Luz opened the door and walked out into the clearing. She was nervous, tired and apprehensive. Did something happen to Amity? Why would she be here? And why so early? Luz looked to the sky and raised her hand to block out the sun. okay, maybe not so early. She yawned and looked around almost not recognizing amity, this lack of recognition was due in large part to the giant smile plastered on the mouth of amity. Oh that smile, which Luz had come to treat like a rare delicacy, an unpredictable one at that too. Like a fried periodical cicada except smile alone made that day one of the best yet on the boiling isles for Luz. Amity was wearing a simple outfit, much less elegant than the fancy dress she wore last night but somehow she looked just as good to Luz. geez. Luz was suddenly very self conscious. She was in her pajamas, and her hair was probably a mess. she attempted to flatten her hair and called out to the unexpected house guest. "Ummm hey A-amity!" Luz stuttered unintentionally "fancy seeing you here!". Luz approached the source of her night's restlessness and pulled out some definitely- not-awkward finger guns.

Amity began to blush before the latina even began to speak. Why did she think this was a good idea? Why did she come so early? Why did she come at all? She could just see Luz on monday. Luz is in her night clothes! Oh she shouldn't be here! But She couldn't help but admire the cute blue pajamas with a star pattern across it all. Goodness even Luz's messy hair and clearly sunken eyes seemed appealing. How was that possible? Goodness she had it bad for a girl who didn't even finish washing off her make-up from last night. Amity shielded her face and averted her eyes, conveniently hiding her blush. Oof she needs to get herself in control now. As Luz approached she sighed, put on a fake yawn and slapped herself in an attempt to sell that she's still sleepy. That and any red cheeks could be attributed to the slap instead of any bashfulness. That did the trick, she was in control now. Calm Amity. Calm Amity. Calm Amity. She took a deep breath and opened her mouth to greet her crush.

"You look awful." Amity said flatly. She immediately regretted it.

Maybe not in control. That was a big mistake. Amity had never tried to woo anyone before but she was pretty sure that there was no courting practice human or otherwise involved insulting the object of one's affections. At least not in any book she's ever read before. Goodness it would seem as if she'd fallen victim to a classic blunder. How to spin this how to spin this….. How about a makeover day? They could go out on the town and dget haircuts and get their nails done…. Yeah that's a good idea! She was a blight afterall she could get appointments regardless of the short notice. Amity opened her mouth to speak "what i meant was" she began quickly before delirious fits of laughter escaped Luz.

"Woo! You really know how to charm a girl!" Luz said, laughing a little too hard and slapping amity's back lightly. "And here i was thinking maybe you were here to ask me out" Luz half-joked. Amity's comment hurt, but Luz had been called worse. She had almost tricked herself into thinking she had a chance with Amity last night. So she supposed it was a nice wake up call. Luz knew she wasn't a traditional looker and the restless night didn't help at all. But she was a little preoccupied with Amity's mystery crush. Besides Amity didn't mean it, she decided. So Luz mentally steeled herself, forgot the previous three lines of dialogue and asked amity a simple question.

"So what brings you to this neck of the woods" Luz asked in her usual upbeat self.

Amity was heartbroken, she'd already screwed up the entire day. If there was a chance Luz would see her romantically She'd just blown it. "Oh y'know I just needed a break from my family and wanted to know if you wanted to hang out or something" Amity didn't feel good about lying, white-lies and half-truths thought they may be. Amity pushed her hair behind her ear and gave her crush a shy smile. Hoping it would make up for the rocky start.

It worked.

Luz internally swooned. "yeah of course! Pop inside and i'll make some breakfast!" she chirped enthusiastically. An opportunity for progress on the mystery crush front! Had she been less sleep deprived or had her coffee yet she might've skipped back to the door. Instead, knowing Amity was likely reluctant to enter the owl house again, she took Amity's hand and led her inside. "I still don't know anything about boiling isles cuisine so i'll treat you to some human food!" the contact with Amity seemed to light a fire in Luz's heart because as soon they were in the owl house Luz began twirling around the kitchen, using the stores of human food she'd managed to smuggle and stockpile from the human world over the past month.

Amity was going to say something about not wanting fried owls but then Luz took her hand and the world fell away. Or came into focus, whichever was more romantic. Amity caught something about human food but was too obsessed with the warmth on her hand to even begin to have reservations. Amity wasn't even off put by the simple rustic furniture that might've previously disgusted her. Amity felt awkward and out of place, she's never done anything like this. Never shown up unannounced somewhere, never been off on her own without her family knowing… she was nervous. Amity decided to try and strike up a conversation. "So - uhhhh" she probably should've picked a topic before she opened her mouth. Luckily for her Luz, ever the gracious hostess began to speak instead.

"So I guess you've never had coffee?" Luz said leaning across the table leaning in close to amity and studying her eyes intently.

Amity shook her head looking at the table and nearly fell out of her chair when she looked up into a pair of great big brown eyes. "Kinda close" she chirped leaning back in her chair and looking away. "Something smells good, is that this kaw-fee?" amity decided to say.

