The Coffee Shop Meeting [finished]

A story about a girl meeting a boy at a coffee shop.

I was sitting in a coffee shop named The Bug and I was reading a love story titled “Thirteen”. It was a book I read before. It was perfectly imperfect and it always had the power to make me cry. 

I was reading it for an hour after I drank my sweet lemon tea and ate my croissant sandwich. It was getting dark outside. Well, it was 8pm so that made sense. I left the shop and walked to my red truck. I had this fuzzy dark green blanket in the backseat and I opened the backseat to get my blanket then I hopped in the back of the truck to stargaze and read my book with my blanket, which I was all snuggled up in. I felt a human walk on by but I tried to focus on my book. I knew I wasn't going to be reading much longer. The sky was so alluring. 

“Hello, there,” I heard a deep voice say and when I put down my book, there he was. 

“Hi! Were you calling for long?”

“No,” He said. “No, I wasn't,” He assured me. 

I sighed in relief. “Phew! I’m glad. I tend to cancel and block out noises when I read,” I  said. 

He smiled. “You’re saying you ignored me.”

My eyes got wide and I couldn't breathe “No! No, no, no!” I protested. 

“That’s what ya just said,” He replied, smirking. I rolled my eyes. 

“I did not!” I put my book down. I was silent for a moment as I looked up and recalled what just happened. “Okay,” I said slowly. “Yes, you’re right,” I said with my index finger in the air. I laughed and put my head down in embarrassment. 

When I lifted my head I saw him. He was just grinning at me. I smiled back. I liked him. I kept cheesing so big I must have looked like a fool, an idiot. 

“Why are you smiling at me?” He asked. 

“Why are you smiling at me?” I asked him, trying to avoid his question. 

“I asked you first,” He said crossing his arms. 

“Get outta the street,” I warned, avoiding his question once again. 

“May I?” He asked, pointing to my truck. I nodded and he hopped in and sat right next to me. 

“Do I know you?” I asked, looking into his eyes. 

He shook his head. His shoulder was almost touching mine but I could feel his warmth. 

“You could be a murderer and you’re in my truck!” I exclaimed. 

He nodded. “I like your truck,” He said, completely ignoring my accusation that he might kill me. 

I smiled anyways. “Thank you. I love it. She's my baby. Love looking at the stars with her. I also have just about every book on this truck to teach me how to take care of her. I don’t wanna lose her,”

He smiled and put his chin down towards his chest and looked up at the sky. “Her?” He asked with a laugh. 

I smiled back. “Yeah, her. Her name’s Catla. She is a wonderful truck. My cats love her so that’s why I named her Catla,”

It was quiet for a moment. We both leaned back and looked st the sky. I could feel his eyes on me...all I could look at was the sky and think about how Life was happening right now and that is just amazing! It was a constant thought that came into my head about 20,000 times a day. I always wondered what conversations were going on in cars and where these people in them were going. 

I cleared my throat and looked at him. I caught him looking at me even but he looked away so quick, like a ninja. 

“To answer your question from earlier, I was smiling at you,” He smiled and put his head down. “You are everything to look at. But, mister?”

“Y-yeah?” He cleared his throat. 

“I gotta get home to feed my cats and take a rest,” 

His eyes dropped. “Alright. It was nice talking to ya,” I nodded and said the same back to him. 

“Pleasure,” I smiled. He gave me back my blanket and stepped out of the truck . 

I hopped out the truck and closed the back. I placed the blanket in the backseat and my book in the passenger. He waved goodbye from the sidewalk as I backed away and waved at him. His smile never wavered. I was on the main road when I realized I never got his name.  

Author's Note

Did you enjoy the story? Let me know what you thought and how I can improve!

Reviews

[Vertigo Cat1111]

The dialogue here is excellently written! It's built up very well and ends off with making the reader just want to read more! I love the way it was set up, too, and especially the line about the cars.

'I always wondered what conversations were going on in cars and where these people in them were going.'

I feel like this is a universal thought that so many have and I love how you added it here. It even made the lead feel more relatable like you could really sink into their character and get their personality. Thank you so, so much for sharing! I really do hope we get to see more.

[Adriana]

This is an excellent piece! I wanted to see what they would talk about and what would happen. To be then lead to the end where she didn’t even get his name. That is wonderful, like a perfect ending for something new. Wonderful job!

[angel frankie]

wow! thank you! i will work on a conversation. that is where I usually struggle but I cant wait to try!