Previously:
"Come ooooonnnnn Shayne! We don't have all day!" Courtney teased impatiently.
"Actually we do. It's only 9:35am, Courtney. We literally have all day." Shayne teased back with a smirk. He had now caught up and fallen in stride with her.
"Oh shut up, ya big dummy," she slapped his arm playfully, "I'm hungry."
"You mentioned that."
They walked side-by-side for the 10 minute trek to Pablo's, laughing and talking the whole way. Shayne's face had started to hurt from smiling so much for so long. They arrived at their favourite burrito joint and joined the queue to order.
"Two supreme combos please!" Courtney beamed at the cashier.
"That'll be $20.89." the clearly bored college student responded. Courtney began to open her purse but Shayne stepped in, opening his wallet to take out his debit card.
"This one's on me." he swiped his card and entered his pin.
"Aw thanks, Shay!" Courtney gleamed. Does that girl ever stop smiling? She grabbed their food from the equally bored retiree and carried it over to a table for two by a window at the front of the restaurant. The pair sat across from one another and began to dig into their burritos. They ate in comfortable silence for a while before Courtney broke spoke out of the blue: "So where did you grow up?" Shayne was taken off guard for a moment.
"I was actually born and raised in LA. So I don't have any kind of sob 'moving to the big city' story. Sacramento is actually a step down if anything. Where were you born?"
"Here in Sacramento! It's a great city, really."
"You don't wish you could have gone somewhere else?"
"Not at all! I still get to see the world, and Sacramento is an amazing home base." Courtney's eyes gleamed.
"How did we not know this about each other?" Shayne wondered.
"No idea, man! Oh, hey! Let's take a totally super selfie so people can see our awesomeness!" Courtney squealed and opened her phone camera. She ran around to Shayne's side of the table and placed her head next to his to fit in frame. She put her free hand on the table for support, but accidentally placed it on top of Shayne's hand. To his surprise, she didn't move it, and to even more of his surprise, he liked it.
"Make a silly face." Courtney whispered, as she was right next to his ear. Shayne shuddered as chills rushed through his spine. Snap out of it, Shayne. It's just Courtney for god's sake! He pulled a face, as did Courtney, and she took a burst of photos. They began to examine them, chose the best of them, and Courtney opened up her Instagram to post it.
"How does 'Burritos with a bang-up dude' sound for a caption? Too cheesy?" Courtney inquired, swiping through filters and brightness settings.
"Sounds perfect to me." Shayne replied with a lopsided grin.
"Awesome! Location... tagged... and... posted!" she returned to her seat, but not before giving Shayne's hand a quick squeeze. He froze momentarily as he attempted to process this sudden change in behavior and the butterflies raging in his stomach. You have got to be kidding me. Feelings? For Courtney? No way, it's probably nothing. Must have just been a bad burrito.
Disclaimer: I do not actually know where Courtney was born, I attempted to find out online but I can't find it anywhere. So if anyone reading this knows, I'd love it if you could let me know too!