"Sorry" Luz went back to the kitchen and began pouring. "Yup! That'd be the coffee" she said beaming with pride that the 'human cuisine' wasn't making amity gag yet. More than not just making her gag, amity had actually paid her a compliment. This day couldn't get any better. Luz put two mugs of piping hot coffee on the table and went to the hole in the ground that served as the owl house's magic-fueled- refrigerator to grab some creamer. When she came back to a horrible sight. Amity having already finished a cup of coffee was eyeing the second one.

Amity was absolutely enthralled with this 'human cuisine'. The past 10 minutes she'd been smelling perhaps the most lovely thing she ever had. So when Luz set down a couple of mugs of the good smelling stuff Amity couldn't help herself. She took a big swig and found she quite liked the strange warm drink. Having finished off the mug without half meaning to her eyes drifted to the untouched cup and wondered if that was for her too... better wait for Luz on that front, where did she go anyways? Amity looked up and immediately panicked. Luz was looking horrified and disgusted, disappointed and concerned. Amity's heart rate quickened. She'd done something wrong? Was she supposed to wait for Luz to sit down? Was it poisonous? Did she drink Luz's cup? What had she done wrong? Amity froze and moved only her eyes to look into Luz's soul.

"did you -um like it?" Luz asked hesitantly, holding a carton of creamer. Incredulously taking in the scene.

Amity nodded slowly but earnestly. "Yeah it was great" she said in a slow deliberate voice. "It wasn't poison was it? Or your potions project?"

Luz shook her head. "What? No! You just…." Luz smiles and shakes her head. "Want another cup? With creamer in it this time?"

Amity nodded, confused but relieved she just made some minor human Faux pas. Nothing really of concern after all it seemed. After a second of hesitation "actually i thought the cup was perfect, didn't need any creamer at all."

Luz shrugged. "Couldn't be me" she remarked as she poured a new mug for amity. Luz then filled up her own mug so that it was equal parts coffee and creamer. The good part about being the only person drinking coffee in the entire dimension is that nobody was going to judge you for a little extra creamer. Luz let out a big yawn before taking a swig of coffee.

Amity noticed just how tired Luz really was. "Rough night?" Amity asked regaining her usual confidence. What could've kept her up so long? Amity wondered.

Luz looked up from her mug and nodded. "Yeah" she said and spun around paying homage to their dance last night. "Lots of things to think about" she added with what was the verbal equivalent of a wink.

Amity immediately lost her bearings. Amity blushed and almost choked on her coffee because she knows how to be subtle. "Name a few" amity challenged hoarsely coughing up coffee. Both because she wanted to know what kept her friend up at night and it was the only thing she could think to say on the spot.

Luz gave a moment's hesitation. She thought about lying, but decided against it as she knew she was not a good liar. So she decided to do the next best thing, the truth. "I was thinking about those sweet moves you had last night!" she replied "you were all like-" Luz did a little dance. "And it was awesome"

Amity blushed again "ah years of fancy ball parties will do that to ya" amity tried to play it off modestly, focusing intently on the dwindily mug of coffee in front of her.

"Shame that person you wanted to ask out didn't get to see for themselves" Luz probed in detective mode, arching her eyebrows and sitting down across from amity.

Amity's blind went blank. What? What? What? What? Amity was confused then it dawned on her, Luz definitely didn't know Amity liked her. But that information didn't exactly give Amity something to say. "Uhhh" was all she mustered out. Smooth.

Luz sensed Amity's discomfort and backed off, "don't worry about it, there's always next year" she added trying to make amity be comfortable again.

Amity's mind was still racing. How did Luz not know? Or was she pulling her leg. Amity was not subtle. She'd been a blushing mess since Luz caught her last night. Amity didn't know what to do, she didn't even hear Luz's comment. There was a way to direct this conversation in a way that could sus out if Luz had feelings for her to… now only how to do it. Amity landed back on the boiling isles as a finger touched her nose.

"Boop" Luz said. "Lost in thought?" she asked innocently.

Amity blushed again, she nodded and pretended to drink from a now empty coffee mug.

"Whatchya thinking about then?" Luz asked.

Amity began to set down the coffee mug slowly, panicking mentally. She couldn't tell her the truth so she had to make up something. Quick! Think of something to be thinking about!

"I was thinking about how nice it would be to have mornings like this every day for the rest of my life" Amity said. Amity then mentally slapped herself. That was pathetic. And if Luz hadn't caught on already that was surely a dead giveaway. Maybe improv wasn't Amity's thing.

"Oh!" Luz said, taken a bit aback. "Well if you like the coffee so much i can teach you"

Amity shook her head exasperated.

"So you don't like the coffee" Luz replied like a child who was having difficulty understanding.

Amity looked up "Luz-" Amity put her head in her hand. What was going on "the coffee is only like the 6th best thing about this morning" Hexes! Improv was definitely not her thing. Amity should probably stop talking soon.

Luz looked around the room for 5 good things "well the sun and the weather is nice today so that's two…." Luz thought hard for a minute then shrugged. "Well what's top five?"

Amity stood up, she'd already made a fool of herself. She was a lovesick fool but she was going to be a lovesick fool with dignity. She tossed her hair the way she had a thousand times and looked coldly at Luz.

"You." Amity said.

It was Luz's turn to blush. Hard. "I-um-I-ah"

"All-five things better than the coffee are you" amity couldn't stop herself from adding. Blushing she made sure she was clear. "Y'know, in case you didn't catch on." In her defense Luz hadn't figured it out until then.