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“I can almost picture all these people getting up and lifting their tables so you can roll out the door. That all sounded delicious.”
“Everything here is delicious. It’s a good thing I don’t own a car and have to walk everywhere. I’m lucky eating this way hasn’t caught up with me yet. God help me if my metabolism changes.”
Great. Talk about getting old and having stuff start to go wrong with your body on a date, idiot.
“I’ll have to start working out when the day comes I guess, huh? Not—not that I don’t workout now.” He sighed.
Way to impress your date with your lack of physical fitness.
“I think all the walking and working out you do is paying off.”
Her eyes flickered back down to her menu, which was good since he didn’t want her to see him feeling flustered and stupid. Okay, good. So he got some awkwardness out of the way. So the rest of the date should be a breeze now.
Was this a date?
He kept thinking of it as a date, but it wasn’t like he’d asked her out and picked her up at home or anything like a real date. Of course she was visiting the city so it wasn’t like he could pick her up at home anyway. He could pick her up at a hotel, but hadn’t since they’d already been together.
Did she think it was a date?
His palms grew moist and he wiped them casually on his napkin as he laid it across his lap. A drink. He needed a drink to help him relax a little and then he wouldn’t feel so nervous around Maia. Regardless of whether or not this was a real date he still wanted to enjoy his time here with her. And if it weren’t a real date, maybe a good time tonight would lead to a real date in the future.
“Are you ready to order?” a waiter asked, leaning in toward their table. It was as close as he was going to get to standing beside them.
“I am if you are.”
Maia pointed to an item in her menu and mumbled the pronunciation of the name. She was pretty close and it was sweet to see her stumble over the words since she’d seemed so put together and well spoken all afternoon. When she finished, he ordered his usual and a bottle of wine to share.
“What brings you to the city,” Zander asked.
“Just visiting.” Maia fiddled with her napkin, twisting it in her fingers before placing it across her lap as he had already.
“Do you have friends or family in the city you’re visiting?”
“No. I’m here alone this time.”
Interesting that a girl like Maia would travel alone. Usually girls went on a girl’s trip, didn’t they? Maybe Maia was the strong, independent type who didn’t need a bunch of girlfriends with her to have a good time in a new city.
He’d always felt drawn to girls like that but had yet to date one.
But again, this wasn’t a date.
“Have you lived in the city your whole life?” she asked.
“No. Actually I was in D.C. for a few years working with NASA before I came back to New York to work at the family business.”
She seemed to perk up at the news. This girl really did seem to love space stuff.
“What exactly did you do at NASA?”
“I worked on their deep space program. Basically I tried to find new ways to explore further into the universe so we could discover more information about the cosmos.”
“And what did you discover?”
Zander chuckled. “That the universe is a pretty big place and we’re never going to see it all or figure out even a fraction of the mysteries it holds.”
“Wow. And it only took a NASA guy to figure that out?” She laughed and it was the most amazing sound he could remember hearing in a long time.
“Where are you from?” He asked taking a sip of his wine.
“Nowhere special or at all interesting.” She visibly shrunk back into the seat.
Her answer was simple. Too simple. She was either hiding something she didn’t feel comfortable telling him—although why a question like where you’re from would bother her was beyond his imagination—or she really was from somewhere uninteresting and
“Everything here is delicious. It’s a good thing I don’t own a car and have to walk everywhere. I’m lucky eating this way hasn’t caught up with me yet. God help me if my metabolism changes.”
Great. Talk about getting old and having stuff start to go wrong with your body on a date, idiot.
“I’ll have to start working out when the day comes I guess, huh? Not—not that I don’t workout now.” He sighed.
Way to impress your date with your lack of physical fitness.
“I think all the walking and working out you do is paying off.”
Her eyes flickered back down to her menu, which was good since he didn’t want her to see him feeling flustered and stupid. Okay, good. So he got some awkwardness out of the way. So the rest of the date should be a breeze now.
Was this a date?
He kept thinking of it as a date, but it wasn’t like he’d asked her out and picked her up at home or anything like a real date. Of course she was visiting the city so it wasn’t like he could pick her up at home anyway. He could pick her up at a hotel, but hadn’t since they’d already been together.
Did she think it was a date?
His palms grew moist and he wiped them casually on his napkin as he laid it across his lap. A drink. He needed a drink to help him relax a little and then he wouldn’t feel so nervous around Maia. Regardless of whether or not this was a real date he still wanted to enjoy his time here with her. And if it weren’t a real date, maybe a good time tonight would lead to a real date in the future.
“Are you ready to order?” a waiter asked, leaning in toward their table. It was as close as he was going to get to standing beside them.
“I am if you are.”
Maia pointed to an item in her menu and mumbled the pronunciation of the name. She was pretty close and it was sweet to see her stumble over the words since she’d seemed so put together and well spoken all afternoon. When she finished, he ordered his usual and a bottle of wine to share.
“What brings you to the city,” Zander asked.
“Just visiting.” Maia fiddled with her napkin, twisting it in her fingers before placing it across her lap as he had already.
“Do you have friends or family in the city you’re visiting?”
“No. I’m here alone this time.”
Interesting that a girl like Maia would travel alone. Usually girls went on a girl’s trip, didn’t they? Maybe Maia was the strong, independent type who didn’t need a bunch of girlfriends with her to have a good time in a new city.
He’d always felt drawn to girls like that but had yet to date one.
But again, this wasn’t a date.
“Have you lived in the city your whole life?” she asked.
“No. Actually I was in D.C. for a few years working with NASA before I came back to New York to work at the family business.”
She seemed to perk up at the news. This girl really did seem to love space stuff.
“What exactly did you do at NASA?”
“I worked on their deep space program. Basically I tried to find new ways to explore further into the universe so we could discover more information about the cosmos.”
“And what did you discover?”
Zander chuckled. “That the universe is a pretty big place and we’re never going to see it all or figure out even a fraction of the mysteries it holds.”
“Wow. And it only took a NASA guy to figure that out?” She laughed and it was the most amazing sound he could remember hearing in a long time.
“Where are you from?” He asked taking a sip of his wine.
“Nowhere special or at all interesting.” She visibly shrunk back into the seat.
Her answer was simple. Too simple. She was either hiding something she didn’t feel comfortable telling him—although why a question like where you’re from would bother her was beyond his imagination—or she really was from somewhere uninteresting and
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