AN: First, thank all you guyes who have reviewed my story Asking. You gave me the courage to write this.
So this is going to be the story of Ben and Jack. It fully ignores the events of Scorpia Rises and is written like drabbels.
The day Ben met Jack Starbright started completely normal. Nothing indicated that this day would change his life. He got up at 6 am, went to his morning workout and then made his way to his office at Royal and General. There was no mission in sight for him, just a bit paperwork.
At 1 pm he went for his break. He went to the Fino, a nice little cafe that was led by a italian family. It was his favourite, they made great coffee and it was, even though it was really beautiful and in walking distance to every important sights, not found by tourists yet.
He ordered his everyday coffee (black, no sugar) and pulled out his book. Most agents read newspaper in there break, but Ben never did. He always thought that he had enough to do with politics at work, so he definitifly would not deal with it in his break.
When the door opened, his eyes flew there out of instinct. He quickly checked the new costumer. It was a young woman, his age, with short red hair and a friendly face. No danger. He started reading his book again, but somehow his eyes would not stop wandering towards the woman.
She went towards the waitress, that seemed to know her.
„A coffee without everything is waiting for you. You're late today, aren't you?"
The woman, Jack, answered: „I got caught up in traffic. Do you know what's going on? There are about ten thousand tourists in the city." Ben noticed her american accent. Washington, probably, but strongly favoured by London english.
„It's Olympia, Jack. Don't tell me you missed that!"
„Of course I didn't. But so many people?"
„It's only for two weeks. Then there all gone."
Jack laughed and went to Ben's desk, her coffee in her hands.
„Hey. I have never seen you here. Do you come here often?"
Ben smiled. He liked this Jack.
„I come here every day. Although I never noticed you. I think you come here daily, too?"
„Yes. Probably we always missed each other."
„Don't you want to sit down?"
„Yeah, why not." Jack smiled. Ben noticed she was really beautiful.
„I see your drinking your coffee black." She said.
„Yep, the only real way to drink coffee. By the way, I'm Ben."
„Jack."
„You sound american"
„I am. But I live here. You sound like you're coming from Liverpool."
So there banter went on. When he got back to work, half an hour late, he had her number in his pocket and a smile on his face.
AN: Yeah, I had to put it while Olympia. Tell me what you think!