Chapter 2

Rose's alarm clock went off at 6a.m. She rolled over half asleep and hit the snooze button only to sleep for an extra ten minutes. The next time her alarm went off she tiredly turned the alarm off and got out of bed. 'I don't want to go to work today...' She said to herself as she made her way into the bathroom to get ready for work. She took a quick shower, blow dried her hair, got dressed, put a little make up on and headed into her small kitchen to make her a cup of coffee. She still had another fifteen minutes before she had to leave for work so she turned on the news and drank her coffee. Suddenly she remembered the man at the coffee shop the day before and smiled. She really hoped to see him again and get his name.

After about ten minutes she grabbed her purse, keys, and her coat and headed off to work. When she got there she put everything in the back room and grabbed her apron and name tag off the shelf and put them on.

"Oh good, you're here." Claire, a woman she worked with said. "We seem to be really busy this morning."

"I can see that." Rose said.

Rose didn't particularly like Claire. It wasn't that she wasn't nice or anything, there was just something about her she didn't like.

"Rose, a man at table ten just came in. Can you go take his order?" Helen, Rose's boss asked.

"Sure." Rose replied with a nod and a smile.

She walked over to the table with her pad of paper and a pen.

"Hello. I'm Rose and I'll be your server today. What can I get you?"

"Just a coffee, please." The man replied.

Rose wasn't paying much attention until she heard the man's voice. She quickly looked up. It was the man who she ran into yesterday.

"Alright. Anything else?" Rose asked with a smile.

The man, like Rose, wasn't paying much attention either. He replied with a "No, thank you."

Rose just nodded and walked off to get a cup of coffee. Just as she was walking away the man looked up and realized she was the one he bumped into the day before.

Like Rose, he couldn't stop thinking about her. Her face never left his mind since he ran into her accidentally. He didn't know what, but there was definitely something about her that just stood out.

Rose returned with his order. "Here you go." She said with a kind smile.

Just as she was about to turn away the man said, "You look nice."

Rose turned around. "What?" Trying to hide the fact she was blushing.

"You look nice. You know, without the coffee all over you." He smiled.

Rose looked down and smiled. "Thank you." She said with a slight laugh.

"You're welcome. I'm Jack." He said smiling.

"Rose." She replied.

"Nice to meet you...well meet you again." He chuckled.

"Nice to meet you, too, Jack." Smiling.

Rose quickly gathered herself together, trying not to blush and laugh. "I should get back to work."

Jack just nodded with a smile. "Could you bring me the check, please, Rose."

"Sure. I'll be right back." Rose nodded and walked over to the front counter to get his check.

When she returned he was gone. She looked on the table where he had left a ten dollar bill and a note on a napkin that said: "It was nice to meet you, Rose. I hope to see you again soon. Keep the change. -Jack"

Rose smiled a little as she read the note and put it in her pocket along with the money. Rose made her way back into the kitchen and just as she walked in Claire was standing next to the coffee machine.

"What was that all about?" She asked kind of snobbish like.

"What was what?" Rose asked acting the same way back.

"You and that guy at the table near the window. What was that about?"

"Nothing. Just talking."

Claire raised one eyebrow and then walked past Rose and out of the kitchen.

'What's her problem?' Rose thought to herself as she walked out of the kitchen and went to tend to another customer.

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At the end of her shift Rose walked into the back room to collect her belongings and head on out for the night, after she collected her pay check. As usual, when Rose got home she turned on the tv and got ready for bed.

The next morning Rose decided to go down to the pier. When she got there she took off her sandles and walked barefoot. She liked the way the warm sand felt on her feet and between her toes. She walked along the ocean for quite a while before stopping to sit down in the sand. As she stared out at the ocean the only thing that came to mind was Jack. She could picture his crystal blue eyes and shaggy blond hair. She could even hear him say her name like he did the day before when they introduced theirselves. She couldn't get him out of her mind, even if she wanted to, and she certainly did not want to get him out of her mind.

"I wonder what he's doing right now?" Rose asked herself. "What does he do for a living?" "What's his life like?" All these questions and more came to her mind. What was it about Jack that made it entirely impossible to get him out of her mind? Little did she know that Jack was also on the same beach wondering about her as well.

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