The Barista Girl Part 6

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Hey! Uh, not yet. Actually, I just picked up my phone to look up the text with your address.

What's up? Did you need me to pick up something? You need to cancel? Now? Is it your anxiety? Did you have a.

.. Not that. Okay.

Um. .. Am I allowed to ask why? You burnt dinner.

Wait. What? I'm sorry for laughing.

Is your. .. Is your house okay? No fire? Okay, good.

Um. .. So.

.. Cancel? I mean, we could just order.

.. Okay. Um.

.. You know, if you don't want to see me, please just be honest. Your house smells horrible.

Seriously? What did you burn? Oh.

Oh, yeah. That. ..

Okay, that would smell pretty bad. Your roommate is not going to be very happy when they get back. You don't know what to do.

Um. .. I know it's so hot out.

It's not like you can air out your place, right? Uh. ..

I know. I was really looking forward to seeing you, too. Um.

.. Thank you for saying that. It does make me feel better.

You know, I have a couple of fans I could bring over. I mean, not even to stay, but just, you could put them, you know, facing out of a window and at least start pulling some of that smell out. Oh, they're not massive or anything, but they would definitely help.

Yeah. Um, here, let me find that text. Um.

.. Wait. Uh.

.. Do you live in the Fourth Street Lofts building? What floor? Oh, my God.

Um, I live on the Sixth. We practically live in the same building. How did we not know this? And how have I not seen you here? You're in 202.

Oh, that's why. Well, it's two buildings, so you're in the even building. I'm in the odd.

I'm 603. Odd numbers on this side, yeah. That's why we never see each other.

We're completely separate entrances. Oh, I can't believe this. Um, but at least you're really close, so I'm gonna come over with the fans, okay? And then we can just figure out the rest as we go.

Are you good with that? Very good. Okay.

I'll see you in, like, three minutes. How do we live in the same place? That is crazy.

And that we didn't even know. Mm. All right.

Um, think about that later. Right now, fans. Hi.

Oh, wow. Okay, yeah, um, I could actually smell it in the hallway. That is quite the, um, scent.

Yes, okay. Two fans and two boxes of baking soda, because that's all I had. Bake away the smell? No.

Um, no. Um, no. Baking soda actually helps absorb smells.

Yeah, just grab a couple of bowls. We can set them round. All right.

It's a trick I learned at the cafe. We burn stuff all the time, and it works really well to get rid of the smell. Well, no one wants to eat in a place that smells like burnt anything, right? So.

.. Like here. Yeah.

Okay, um, I would say plug that one in over there, and then, is it okay if I plug this one in over here? Okay. And then we just have to get the windows open enough to get that air moving.

Yes. Perfect. I know, it'll get a little bit warm in here, but it'll definitely smell a lot better.

And the sun's going down soon, so probably just a couple of hours. Yeah. Oh, you're welcome.

I'm happy to help. Now we wait. Um, yes, but definitely not here.

And I can't leave you here either. I love your place, at least what I've seen so far, but the smell. ..

Just come over. Yeah. Seriously.

Come over to my place. I don't really have anything to cook for you, but we can order food if we want to, or have snacks, and we can just relax here while your place airs out. Maybe have a glass of wine.

Oh, and you don't mind cats, do you? Are you allergic? I have one.

Yeah. Perfect. Let's go.

I still cannot believe we practically live in the same building. On 6th, yeah. Thank you.

Oh, I. .. I do believe you can cook.

Don't worry. I'm not judging you at all, I promise. Things happen.

I mean, you were obviously making a huge effort to make a beautiful meal for us, and I'm just sorry it didn't work out. I'm sorry it burned. Yes, I will definitely let you cook for me again soon.

As soon as that smell has left your place. I'm just really happy to see you, to be honest. Yeah, you scared me a little bit with that wanting to cancel, but after smelling your house, I'd probably go into a panic and react the same way.

I really would. Yeah. It's so bad.

Alright. Here we are. Come on in.

It's a little bit different than yours, yeah. I noticed that too. I think this was the first building they renovated, and then they did your building like two years later, and that's why they're a little bit different.

Yeah. Yeah, feel free to look around. I'll give you something to drink.

Do you need wine after all of that? I thought you might. Okay.

Oh, thank you. I don't have nearly as many as you though. That was like a library in there.

Are they all yours, or are they your roommates too? All yours. It's cool that they let you have them all on display like that.

Oh, I loved it. Here you go. I love seeing all your books.

When I was little, I actually used to dream about living in a library. I would love it. Sláinte.

Where's my music? Digital? No.

Follow me. This is where it is. All vinyl.

I know. It's a combination of my own collecting and my dad's collection and a few from my mum, but mostly my dad. Yeah, most of this really is his.

He gave me his whole collection, which I mean it's hundreds, hundreds of albums. No, I haven't listened to them all admittedly. A lot of them, yeah, but not all.

But this is where I spend most of my time at home. That is ZipZip. Oh, wow, and she likes you.

You should be flattered. She is very picky about who she even acknowledges, let alone likes. Um, yeah.

Her name is from Bewitched. You know that show. Not the movie, but the series.

Yes. Oh my gosh. No one knows that show our age.

They know the movie, but Me too. My mum made me watch it with her when they had it on Amazon Prime a long time ago. Really? Sounds like our mums would get along.

I can't believe you're in my place. This is amazing. It feels so easy.

I feel like I've known you forever. Hmm? Oh, yeah, we can totally hang out in here.

Pull up a beanbag. Are you hungry? Like I said, I don't have a ton of options, but I can make us something or I have a ton of snacks.

I really am more of a snacker than a cook. Okay. Well, come with me in the kitchen and we can put something together.

Alright. Hmm. Oh.

Oh. Wait. Is that sunlight? What time is it? Last time I looked it was 5am.

It's 8.30. Wow. We spent over 10 hours talking and it felt like two, maybe.

Hmm. Look at you. Sleeping there.

Sipper's definitely made a new friend, I see. Hmm. I really did have a great time with you last night.

I feel like I could still talk to you easily for another 10 hours. And that feeling. Hmm.

It's still there. It crept in. I tried to ignore it, admittedly.

But it is still there. You are my person. And I wasn't looking for you.

Honestly. I don't even know if I'm ready to find you. But here you are.

Sleeping on a beanbag amongst piles of my dad's records with my cat on your chest. I don't know if I've ever met someone I can talk to so honestly. Just being me.

And have it feel so easy. So walls down. We didn't even kiss or have sex and yet I feel so close to you.

Am I ready? Am I ready to have found you? Hey! Good morning.

Yes we did. And you made the perfect bed for Zip, apparently. So thank you for that.

Mmm. Hi. Oh my god, those eyes.

I can't look at you. I can't look at you or I'll give everything away. And then I'll totally mess this up.

I just will. I know it. I am going to go make us some coffee.

Alright? Okay. I'll be right back.

I like you a lot. Mmm. Alright.

I'm not going to overthink it. I'm just going to enjoy it. Make some coffee.

And I have a few hours before I have to get to work. So we'll just see what happens. Mmm.