Getting To Know Each Other || Blainchel
Blaine smiled at Rachel who was just taking the tea kettle off of the stove. He was actually quite impressed that she actually still used a kettle, not many do. “Hello, Rachel.“ He greeted. “Thank you for inviting me over. Nice of you.” He said looking up to her and looking around the apartment. It was pretty nice and clean. A lot cleaner than his. With his daughter and busy lifestyle his apartment was pretty messy. “Actually tea sounds lovely. Thank you.”Â
He spoke up.  “So….How are you doing?” He asked nicely. Â
“I thought that talking in person would be far more effective than online. We are neighbors, after all.” She pours the tea water in a mug and carefully hands it to him with a few choices of tea. “I like a variety, hopefully something here catches your eye.” Rachel goes about making her before sitting at the table across from him. She doesn’t really know him so this seems like the safest sitting arrangement, but it feels so informal and forced. She’s sure it’s just her overthinking and just sips at her tea and smiles brightly.Â
“I’m doing well actually. I don’t have any classes tomorrow so I’m hoping to do some rehearsing and have some actual downtime.” She doesn’t want to say too much so she cuts herself off. “How about you? Have you picked up extra hours at the dentist office? I haven’t seen much of you lately.” She figured his job was pretty consistent schedule wise, but maybe a lot of people had been getting mouth injuries. “I hope that I am not interrupting anything too important.”









