A Little Big Crush

Getting to Know You

"Yeah, sorry. You surprised me. David, right? From Bumble?" Lizzie asked, not caring to hide how she was checking out David from top to bottom.

He looked exactly like his pictures and so far, so good. He was a ten in her books, with his straight black hair that shone as dark as midnight and his icy blue eyes. Though he wore a suit, it was fitted enough that Lizzie could see a hint of muscle definition beneath. In other words, hot beyond words. Now that she was right next to him, looking at him in person after a couple of weeks of writing through the site, texting on the phone, and talking on the phone last night for the first time, she felt a tiny spark growing inside her.  It was a strong response to him and an obvious sexual attraction she couldn't deny.

"Yeah," he said, his dark eyes moving up and down as well. He broke off into a smile ." I should've gotten here earlier. I would've bought you that drink." He inclined his head towards the glass of rosé. "What is that, by the way?"

"It's rosé."

"Ah."

"Yeah, I'm a girly- girl who likes fruity drinks. I'm not one for real hard liquor," Lizzie said.

"Well, I drink sometimes. I don't like whiskey or anything but I do like beer," He responded. " Speaking of," he waved his hand, immediately getting Diego's attention. "Can I get a whiskey?"

Diego nodded, smoothly and quickly grabbing the beer in question and opening up the cap before setting it in front of David. " Can I get you anything else, guys?" He asked, his eyes darting to Lizzie.

"I'm good," David turned to Lizzie. " How about you?"

She shook her head. "I'm fine, thanks."

David then pointed to Lizzie's drink. " Yeah, we're good. You can put her drink on my tab."

Lizzie tried to hide a smile but failed miserably. Though she had many friends who took offense when a guy paid, she personally appreciated a man footing the bill on a first date. It said to her that he was serious.

After Diego took off, David tentatively moved closer to Lizzie. " So, do you come here a lot?  I haven't been here in ages."

She shrugged, twirling the little black straw around her drink. "Not really. I agreed with meeting here because I thought this would be the safest meeting place."

"Safest? You think I'm sinister or something?" he said, grinning.

"Maybe, you never know."

Lizzie stared deeply into his dark, brown eyes, feeling heat course through her whole body. This might make someone else break eye contact, and move farther just to stop the intense feeling of being exposed and showing how sexually attracted she was. But Lizzie wasn't going to back down. She could use this heat between them to her advantage. Because if she was right, and David was feeling this unspoken chemistry as well, how could she be embarrassed by it?

"I thought it was usual standards for online dating," she said, still holding his gaze.

David cleared his throat. "I think that online dating now is regular dating. Nobody really meets the old-fashioned way anymore."

"True, but a girl can never be too careful."

He was the one who broke the connection by taking a swig of whiskey. "So, looking at me now, do you think you need to be careful?"

Lizzie made point of scrunching her eyes and pursing her lips. "Right now, no. But who knows later on down the road."

"Man, what a burn," he said with a glint in his eye.