Woo Hoo! Chapter 3. Thanks for reading….
Cap. A POV
The next morning, I did a repeat of the morning before.
When I got to the cafe, I noticed that the same people were there. The same guy was in the corner, working on his laptop and the same woman was sitting by the door. The man I ordered my coffee from was also the same.
We made idle chit chat while he made my coffee and I gave him a slight wave as I turned to leave. On my way out the door, I ran into someone. Before I could apologize, I realized it was the same young woman from yesterday.
"Well, either you're stalking me or you're just clumsy." She said, jokingly.
"I'm so sorry. I don't normally go about knocking into people." I said, taking a good look at the young lady. She had to be in her early twenties, with long red hair and bright green eyes. She was shorter than I was, probably only standing around five foot six and wore jeans and a dark green T-shirt covered by a light gray hoodie. She had an infectious smile.
"It's OK, big guy. There is a lot of you, it must be hard to maintain your personal space." She said, before walking past me and to the counter to order her drink. "Watch yourself. You got someone else coming in." She joked. "I'd hate for you to plow her over."
I smiled at her, nodded my head and held the door for the older woman who was coming in the cafe. She thanked me, then I headed out, taking one last look at the young woman, who now had her back to me. I laughed at myself as I walked home. It had been a very long time, since before I was frozen, that I actually looked at a woman I found attractive.
Maybe this getting out wasn't so bad after all. I'd just have to watch my step.
The next morning, I once again went down to the little cafe. I opened the door and was bumped into by someone. Whoever it was, they dropped a magazine. I bent to pick it up and when I handed it back, I was looking into the green eyes of the young woman I had bumped into twice before.
"I'm sorr.." She was about to say, until she realized who she was talking to. She laughed and showed me her infectious smile again.
"Can't blame me this time." I said. "You bumped into me."
"That's true. Unless you really are stalking me and you're just late today." She was blushing and kinda biting her lip.
The action made my breath hitch just a tad. "Well, it's possible you're stalking me and you're just early today." I joked. We were still in the doorway, but fortunately there was no one around to interrupt our moment.
The smile never left her face. "That is true. My name is Alex." She said, offering me her hand.
"I'm Steve. It's nice to meet you." I was pretty sure I was smiling like an idiot as we shook hands, but she didn't seem to mind.
"I'd ask if you'd like to sit and have coffee with me, but I'm kinda in a hurry today." She said, looking down at the ground. "But maybe you can bump into me tomorrow. Usual time?"
"I think I can do that. We'll see." I replied.
"Tomorrow, then." She said, smiling in my direction one last time, then headed down the street in the opposite direction I had come from. She looked back one time, before committing to her direction.
"Hmm." I said to myself as I went into the cafe for my coffee, still smiling like an idiot.
To Be Continued….