you said forever

the girl from the diner

"hey! it's claire. you know, the girl from the diner", were claire's first real words to gloria.

"oh hi, yea I remember you", gloria said.

"I'm sorry that I didn't say anything, I don't know what happened."

"it's fine, I wanted to ask if you are free tomorrow?"

"yes I am, do you want to come over?"

"I'd love to, text me your address and I'll see you tomorrow."

"I will, bye"

"good bye!"

claire smiled as she ended the call. she was excited to meet gloria again. even though she didn't know if this was supposed to be a date or just a little "get together". claire liked gloria. there was something special about her.

claire snapped out of her thoughts when her phone buzzed. it was eleanor. claire didn't really want to pick up, since she didn't want to get hurt again. on the other hand, claire was looking for a relationship because she was tired of being alone.

but considering that she wasn't sure about what's happening between her and gloria, she decided to pick up.

"heyyyyyy, I thought you forgot about me again", eleanor joked.

claire managed to get out a little laugh and said: "haha no, I was just- busy."

"oh, I totally understand that. are you maybe free tomorrow?"

"actually I'm not, sorry. but maybe another day?"

"yes, yes. don't stress yourself. i have a job interview now."

"okay see you, good luck!"

"thanks, bye!"

claire plopped on her couch after the phone call. she was not used to socializing that much. it was already 9pm so she turned on the tv and texted gloria her address. at around 10pm claire went to bed. she planned on getting up early in the morning, so she could clean her flat.

*the next morning*

claire woke up at 7am. it was saturday. she got ready, ate breakfast, and started to clean everything. gloria wanted to come over at 2pm, so claire had much of time left. gloria had called claire again and asked if she wanted to go into a coffee house first. claire happily agreed.

after claires cleaning session she realized that it was 1pm already. she quickly took a shower and got dressed.

gloria entered the coffee house, sat down, and waited for claire. claire was not the kind of person that would be late but somehow she managed to come in 10 minutes too late. claire excused herself and explained to gloria why she was running late.

"funny story: I didn't know what to wear since I wasn't sure if this is a date or just something else. well anyways, I wanted to get you flowers but how I said I was not sure if this is a date, so I just got a few daisies", claire nervously explained. she was sure that gloria would leave any minute but gloria just smiled.

gloria looked at claire and chuckled: "hey calm down, everything is alright. I wasn't sure either, so what is this?"

"well, what do you want it to be?", claire smiled.

"idk, a date?"

"great, so that's that."

claire sat down and they started to talk. the women exchanged coming out stories and other things from their lifes. gloria told claire that she is from columbia and moved here recently.

after almost 2 hours of talking gloria and claire decided to continue their date in claires flat. claire was excited because she didn't know how gloria would react to her small home.

as they left the coffee house, the door of the shop across from the opened. a brunette woman stepped out. it was eleanor.

claire immediately panicked considering what she told eleanor earlier. gloria noticed that claire started to tense up. she was confused but didn't want to ask about the problem right away. gloria and claire just stood there for a few minutes.

claire was in a state of nervousness and almost blurred out. she didn't even know why. why shouldn't eleanor see her with another woman? it's not like they're in a relationship. claire was in her thoughts when she heard eleanors voice. she was introducing herself to gloria.

claire came back to reality when she felt that something, or better said someone took her hand. it was gloria. claire relaxed by her touch and looked into glorias brown eyes. claire started to smile when eleanor asked her something.