Unexpected Love

chapter 10: coffee date?

Hi everyone! Lmk your thoughts in this chapter. Idk if it was too cheesy or too cringe 😭 but i definitely enjoyed writing it. Next 2 chapters are also gonna be lit. More Ryder and Loren moments coming your way<3

Loren

I was typing in my laptop in Starbucks. I realised I was focusing too much and making weird faces cuz I saw myself in the glass. I was sitting near the window where there were glass windows looking at the campus of my college.

It was a student free day today but I came here to finish my second assignment which was due Today at night but i wanted to finish early because I was going out with Sierra tonight. We are just gonna go check out a new club near our apartment. It was called deluxe. It was gonna be me and Sierra, probably Aaron and some other people from our college as well. People liked to go to clubs on this day as I heard from Sierra and she wanted to join the party. I was gonna stay at home, watch shows and eat icecream but somehow she always manages to convince me.

I pulled myself out of my thoughts and got back to work. Ryder was actually supposed to be helping me with this assignment but idk where he is. He's probably late. I agressively started typing back into my laptop and sipped my coffee. I do loved productive days like this studying subjects i actually liked. That's when my phone started to ring and mom showed up on my phone. I didn't have the best relationship with my mom when I was younger but now that I've grown older we understand each other so much better.
I picked up the call.
"Hello"
"Hi lo. How are you?" Her British accent peeked through.
"I'm good. How are you?"
"Im good too. Sweetheart I hope you're attending all your classes." My mom Dr Claire smith was also a psychologist or psychoanalyst if I'm being specific and she was constantly worrying about my future.
"Of course I'm attending classes. Don't worry."
"I'm just saying don't waste your mom's hard earned money."
"I won't."
"Good. Oh and have you found a boyfriend yet?"
My eyes became bigger idk why my mom was obsessed with me finding a boyfriend. I was happy, single and 23 it's fine.
"Mom can you stop forcing me to have a boyfriend?"

My eyes darted to the door opening with the bell sound and i think that was Ryder. Omg. He looked hot. Man was wearing those tight black tshirt the one you see on Pinterest. With black frame glasses. OH. i didn't knew he wore glasses. When they said this was the sluttiest outfit a man could wear they were not wrong. With some blue jeans.

I couldn't hear my mother's voice anymore. He locked eyes with me and I saw a hint of smirk in his face when he saw my face being all red.
"I'm just saying honey soon you'll need to date, marry and have childre- "
"Mom I have work to do. I'm hanging up."
I cut the call just as Ryder sat down across the chair from me.

"Hi. Sorry I'm late i had to go to the gym. I couldn't even change properly. I was wearing shorts but i quickly changed into jeans before coming here."
He knew what he was doing. He could've changed the top as well if he wanted to.
I couldn't let him give that power over me that I'm getting all flushed because of him.
I regained my composure and said with a straight face "you're 35 mins late, Ryder."
"I'm sorry mam. It won't happen again." He looked down at his shoes and pouted his lips. God why was this man acting cute.

"Anyways so i wrote the report you just need to add a intro to it and idk how to do that."
"Okay I'll take a look."
Just as I was to pass the laptop to him he got up. Wait what was he doing?
He came towards me and hovered over my shoulders to look at the report. I could hear his fucking breath over my head. He put his arms beside my arms to look at the report.
This man enjoyed torturing me. Then he fucking looked at me coming near to my face i couldn't look him in the damn eye. Because if I look at him i would turn red like a Tomato.
"It's great. Just mail it to me I'll do it by today and submit."

I inched my face away from him to give him the idea. He finally backed up and stood straight. He also gulped down. Hmm. Maybe he was nervous too he just didn't show it.
"O-okay."
He smiled and sat across from me again.

"So how's your day going?"
I figeted with my hands under the table. God why tf was i nervous.
"It's going very productive i would say."
"Good for you." Then he did something very unexpected he reached across the table and took a sip from my coffee. I'm pretty sure I widened my eyes so much i almost thought my eyes would fall out. Why tf were we drinking from the same straw.
I reached my hand across and took the drink from him. "Can u stop taking things without my permission."
He chuckled at me and said "sorry. Are you going to deluxe tonight?"
I was hoping he wouldn't ask that question because that means he's coming too and I have to see him once again.
"Y-yes. Sierra's taking me."
"Funny thing Sierra's taking me too." He said in a sarcastic way.
I forced a smile "of course she was."
I made a mental note to kill her when I got home.

                               🎀

I reached home to tackle Sierra on the bed. "Why did you invite Ryder?"
She started chuckling at me before she said "i didn't invite him specifically it's just that everyone likes to go today." I finally got off of her and stood up. Sierra started laughing again at my pout face. "It's not funny. I didn't wanna see him unless it's for work. Do you remember what happened last time. I can't have this much stress again."

"Oh yeah the WWE smackdown between the two hottest men fighting for you?"
I threw a pillow at her "shut up. And why isn't avery taking care of her man?"
"Idk she's been hanging out with Tom recently."
"The guy who shifted from Minnesota?"
"Uh huh. Apparently they're childhood besties or something."
"Well I won't be surprised if she's playing both Ryder and tom." I finally sat down and started scrunching my hair.

She finally got up and sat beside me "girl stop. You'll ruin those beautiful blonds. Stop stressing so much besides you're gonna be with me most of the time. So chill."
I wanted to cry and smile at the same time. Then she finally pulled my head to rest on her shoulder.