Coffee Cutie

The next morning came around, and Ashlyn was pacing back and forth in her beach house. She couldn’t help but feel nervous about going to get her coffee. She kept wondering if the barista would remember her order, or if she would get the chance to actually talk to her. Would she even remember to ask for her name?

8:05am Ashlyn is out the door, hoping that the baristas have changed over and the tall brown haired cutie is working.

8:15am Ashlyn is parked outside the coffee shop panicked about if she should go in or just drive away and go to work. She could always make her own coffee at work, she just never liked that coffee as much.

8:20am Ashlyn finally walks into the coffee shop and gets in line.

The second that Ashlyn gets into line, her phone starts vibrating. Kelley is blowing up her phone.

“hey”
“Did you go get coffee”
“is she workin’”
“Should I come next time?”
“Did you chicken out”

“Yes, and I didn’t chicken out” Ashlyn responded

“Oh okay, good! I want all the details once you get back. I have some fun things to tell you too!” Kelley replied

Just as Ashlyn finished reading the last text Kelley sent, she heard Ali’s voice asking her what she wanted.

“I…um… I…I’ll have my regular… “ Ashlyn’s voice started to trail off.

“That was a small coffee and a muffin? Right?” Ali said with a cute smile.

“Yeah, that’s right.”

“Can I have your name, That way I can call it out to you specifically once it’s done.”

“Ashlyn… my names Ashlyn.”

Ashlyn just stood there, feeling like a complete idiot. She was to nervous to even remember to ask her for her name. Luckily for her Ali asked her for her name.

“Ashlyn, your order is ready” Ali yelled.

“Thank you… umm….”

“Ali” Ali said before Ashlyn could even finish her sentence.

“Thank you, Ali.” Ashlyn said as she walked out the door.

Ashlyn’s heart was beating so fast, she couldn’t help but to feel like she was queen of the world. She knew that everything didn’t go exactly as she hoped, but none the less, she found out the name of the cute barista.

“Sooo, how’d it go” Kelley said as Ashlyn walked in the doors of the surf shop.

“How do you think it went? I’m here…and I have a coffee in hand…” Ashlyn said trying to act like it was a walk in the park. Unfortunately for her, she knew that Kelley could see right through her.

“Let me guess, it went well, but you chickened out and she ended up asking you for your name.”

“Yeahhh… exactly!”

“Haha, Ash you know that you can’t lie to me, so why don’t you just suck it up and tell me what happened! I want to know everything.”

“Okay, fine. I’ll tell you everything.”

“Thank you now was that so hard for you to admit!”

Ashlyn rolled her eyes and started telling Kelley the story; she didn’t even try to exaggerate the story because she knew that Kelley would catch on and make her correct the story, and Ashlyn really didn’t want to relive that awkward interaction any longer than necessary.

“Okay, so you actually talked to your girl? Do you think you could possibly get her number? Maybe ask her out on a date next time?” Kelley asked with a huge smile.

“I guess I can try, why?” Ashlyn asked confused.

“Oh no reason, I was just thinking of maybe trying to get us to go on a double date. Both of us with hott dates might I add.”

Ashlyn slightly confused, “Umm, how can we have a hot double date if I’m the only one trying to get a girl, you can’t seriously expect me to find us both a girl!”

“HaHa, yeah, about that, I kind of started talking to this girl today.” Kelley tried to say with a straight face, but ended up showing a small half smile.

“That explains a lot.”

“Yea, I know.”

“So, are you going to tell me what happened or not?”

“For starters, she was that cute running chick I saw the other day. The one who made me late! I decided that I would go for a ‘run’ so that way I had an excuse to try to talk to her. Apparently it worked, and she liked my O’Hara charm. I got her number and we are planning on going out on a date Friday!”

“So, basically you are saying that I have a day and a half to try to ask Ali out?”

“Yup, and if you don’t, I am going to tease you about it for the next month.”

“And I’m not going to chance it.”

And on that note, Ashlyn started to get competitive. She was determined to ask Ali out, not because she didn’t want to get teased, but because she finally had a reason to ask her out.

Throughout the day, while Ashlyn was trying to run her surf shop, she couldn’t help but get distracted by the thought of Ali. Then she started thinking about how she was going to ask her out, she wanted to actually be calm when she asked her out, not nervous like she has been. She wanted to go back to her old self, the one who could talk to women without any problems. Then it hit her, she knew of the perfect way to ask her out without asking her out. This way, if her plan fails, she still has Friday morning to ask her out.

The rest of the day, Ashlyn kept trying to perfect her plan. Make sure it wasn’t going to bite her in the ass if it didn’t work out as planned. She knew her plan was very simple, but had the possibility of being really cute if she was into that type of stuff. By the time closing came around, Ashlyn had decided that she had planned enough, and now it was time to leave and head home for the night.

“Hey, why are you still here?” Ashlyn asked Kelley.

“Last rental came back late, and I was just cleaning up.”

“Oh, so clearly you are looking for that promotion.” Ashlyn said jokingly.

“You caught me, I’m looking to steal your job. Didn’t you know that?”

“I’m so scared, my best friend is gunning for my job, and I think she might just steal it from me.”

“I know right. Picture this, O’Hara surf shop! It has a better ring to it that Harris surf shop!”

“Oh yeah, your last name sounds so much better than mine. Too bad you aren’t the hot blonde that everybody comes here for.”

“Pftt, you wish. Everybody comes here for me. Not you.”

“You wish. They might see you first, but they get stuck coming back for me.”

“Okay, fine, you win…. And as the winner, you can get the honor of buying me a drink.”

“Okay, fine, where are we going?”

“I was thinking of hitting up Atomic Surf. We could dance and have fun…They are having their Ladies Night specials tonight.”

“Okay, I’m down on one condition. You actually have to come out onto the dancefloor instead of standing on the edge watching.”

“Done and Done”

The drive from the shop to the bar was only 5 minutes because there was no traffic; normally it can take up to 10 minutes. Ashlyn was enjoying the speed at which they got there, this meant that she got to spend more time on the dance floor, having fun, and just enjoying herself after a long day’s work.

It’s about 10:15 and Ashlyn is tearing up the dance floor while Kelley is just standing near one of the tables circling the dance floor. Ashlyn notices Kelley avoiding the dance floor and starts doing some embarrassing dances as she walks over to Kelley, who is trying to ignore her.

“Umm excuse me, we’ve been here for a half an hour and you haven’t once stepped onto the dance floor.” Ashlyn said with a jokingly accusatory tone.

“I was really hopping that you wouldn’t notice that…”

“Really, you thought that I of all people wouldn’t notice this? Yeah right. Now, get your ass on the dance floor. There is a tall hot brunette, who has this hot bad ass look to her. You should totally go ask her to dance!”

Kelley looks over to where Ashlyn is pointing, and sees the back of this tall brunette. She had to be at least 6’3” with here heals on. She was wearing a short skin tight black and white dress. She looked absolutely stunning from the back, and Kelley couldn’t wait to see what she looked like when she turned around. She looked to Ashlyn, gave her a smile and started walking over to the tall brunette. As Kelley started walking over to the brunette, she turned around and Kelley’s jaw dropped.