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His stomach did a flip when he saw the brunette’s smile. He didn’t know it was possible but, some how she became more beautiful. He found his lips curling into his own smile, this was something else he wanted her to be like all the time. Smiling and looking at him, as if he was the only one who could do that. He quickly reminded himself that she was a stranger on the street he just met. Yeah, he felt an instant connection but it doesn’t mean she did too. A bit of sadness came after that thought, but he made sure not to let it be seen. He didn’t want her thinking he didn’t want to have coffee with her.
He looked past her to get a look at the Starbucks she was referring to. Starbucks was his second favorite place to get coffee, yeah it was expensive sometimes but it was good. Thinking about his favorite drinks, he looked back at her and smiles. “Starbucks is cool.” He said. He almost forgot how his body reacted when he would look at her, his heart skipped a beat and his stomach did flips. Subconsciously running his hands through his dark brown curls, he motioned towards the Starbucks. “I guess we should get goin’” He said, moving himself next to her.
She didn’t even know his name… Vera thought to her self. She really just wanted to say his name over and over again…when she knew what it was of course. To say that this guy standing in front of her was addicting would be an understatement. She didn’t want to leave him… which was starting to freak her out a little. She nodded her head when he started talking, her hair starting to catch flight with the wind. She rubbed her arms which now were stained with coffee. “Yeah. We should probably get some napkins too.” Vera laughed and smiled up at him before heading towards the coffee place.
“I’m Veronica….well Vera by the way.” She told him, glancing back to look at him as she walked. All she wanted was to hear his name. There was something odd about him…but she liked it…oh so very much. Vera shook her head because she shouldn’t be thinking like this about a stranger she has never met before. It was weird how they met. Almost like fate. Stopping suddenly to prevent her self from being hit by the door to the coffee shop she hoped he would stop too.
He chuckled slightly at her sudden change in composure when the slippers came up. He wasn’t making fun, he just found it cute…really cute. Luigi thought he saw a hint of red in her face but her long brown hair blocked his line of vision. Luigi was almost annoyed at her hair, it covered her face…he liked her face. He just wanted to reach forward and push the loose strands behind her ear, but then he remembered they weren’t friends. They weren’t anything but two strangers who happened to collide. That annoyed him, in the quick second of realizing this he found himself being annoyed. He had to, or needed to get to know her better. Some how.
He shook his head when she started pulling out money, brown curls moving almost furiously. “No!…no, I don’t want your money.” He said eagerly. He didn’t want her money, her presence was enough. Corny. Cheesy as hell! He thought to himself. He smiled when he realized that this was the perfect chance to get to know her. “But, you can get me some coffee. I’ll get you one too, since I owe you because of the slippers.” He said, hoping that she’ll look up at him. He decided that he wanted her to look at him always. He knew going to get coffee would cause him to be late for dance practice, but he was sure Viper or T-Bone could take over just fine. They’ll fill him in afterwards anyways.
As she pulled the money out, he told her to stop, that he didn’t want her money. Slowly she put the money back into her wallet and bite her lip. “If you’re sure….” She said almost uncertain. At first she was kind of confused because normally you would assume he would want money for something like this. She was really glad that he wasn’t like one of those guys. The second he said she could make it up via coffee a smile bloomed on her face and she made eye contact with him.
This time she wasn’t as shocked because in a way Vera was expecting it. She knew that this was going to happen so she made sure she knew to only stare for a couple seconds before staring at his nose or his forehead. “I think I can do that.” Vera nodded smiling even more. She didn’t even think about how she had to be at the studio. They would understand later, she could always just use the power being out and things like that as an excuse. “Starbucks okay?” She asked glancing around to see that it was one of the only coffee places along the street.
Luigi noticed as the girl’s head turned and he hoped she wasn’t very mad. Yeah, it would be completely rude if the girl was pissed off because hey! He got just as much of the force as she did but he didn’t want to ruin someones day. He smiled slightly when he realized they both talked in unison before she turned around to look up at him. Whoa. This girl, she was…Luigi couldn’t find a word. She was hot, yeah…but hot didn’t seem appropriate. She was beautiful…yeah, that word worked fine. And her eyes, they were…hypnotizing? alluring? enchanting? … All three?
Luigi cleared his throat again. He couldn’t believe how sappy he got in his head, or how quickly. As if this girl was his girlfriend or something, and he was about to confess his love. Fuck, Luigi. What are you thinking? He thought to himself. He was starting to sound like those chick flicks his annoying little red head sister made him watch. Well…more then usual at least. He tried to compose himself, mentally and flashed her a reassuring smile. “Yeah, I uhh…I was there.” He said lamely, rubbing the back of his neck. He was only confident with dancing and friends, not with pretty girls who enchanted him. He looked down at his shirt and shrugged. “It’s fine, I have way more.” He chuckled nervously before looking back up at her. He looked down at her feet when he noticed bright pink. “Oh man…your slipper got coffee all over them.” He said, using his head to motion towards them slightly. Not once questioning the fact that she had slippers on outside.
Vera’s smile instantly brightened as the guy standing in front of her smiled as well. She didn’t know what it was about him that made her light up like a 100 watt light bulb. It was as if he flipped a switch that was inside her. “I’m still so so sorry…I wasn’t looking…” She tried to apologize more as she glanced at his shirt. Vera wished she had something to make everything better. When he talked about her slippers instantly her cheeks became as red as the fuzzy shoes on her feet. “It’s…it’s okay….they’re kinda old anyway.” She told him keeping her vision downwards because she didn’t want him to see her inflamed cheeks.
“I think I owe you a new shirt…how much did it cost?” She asked pulling out her clutch that was fastened around her wrist. Vera made an effort to not look back in his eyes again because she knew that she would be lost once again and she wasn’t sure what she would be able to handle. Glancing up, she looked at him up and down, trying not to look in those dark eyes she saw what this stranger really looked like. His hair was dark and curly, it made her really just want to run her hands through. As that thought crossed her mind she tucked her hands in her pockets to prevent her from doing what her body wanted. “I really am sorry about this whole thing…I need to pay more attention next time….” Vera told him making her eyes contact with his shoes that she pretended she found very interesting.
