Nerves

Mary took a seat at a table close to the wall. She didn't want the attention of anyone who might be at the inn that night.

"Just breathe, just calm down," she told herself, for all the good it did. Her stomach was churning from a combination of nerves and the smell of the inn's grilled fish special that night.

A few long moments later, Ann came down the stairs so fast she almost tripped. Following behind her, slowly, was Gray. Mary could feel her heart stop as she looked at the man she had overlooked for the past year.