Orpheus

Outside Nia walks past Terrance into the diner looking around for me. I put a hand on my face trying to leave with my head down but she stops me. “No no. Sit.” She points to a booth and we both sit across from each other. 

“I got an interesting phone call earlier. From your date. Saying you were being rude. Trying to make you both miss your reservations. And flirting with another guy. But… That one surprised me?” “I was not flirting with Terance? We were just tal-” 

“So his name is Terrance?” I pause. “Things were never going to work with me and that guy nanna? The entire way here he was asking how much money he’d get out of dating me. And he was mildly unattractive.” 

“No… But maybe things could work with you and the person you were just on a date with?” She says smiling. “You were spying on me?” I ask confused. She nods taking out her phone, “And for good reason too? You were smiling so much. More than I’ve seen you with any of the guys I picked… Because you like him.” I smile slightly looking out of the window. 

“You do!” She says loudly, smiling. “You're gonna call him and ask about a second date…” “I didn’t get his number…” “What?” She scoffs and says, “Well we have his records from the-” 

“No.” I say as sternly as I can. If you give Nia an inch she takes a country. “I’ll see him when I see him. I'm not gonna do whatever crazy stalkerish thing you're trying to make me do. It’ll make things weird between us. End of conversation.”

She rolls her eyes and says, “Sure… Then… Do you know when MariEtta is coming? Has she told you?”

Orpheus shrugs and says, “After her transfer goes through I guess…” I mumble.

I think… Maybe I do like him?