Chapter 7
Mae
As I walk into my apartment I hear a ding coming from my phone. I look to see Alex has texted me. A smile lights up my face as I close the door and lock it. I sit on the sofa and open my messages.
Alex: I had the most fun today that I've had in years.
Mae: Me too!!!!! Although I don't think your friends will recover from our display.
Alex: No we definitely got them good.
Mae: You are a great partner in crime. I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship/relationship.
Alex: I think so too. You have no idea how long I have been waiting for you.
Mae: Oh, I think I do. Just because I have an ex doesn't mean that it was all that great. Remember he's an ex for a reason. LOL
Alex: Well he must be the biggest idiot on the planet then. I wouldn't give you the chance to make me an ex. LOL
Mae: You're too sweet!
Alex: It comes easy when I'm with you. Sweet Dreams.
Mae: Sweet Dreams Alex.
I felt myself biting my lower lip trying to keep from smiling so much. In just a few short hours this guy has gone from handsome stranger to guy I could see myself dating long term. I'm not usually one to jump into a long-term relationship but this guy just screams boyfriend material. With this realization, I know that I need to call Erica.
"Please tell me your date went as well as mine." She says as soon as she picks up.
"Well, how well did yours go?" It has been ages since I heard her so happy.
"Tom was amazing! We talked about everything and we are so much alike. I even told him about my past. He was so kind and sweet." She sounds over the moon. I pray that it isn't too good to be true.
"Well, then I guess we both had amazing dates. I didn't go into dating details with him, but Erica he is someone I could date long-term."
"So does that mean you are giving up on the I'm good single life?"
"Yeah, I think that if it is with Alex I can give it another chance. In just one night the guy has managed to unfreeze my heart." I smile as I say this.
We spend the next hour talking about our dates and deciding that we're going to have dinner sometime this week with Max. I see the time and turn in for the night. I hope the week flies b because I can't wait to see Alex again.
The next day at work is busy. Rosetta needs deserts for the diner and I am introducing some new puffed pastries. When Max comes in he jumps into work and of course asked a million questions about my date. His phone is blowing up and I smirk to myself knowing why.
"So, She's not taking the breakup well huh?" I try to not laugh as I ask.
"That obvious I see." I nod and smile at him. "I'm trying Mae. She isn't the one. I just can't handle her. She's acting pretty stalkerish." I stop what I'm doing and look at him
"You should report her." He shakes his head at this.
"I'm a guy. I can handle one small woman." He smirks and laughs at this.
"Not if she pulls a knife or gun on you. Please be careful. I can't lose you just because of some stalker." I stick my tongue out at him and try to make him smile.
"Mae there's a delivery out front for you." The girl manning the register yells.
I walk up front to see a beautiful vase full of daffodils. The girl points to them and smiles. In all of the years that I have been here, I have never gotten flowers. Maz comes walking over and whistles when he sees them. And of course, Rosetta walks in just in time to see them.
"Told you that boy liked you!" She says smiling.
I grab the card and read "To a beautiful new beginning Love Alex". My cheeks instantly flame and I hear Max die laughing. I have always blushed for some reason. I embarrass easily and even though I'm not as innocent as I once was, I still do this.
"I take it your date went well yesterday?" Rosetta asks.
"Yes and we're going out again this Friday. It was the best date I've had in a long time, maybe even ever."
She smiles and claps her hands. Rosetta has always wanted me to find someone who makes me happy. She was with me when I caught my ex cheating. I have never seen her so angry. She hauled off and slapped him and the girl before I could even get a word in. It turned out that this was just one of the many times he had been cheating. All in all, he got off easy with only the one slap.
"I'm calling Alex to get the inside scoop."She turns and runs back out the door before I can stop her.
"Lord, please don' let her embarrass me," I grumble as I grab the vase and head to the back.
I grab my phone and text a thank you to Alex. I hoped that he was as excited about our date as I was and the flowers just proved that he was. How was I going to make it until Friday? I may end up stalking him just to get a chance to see him. Now I sound like Max's crazy ex.
"I think that you and lover boy are going to work out just fine," Max says smiling.
"What makes you say that?" I have no idea where he is going with this.
"In all the years I have known you I have never seen that smile on your face. Dipshit never put it there and none of the random dates did either. You really like this guy and I think he really likes you too. So that is why I think that it is all going to work out." Max says with a smirk.
I finished up my work for the day and started to head out the door. My phone had no missed calls or messages so I guessed Alex was busy. I walked out onto the sidewalk to see Alex in a suit leaned up against a car.
I made my way over to him with a huge smile on my face.
"I couldn't wait till Friday to see you. I finished my work early in hopes that I could take you to an early dinner." Alex says as he takes my hand and pulls me into a huge.
"Well, you my friend are in luck because I wanted to see you just as badly." I hug him back and then he pulls back and looks me in the eyes.
"Friend?" He raises an eyebrow in question. I feel my stomach erupt into butterflies and I know that my face is probably the color of a fire truck.
"What should I call you then?" I say raising my own brow. How the hell am I able to flirt like this? I have never been able to have a back and forth like this. Maybe I just got better over time or maybe I just finally have the right man to flirt with.
"I think that by the end of the night I would like to be something much more than your friend. I may be moving too fast but, I'm afraid that if I don't someone is going to steal you away." He whispers in my ear.
I feel myself shiver at his words and I can't help but feel like I am falling just as fast myself. I have never met anyone that I felt an instant connection. Alex is the first guy to ever get this type of reaction from me. My ex never made me feel these things. I loved him but the spark and fire that I feel with Alex were never there.
"Would you run away terrified if I say that you're making me fall too fast? I have never felt this way in my life." I pull back and look into his eyes.
"No, I would run. I would just say that makes two of us." He takes his hand and pushes a flyaway hair behind my ear. "Let me take you out and spend the evening with just the two of us. And at the end of the night, we can answer that pesky question of what we really are to each other."