42. No Regrets

"Here's your coffee ma'am." Said the lady at the counter, pulling me out of my trance.

I stared at the cup she held out in front of me, gazing down at the dark liquid inside while my mind tried to register when have I ordered a coffee.

Did I order this? When? Why don't I remember? Am I losing myself already?

My mind would have gone back to its own world of thoughts had it not been for that familiar voice that spoke up.

"I ordered that. Thank you." Came the voice I had so much come to love, the voice of Charlie Wise as he finally took the extended cup from the lady with a polite smile and turned to me, holding out the cup.

"I bought it for you."

Where did he even come from? Has he been standing here this whole time and I couldn't even tell? Wow...

I stared up at his handsome face, his blond hairs in a tousled mess and yet he made it look like a trendy style.

My heart beat accelerated, hands going clammy as this was the