Mariam's POV
Mariam felt her cheeks blaze with a fire so hot, she bet if someone threw water on her she would generate steam. This tall dark-skinned Adonis was staring at her so hungrily, so fiercely, Mariam thought he might hurdle the counter and begin his feast. As soon as their eyes met she felt a deep longing inside, she felt like everything suddenly made sense, although the way he stared at her made her blood turn to ice, she felt safe in his gaze, not to mention unexpectedly incredibly horny. The guy with a platinum blonde spiked mullet with an intimidating look, who seemed to radiate authority gave a slight smirk, clearing his throat as if to diffuse the tension in the air.
"Hey Starr, fancy meeting you here" The blonde smirked, "Who's your friend?" He asked gesturing towards Mariam.
"H… Hi David. This is, um… this is Mariam she just moved here. It's her first night working here." Starr stuttered in reply, blushing up at him, her big doe eyes glistening.
"Ah" he grinned, holding up his hands, "so welcome to Santa Carla Mariam. Let me introduce myself and my boys here" He said, waving his arm towards himself and the three other boys in the group.
"I'm David, this is Marko" he pointed to a cheeky looking guy who stood biting his thumb nail, he had long curly hair and big baby blue eyes. "This is Paul" he continued pointing to a taller blonde guy dressed in shabby rock clothes with a mane of long wild blonde hair, the one she really wanted to know about he saved till last, "And this… is Dwayne" He smirked mischievously placing a hand on Dwayne's shoulder, whispering something in Dwayne's ear.
"Starr why don't you join us at a table… let Dwayne and Mariam get acquainted… seems to me they would like to get know each other." David winked, Marko and Paul burst out in laughter, Dwayne flipped them his middle finger and scowled. Starr gathered herself up from the counter stool, waiting shyly for the boys to choose a table so she could follow.
"Ladies first" Paul gestured to Starr giggling, the rest of the boys following him and Starr over to a back table.
"Did you guys want anything?" Mariam managed to shout whilst still maintaining eye contact with Dwayne.
"Nah, we good sweets" Marko grinned, returning to the conversation going on between the boys and Starr.
Dwayne had slowly made his way over to the counter, sitting on a stool in front of Mariam, she felt her heart begin to beat loudly against her chest. Dwayne smiled, resting his chin on the palm of his hand.
"Umm... c... ca... can I get you anything?" She stammered, wringing her hands together nervously.
Dwayne paused, flicking his gaze over the menu, he looked back up at her; "Sure, can I get a regular white coffee with cream… please?" he grinned.
"Sure, it'll be right with you" she smiled coyly.