He looks at her like she's his world
The light to his darkness,
She looks at him like he could grow a field of flowers for her,
And that's just what he did
Together, they were 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑒
~❀~
Eleanor was what people call an ordinary girl. On th...
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I wake up to the sound of my stupid alarm clock.
Keeping my eyes closed, I reach off to the side to turn my alarm off. Once it's turned off, I roll out of bed and walk into my bathroom.
I have a shift at the cafe today so I don't have much time to get dressed since it's 6:40 and I need to be at the cafe by 7. Hopefully he's not awake yet.
After brushing my teeth and hair, I walk up to my wardrobe and collect my work outfit. I change and quietly head downstairs.
I strain my ears so I can hear if my father is awake, but I don't hear anything.
I reach the last step and peak around the corner to see my father passed out on the couch with a beer bottle in his hand and a few other bottles broken on the floor.
I sigh, why does this have to be my father?
I slowly walk to the front door. I'm really hoping he doesn't wake up right now, I can't handle any more beatings
I open the door and carefully walk out and on the porch. I walk down the porch steps and onto the sidewalk and begin my 15 morning walk to the cafe.
~❀~
I reach the cafe and look up at it.
I've always loved this cafe, it's small, cute, and adorable. I can get away for a few hours and not have to worry about my father. The cafe has a big sign on top of it reading, "Moonstone Cafe." It has a few plants hanging from the top so it looks fresh. There's a small board to the side with a few of our special treats that we'll be serving today. The handwriting is in cursive, I can't write in cursive so we have one of the other workers write on the board.
I walk up to the door and open it. The bell chimes above me, indicating I've entered. I walk to the back and go into the break room to put on my apron. Once I've done that, I head up to the front, behind the cash register and wait for customers.
Customer after customer goes by and my arms are killing me. I sigh and clean up my work station a little bit before another customer arrives.
The bell chimes above the front door but I don't look up to see who it is. Assuming it's another customer here for coffee or a little treat, I keep my head down and continue cleaning. "Hi welcome to Moonstone Cafe, what can I get for you today?" I softly speak but loud enough so they can hear me.
A minute goes by and they still haven't answered so, I look up and I'm met with the gray eyes I dreamt about last night.
"L-Leonardo?" I ask, shocked to see him at this cafe.
His lips turn up a little, "That's me."
"What a-are you doing h-here?"
He shrugs, "I saw you from outside the window and I thought I'd come in and say hi."
My cheeks heat up, "Oh" I mumble.
He chuckles," You're so adorable." I feel my cheeks heat up even more. I put my hands on my face and try to cool it down.
"W-what would you like to order today?" I ask so the attention is off of me for now.
He looks up at the menu and looks back at me, "Just a black coffee, love."
I blush again. Stop blushing so much Eleanor. He probably just calls everyone 'love.'
I nod and turn around to make his coffee. I'm glad he ordered this because every other person ordered some hard stuff and I just feel like going to sleep.
I grab a medium sized cup and put it up to the coffee machine. I let the coffee spill into the cup until it's almost fully filled. I put a lid over it and turn around.
I look up at Leonardo and hand him his coffee. "That will be $1.85."
He reaches into his back pocket and pulls out a wallet. He takes out a five dollars bill and slides it across the counter.
I take the five dollar bill and insert it into the cash register and hand him his change. I look back at him to see he hasn't left. "U-um do you need something?" I ask softly.
"I never got to know your name."
My eyes widened in realization. I'm so stupid, I forgot to tell him my name. I mentally facepalm myself.
"Oh, um it's Eleanor."
He nods to himself, "Beautiful."
I stare into his eyes for a few minutes. Did he just call me beautiful or am I hearing things?
"W-what?"
Looking into my eyes he says, "You're beautiful."
I blush once again. "Thank you, Leo." my eyes widened. I just called him Leo. Oh god, what if he doesn't like that nickname?
"I-is it o-okay if I call you L-Leo?" I say but it sounds more like a whisper.
He chuckles, "Call me anything you want, love." He replies and reaches up to tuck a strand of hair behind my ear.
Shaking his head, he removes his hand. "I should get going now. Goodbye Eleanor."
"Bye."
I watch him turn around and walk out of the cafe and down the street, out of sight. I sigh.
