It's a date

The following day, I go to work, trying to forget what happened with my boss. I tried making sense of everything and why he acted the way he did, but kept coming up blank. I couldn’t get any sleep last night because of him, and I hope I won’t have a lot to do today at work. I’m already feeling tired, and my day just started.

I stop at Starbucks to get coffee on my way. I feel like drinking coffee not made by me. I join the line when I enter the coffee shop and wait for my turn. I use my phone to pass the time.

“Eleanor,” a voice says from in front of me. I raise my head up, and a smile graces my lips when I see who it is.

“Alex,” I say, smiling. I’m happy to see him. We’ve been talking a lot on the phone since the day I sent him a thank you message for the flowers. He is a really fun person to chat with. “How’re you doing?”

“I’m good, and you?”

“I’m good. I can’t believe you’re here. This is one place I never thought I’d run into you.”

“Why’s that?”

“Because you are a billion