Keep her in the loop

Janelle.

I swallowed hard taking my gaze off him, his gaze was getting pretty intense and awkward, I cleared my throat noisily, he flinched lightly and cleared his throat also.

He adjusted in his chair and waved to the bar tender to bring something for us,

“What would you like?!” He asked turning back to face me,

“Water, water is just fine,” I nodded calmly and he ordered a bottle of wine for himself also,

“How are you doing?!” He asked as the bartender dropped our orders on the table, I sighed deeply as I opened the cap of the water and poured it inside a cup, I gently took a sip, the water was very cold and it hit the right spot,

“Coping,”

“I’m coping,” I replied, he reached out across the table and held my hands, I slowly looked down at his grip on my hand and looked back up at him,

“You said we’re friends right? You can always reach out to me and talk to me when things get tough, I’ll always be here,” he said, I nodded slowly as I gently removed my hands from underneath his and