Aside from 2 or 3 other people, the bus stop was empty . . . not that Ben was complaining.

He brought one of his notebooks with him so he could look busy while he waited for Kai's bus, when he was actually just flipping randomly through the pages and seeing what was written on them so far.

Kai knew about his writing, and in fact thought highly of it.

Then again, her tastes were a little . . . unconventional (she referred to herself as a "Mia Wallace type").

He landed on a page with a plot summary for some literary commission she had requested from him...

Erotic celebrity fan fiction - two female singers, Tori and Taylor, engaging in lesbian sex - Tori's a doe-eyed pop starlet who wears her Christianity on her modestly dressed sleeve - Taylor's a hard rock chick who is essentially Tori's polar opposite - scene is set to Led Zeppelin's "Since I've Been Loving You"

Ben kinda liked the idea, but every time he tried to work on it, he'd get writer's block and put it away for another time (or so he'd claim to avoid suspicion).

Before he could think about it any longer, Kai's bus appeared and braked a few feet away from the bench where Ben was sitting.

Kai walked off the bus in a thin silver-grey jacket over a red shirt with jeans and sneakers.

She wasn't really a tomboy or anything; just unconventional.

They said "hi" to each other, and were catching up on each other's lives as they walked to Ben's car.