𝒯𝒽ℯ ℛℴ𝓈ℯ𝒲𝒽ℴ ℋ𝒶𝓈 𝒮ℯ𝒸𝓇ℯ𝓉𝓈 (𝒯ℒℴ𝒰 𝒫𝒶𝓇𝓉 2 𝒩/𝒜)

Self Proclaimed Chick Magnet

1 Week Later-

As Ellie pulled up into the driveway of Starbucks, she peaked through the window to see if she could see Dina from that far away. She could, but barely, "Good morning, beautiful. I hope this goes well"... Ellie whispered, pulling her car key out of the ignition and placing the lanyard around her neck.

Ellie grabbed her phone off of the charger, slipping it into her pants pocket. She grabbed her wallet as well, opening the car door and closing it behind her.

As Ellie made her way towards the door, her nerves took hold of her rather quickly and she could barely concentrate.

She sighed deeply out of frustration, "It's not that bad, Ellie. This isn't your first time having feelings for a girl this fast". Ellie whispered to herself, wondering if she could truly be assured of an intelligent conversation by talking to herself.

Ellie made her way over to the door, pushing it open carefully to make sure that she didn't accidentally hit someone with it. Her thoughts were immediately flooded with nerves once again as she got closer and closer to seeing Dina's face again.

Ellie's fingers shook extremely fast, causing her to ball both hands into tight fists, "Calm down, Ellie... It's not so bad. Just go in there and talk to her. See if you can convince her to give you her phone number"...

She headed straight towards the counter, ber eyes glancing upward at the menu, where she had ultimately decided to order the exact order that she had gotten last time.

As expected, Dina made her way over to Ellie, smiling from ear to ear, "Good morning! What can I get started for you?" She asked politely, pulling out a pen and a pad of paper from her apron pocket.

Ellie couldn't help the wide smile that quickly painted itself across her face, "A vanilla bean frappuccino and a chocolate muffin please". Ellie replied, a bright red blush lightly painting over her freckled cheeks.

Dina smiled, glancing down at her pad of paper and scribbling out Ellie's order onto the paper. She tore the piece of paper off of the pad, placing it back in her apron pocket, "Coming right up, honey! Go pick an empty table and I'll bring your order to you".

That word "honey" made Ellie experience this not necessarily strange, but unexpected feeling of butterflies in her stomach, but knew that some people said things like that in an effort to make others smile, not to flirt.

Not assuming things, Ellie remembered that her best friend, Riley, was exactly the same way. Granted, Riley only ever called Ellie that during their brief time of dating and when she was sad, but it didn't matter... Dina still reminded Ellie of her best friend a lot.

With that thought, Ellie nodded, watching Dina walk away. Her dark hair was in a high ponytail today and flew right down her back after each step she took. Ellie couldn't help but to stare for a second, as she walked over to an empty table.

Ellie sat down, yanking her wallet out from her back pants pocket and pulling the magnetic latch on the front of it. She pulled it open, digging through a slot and gripping her fingers over a 10 dollar bill.

She yanked it out, before closing her wallet shut to cover up her personal information and placing it back into her pants pocket.

Ellie placed the money on the table, as the same man who ran into her in line a week prior walked over to her. She had quickly recognized him and went to say something, but he beat her to it, "Hey, kid. I don't know if you remember me, but I'm the guy who accidentally ran into you in the Starbucks line last week, then paid for your order"...

Not surprisingly, Ellie nodded, immediately recognizing him as soon as she heard his familiar sounding voice, "Yeah, I remember you! What's up?" She asked, watching him sit down in the empty chair across from her.