Server 17

Stella's Cafe

Amir beckoned me over, I felt as if I was in a trance I don't even remember walking towards him but there I was standing in front of him . He had the most beautiful hazel eyes , I reached out to touch his silky hair but caught myself and looked at his eyes instantly making sure he didn't notice . But it was too late he wore a sly grin on his face, I pretended I didn't notice it and sat down next to him I couldn't help but fully examine him , he was tall and thin not much muscle but his style was kind of hot he wore blue jeans, and a simple white T-shirt with a cute little gold cross necklace, I met his eyes again and said " so you're religious huh?" he chuckled and stared at me for quite awhile and mouthed " is that all you got?" if i wasn't mistaken he was flirting with me.But I wasn't interested in that kind of night, I sighed and looked towards the window, I envisioned my younger self entering the cafe clutching my dads soft hands,and spending hours reading write beside him. I was brought back to reality when I felt a bony finger touch my arm,I looked at Amir " did you poke me?" he looked around the cafe and said " No shit darlin we're the only ones here" I rolled my eyes and said "what was that for?" he looked at me "you look kind of sad, you miss anybody?"As much as I know I shouldn't tell strangers my private life, I really needed some one to listen to me, I didn't want to meet his eyes because I knew if i did I'd break down, so I looked at the wall behind him and said "I miss someone whose never coming back, I miss the time we spent together even if we didn't do much but accompany one another ,and I'd do anything to gain back that time" I can feel him staring me down with some kind of pity, that angered me I didst need anyone's pity, but i realized hes a complete stranger and I'll never see him again after tonight, so I start with " My dad died a couple months ago he was a novelist, a really good one too" I chuckle ,"traveling to Germany when the virus C2o2 broke out, He couldn't come back home, all the airports closed down.They tried to contain the virus, but it broke out and as you know it, it spread across the world, the thing is my dad always had a weak immune system, he was constantly sick , it was something me and my mother worried about tremendously,but what hurts the most is, when he died we weren't even there, he died without his family and alone ,but deep down I always knew he wasn't going to make it. when he called he sounded incredibly ill his breathing was shallow as if he could've taken his last breath then and there" my heart begins to ache a little more, then my eyes began to sting I look at the ceiling to stop myself from crying " Amir reaches for my hand but instead grabs my face and says to me " You know its okay to cry?"oh gosh now hes done it. Tears begin to roll down my red cheeks, Amir closes in and hugs me" you can continue if you'd like " I bury my face in his white soft T-shirt,he smelled like Lysol , which I thought was odd but I didn't question it, there was something about finding comfort in a stranger, it felt like some kind of closure. I pull myself out of his grasp and say " I used to come here with him almost every night and we sat in the back of this very cafe spending the entire night in silence, I always had my face in a book and him, his face in his laptop desperately trying to finish his next chapter of his novel. Every time I pass this place or come in for a nice iced coffee, I saw him ,sitting there on his old laptop with this spark in his eye , for a guy that was constantly ill, he had the craziest ideas, and the most compassionate heart" Amir looks at me and says " this place was kind of gloomy anyways, lets head out" I giggle, " sorry i was just trying to break the ice", I get up and head towards the door and call out " well are you coming or not?" we walk out the cafe into the dead of the night, I glance up at the stars, and stare in awh, I look back at Amir and ask " Arent they beautiful ?" he looks at me and smiles and thats when i really look at him, I look at him in the pale moonlight and even in the faintest of light his eyes glistened,for a moment I thought they even twinkled.I took in his body too they way he hovered over me , looking into my eyes,my eyes weren't anything special. they were a dark brown which occasionally in the sunlight looked good. he breaks the trance we seemed to be in and ask in a soft voice " where to now Amara?" I look at him startled, " you know my name?" he chuckles " well it was your user darlin" I felt really dumb in that moment and said in a quiet voice " oh yeah , my bad" I grab his hand and say " this way !" he must've been some sort of psychopath to actually go with me I could've been some sort of murder. But he followed quietly I decided i was going to take him to The mini golf course that was a few blocks down they were open 24/7 for unknown reasons, but the view of the stars there was impeccable , they had lights all over the golf course and music playing day and night it was one of my favorite places in the town. As we're walking there he ask me " does you mom know you're out this late?" I look at him with an annoyed face " too much talking not enough walking" for someone so lean and good looking he sure was slow. but I felt bad and reply with " No she doesn't know and hopefully it stays like that". he looks at me in concern " should i walk you home later?", I stop walking and turn around to face him. "I beg your pardon" , He restates " should I walk you home". I cross my arms over my chest " why would you do that though?" he looks at me as if I'm an airhead and says " for safety,it is late darlin yunno?" My eyes widen a bit and I look at him for a few seconds " "Not to stomp on your offer but you realize its the dead of night and I went out to meet a total stranger not to mention one i cried to and you could've been a serial killer for all I cared , so I think its a little too late for safety, dont you think?" he lets out a real genuine laugh, I stare at him startled, its the first time tonight one of us has actually laughed. A real laugh. He meets my eyes and says " I'll walk you home darlin" I roll my eyes and say " after the golf course" he looks at me " ohh were going to a golf course, I thought you were going to kill me" I begun to walk and say " well you're not very smart for following me then arent you?" it was quiet for awhile and the weather was getting colder i could feel the icy breeze on my neck, so I let my hair down, and Amir catches it " cold arent you?" I whisper underneath my breath and say " kind of " . He places his arm around me pulling me close to him, and we walk side by side like that to the golf course. I felt nice to have someone so close but I knew by tomorrow all of this would be gone and in a month from now it would be nothing but a memory . A dream like memory...