It takes him forever just to meet my eyes. I think he is sexy and I like a challenge, so I flirt with him whenever I come into the office. Mostly because he seems shy so I think it'll unnerve him a little; partly because when you see somebody so calm like that, so even-keeled, you want to shake them up a bit. Throw them off balance, make sure they remember you. But then he looks me in the eye for the first time, and I think, damn. His eyes are blue.
I run into him in a coffee shop after work. We talk and I guess I'm making sense but I can't say for sure. My eyes are on his lips and all I'm thinking about is what it will be like when we kiss. I'm trying to work out the details. He has a beard, and I've never kissed a guy with a beard before. If I'm in heels, our heights match β he won't have to lean down. He has just smoked a cigarette; I taste like coffee. I wonder - if we kiss on a streetcorner, will still have his glasses on? I am trying to remember what that's like, kissing someone with glasses, the mechanics of it. My god, his eyes are so blue. He is wearing a hat, but I will figure out a way to rub my fingers through his bristly hair.