dont like talking about it.But before I can answer.)
A WOMAN ENTER THE SHOP.SHE ASKED SOMETHING FROM LADY BY THE COFFEE MACHINE, AND LADY POINTS TO ME.
"hey I am amy!(yeah she exclaimed her name which shows her excitement)she extended her right hand towards me.
" oh hi ...i am maggie"i replied with a smile and take her hand. I started taking notes on every thing.
(this women is tall nearly 5.6 inch.black hair long. She was wearing a red top with tight black jeans .fair skin.first impression -she is beautiful and energetic well that's comes handy right?)
She sits and put her purse at the table,give mary a smile. Mary looked at me and then at amy. And then its like she finally understood that i was on a date.Now mary looked not so amused.
"what can I bring Ms amy?" (well I am not a face reader but I can tell she was little annoyed by amy, cause she usually is very pleasant with customers.)
Looking at the menu which wasn't big.
"ahhhmmm !I think... I don't know...oh boy there are so many choices...( she is infuriating Mary more.)
"just pick fast!"mary said( yepp she is clearly annoyed)
"okkk... I will have a coffee. " amy said .
MARY START WALKING TOWARDS THE COUNTER.
"oh can I have blueberry muffin also.( my favourite. Thats good right. she said that sweetly)
"yes you can my dear" she replied also giving me look(yepp. sarcasm was cleary there .she was clearly pissed .environment of place is kinda hot and hostile. I am starting to have second thoughts about my favourite place now).
(I was awkwardly looking between Mary and Amy.i don't know why Mary was pissed. Is it because I didn't told her about breakup.maybe? )
"wow this place looks very nice but I guess people are not that nice."she said looking at the poster and pointing at mary.
"oh no Mary is really nice .something is wrong with her today I don't know .maybe she is on her period or something.(ohh boy did I just said her period .she is glaring at me)
Awkward silence.( do something say something.)
"mary. so you know her name .you come here often(change the topic nice save .she is smart)
"yes very often .its very near from where I work and my apartment."
"oh that's nice, you place is also nearby."
"only 7 blocks from here" i replied.
Silence again.
"so you look beautiful by the way." I said in an attempt to starg a conversation.
She is smiling( yepp compliment her.
" oh thanks. You also look beautiful.(counter compliment. Okkay).
Silence.we both staring at the wall and outside. I am getting more nervous by this silence . ( say something, anything)
"so tell me about yourself.how long you have been living here.what are your hobbies. Do you like cooking or singing(okk that's one of my bad habits I ramble when I am nervous).
"wow you have lot of question.(I smiled stupidly).
"sorry" i said flustered.
"well I grew up in kansas.My dad have a family business there.i came to this city 5 years ago.i do know cooking but nothing fancy. how about you?"
"oh me.. Well I came to city for college.then I did my graduation and phd here , then got job here at the university, so i am here for a quite sometime now. "
"ohh! So you are professor that's great .you must be very intelligent".she said teasingly.
"huh.? What.yes .i mean I dont know?"i replied with a dumbfounded smile at the comment.
There was silence again.
"Honeslty i have never done blind dating before, and also i dont make good first impression.i am not just very comfortable" i said breaking the silence and now looking a little embarrassed.
"Oh wow me too . this is my first time too"
" okkay now i dont know i am more or less relieved to know that"i said jokingly. She laughed.
"And hey,dont worry about first impression. I think you made a good one." she said looking me in the eye. Is she flirting with me?. I noticed her eyes colour for the first time. They were little black but looks like littke brown,beautifull.
I smiled back at her.
(The talk become a little more comfortable.
After that we talked for half hour .it was going nice.she seems like a nice person. She told me about her family and job).
Our talk was interrupted when someone enters the shop. I didnt see who but , i got a strange feeling, the same i got when i was at the coffee shop gate.i looked in that direction and guess who it was , you are right alex.)
(She comes to counter to Mary, who seems very pleased and happy to see her.i can see her from back. she is wearing that top which is one of my favourite , blue jeans and boots.she is looking beautiful, and I hate that. she cut her hair short around neck length ,which suits her and again I hate that. They are talking about something which i cant hear and now she looks in my direction. she sees me , ours eyes meet and i noticed that there are dark circle around them, between all this Amy in front of me is still talking about something which I have no idea.)
