I can't believe I've been working for only 3 hours! Will this day EVER end? Mira thought. The endless rain storm made her feel as though time was moving slower than it should be. Finally! A customer!
As the young woman came through the front door, Mira shuddered from the blast of cold, humid air. "Hi there! Can I get you a warm cup of coffee while you decide on your order?" The woman gave Mira a weary smile and nodded.
As Mira poured the steaming liquid in the paper cup, she noticed that the woman wasn't looking at the menu at all. In fact, she was looking as though she was nervous about something. Mira handed her the coffee and prepared to take her order.
"I'll just have some fresh fries please," the woman ordered without looking at Mira.
"Okay," Mira responded. "Will that be all for you today?"
"Yeah, but is it okay if I wait here for someone? He shouldn't be too long, I hope," she said as she looked out the glass front doors through the rain. Mira noticed her eyes were a very pale blue, almost clear. That's odd, I've never seen that color before.
"Excuse me, you probably get this a lot, but I wanted to just compliment you on the color of your eyes! I've never seen eyes like yours before," Mira offered her warmest smile, but the blue-eyed woman didn't seem to notice as she took her tray with warm, salty fries to a table and sat down.
Twenty minutes and 2 cups of coffee later, the glass doors were pushed open and Mira felt the cool blast of wintry air again. When she looked up, Mira saw a tall, well dressed man sit down with the blue-eyed woman and start whispering to her immediately. Mira, who couldn't contain her curiosity, poured another paper cup of coffee and brought it to the man.
When he turned his face toward her, she felt a dizzy rush overcome her. It was all Mira could do to keep standing.
"W-Would you like a cup of coffee?" Mira stammered.
"Yes, thank you," he said with a warm smile. The voice he used was a rich velvet blanket that made Mira forget that she still hadn't handed him his coffee.
Okay, Mira, pull it together, She thought. Seriously. "Can I get you anything else today?"
Mira hoped to hear the beautiful voice again, but she was brought to awareness quickly, "No thank you, Mira, is it? We'll be fine for now," the blue-eyed woman said smoothly.
As Mira went on about her duties, the couple continued to chat for the better part of 2 hours, when suddenly the woman stood up and said, "Fine. If I can't convince you that your little fetish isn't good for you or any of us, then maybe you shouldn't be a part of our family anymore. Go be with the humans if you love them so much." Then she left with an icy escape.
The velvet-voiced man exhaled loudly and hung his head in his hand. Mira walked over and instinctively put her hand on his shoulder and he jumped. "Are you okay, sir?"
"Not yet, but I will be. Would you like to sit down with me for a minute? I could use a friend right now." Mira decided to take her lunch break right then, grabbed a soda and sat across from him on the bench.
Before Mira could ask what that was all about, the man said, "I live with a group of people who sort of adopt each other as family. She is more-or-less the big sister of us all. We've been together for a very long time, but she doesn't like to add new people to our family. I think that we need to branch out and start making new friends. She doesn't think that it will end well for us," he paused for a minute while Mira waited. "Maybe she is right, but I think I have fallen in love with someone outside of our close-knit community. Not that I have pursued her, but maybe soon I will be able to," he looked at Mira with eyes that were inferring.
"Who-" Mira started, but he grabbed her hand that was sitting on the table and she lost her thought. Who is this man? "Pardon me, sir, but may I ask..." Mira looked at their hands together. The beautiful man looked away with his large penetrating eyes and pulled his hand away.
A piece of his dark brown hair fell into his eyes and he brushed it away before going on. "I've fallen for someone who only just recently knows of my existence. I have loved her my whole life, and only recently become aware of her presence. I visit her every day, but only now have I been able to speak to her, for fear I scare her away. You're not scared, are you?" Mira shook her head. "Good. I wouldn't want you to be scared of me..." He looked deep into her eyes as he brushed her face with the back of his hand.
"Woah, woah..." Mira stood up, startled, "I don't even know your name, let alone who you are. This is too much!"
"Excuse me! Forgive me please! I forgot you weren't as aware of me as I am of you. My name is Danton. Danton Tomkins. You are Mira Geller. The woman whom I have fallen in love with."
Mira just stood there with her mouth open. After a few moments, she turned and walked away from him slowly, and headed back in to work.
