To Follow you or To Lose you

Chapter 4: A date with Daniel.

On Friday at the Body Rock Café things were going exactly as I'd planned. Adam would fix his old saddle glasses while he tried to flirt with Ally, Dinah would take the request of hated Mr. Cheng and I would get ready for my date with Daniel.

I may not seem so excited at first, but it was all because of the calculations inside my head and my sudden encounters with Camila. In those moments I swear that I'd begun to tremble and couldn't help but feel that I was lacking in oxygen.

I was going out with the guy who had my attention since I was a teenager!

I counted the forks, knives and spoons twice, went through all the multiplication tables and listened to my favorite song four times, failing to calm down in any way.

I'd been on a lot of dates before, that was true, but my date with Daniel was more than that.

The date with Daniel represented a goal.

"Can you stop doing that? You make me feel nervous" Dinah asked when finishing Mr.Cheng's order. I'd been counting the change on the counter, so I didn't notice her coming.

"Do you think I should talk to him about my obsession with perfection and calculus and stuff that you call weird?" I usually didn't care about any opinions, but that day that topic was the only thing my mind seemed to want to think about.

"Do you want a serious relationship with him or just sex?"

It was easy to answer, because I had already made my decision.

"Just sex" I answered easily, and I didn't mind talking too loud. Sex is as natural as pumping blood or breathing, so no one should be ashamed of it.

"Then there's no need."

"And what happens if I change my mind and decide that sex is not enough?"

"Are you planning to change your mind?"

The answer was clear.

"No."

"Then you have nothing to worry about."

And then she left to take the order from Edward Miles, who loved to drink his coffee while reading one of my books. He claimed to be my greatest admirer, and that was why I never attended to him.

Sometimes he asked too many questions, and I hated answering them.

After counting the change two more times I looked at my watch. I'd been waiting for Daniel for half an hour, and my head began to think he'd stood me up.

To calm down I tried to solve equations, but every time I tried terrible scenes of Daniel dying were reproduced within my mind. Apparently that was another possibility to consider, or that was what my disturbed mind believed.

Every time I heard the doorbell I turned to look with the hope that he was the one who came through the door, but every time I was more disappointed.

After ten minutes I wasn't looking that way.

The bells rang again, but I didn't paid attention to the door. I didn't want to keep counting the disappointments.

"Mrs. Luna?"

Her breathing hitting my neck surprised me in such a way that much of the change went to the ground and all the customers of the place turned to look at me.

I counted twelve pairs of eyes, including hers, which I found beautiful up close.

"Those are many coins" Camila commented while I, with shame, collected them two by two "Did the tooth fairy bring them to you?"