[allie - location ; book store - tags ; hugh]
xxxxxx"uhm, well, me too," allie stammered. "do, do you want me to hold the door for you?" he snuck a glance at hugh's dog, before looking up at hugh again. "i don't mean-" allie searched for the right words, but they just didn't come out. "sorry," allie mumbled, facing down to look at his shoes. "i didn't- i don't-," allie struggled, "i'm sorry for running into you like that, i wasn't looking where i was going, totally my fault, i'm really sorry-"
[jake - location ; cafe - tags ; davina]
xxxxxxjake's eyes shone with embarrassment. real smooth, jake, he thought to himself as he spoke up. "yeah, one... iced latte, please. i'll pay," he quickly fumbled with his wallet, pulling out a crisp twenty, the order came to twelve even. not too bad for a local artistan coffee shop, but it definitely wasn't as cheap as the chain cafes he frequented in his teens. don't lose your cool, dude, jake took a deep breath, and played with the keys on his pocket. he waited - not so patiently, mind you - to get both his and davina's coffees. the warmth of his mocha burned his fingers under the cheap cardboard holder. "lead the way," he said to davina, offering for her to pick a table.
[gemma - location ; beach - tags ; kendall]
xxxxxxgemma swallowed. awkward... she definitely put herself in this situation, though. kendall was a little shy, and apprehensive, i mean, who wouldn't be? some random girl walked up to you, offering to drive you around in her beat-up jeep- ah, what was she thinking. well, too late now, the offer was already made, right? "yeah! no, no, that's- that's fine," gemma laughed, mostly to fill the space with noise. "it's not that far a walk, actually," gemma responded, putting a shirt over her head to cover her bathing suit. "hey, i hope you don't mind me asking, but," she shut her eyes, trying to make things less awkward than they were, "what pronouns do you use? kendall's a pretty neutral name, and i didn't want to assume-" she abruptly cut herself off. stooppp talkinnnnnggg.