forty five minute drive turned an hour long with miami traffic spent with feet resting against the dashboard, wind blowing against her hair, music never finding a cohesive shift with songs shuffled by turn. each minute that passed was a chip at rocky, distance coaxing the true nature of the girl out. bell above the diner door signaling their arrival, heat from the body not far behind her transferring over as the door that was held open swings behind them, notions of being greeted and sat pass in a blink. hand against back sliding her into the seat. “ don't know if this has the same vibe as our beach plans, ” only spoken when the waitress walks away with their drink orders. the way her ass was planted in the booth seat, tongue poking out to swipe against her bottom lip, fingers carefully holding onto the sticky menu, there's no real reason for her to complain. and it's not a true protest, can't be with the grin she sends his way. still, “ but, i guess, it'll do. ” menu abandoned on the table, the first read through always a show, the type to always get the same thing wherever she went. legs tangled up underneath the booth, “ what're ya gettin' cowboy? ”