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He sat at a table in the cafe where his date would arrive. It had been almost twenty minutes since the agreed time and he was beginning to think that she wouldn't show. He drank his coffee which had now turned cold before standing up from his seat.
He wrapped his red scarf around his neck before walking towards the door. The bell above the door rang as he opened the door and froze.
He looked into the eyes of the woman standing before him.
Recognizing those all too familiar hazel eyes.
For a moment, he felt as if the cold winter air had frozen his entire body as he continued to look at her.
His eyes slowly trailed to her lips where he found a smile.
"Hey Marc."
He couldn't find any strength to say anything as he continued to look at her. Her smile slowly disappeared as she waved her hand in front of him.
"Are you okay?" she asked.
He nodded his head rigidly.
"What are you doing here?" he managed to ask. A small smile appeared on her face.
"I came for a date but I'm already over twenty minutes late," she replied with a small frown.
His eyes widened as his mind registered her words.
"W-who were you supposed to meet?" he asked carefully, hoping with every fiber of his being that she wasn't the one that he was meant to meet.
"Marc Belasco."
And as soon as she said those words, she looked at him with a look of realization.
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Ten minutes later, they were seated across from each other at the same cafe, steam from their cups getting smaller as their drinks cooled, neither taking the initiative to start a conversation.
How could he have been so stupid?, he thought to himself as he continued to look at her.
How could he have not recognized her name?
He watched her as she took a sip of his drink and smiled.
"Funny meeting you again like this," she said. But he didn't smile as he looked at her.
"Is it?"
"Why are you so serious?" she asked, chuckling slightly.
"Don't you remember what you did?"
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