Kay gave him oh, the sweetest of smiles and said, "Wait for me, okay? I won't be long. I'll quickly get my stuff then we can go."
Joseph nodded, not daring to speak as he was too emotional at that point. He was sure his voice would crack and that would be too embarrassing. He watched as she headed towards another section of the bookstore and he was itching to follow.
But he did not.
Instead, he forced himself to get back to choosing the books that he came here for. It was the only way to distract himself, and from the nervous beating of his heart.
Later, they were going to have lunch together. Just the two of them.
Suddenly, his hands stilled upon the spines of the book his fingers were trailing upon.
Wait.
Can he view this as a date?!
He broke into a grin.
To heck with it.
He *was* going to treat this as a date!
He chose his book excitedly and went to pay, then waited for Kay.
