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back, she noticed a familiar figure
walk through the front door. Luther walked over to the soda fountain without
noticing her.
    “Black coffee please.” Ivy watched him for a few minutes
before deciding to talk to him.
    “Hey Luther.” He whipped around and when he saw Ivy he gave
her a smile and a nod.
    “Hey, I didn’t see you there.” Ivy smiled.
    “Fueling up for the day?” She asked. Luther nodded.
    “Something like that.” The server handed him a cup of coffee
and he handed her a few crumpled dollars. “Well, it was good seeing you.” He
gave her a wink and took his coffee off to the far end of the soda fountain.
    When she turned back to her parents, Ivy found them both
staring at her incredulously.
    “Ivy!” Ivy looked from side to side with a frown.
    “What?” She said innocently. Her mom lowered her voice and
jerked her head in Luther’s direction.
    “Why are you talking to a man like that?!” Ivy glanced over
at Luther who she could see was watching her with a grin.”
    “Mom, he’s a nice guy, I met him at work last night.” He mom
turned to look at her father, hoping to get some back up.
    “Stanley, tell her. Someone like that is bad news. He looks
dangerous!” Ivy stared wide eyed at her mom.
    “Mom, would you keep it down? He can hear you!” Her mom
glanced nervously around.
    “I’m just saying, honey, I don’t think it’s safe for you to
make friends with people like that.” Her mom turned to her dad and he nodded.
“In fact, I think your father and I are going to have to forbid it.”   Ivy felt as though she were four years old again
but she knew better than to argue, she nodded in defeat.
    “Yes, mom.”

 
    Lunch was painful. Luther remained at the soda fountain,
sipping on his coffee, until Ivy and her family had finished their meal. Ivy
had stolen plenty of glances at him as he sat there, and each time that she
did, he seemed to be looking directly at her with a smirk. Each time she would
shake her head with a hushed laugh and look back down at her plate. She was a
child scorned.

Chapter 5

 
    Ivy arrived at work that afternoon at the same time as
Noelle which gave her plenty of time to fill Noelle in on the events of the
night before. Noelle had listened wide eyed as Ivy told her about Luther coming
to her rescue.
    “You have to get his number!” Ivy shook her head.
    “I sort of tried to, but he thinks he’s too old for me…that
and he says he’s a bad man.” Noelle giggled.
    “Ohhh that sounds like fun!” Ivy nudged her gently.
    “Not like that!” Noelle giggled again.
    “So what is it that makes him such a bad man then?” Ivy
shrugged.
    “He didn’t say?” Noelle thought for a moment.
    “Can you look him up online? Like, do a background check or
something? Oh my God, what if he’s a murderer!” Ivy rolled her eyes and shook
her head.
    “He’s not a murderer!” Noelle raised an eyebrow.
    “How do you know? Maybe he’s like a biker killer, riding
across country slashing women’s throats as he goes?” Ivy scrunched up her nose
in disgust.
    “Urgh, he is not. He’s too nice to be a murderer. But I
don’t know his last name so I can’t look him up anyway.” Noelle sighed as she
clocked in.
    “There’s only one thing for it then, you’re going to have to
ask him.” Although this seemed like a logical way to get the information she
wanted, Ivy wasn’t so sure that Luther would cooperate. She wasn’t even sure
that she’d see him again.
    A few hours after her shift had begun however, Ivy’s worries
were laid to rest when Luther and a large group of his friends walked through
the door of Busties. She waited, hoping that he would say hello, but was
greeted with a nod and a smile instead as he walked past.
    “He’s here…” Ivy whispered to Noelle as she walked past with
a full tray.
    “Then, go talk to him!” Noelle walked off to wait on her
tables and left Ivy standing in the middle of the room wondering what to do
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