He drank the coffee after his meal. It reminded him of the
Spacecity
machine. Almost too perfect, like she knew how he liked it. The cappuccino he ordered was frothed and he dumped one sugar in. Sipped it. Perfect.
He wanted to tell her, tell her how it made him feel. But then he thought about his explanation, and thought she wouldn't understand. Its just like this place I used to live in space. His face flushed at the thought.
She was coming back to the table.
"All good? Could I get you anything else?" She sang.
A mediocre "Hey" was all he could muster.
She smiled back at him. Looking into his eyes, she saw everything. The space, the emptiness the cold. Marianna, Love and Cal, friendship. She saw his family and dysfunction. She was at each of those places and the cafe at once.
"Hi"
She knew how much that coffee meant to him. She could prepare it the same everytime.
She asked
"Would you like anything else?"
He shook his head, "Maybe just the check, I'm sorry. "
"Don't be."
He walked out of there as fast as his card was accepted. It was
rain
ing now, but he didn't have an umbrella.
I threw out the Tulsa character without any expectations of where you'd take it. And then i swung it back to Keith with no expectations either.
Very surprised in a pleasant manner of how you took it. Feels like I threw the ball up and you dunked it. Alley oop city