"Hey, Jeff! I'm Nick, remember? From last weekend! Do you have time for a coffee or anything else, really? I was hoping you would want to see me as well.", Jeff had been sitting in front of the message for quite a while now. He really liked Nick, and he wanted to see him again, but there was also that THING, the big thing, Jeff was never able to talk about. Could he really overlook it? He thought about it for a long time, but he came to the conclusion to go out for a coffee. "It is only a coffee, nothing more. Maybe he isn't even as great and you don't want to meet again. Just try.", Jeff thought, when he pressed send on the answer. "Sure, I'd love to! When do you have time? -Jeff"
It took only a few seconds till Jeff got the answer from Nick. "I'd be free all day, how about you? -Nick" Okay, that was fast... But maybe that was the easiest. "Same. I will be sitting in the Starbucks at the Maddison building in an hour. -Jeff."
That was the closest café and Jeff needed time to prepare. He took a quick shower and changed four times until he decided on a simple blue sweater and brown trousers, Nick had mentioned which colour combinations he liked. Though he had spent some time on choosing his outfit he still arrived a little early. He did also remember what Nick liked in coffee. It was weird that they had been talking about coffee and Jeff had still enjoyed it more that just about any talk he had had since he had come to New York, nearly two years ago. He had tried dating twice, but neither guy was interesting enough for more that two hours, but Nick was different. Everything he had mentioned sounded interesting and even if it wouldn't have been, his voice was so nice and manly, Jeff could have listened to it for hours. He had sat down with the two coffees and he had just started continuing to read his favourite book for about the millionth time, when he heard Nick's voice next to his head. "Hey." Nick whispered, "Am I distracting you?"
Jeff closed the book immediately. The soft voice gave him tingles. "Hey, Nick." Jeff had tested saying this name at home, he was unable to say it, without grinning.
Nick chuckled when he looked at Jeff, who had totally forgotten about his doubt in liking this man. A guy like Nick was to hard to find. If Jeff would need to hide a not too small fact about himself, that was a risk worth taking.
How could it be different, Jeff is trying to hide his little secret. How long is this going to go well?