Alex comes to my table .
"hi Maggie" . its been while since i heard her voice.
she waves to me.
"oh ... Hi...hlo"i mutter but still not losing the eye contact.
Amy is looking between us .
"what are you doing here .are you back in town." I asked
"yes .i just came yesterday.I am staying with kara". She replied.
"that's greeeeeat" (that came squeaky
A lot of thoughts are coming in my mind . what is alex doing here .why her eyes looking like she has been crying.
"hi I am alex"she said stopping my train of thoughts.
"oh sorry. Alex meet...( I forgot her name.thats great. kill me now , please kill me).
Women in front of me-" amy"
"nice to meet you amy" Alex replied smiling awkwardly.
( oh god! thing couldn't get worse.i literally put my feets in my mouth.)
There is now silence again.
" Alex and I used to date."i feel like i have to explain this awkardness.
"ohhh that's..." amy said now looking between me and alex and understanding the situation.
"how are you Maggie? ".She said that biting her lower lip.(she do that when she is nervous or flirting. Is she flirting with me in front of my date . no no that can't be right. Maybe she is just nervous. she does that without knowing but ofcourse i notice it.
God that is still sexy . why is she doing that.)
"I am fine .why wouldn't I be fine.there is no reason for me whatsoever to be nothing else but fine."i again started rambling.
"okkkay" alex said.
Awkward silence .( I am having kind of many emotions at the same time so I cannot control them individually.i dont know that i am happy or pissed to see her.)
"Alex what are you doing here.you were supposed to be in Seattle"(that came a little harsh).
"oh i am sorry.i am here because ahmmm...jon offered me my last job back with a promotion so i came back For That." She said ( I think she is lying and why is she apologisinghe she here because she want to get back together. Is she back for me?)
" for me"i said and regretted as soon as those word came out of my mouth. ( i know she said THAT. My ear heard that but my brain translated that into me .
Silence.
"no ... for the job."she replied looking me in the eye. We kept staring at each other. Alex is here. Why would she lie? There is no reason for her to lie about it unless..
" okk I gotta go .i have a thing with kara, and then have laundry to do and also have some other stuff.
"okay we got it, you are busy"i replied candidly.
"okk byee".alex replied hastly pointing to amy)
And with that she left. SHE LEFT
( I keep looking at the door until she disappeared .That strange feeling in my gut come again.she left.
I don't remember much after what happened after that, but amy was saying something but i didnt understand a word.
She got that I wasn't listening to her .
"are you here?" She said waving her hand in front my eyes.
"oh yes I am sorry .i am little distracted.its actually the first time I saw her after the break up.and the first time I come to this coffee shop after the break up." I said with a smile.
"wow you have lot of first today."
"yeah yeah ... i just realized that. God that's really weird.
"yes it actually is .okk you know what I gotta go. I have early meeting tomorrow.I have great time today "( I think she is lying )
"yeah me too .oh no not meeting, but the great time part.byee."( I am lying that's for sure)
"okkkay byeee... "She said picking her purse and then she left.Now it was official that was the worst date of my life and it could have been a good date .
( I heard my phone ringing)
Jessica- hey how is the date going.
Me- couldn't be better!
Jessica - Am I hearing sarcasm.?
Me- yepp(she knows me very well).she just left.
Jessica- already?
Me- yes.. God I just hate this.you know i hate everything about dating and and and.. i hate every thing.
Jessica- what happened ? you know what say no more .meet me in your apartment in 10min.i have got ice cream
Me-okkay.. (she knows what exactly I need and when)
i got up. mary gave me apologitical smile, i smiled back.
I start walking towards my apartment.But in my mind I can only think about her.
Its been six months.i thought that I have moved on , didn't I?but today on seeing her those stupid feeling came rushing in .Does she is also having second thought about breakup. is thats why she is back in the city?what are the chances that she came to coffee shop at the same day as I was having my first date . "please stop watching those stupid romcom and reading Nicolas sparks novels"i told myslef.what do I do?I am going crazy(i am talking to myself) i am definitely going crazy.
Note:My first fanfictiin . please leave a comment to let me know if you guys want me to continue it.
