The door bells chimed and Felicity looked up suddenly; tearing her eyes from being half way through getting into the local server. Felicity never referred to her hobby as 'hacking' ; because let's face it hacking is such as an ugly word. She didn't know where it originated from, this intense feeling of bliss and relaxation. Whether if it was the feeling of her fingertips slamming against the keyboard at 100 words per minute, the sweet feeling complacency when outdoing someone else's smarts or whether if it was just because she could completely expose her innate skills with no one watching or judging. So when the door chimed and signaled the entry of someone, Felicity couldn't help but be a little panicky.

No-one and I mean NO-ONE ever came into this coffee shop at 5 a.m. for the past five months since Felicity became a regular. 'Jitters' was Felicity's safe haven; I mean who wouldn't love a combo of hacking and coffee with a side order of quiet time? Sitting at a distant corner of the coffee shop; she glanced furtively at the stranger. It was quite a view even for 5 a.m.

Even through his thick leather jacket and his black Henley, Felicity could make out that he was well built. That and his broad shoulders erased any dubiousness. And let's not get started on how the way his jeans hugged did wonderful things to accentuate his ass. The only downfall, she had to admit was his hair. Why on earth would he let it grow long when it would look so much better if it was cropped would always remain a mystery.

She couldn't stop staring; it wasn't as if she hadn't seen sexy men before. She had - in magazines! Seeing one this good looking - never mind words couldn't exactly fit his disposition; made her ogle harder in order to treasure this memory from her RAM to her hard drive.

Little did she notice that he was looking back at her too, but with a different expression on his face - a more quizzical one. He quickly approached her in three long strides and she had the sense to thankfully close that window that blared 'DOWNLOAD COMPLETE'

"Hey" he said
God his voice did things to her and his fierce blue eyes were an anomaly that she made a mental note to eat something before she delved into coffee first thing in the morning.

"Are you the barista?" He asked

What? What about her appearance made him think that?

"Or do you happen to know where they are; because I've been at the counter for 15 minutes waiting for someone to show up but no one has" he added

15 minutes! Oh frack! How long had she been staring at him? 'Speak now!' an annoying voice commanded at the back of her brain ' before he thinks that you're a weirdo!'

"He probably does anyway" she said quietly
"I'm sorry" he asked "What was that?

To her horror she noticed that she had voiced her thoughts out loud and this catalyst eventually led to a chemical explosion.

"Um nothing... It's something that I tend to do a lot" she said
But to her great luck, she didn't stop but noticeably fastened her rate of 'babbling'

" Which doesn't happen often at 5 a.m. since I'm the only one here, not that I'm an insomniac or whatsoever, which begs me to question, how can you just waltz your way into a coffee shop at 5 a.m. and expect to be served... don't you call first?"

To her surprise he just grinned widely and replied with
"This is a coffee shop ... not a five star restaurant"

Before things got any more awkward, Iris just walked in from the back and yelled "Cookies are in the oven and the coffee machines are prepped and ready!" And soon enough a deep blush appeared as she landed her eyes on the handsome stranger. He just walked quietly to the counter and quickly purchased two cups of coffee and a chocolate doughnut and paid. Felicity watched the quiet exchange between Iris and 'early coffee guy' and just as she thought that the worst was over; he sauntered his way to her table and rested one of the coffee cups.

"Don't worry it's on me, I couldn't help but notice that your coffee cup was empty" he admitted

Before she can utter another word, he came dangerously close and whispered

"I would suggest changing your coffee hours if you want to avoid early morning encounters with strangers" and he topped it of with a wink - A WINK!

She felt her body heat up from the spot above her ear her he whispered radiating all the way to her toes and just like that; he was out the door.

"What was that?" Iris asked slowly
"More importantly, who was that?" Felicity breathed as she walked towards to counter
"WHAT? You mean you seriously don't know who he is?" Iris berated and just resorted to a chuckle at Felicity's innocent expression

"Lis, you gotta pull your head out of that computer and into the real world!" Iris commented

And oddly enough, Felicity felt like she already had; as soon as that stranger walked into the coffee shop.