Live Like A Dream

Catchup over Coffee

Jared drove Evelyn in his truck before settling on a quiet coffee shop a few blocks away. It was still early and there were no other customers inside. They sat in a corner, away from windows and anyone else who may decide to stop for a caffiene break.
Jared insisted in buying breakfast but Evelyn's nerves got the better of her and she couldnt stomach anything more than her black coffee right now. She sipped it slowly as Jared watches her carefully.
"So tell me about yourself, I don't even know your name!" Jared asks.
"Often take girls out for coffee without even knowing their name?" Evelyn nervously replies.
"Well no, you have to be the first!" He laughs. "E, your sign says E.D designs. E, Ella?" Evelyn shakes her head. "Eva?" She shakes her head again. "Come on you're killing me here! Emma?"
"Not like your girlfriend Emma no" Evelyn shocked herself with this statement, it was one of those moments where a thought accidentally falls out of your mouth.
Jared nearly chokes on his coffee. "I don't have a girlfriend, especially one named Emma"
Evelyn narrows her eyes "but on the form, you wrote a number for Emma rather than yourself?"
"Emma is my assistant, if anything more, a sister to me" he takes a long sip of his coffee and observes Evelyn's face growing more red with embarrassment.
"Evelyn, my names Evelyn." She stumbles out.
"What a beautiful name" he smiles.

They finish their pot of coffee and head back to Jared's car. He removes the jacket and carefully places it on the back seat. "I really do love that jacket by the way. You're really talented." He stuns her with his intense stare.
"Thanks, I have more designs a bit like that but I've never had the custom to buy them." Evelyn shrugs.
Jared starts the car and heads in the direction they came. A few moments passed as Evelyn plucked up the courage to speak again. "So you're going on a trip?"
"Yeah I'm in a band, with my brother, we have a few shows in Europe, so I'm out of town for three weeks."
"European tour? Impressive" she remarks.
"Ever been? Europe I mean?" He glances sideways at her.
"Ive never been outside of the states"
"I'll have to take you one day, you should see as much as the world as you can"
Just like that, they were back at the store. Evelyn really didn't want their time to end. Jared was intreaging her like no man has ever done before. She feels brave and asks "do you wanna come inside?...I have more jackets" she wanted to face palm herself, why did she have to mention more jackets? Jared chuckled and followed her into the store.

Evelyn locked the door behind them and switched on the lights. "My sketchbooks upstairs, one sec" she assures him then runs up to her apartment. She runs into her bedroom and scoops her sketchbook up off of the floor, samples of fabric falling out of it as she returns to the main room of the apartment. She freezes, he's stood there, looking at her fridge magnets. Time stands still. Her thoughts are racing. Why did he follow me up here? There is an oscar winning rock star stood in my kitchen. I hope he doesnt need the bathroom, my laundry basket is in there. Before she has time to stop herself she blurts out "oh you're here"
He points at her fridge magnets "New Jersey huh?
"Yeah that's home" she smiles fondly at the memory.
He moves across the room to the Lexi's wedding dress pinned to a mannequin. "I didn't know you were getting married" he smirks.
"Thats my friend Lexi's, shes getting married in New York at the end of the year"
"I love New York! Maybe I'll be your plus one" he exclaims while he gets comfy on your beat up sofa.
You perch next to him "actually her fiance Mike is a huge fan, he has you tattooed on his leg, he will never believe you've sat on my sofa!" Evelyn giggles.
"Call him" a wicked grin fills his face. Evelyn shakes her head. "Do it! Call him! It'll be funny" Evelyn rolls her eyes and starts to facetime Lexi with Jared out of shot. She finally answers and immediately blurts out "Hey girl! How did it go with hot stuff? Did he like the jacket? Does he have a girlfriend? Tell me everything!" Lexi jumps onto the bed next to Mike, both of them staring at the screen.
Evelyn is sure she is the shade of a tomato, Jared erupts in laughter. She decides to just hand the phone to him, since she's too embarrassed to speak.
Mike's jaw drops open, he starts to babble and squeal illegible gibberish. Jared is showered with compliments for a solid twenty minutes before their conversation comes to an end. Mike invites him to the wedding and says his goodbyes. Jared hands the phone back to Evelyn.
"I think you just made all his wishes come true" she giggles. She makes herself comfertable in her seat.

"So how did it go with hot stuff?" He winks at her and leans in ever so slightly. Her heart rate picks up. She can feel her face flushing red once again. "Were you a little jealous when you thought I had a girlfriend?" He stares at her with those ice blue eyes, the glare so intense shes sure he can read her thoughts. He leans in closer and closer very slowly. She can feel her heartbeat in her ears. He never breaks eye contact, not once. Evelyn breaks out of his trance and glances at his lips, which are in close proximity to her own. She cant take it anymore, before she even realised what she was doing she was sat in his lap, hands tangled in his hair kissing him more passionately than she had ever dreamed of before. He groaned into the kiss, holding her body tightly to his. He flips her onto her back and lays her gently down on the sofa, slowing down the kiss and gently breaking away. Breathless they stare at each other for what seems like an eternity.