Meant to be?

I sat down and looked around at the silent cafe.  Everyday I sat and waited for James to return.  To tell me he loved me as much as I loved him.  I would get the same coffee everyday and sit in the same spot everyday, scanning the lonely streets, looking for the guy who left me stranded.

3 Years Earlier

My heart pounded in my ears as I watched a handsome man stroll by me.  His hands in his pockets but a big, toothy grin looking at me.  I sat in a small coffee shop and read a magazine.  He brought his coffee over toward me and my heart raced, and my pulse quickened.  He lowered his coffee onto the table where I was stationed and his green eyes sparkled.

"May I sit with you..?"  He said locking eyes with me.

I stared at him not finding the correct words to reply to him, "I.. uh... sure.."

Stupid! He pulled out a chair across from me and began to read a newspaper.  I looked over the top of my magazine at his shaggy dark brown hair.  His eyes looked up also and they quickly looked away.  I noticed a small blush approach his face.

"James by the way.." He said, putting his paper down.

I smiled to myself, "Andrea."

"Andrea, beautiful name.  Almost as beautiful as you."  James said.

I laughed at his comment and glanced at his unmoving eyes.  They stared at me, looking into my soul.  He handed me a napkin, Call me I would love to meet with you again. ~James

James stood up and strolled out of the empty coffee shop, waving at the bistro.