Jeff

I managed to fall asleep while watching TV. I didn't wake up until around 2:45 p.m. Thank god I didn't have to work today or I'd be fucked. I decided to get out the house, what good would it do me to sit home

and mope around on my day off. I grabbed my keys off the counter and went out to my car. I decided to cruise around downtown. I was bound to find something to do. While cruising I passed by a small unisex

salon. "Hm, maybe I could use a trim and a shave" I thought to myself. I parked my car about a block and walked to the salon. I went inside and was greeted by a young, and cheerful receptionist. "Hi!

Welcome to Tangles Unisex Salon, how may I help you today sir? Oh, and I'm Andrea by the way." I smiled, she was kind of cute. "Well actually, all I wanted was a quick trim and a shave. Is that, okay?" She

smiled and replied, "Sure, no problem Trish is free." I wasn't sure I heard her right, did she just say Trish was free or was my mind playing tricks on me. I shook my head and though to myself, get over it Jeff,

there are plenty of other girls named Trish in the world. The receptionist interrupted my thoughts, "Sir, are you okay?" I nodded. "Yeah I'm fine, sorry did you say something." She smiled. "Just follow me this

way." She came around the desk and lead me to the back of the salon where all the chairs were set up. "Trish!" The receptionist called eagerly. The woman turned around and I suddenly had the urge to turn

around and bolt full speed back to my car. It was her…She smiled half-heartedly. "Can you take this client?" Trish nodded slowly. "Yeah…sure." Andrea smiled and turned towards me,. "You're all set, when

you're ready to pay just come up to the front desk, okay?" I nodded. "Thank you." I walked toward Trish and sat down in the chair. "Hey." I said barely above a whisper. She smiled and replied, "Hi there…So

what can I do for you today?" "Just a trim and a shave." "Alright." It was quiet for a few minutes but I didn't mind. I decided to break the silence. "So um how have you been?" It took her a moment to respond.

"I'm good, how about you?" I replied, "I'm fine, glad to hear you're doing good though." She smiled. "You're all done." I nodded, though I was slightly disappointed. I wanted to talk to her more. I got up slowly

and replied, "Thanks." She nodded her head. I started to walk away, but stopped and turned towards Trish. "When do you have your lunch break?" She glanced up, slightly surprised. ""I'm not sure. In a little

while most likely , why?" "Would you like to join me for lunch?"


Trish…

I nearly forgot how to breathe. In one moment my entire day went from good to bad. "If you don't want to go to lunch, I wont be upset." I shook my head and replied, "No, it's fine, really. Let me just go check

with Andrea to see when my lunch break is." I walked over to the front desk. "Andrea when is my lunch break?" I was secretly hoping that it was too late to take it. "Well, you could take it right now if you want

to." I sighed and replied, "Alright." I turned around to see Jeff standing right beside me. "We can um go to lunch now. Where are we going?" He smiled and said, "Wherever you want to go, though you may

want to take off that apron." He chuckled. I blushed, embarrassed. "Ha, right I should go do that." I slipped off my apron and folded it neatly, placing it on my chair. I followed him out the salon and down the

street. "We can take my car, if that's okay with you." I nodded my head and replied, "Yeah it's fine." We arrived at a cozy, little café. I wasn't very hungry so it was perfect. We sat in a small booth near the

window. I ordered a hot chocolate and he ordered a French vanilla coffee. I cleared my throat, "So what's up?" He gave me a small smile and replied, "Nothing much, really." I could tell this was going to be

slightly awkward. We hadn't seen each other in over two years, and not to mention we didn't end on such a good note, but I wanted to put that behind us. "What made you ask me out to lunch?" He looked

up, surprised by my question. "Well, uh I…" I giggled and he blushed. "I honestly don't know…I mean you've just…been on my mind lately. So when I saw you, I wanted to talk to you…see how you were." I

smiled and bit my lip, "That's nice. I didn't mean to sound mean or anything I was just wondering." I couldn't believe what he had just said. I had been on his mind…since when? He glanced at me, he must have

noticed how quiet I got. "Did I say something wrong?" I could hear the fear and even slight disappointment in his voice. "No you didn't say anything wrong Jeff, I just…wasn't expecting that." He smiled and

replied, "You didn't expect to be on my mind?" I blushed and said, "No, I…didn't."