The Coffee Shop

Part 1

New York City - 2026

I walked outside the coffee shop with my drink in one hand and my diary in the other hand. As soon as the fresh air of September hit my face, something else hit me too. Before I could even notice, my coffee was all over my shirt. I looked up and I saw two blue eyes with surprise on them. The man in front of me started to grab napkins from the table next to us and giving them to me.

"I'm so sorry"

"Don't worry. This kind of things happens sometimes" I said while trying to clean myself up.

"Are you ok?"

"Yes, yes. Now I'm very thankful I order an Ice Coffee... Otherwise this will be much worse" I said while smiling.

"Please, let me buy you another coffee. Or pay for you dry clean."

"Well, actually I don't have time... I'm going to be late at work." I stopped to clean myself and then, for the first moment, I look at that man face. I felt how my jaw dropped and my eyes almost pop up. How didn't I recognized his voice at first? In front of me was Chris Evans, Captain America himself. I started to point at him at the same time I look around me. "You are Mr. Evans." I said at the same time I almost regret what I said.

"My father is actually Mr. Evans but I will take it" he started to laugh.

"I'm sorry. Oh my! This is so embarrassing!" I said while covering my face with my hands.

"Don't worry! I'm the one embarrassed... I threw your drink and your shirt is a mess because of me" he said while putting his baseball cap again.

"Maybe this is a little weird. But can you take a selfie with me? So my students can believe me when I say I'm late to class because Chris Evans split my coffee all over me."

"All right!" He said with a huge smile and grabbing my phone. "Say cheese!" Then he handed my phone. "So, you are teacher..."

"Actually I'm a professor at NYU. But I also work at the Met."

"Excuse me?" He asked very surprised.

"Yeah, I know... I look very young for that, right?" I joked. I saw how his face started to turn red and I smiled even more, he was really handsome. "I have to go Mr. Evans but thank you for the pic. I will be a hero in class today."

" Goodbye, Ms..."

"Miss Skywalker"

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"Good morning, ladies, gentlemen and people! " I entered the class with almost all my students sitting in their places. I was able to listen to them mutter about my dirty shirt and I look at them with hate. I turn on the computer and I notice their eyes all over me. "Before you say anything I have an excuse to be late and to look like this, let me put this on the computer for a second." Then I put the selfie that I took earlier that morning in the computer and it showed in the projector. "That, my dear students, is the reason I look like this. Chris Evans bumped into me and he split my coffee all over me. I'm gonna answer only three questions and then we will start the class. Okay?" I saw how almost ever one of that room raised their hand and I was unable to laugh. "Mr. Brown? Yes?" I said while pointing a young man with ginger curly hair.

"Is he really as handsome as in the Avengers movie?"

Every one in the class started to laugh. The boy started to turn red, almost matching his hair and I smiled. They were so young and naive. I loved being able to form part of their life even if it was only for a couple hours a week. "Maybe is because I'm old and he is older than he was in the movies, but I find him quite attractive, yes. Quoting one of my favorite poet of the century "those steel blue eyes let you know where home is."

"Did you really quote Anthony Mackie, professor?" They all started to laugh. Today was gonna be a very long day. I could notice the excitement taking over their faces and enjoying that story.

"Of course, Miss Jackson! He is an artist in the art of words!" I said trying no to laugh. " But I will count that as an another question. So you only have one left."

A very shy hand was being raised up from the first row line. "Is he your favorite avenger?" Miss Rodríguez asked. All of sudden all of them were surrender by silence, waiting for my answer. I thought that was the very first time I had all my class so focus on my words.

"I'm only going to say... I was alway Team Cap." In that moment, I saw how all of their hands raised up. Trying to get my attention. "Now, class. Today, we will discus the Iberian art in the Iberian peninsula."

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Chris' POV

I smiled while that young woman left me with a dumb smile in my face. She was so beautiful and nice, I was only able to think in her sweet smile. As soon as she walked away, I was going into the Coffee Shop and in the floor, next to all the coffee, there was a diary. I tried to call her name but she was gone. I ordered a coffee and sit in one of the tables while looking at that item. "Should I open it? I will need some information to give it back to her" I was thinking for my self. As soon as I opened it, I was amazed. She had a lot of things writing down: appointments, chores, activities... In the first page I saw her phone number but even if I tried something stopped me from calling her. I called my agent. "Hi, it's me. Chris"

"Which Chris?" replied the voice in the other side of the phone.

"Very funny, ha ha." I was able to listen to her laugh. "Do I have something plan for today?"

"Not really. You are free until Thursday, you have that interview in Jimmy Fallon Show. Why? Is something wrong?"

"Everything is fine. I just need to do something and I don't wanna mess it up."

"Why do I fell like you are talking to me about a lady?"

"You know me... Bye, I have to go."

"Chris! Chr..."

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While I was writing something in the blackboard I was able to listen how some of my student just entered the class. I stoped writing. "You know the rules if you are late to my class you have to sit in the last row." I was able to listen how some of my students where starting to chat and I flipped over and look at them "Please, kiddos, I need to end this lesson today or you will be very late with the schedule." They just sat quite while I continued the lesson.

As soon as I declared that the lesson was over I saw how my students almost run heading the door. I started to pack my things and realized someone was coming over my direction. I look up and then I saw him. The same man I bumped into earlier. I was speechless, he smiled at me and handed me over my diary.

"Oh my! Thank you! You are a savior!"

"Don't worry! I figure out it was kind of important..."

"You just saved me."

"By the way. Nice lesson, you are a very good teacher."

"How long have you been here?"

"Since the moment you punish me for being late" he started to laugh.

"Oh my! I'm so sorry! I thought it was some on my students! Why didn't you say something?"

"I found it very educated, don't worry. I was thinking, maybe can I buy you a coffee? You know, to make it up from earlier?"

"That will be amazing but I have to go to the Met now. But I feel I should be the one inviting you, you just save me" I said while pointing at the diary.

"Okay, if it's that so. What about dinner? Do you want to go with me? Tonight?"

"Tonight?" I was shocked. Chris Evans. Captain America. He was asking me out. " Yeah, sure!"

" Perfect! Can I have you phone number or...?"

"Here" I gave him one of my cards. He smiled and typed something on his phone. Then I looked at my phone while it was ranging.

"I have to check it. I don't know if you will trick me." He said with a huge smiled. "Perfect, I will pick you up from your home. Just send me the info later... At 19:00?"

"It's sound perfect, Mr. Evans."