Coffee Shop
JoylessEuphoria
Chapter 2
"I am SO sorry!" She screamed out, despite the fact that she was probably going to have pink skin for quite some time due to the high temperature of the strangers beverage.
"Are you okay?!" He too screamed out, worriedly.
He looked down at the poor girl he had assaulted with his ridiculously hot coffee, and fought hard with himself to not stand there like a complete idiot and stare at her. She was significantly shorter than he was, with bright blue eyes and golden colored hair. Her small figure was contained in a thick blue coat, and a rather expensive looking purse clung from her elbow after sliding off her shoulder due to their crash. Looking back at her worried expression, he noticed just how beautiful her eyes were.
He was quite the regular customer at the small coffee shop, yet he had never seen her there before.
She's gorgeous he thought to himself.
"I'm fine..."
"What?"
"You asked me if I was okay, and I'm fine, really. I'm terribly sorry about your coffee! You'd think I'd leave my clumsiness at home right? Ugh. I should have watched where I was going. It seems like old habits never die... Oh jeez, I'm really, really sorry. I'll buy you another coffee! What were you drinking?" The sentence had left her almost breathless but she managed to not start panting in front of this stranger. Why am I such a klutz!? Why why why why why...
Her thoughts were interrupted when she felt a strong hand hold hers and gently begin to wipe away the brown liquid with a handkerchief.
"Hey, don't worry about it. I should have watched where I was going too." He looked up from the small hand he was cleaning, and met her eyes. "I guess we were both being careless, huh?" He gave her a small smile and watched as a tiny tint of pink reached her cheeks. Her blush was barely there, but he had noticed. "I suppose..." She managed to whisper out. Serena took this moment to notice just who she had bumped into. Compared to her, he was huge. He was about 6'2" she guessed, lean, yet well built. His pitch black hair had nearly touched hers as he bent down to take care of her hand. She looked back at his sapphire eyes and she could've sworn their faces were getting closer... and closer...
"Hey Dare, quit trying to kill my customers, would ya?" Snapping out of her daydream and realizing that in reality he had been no where near her face, she looked around for the unfamiliar voice. He saw another guy with sandy blond hair standing next to this 'Dare' person. Hm. I wonder what that's short for... Wasn't I leaving? I wish I could just buy this guy some coffee and leave. This is embarrassing...
"Are you okay, miss?" The blond man asked her cautiously. The last thing Andrew needed was a lawsuit against his coffee shop. He had heard something on the news about some lady suing Mc Donalds because she had burned herself with their coffee. If something like that happened to him, he'd never hear the end of it. "I'm fine! It's okay, really. It was just coffee... I'm sorry, I really have to get going." She managed to say while taking her hand back. This had been awkward enough, and it was time to leave. "Again, I'm terribly sorry! Um.. If I run into you again, coffee's on me! Really!" She yelled back as she began to walk away. A part of her regretted not staying a while longer to get to know the person she had run into quite literally, but she was beyond embarrassed and knew she probably resembled a tomato by now.
Darien stood there for a while with the handkerchief still in his hand. He didn't know what to say. He certainly didn't want her to leave before formally introducing himself! Gorgeous blond girls like her didn't crash into him and his beverage of choice every day.
"Wait!" He finally yelled out. But it was too late. She was out the door, and the two men were left wondering who the gorgeous blond stranger had been.
