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the door and turn the sign around for me.”
    Abby nodded and walked over to the door,
surprised to see a few people already standing outside, waiting for
them to open. She didn’t think new age stores were this popular in
Dallas, but apparently she was very wrong. The stream of people was
constant throughout the day, and made the time go by very fast; it
hadn’t seemed that long when Jasmine told her it was time for her
lunch break.
    She walked out of the shop, loving the feel
of the crisp air on her face after being in the hot and crowded
store. Winter was her favorite time of year in Texas, as it never
really got too cold, and the summers were so hot, you had to wait
until night time to do anything. She walked down the street,
looking into store windows until she came upon a small sandwich
shop a few stores down.
    Someone opened the door and walked out
sending a wave of air from inside the shop across Abby’s face. She
smelled the food from inside and her stomach gave a growl and she
realized that she hadn’t eaten anything all day. She walked in and
found a seat against the window so that she could watch as people
walked by and instantly a waiter came over to her asking what she
wanted to drink. She ordered water with lemon and looked down at
the menu that he had given her and was delighted to see that they
had chicken salad.
    She put down the menu and began to scan the
shop and noticed a man looking at her from across the room. He was
very cute with light brown curly hair and full lips, and didn’t
look to be much older than twenty one. Abby blushed and looked back
down at her menu until the waiter came to take her order.
    As she sat eating her sandwich, she could
feel him still looking at her so she hurried to finish her food and
after paying her bill, quickly walked out of the restaurant and
went back to the shop, ready to get back to work and forget about
the cute guy looking at her.
    She wasn’t back at the register for even
five minutes when the cute guy with the brown hair came walking
into the store. It was too odd to be a coincidence so she figured
he must have seen her walk in, probably thinking she was shopping.
She watched him as he walked around for a few minutes, then finally
picking up a book on Irish mythology he came over to the
counter.
    She didn’t say a word to him as she rung his
book up and took his money, but that didn’t stop him from letting
her know why he had followed her.
    “I am so sorry if I freaked you out back
there, I just had never seen you before and was trying to get up
the nerve to come and talk to you when you left.” He said to
her.
    She just stared at him waiting for him to
leave.
    He looked around nervously, “Um, my name is
Tom, well Thomas, but everyone calls me Tom.” he said as he stuck
his hand out waiting for her to shake it.
    After waiting for a few long seconds she
finally reached out and shook his hand, “I’m Abby.” She told him
quietly.
    He smiled at her, looking relieved that she
was finally talking to him, “Short for Abigail?” he asked her.
    She shook her head, “No, just Abby.” She
said shrugging her shoulders.
    “ Oh”, he said, looking
embarrassed, “I don’t normally do this, but would it be possible to
meet you for dinner, or maybe lunch?”
    Abby had never been asked out before and at
first didn’t know what to say, but she figured if she was going to
start a new life, a date would be a good place to start.
    “Sure” she said, “I can meet you back at the
sandwich shop tomorrow at two, that’s what time I have my lunch
hour.”
    He smiled and his face lit up, “Great, I’ll
meet you there then, I’ll see you tomorrow.” He said, turning to
leave, but then as though changing his mind, turned back to Abby,
“Can I get your number?” he asked.
    She nodded and rattled off her cell phone
number as he tapped it into his phone. Once done, he smiled at her
and rushed out of the store, as though she would change her mind if
he