Last Update: July 29th, 2010

This Update: August 9th, 2010

Time (days): 11

- I'm doing this so that you have an idea of how frequently I update.

I realize that the last chapter I wrote was incredibly short, and I didn't realize it until I uploaded it because I wrote and uploaded it from my phone. This may sound odd, but I have a Windows Mobile phone (HTC Tilt 2). Enjoy this chapter. It's longer than the last one I promise!

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"Train food is crap, would you like me to stop somewhere to get food," I asked him as he settled into the passenger seat of my car. He gave a slight chuckle while putting oh his seat belt, "That would be greatly appreciated seeing as to how the last time I had a proper meal was my breakfast this morning. How about we go to that coffee shop?"

I looked over at him and he gave me small grin which I was happy to return. God this man is gorgeous, and the way the afternoon sun reflected in his eyes was just magnificent! With a shake of my head I started the car and pulled out of the parking space toward the coffee shop. Over the last 2 weeks I had noticed that the teenager that had given me a problem was no longer working there, the silence in the car was slightly awkward and that was one topic I figure we could have a proper conversation over.

"So, that kid that was working at that was working there last time isn't there any more." And just as I had predicted he began to speak, "Hopefully he was fired. I've never met anyone in my entire life that would so shamelessly hit on a woman, most likely WAY out of his league, during the rush of breakfast time. If I was the owner I would have fired him on the spot, and make him give a formal apology in front of everyone in the shop!"

Um, hi could you get anymore perfect! "You seem to know a lot about small business ethics and human resources. It almost seems like it's your calling," I said to him with a slight smile as I stopped the car at a red light. "Yes, well my father was a small business owner when I was growing up. He taught me all he knew about keeping customers happy. He always used to say: A happy customer is one that will always keep coming back, and one that will refer you to family and friends. I was supposed to take over the family business when I finished college, but I found that it just wasn't my calling, so I told my dad that I didn't want to do it and then I went to major in Marine Biology and here I am today," He finished his little story turned to me with a smile, his very infectious smile, and I couldn't help but send one his way before turning by focus back to the road. "Actually, let's go somewhere else. I was not a happy customer when I went to that café, where would you suggest?"

I suppose he didn't want to dwell on the small insight of his life that he had just given me, so I didn't ask any further questions. "Well, what are you in the mood to eat? There are a lot of great restaurants around the city, sea food, American, Chinese, typical English, Indian, French, Italian, you name it we probably have it," I said to him as I pulled to the side of the road to wait for him to make a choice. He appeared to be thinking hard about which type of cuisine he wanted to eat. I personally never really considered it much of a decision, I just went for the first thing I looked at on a menu that was in front of me. And I always remember my father telling me that I was never really a picky eater when I was younger. He even went so far as to compare me to a vacuum cleaner which I thought was just a tad bit rude.

"...Seems like a good choice, I'll go with that." I hate when you stop paying attention to something (or in this case, someone) and you miss seemingly vital information. "I'm sorry, I zoned out for a bit, what was your choice again," I asked him as I turned to give him my complete and undivided attention. "Well, if your paying attention now," he began in a playful voice as I blushed a light pink, "I'd like to have something Chinese. Last time I had Chinese had to have been months ago."

The good thing about his choice was that we were very close to the gates of China Town. It was just about a 2 minute drive from where we were parked, provided that we didn't hit any traffic lights. "I was paying attention thank you very much, and the gates to China Town are very close to where we are now. There's this phenomenal restaurant fairly deep in that has THE BEST lo mein I've ever had in my entire life," I said to him in response as I started the car and pulled away from the curb.

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"Well Elizabeth, you were right, that was the best lo mein I've ever had. How'd you hear about that place," Will asked me as he threw away his empty food container. We had opted to get our food take out and walk around China Town to eat. "Well my grandparents used to take my brother and I here all the time when we were young and visited them over vacation during the school year and during the summer. That was the restaurant that they first saw each other in and so that's where they used to go to celebrate their anniversary every year," I said to him as I finished my container of kung pow chicken.

We were silent for a while after I had told him the small story about my grandparents. It was nice to just walk around China Town taking in all the sights and sounds, our personal silence wasn't awkward or uncomfortable... It was perfect. "What's so perfect Elizabeth?" Well, it was perfect until I opened my mouth and voiced my thoughts. "Just the silence and the atmosphere. I haven't been so relaxed in China Town since before..." I broke off my sentence know what I was going to say, before my mother died. Those were thoughts I didn't feel comfortable sharing with someone I'm not that close to.

"Since before my father got remarried." That was a safe response,. Remarried could just meant that there was a disagreement between my parents that caused them to split or it could just mean that my parents 'fell out of love.' "Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. Things changed a lot around my house when my parents separated. My father didn't do the same things he used to for months and the atmosphere around the house was completely messed up. My sister and I were kind of expecting a split though, things had been getting kind of 'rough around the edges' between my parents. It was an awkwardness neither of them could bother to hide from us." Will response was one that shocked me. I had never met a person that so openly talked about their feelings like that. Even though my mother has been dead for more than 10 years it's still somewhat of a touchy subject for me to speak about.

"Have you ever eaten a Chinese desert? There's a little bakery just around the corner," I told him once again breaking the silence. "That sounds cool. My father told me that when he was in China his favorite course was his desert meal. I don't really remember the name of the dish, but once I see it I'll be able to pick it out," Will said to me as we turned the corner and ran into someone.

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"Thanks for picking me up love, hopefully we can spend sometime together before the mate comes home," a deep voice said from one of the rooms in the rather large and spacious apartment. "I don't think they'll be home for a long while," a higher pitched, delicate, female voice responded. Shortly after a female giggle and a manly chuckle erupted through the apartment.

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That was a bit of an abrupt ending, but I kind of wanted to get something up. Who wants to guess who the people at the end were? I think that it's kind of obvious ;).

I'm leaving to drop my older siblings off at their colleges for the next 2 weeks, so I won't be updating for a while. Hopefully while we move them I'll be able to squeeze in some time for writing :)

REVIEW CORNER:

the courage of our hearts: We can all find a friend like that with enough time and patience. Like they say, Rome wasn't built in a day. :) I love the concept of small worlds, I'm a true believer in the six degrees of separation theory. Some how, some way we're all connected. Who knows, Jack and Ana might come around sooner than you think ;). Thanks for reviewing :-)

keiraliz: Phone navigation is hard, so I know what you mean :). On my old phone I wouldn't even bother using the internet, but with my current phone (which is classified as a Pocket PC) I hardly even use my computer. I'm just taking this story day by day. When I feel an idea pop up in my head I go and write. I've been wanting to go to England for the longest time! But as the British Pound is a lot stronger than the American Dollar, it wouldn't be economically logical to go (wow I just sounded like my mom!). As for Jack and Ana we'll see what will happen next for them. Thank you for the review :)

hfce: Oh yes, the fun is definitely starting up right about now! I like to think they peeked into each others lives a tiny bit in this chapter. Thanks for reviewing :)

PirateRN: Oh yeah, coffee shop Will. I'm thinking that the coffee shop will have a significant role in the story later. You never know ;). Thanks for the review :-D

TriGemini: Thank you! I'm looking forward to reading more about what you and all the other readers have to say about the story. Hopefully you enjoyed this chapter, and hopefully you'll enjoy the next one as well ;]

leoshunny1985: =] love you for reviewing! How'd you like this chapter?