"You don't have a clue what you do to me"

Alejandro worked at this little coffee shop on the corner. No one really went there because Starbucks was just a few stores down. He had been working there for months before she came in. She had waist length black hair with stormy grey eyes. She floated into the room with such grace and poise. She didn't seem real. It was months. She had only been coming in for a month until that day when she brought a man with her. Admittedly Alejandro was jealous of this man. The woman he was with was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen.

The girl and he date had been at the shop for what had seemed to be forever, but upon actually checking the clock it had only been a whole of ten minutes. Alejandro spared a glance to the table. That is when he saw the uncomfortable look on the woman's face. She seemed to not be having a good time. The man continued to talk animatedly as she sat at the table with a look of false enthusiasm. Alejandro did something he wouldn't usually do. He walked straight up to her table. She looked him in the eye and smiled.

"Oh hi baby I met this guy at work. We were just talking. When do you get off? This coffee shop isn't really busy. Do you think you could come home early?"

"I don't see why not. I'll ask my boss"

The other man at the table was stunned to say the least.

"Heather I thought this was a date. You didn't tell me that you had a boyfriend. I'm going to go then"

Heather looked at him as he left their company. Then her eyes drifted to the other man. The man that helped her out of this mess. Alejandro watched the man leave. He seemed to be on another level of douchey.

"Hey thanks for helping me out there. Honestly I thought he just thought that he was a co-worker wanting to get coffee. I should have seen it based on his level of douchery around the office"

"Y-yeah he seemed pretty douchey"

"Heather and you are?'

"O-oh yeah Alejandro"

"Well Alejandro thanks for saving me, but my break actually just ended got to go back to work"

"O-oh I-I could walk y-you back. I-I mean to show that guy"

"I'd appreciate that"

Alejandro was clearing a table at the shop the next day when the bells on the door chimed. He was greeted with the smiling face of Heather. Nobody was at the register due to him being the only one working that day. Alejandro made his way to the register as Heather approached it.

"W-what can I get you t-today?"

"Oh can I get a venti strawberry acai with coconut milk?"

"Sure. Is that all?"

"Yep that's it"

"O-okay your total comes out to be $3.50"

Heather paid for her drink and sat down. Alejandro started making her drink. It is a classically Starbucks drink, but arguably is made better at this little coffee shop. Once the drink was made Alejandro walked over to Heather and set it down on her table. Alejandro started to walk away when he felt a hand on his wrist.

"Alejandro sit with me?"

Alejandro looked around the shop and then back to her. He smiled and took a chair. Alejandro was still nervous while talking to Heather but, it got a but easier.

Months later Heather came in everyday. They talked everyday. From the first time Alejandro saw her he knew he liked her. For her it was gradual. She saw him everyday. The fact that she made him nervous was endearing to her. He was never nervous because he feared for his safety around her or anything like that. To put it simply he was nervous because she was so beautiful. Or the fact that she commanded respect. Heather made it known that she didn't need anyone. Heather looked at Alejandro differently from when they first met. She saw him as more of a love interest than the fondness, and respect. So Heather took the leap.

"Alejandro do you maybe want to go on a date sometime?"

Alejandro looked at her stunned. She just asked him out. He looked at her.

"Y-yes"

With that Heather smiled and launched into a random topic.

*A Few Months Later*

It had been a few months since Heather asked Alejandro out. He was still that nervous guy that worked at the coffee shop.