"Ok tay were home"
I let Tayler crash at my house every now and then especially when she's wasted her fiance gets pissed and says she has no self control I agree but I try not to get involved it was already 5 am I texted Dan ,Taylers husband-to-be,and told him she was crashing at my house I took her shoes off and her dress one thing about tay is she loves to move in her sleep so when shes sleeping she lays in underwear otherwise she may suffocate herself . She plowed on the bed like a sack of potatoes and stared the whole I love you speech I've heard the beginning of this speech 1000 times but she never stays awake long enough to finish it . As soon as she knocked out I decided to take a shower .
I was in the shower long enough that I used all the hot water I sat under the warm, steaming, refreshing fall of water untill it became a little to cold to my liking I had started to doze off any way so that was my que to get out and go to bed. I couldn't really sleep I keep dreaming of the women with the name Emerald how I would feel looking into her eyes but as I stared into her eyes I saw moving pictures of a man with no face. Regardless of his lack of facial features I felt attracted to the tall yet mysterious figure but before I could see any vital feature that would help me pick him from a crowd I would wake up and have to start the dream all over. "BEEP BEEP BEEP"
My alarm clock screamed with enthusiasm as the small hand ticked on the 8 I didn't have a hang over because I didn't drink the previous night but I knew tay would wake with one killer migraine so I went to get her coffee. I snuck in the bedroom were I left tay to to die in peace , I slept on the couch for my own safety, I tip toed to my dresser and grabbed a pair of velvet black shorts that had a white stripe lining the bottom of the shorts and going along the seam on both sides I paired that with a rainbow tube top and a pair of back ankle converse I threw my waist length red hair into a messy sock bun and made my way to the door I decided to skate to the coffee shop. I found skate boarding so peaceful it was refreshing to feel the wind hit you and your hair blow but before I knew it I was at the shop. "Hello welcome to mister expresso"
"Hey Lincoln I want the usual hangover cure"
Link chuckles and leans his stomach against the counter using his large muscular arms to hold him steady he looks down at me as I throw my top half across the counter and use my hands to keep my head up
"So I'm guessing someone had a wild 21st birthday"
"It may have been my birthday but tay was the only wild thing about it she may act like she can hold her liquor but she really can't"
I giggle to my little remark and steadied myself on my feet as link went to make the coffees and get the baked goods. No body was in the cafe so I grabed a chair and sat on it backwards with my arms resting on the top of the chairs back
"So did you have any fun"
I knew he was referring to the drinking portion of the night
"You know I don't drink, and I don't need to I still have fun and I get to remember it, unlike tay"
He turned around and glared at me as if I said something to upset him I got up and moved to the to the table I quickly lifted myself up and sat on the table readjusting my shorts to comfort as I listened to him while he lectured me
"You know you don't have to let what happened when you were younger affect your life now"
"I know it's just I don't want to become an alcoholic I've seen it happen and it's not pretty you lose people you lov-" Before I could finish my sentence link was grasping my face pushing my cheeks together
"You will never lose me no matter what you get yourself into"
I grab his wrists and pull them down to my thighs he places them gently and pushes down using them as a way to keep himself steady I place my right hand on his bicep and place my left hand on his cheek he nuzzled his face into my hand then put his corresponding hand on top of mine his hands were so much larger then mine . he could hold both of my hands with one of his and still have room to spare
"I know"
I softly say to reassure him as I stare at his blond shoulder length hair I lifted his face and bent forward to kiss him on the cheek.he backs up and pulls my hands in a gesture to get down from the table I slowly slide down in fear that my shorts will rise when I finally make my way down he pulls me into a hug he had to bend down because he was 6'5 and I was only 5'7.His large masculine body engulfed my curvy yet petite frame. I wrapped my arms upward around link pulling down on his shoulders his arms swaddled my head then the bells to the cafe door went off. I pushed away from link he quickly walked to the back of the counter and grabed the freshly steamed coffee as he repeated the words he's required to say every time he hears those bells
"Hello welcome to mister espresso"
I look at the man who walked in I had never seen him before but there was something awfully familiar about him as I was trying to figure it out I heard link say red ,which is what my friends call me, I walked to the counter and got the coffee I put half the money I owed on the counter "this better be the full amount I'm not paying for that again "
Link expresses as he picks up the money and begins to count and before he can finish I lean over the counter and kiss his cheek. As I run off I thank him for the paying the rest even though he didn't agree.
"Thank you for the discount,tay and I really appreciate it see you on 3rd shift"
I hop on my bored and skate the rest of the way home enjoying the colorful winds thinking about how it felt to be in his arms.