"Dance with me!" I speak as I drag him off the couch by his arms. His sleepy figure follows along with me as I move to the side of my living room.
"No let me sleep!" He cries out as he tries to fall back down on the couch. I pinch his arm and drag h...
We're seated near the back in a booth near the window. The cafe is not fully packed with customers but it has a few people.
Lorenzo looks around at the place before looking back at me.
"So what do you think?" I ask as I pick the menu up and look at it. I already know what I want but I'm just trying not to be awkward.
"It's nice and...cozy?" He quietly speaks. I nod and ask him what he's thinking about getting. "Probably the hot chocolate with a sandwich."
I nod. "That sound good. I'm going to get the blue berry muffin with apple juice."
As I said that, Jose–the waiter–comes up to the table with a smile and notepad. "Hey Gabby, who's your friend?" He smirks.
I roll my eyes at him before answering. "This is Lorenzo and we are paired up together for a psych project."
"Damn I failed that class." He laughs before getting serious. "Okay would you like the usual?" I nod. "Okay sir what would you like."
Lorenzo freezes before looking at me. I nod and tell Jose what he wants before giving our menus to him.
"Thank you." He mumbles, looking out the window with a frown. I nod and get my phone out, looking at instagram.
After a good few minutes the foods here and we start eating.
"So tell me something about you." I speak as I sip my drink.
"Uh well I'm sixteen, I don't talk much, I like the color black along with blue, I play soccer, and I'm six foot three. I'm a Leo and yeah."
I nod.
"Okay I'm sixteen also, I like the same colors as you just slide red in there, I used to play volleyball in middle school, and I'm five foot seven. And I'm a Virgo."
He nods.
I didn't realize this would be awkward but now I do. We just sit here eating and looking outside for the remainder of the time before I finally gain the courage to ask more questions.
"Um do you have any siblings?"
He nods after sipping his drink. "Yeah, I have a little five year old sister who is the most doll obsessed little girl ever." He smiles while talking about her.
"That's cute." I smile back.
"Do you?" I also nod my head.
"Yeah but he's at college. His twenty three year old self is a pain in the ass though." We laugh.
"He can't be that bad." I look at him with a raised brow.
"Can't be that bad is an understatement. The heifer used to always wake me up for school by yelling in my ear then running away. Then for Christmas he always woke me up by spilling water on me."
I laugh as I recall the memory.
"He sounds...hectic." I laugh and nod.
I get my phone out and look at the time. 7:20pm. It's still light outside.
"Wanna go to the park and finish the conversation or do you have to get back home?"
"We can go to the park yeah." With that we get up and I try to pay, but he puts a twenty on the table before I can get my wallet out.
•••
"So why do you not talk to people?" Is the question that comes out my mouth as we walk through the park.
His hands are inside the pockets of his sweats and he looks forward. "Um I don't know. I've just always been antisocial so I guess it just didn't go away." I nod.
"Why are you not outgoing anymore?" He questions.
I tense up beside him before sighing and closing my eyes. "Well when one parent dies and the other leaves and doesn't come back it kind of messes you up." I shrug.
He frowns at me before sighing. "I'm sorry."
I frown also and turn to him. "For what?"
"I didn't know and brought it up. So I'm sorry for doing that."
"You couldn't of known so you have no reason to apologize." I speak as I look up at the sky. Then him asking why I'm not outgoing anymore comes back to me.
"How did you know I used to be outgoing?" I question as we sit on a bench.
"Well since I don't talk to anyone I just use my eyes and observe my surroundings. You just happened to be what i observed over the years." He shrugs and sighs.
With furrowed brows I look at him. "Me? Why?"
"Well I observe beautiful things." He shrugs and turns in my direction. I laugh and clap my hands together.
"Well thank you mister Colombo." He smiles that pretty smile making me do the same.
Who would've though that we would be walking the park together and getting to know each other through a project.
Don't get me wrong, even if we didn't have this project I still would've talked to him. Just not first.
I don't like to interact first, if you know what I mean. I like to wait it out and see who comes up to me and ask the first question then see where it goes from there.
A phone pinging has me snapping out of my head. I look to the side and see Lorenzo looking at his phone then replying to whoever texted.
"Hey sorry I have to get back to the house to watch my sister." He explains as we stand up and he pockets his phone.
"Yeah no it's fine. Let's go." We that we tread back to the cafe and to my car.
•••
"To be honest girl, I don't know who to trust. But when I need someone I always think of us. Tell me is this love or baby is it lust?"
I sing to the lyrics of Can't Help Who You Love by Young Blue as I hop in the shower.
I lather my dove bar on my towel before pre washing myself then going in to the good stuff.
After an hour of washing and singing along to the music playing from my speaker, I get out and walk to my closet.
I pick out a Nike sports bra, black boxers and white socks. I moisturize before hopping in bed and fixing my pillows.
I stop my music then check the time, seeing 12:20am. I cut my lights off and cut the LED lights on dark red.
I cut on all my alarms before charging my phone and letting sleep drift me away from reality.
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They went on a little cafe run and park walk. Ooh.
