“I’ll just have a coke,” I said to the geeky waiter standing in front of my table.
“Same,” Nate requested and the waiter walked away without saying anything. “Why did you want to come here?”
I shrugged. “It’s a nice little café.”
“Okay.” Nate looked at me oddly as our drinks arrived. I opened the straw and stuck it into my drink before taking a sip.
“What do you look for in a woman?” I asked pushing my glass away from me and leaning on the table.
“Oh, well um…you know? The basics?” Nate supplied lamely.
“What are the basics?”
“Things like a good personality, um…funny, and pretty?” He rubbed the back of his neck as a nervous habit.
“You don’t date much,” I guessed and he nodded in confirmation. The waiter came and took our orders then I returned my attention back to Nate.
He was taking a drink when I bluntly asked, “Have you had sex before?” He began choking on his drink and it took him a few minutes to calm down.
Nate gave me a hard glare. “Of course, I’m male and I have…urges.”
“Right,” I answered smiling at his discomfort.
“Actually that’s kind of what got me kicked out,” Nate confessed.
“Out of heaven?” I clarified and he nodded. “Sex isn’t a sin.”
“It is when you aren’t married,” Nate pointed out and I nodded in understanding.
“Did the girl get kicked out too?” I wondered.
Nate shrugged. “Not at the same time or in the same place.”
“What was her name?” I prompted.
“Ariel,” he whispered looking off in the distance. I smiled, maybe I was onto something.
“Was she pretty?” I asked.
“Oh beautiful, looked a lot like you.” I furrowed my eyebrows.
“How so?”
“Well she had red hair just like you and just like the Disney princess. I used to always make fun of her for that. She had more brown eyes unlike your hazel ones. You would have to see her to understand,” Nate mumbled before sighing.
I smiled. “How nice; what kind of angel was she?”
“Nature,” he answered quickly.
“Was sex with her worth getting kicked out?” I had to ask.
Nate seemed to think about his answer. “Well, it was pretty nice since it was first time and all, but I don’t know if eternity on Earth was worth never seeing her again.”
“What if you could?”
“I have no idea where she is,” Nate replied. I nodded unsure of how to discover this information either but it seemed like a good place to start.
Our waiter came over and set our food in front of us. We lapsed into silence as we ate.
“How does this work?” Nate asked after a while.
“What?” I questioned with my mouth full.
Nate smiled and I cleared my mouth before repeating what I had said.
“How do you know when a girl is the right one for me?” He rephrased.
“Oh.” I set down my fork and took a sip of my coke. “I just feel it.”
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Cupid's Granddaughter
FantasíaGreek Mythology. First installment in the Cupid series. Amore, Liebe, Amour, No matter what language you say it in it means love and it's Peyton's job. Her grandfather is Cupid and he's hired her as his newest apprentice against her own will. And n...
