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Oh he had totally just been stood up.
Did it actually count as being stood up, sincetechnically speaking he hadnât really given Maisie a whole lot oftime to respond to his invitation. It wasnât like heâd give her daysto think about it. More like minutes, so maybe it didnât count asbeing stood up. And there was something about the term âstood upâthat seemed odd to Luca in this situation. That seemed to imply thatthere was something more to this than just getting coffee⌠and thiswas just coffee. Right? It was definitely just coffee.
Speaking of coffee, he really hoped Maisie showedsoon. It would really suck if the coffee he had ordered her wentcold. It was his proverbial olive branch to mend whatever stupidthing he had inevitably done to make Maisie avoid him like theplague, or like he was a leper, or like he had a third arm growingout of his forehead or something. Which really just soundedunfortunate when you thought about it.
Even though he would never admit to being fidgetywaiter, Luca felt very fidgety. He was beginning to wonder if thiswhole thing had been an absolutely terrible idea when Maisie showedup, looking perky and as cheerful as ever. He silently wished thewrath of all middle school students on Cami, who had led him tobelieve that Maisie was most likely an absolute mess and that it wasabsolutely one hundred and ten percent his fault and that he neededto fix it.
Oh, well. Heâd managed to lure Maisie out ofwherever sheâd been hiding, so the wrath of middle schoolers wouldhave to wait.
âHey!â Luca greeted Maisie back, pushing thecoffee drink that had apparently been hiding behind the napkin holderover at Maisie. âMy treat, eh? I got your usual.â Luca grinned,reaching for his own coffee and taking a sip and wondering if theweird feeling in his stomach was predicting an awkward silence.
Damn, heâd really done something, hadnât he?
Maisieâs question at least averted the crisis ofan awkward silence. âIâm doing pretty good, actually. I had tosurgically remove half of a tennis ball from Mr. Dawsonâs poodleagain, but that isnât exactly unusual.â Mr. Dawsonâs poodle, Wendy,was kind of stupid. To put it nicely. âAnd I did talk to Cami,earlier today actually.â He said, shrugging. âShe seems to bedoing pretty good â still dealing with the gremlins that are middleschool students, but I suppose that kind of comes to be expected withCami.â Taking another sip of his coffee, he asked, âWhat aboutyou? Whatâve you been up to for the past⌠little while?â
Maisie was a bit surprised Luca knew her favorite drink atthe Gingerbread, but then it wouldnât be hard to guess since itâs the drink sheorders every time they go there for a drink. The awkward silence took place fora while before Maisie decided to break it and asked about him and Cami.Â
The brunette was happy to hear Luca that he was been doingpretty good, though her facial expression became a bit sad when she heard aboutMr. Dawsonâs poodle. âReally? Oh my god, poor Wendy. Itâs been like her what,third or fourth time? Mr Dawson should really take care of her or else it wouldhappen again,â Maisie blurted out worriedly. A part of her missed visiting Lucain his office as she usually assists him at times when he has to do somesurgery. As Luca continued, Maisie learned that he and Cami talked earlier. Shechuckled lightly when he mentioned about her middle school students which Camialways refers as the âgremlinsâ. Then it suddenly hit her. What if Cami toldLuca to ask her for a coffee? Knowing the female, it was a possibility, and wasvery much likely to happen. That was why she convinced Maisie to go. Cami setthem up again. All those speculations running on her mind right now made hermissed Lucaâs question which she has to ask him to repeat before she couldanswer.Â
âOh, me? Well Iâve been doing great, and a bit busy... Iguess. I had a few groups of foreigners I toured around the town just thisweek, and then customers at the pastry shop suddenly increased so we have tomake sure someone watches the shop during peak hours,â Maisie told Luca before takinga sip of her cup of coffee. It was obviously a lie as she just spent most ofher time in her room lately. She just needed a good excuse why she hasnât beenseeing him for quite some time now. The awkward silence took place again butbefore it becomes longer, Maisie spoke up again. âYou know⌠You donât have to dothisâŚâ She shrugged, looking back at Luca. âI mean⌠Cami set this up again,right? I just donât like forcing you into this if you donât really like itâŚâÂ
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