I'll Do Just Fine

02 The Café Meeting

Thirty minutes passed and Luke's whereabouts are unknown. Well, not completely unknown. He's probably at his place, trying to get the girl he slept with last night out of his bed. The girl then says along the lines of ' but Luke, you said you'd like to get to know me better. What ever happened to a future-'. Then, Luke always explains that he's a complicated person and is in a tough situation with his grandmother in the hospital; wanting her grandson to have a perfect wife. This story is so moving, it touches my fleshy-plump heart. It tickles and gives me the giggles every time. He's at least said this excuse about five times. What's special about this is that Darcy gets to finally get to meet Luke after talking about him for a month.
Oh! Look who just walked in, Luke! Imagine Steve Irwin's voice. As the crocodile makes his way over to the small booth, the females greet him with a wave. The crocodile now will say the following words 'Hey sorry, there was traffic', meaning kicking out a girl, in three . . . two . . . one.

"Hey sorry, there was traffic"

What did I tell you? Spot on. I'm a male whisperer.

"How dare you!" Darcy yells and slaps Luke's ass.

"Wow there!"
"Darcy!" Luke and I both exclaimed.

"What?"

"What did you just slap his rear end?"

" You said , and I quote, to 'give him a good old slap on the cheek' !"

"Wow Nelliepie, I didn't know you like to watch me get bum-slapped. "

"Okay Casanova, you're attractive, but not that attractive"

"Ouch. Hold on, was that a compliment?"

"Yes, it was. You're ridiculously hot. How have we not met before. That's so funny." Darcy starts to laugh a little and raises her hand to slap Luke across the face.

"Me-ow" Luke trying to flirt with Darcy? He hold his hand up to his right left cheek.

"I bite " replies Darcy.

"Darcy, what the heck are you doing? This is getting embarrassing. People are staring"

"Pft, let them stare. We probably won't see them in this café ever again." Darcy says as she gets up out of the booth and stands beside the table next to Luke.

"Bye, future DILF" Darcy growls at Luke. "Oh! I almost forgot. Penelope, my brother and his wife are staying at my place tomorrow and may need to take your current room . . ."

"Darcy! Why did you tell me last minute?!" I say loudly and wide-eyed.

"Because I got the text last minute!"

"Okay, how long are they staying? I could get out and into my own place in no time"

"A month . . .but, you can sleep on my bed " Darcy says looking a bit worried

"Okay, yeah It's fine. I think I can do that" I say breathing out.

"Really? Yay, okay I'll finish boxing the rest of your things. I'll move your clothing and pillow into my room! Ah! I don't know why I'm getting so excited! We've been living under the same roof since sophomore year of college. Okie-Dokie, I'll get started!" Darcy chirps. She then power walks like an old women to her car and drives away.

"You know Penelope, if you need a place to stay, you can stay at my place" Luke says as he sits down.
"It's not a big deal, I have another room that hasn't been used in a while"

"Luke, how noble of you. You, Sir Lucas Scott of PlayerVille, giving up your spare room for the damsel in distress. Thanks, I appreciate the chivalry, I'll call you if I need anything" I laugh it off and take a sip of my iced tea.

"Okay, that cozy king-sized bed will be waiting for you" as he gets up and makes his way over to the barista. They chat for a minute and Luke leaves her smiling.
"Not a single penny." He says while making a fake toast and sips on his coffee. He sits down on the seat Darcy was previously in. I can't believe he just got that coffee for free. What did he say to that girl?
"Hey, that friend of yours, she's a little feisty in public, isn't she"

"Normally? No. It's only because she knows i'm close friends with you. She has done that to many of the male models I work with. Oh, and she also has the hots for you"

"Interesting" Luke says smirking.

"Paws off buddy, she has a boyfriend. You don't want to get into their mess, even if Darcy initiates something " I warned him. Darcy just likes to get touchy-feely with guys. I'm not actually sure if her boyfriend, Brian, knows she cat calls. I'll have to talk with her about that sometime.

"Alright, Alright. I'll back off. Did you say male models?"

"Yes! Oh my gosh, I'm so glad you asked! My job is no longer an internship! they gave the job to me last month and they said the next opening spot is next month in June for their Summer Runway Show"

"Woe, Penelope. You're a model?" Luke says with his eyebrows raised in amazement. "Hey, I'm not surprised that an agent will take you but, I am surprised you became one. What made you become one?"

"Thank you for the compliment but, I'm not a model. I'm a fashion stylist for runways and photo shoots. I just really want to start already, I'm going to receive a folder in the mail filled with the clothing the models will have to wear. Though, this time I'm in charge of the men's clothing and not the women's. " I say while giving an exaggerated frown.

"Yeah, I feel sad for you" Luke says as he rests a hand on my shoulder.

"And why is that?" He takes his hand off my shoulder and shrugs.

"Because, if you were to work with women then, you could . . . possibly in the future, invite me there and I could go introduce myself to the models?" Luke questions as he's giving this goofy smile every five-year-old kid has when you tell them they're going to Disney World.

"You know, it's funny. Darcy said the same exact thing. Sometimes, I feel like I'm being used"

Luke and I laugh at my comment.
I need to finish packing everything. I can't let Darcy do all the work.

"Luke, can you take me back home to Darcy's place? I'll show you where it is . . .?"

"Yeah, of course"

We get our drinks and walk to Luke's car. We got in and shut the doors. I shut my eyes and my nostrils flare. Luke gives me a weird look then laughs. Damn, his car smells so good, it smells like new laundry. I want Luke to be my chauffeur from now on.