-1A/n I have another day off of school today because of the ice, so I wrote another post. Thanks for the reviews, R/R, enjoy!
Have you ever gotten that feeling that something really big is about to happen? That feeling in you stomach, that your life is really about to change? Because that's the feeling I got when I saw Marissa walk away from me that first day. I had a feeling that my life was going to change drastically. I just couldn't decide whether it was in a good way or a bad one.
So I went back to the coffee shop the next day. Don't know what was in my mind when I headed for the door, but I didn't really care. I just knew that I had to see her again. I needed to know how she knew my name. I needed to know a little more about her. Despite my mind telling me not to. My heart was leading the way.
I sat down at the same table I had the day before. I looked around anxiously, wondering where she was. I heard someone approaching, and I expected it to be her, but it wasn't. It was a guy. That just about explains it all.
I ordered a coffee. I continued looking around the coffee shop, wondering where she was. I didn't see her that day though. Or the next, or the next. I still kept going though, everyday that week. I finally saw her on a Saturday. That was a special day.
I walked in the coffee shop, not expecting her to be there. I go to my normal table, and I hear someone approaching again. I thought it would be the guy that usually comes, but it wasn't. It was Marissa. Just seeing her again sent butterflies to my stomach.
She smiled when she saw me. "Hey, Ryan." She said. I smiled back at her. Maybe she liked me. Maybe we could work something out. I couldn't though, I had made a decision. A decision to never love another girl again.
"Hey, Marissa." I replied. What else was there to say really?
"So, coffee like the other day?" She asks me. I nod my head and she says, "I'll go get that for you then." She walked off, and I watched her again. It was like my eyes glued to her body . I have to say, I like what I saw.
She came back a little while later with my coffee. I smiled at her when I took it. I can't explain why I'm always smiling around her, but I am. "Thanks." I said. She just nodded and walked off. I didn't want her to though. I wanted to talk to her. I wanted to know more about her.
So I waited at the coffee shop. Three hours and two coffees later, she was finally off her shift. I watched her walk toward my table, apron in hand. She was smiling when she saw I was still there. "I thought you would have left by now." She said when she finally arrived. I shrugged.
"I wanted to talk to you." She looked at the seat across from me. "Sit down, please." I said, gesturing towards it for her. She smiled some more and sat down.
"So, no puzzle today?" She asked with a twinkle in her eyes. I felt myself get embarrassed about the puzzle incident.
"Puzzles aren't really my thing." I said. Marissa was right about the puzzles. They really should be easy, but for me they weren't. I guess I just shouldn't do puzzles anymore. So I decided to give them away, stupid huh?
"Really?" She asked with a playful smirk. "What could have possibly led you to that conclusion?" I love how she teases me. It's something Sadie and I never shared. We were always so serious.
"You." I say. She looks at me, and we lock eyes. I see her smile disappear, and I feel mine disappear too. It's time to ask the question that's been on my mind since I last saw her. "How do you know my name?"
She shrugs, the playful grin there again, "I have my ways." She already had her ways with me.
I smile again at that. "Really? I didn't think you'd care." No one ever asked my name anymore. They always saw how serious I was, and walked off. I guess I'm not a very social person.
She suddenly becomes serious. "Why would you think that?" My smile disappears once again. This wasn't part of the plan. She wasn't supposed to care.
I sigh. "No one ever does." I shrug. "It doesn't bother me at all." You get used to it.
She reached for my hand all of a sudden. She rested her soft, warm hand on top of mine and I felt the sparks immediately. She smiled at me again. "Well, I do care."
I feel my smile come back. "Thanks." I feel myself become comfortable around her. I haven't been comfortable around a girl since Sadie. Even then, there were moments when we weren't like me and Marissa now.
So we have small talk for about an hour. I feel myself liking her more every second that goes by. I love how her eyes twinkle whenever she says something to me. I love her teasing. I love her laugh and the sound of her voice. When it's time for her to go, I don't know when I'll see her again. That's just not something I'll let happen though.
I gather up all of the courage in me and ask, "Do you think we could hang out sometime?" I think back to what I said and correct myself, "Go out?"
She smiles even bigger than I've seen her smile before. She pulls out a pen from her purse and grabs a napkin. She writes her number on it. "Yeah, here's my number." As she gets up to leave, she turns to me one last time. "I was wondering when you'd ask."
My eyes follow her out of the shop again. I can't understand the effect she has on me. I smile when see her number. I'm going to go out with Marissa Cooper. I've never believed in fate before, and I really didn't like stuff about true love. But as I thought back to Marissa, I wondered if there really was a such thing as love at first sight.
