Lyndsy hearing the panic in her friend’s voice was already at the door waiting for her, she watched Mimi walk out of the elevator, sprinting down th... hall to greet her. ‘What’s the matter?’ she asked worried, than Mimi froze as the familiar buzz penetrated her ears and made her heart skip in her chest. ‘No!’ Mimi started running as Lyndsy took a step inside to see who it was. ‘Lyndsy it’s Jack.’ that voice went straight through to Mimi’s heart. ‘Don’t let him in!’ she cried reaching for Lyndsy. Glancing up, she found herself staring straight into the green eyes of this morning. The guy grinned, and ordered a straight black coffee. She turned and took care of it, all the while fuming at his audacity. First he spies on her, than he follows her work? She tried to calm down and her rational side began taking over. This shop was very popular, and he probably just stopped by, having no idea she worked here. She turned back to give him his order, and found him still gazing at her with that. At first I didn't notice Cheryl's younger sister. She must have been introduced to me when we first arrived, but with so many people to remember I guess I forgot I'd met her.That was soon to change.Cheryl's little sister was 18 and in between high school and college. Apparently she was planning on attending her freshman year in the new year. For some reason she seemed attracted to me from the first. Maybe it was the fact that I ignored her in the beginning and she wanted to get my attention,. How fortunate (as well as stunted, she found herself thinking) to go cradle to grave content with unsated desires rather than find oneself at such a pitch of unrealisable anticipation that life itself became a numbing, by the numbers, passage between one routine and the next. A depressing prospect and she said as much: ‘Not for me, thank you.’ Instantly angry with herself as the sound of her own voice returned her to the moment. She had spoken out loud. Her first mistake so far. This time..