One Way or Another by A.L. Brooks

Author:A.L. Brooks
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ylva-Publishing
Published: 2018-08-29T21:23:39+00:00

Starbucks was full, as usual for a lunchtime, but Sarah actually didn’t mind. Her thoughts were still spinning from the weekend’s events, and her aunt’s advice to simply call Bethany up. Only it wasn’t that simple, not for someone who had no experience with this whole let’s-have-more-than-one-date shebang. One minute she knew Evelyn was right, the next she was cursing her for suddenly taking Jonathan’s side. She’d managed a short text message of apology to Bethany on Sunday, but that hadn’t garnered any response, and now she was facing the excruciating dilemma of whether to follow up with a call or just give up on the whole thing entirely.

Someone tapped her on the shoulder.

“Your turn,” a male voice said.

Snapping out of her reverie, she noticed the barista waiting to take her order and smiled at her before turning back to thank the man who’d brought her back to the present. She grinned when she saw it was Scott Fisher.

“Sorry, I was miles away.”

“Oh, hey, Sarah!” He smiled. “No worries.”

She placed her order, and Scott moved to the order point next to her, where he was greeted by the cute male barista she’d seen working here many times before.

“Hi, what can I get you?” the man asked with a flirty smile and a flick of his long fringe.

“Skinny latte, please.”

“If you don’t mind me saying, that’s a lovely suit.” The barista was beaming, and Sarah nearly laughed out loud at the way he leaned forward, thrusting his chest into Scott’s space.

“Oh, er, thanks. Had it for years.” Scott seemed taken aback by the attention, and Sarah was astonished. Surely he realised how gorgeous he was, and how appealing he would therefore be to the rest of the gay male population?

“Well, it totally suits you.” The barista giggled at his dreadful joke and Sarah cringed with embarrassment on his behalf.

When Scott didn’t respond, the barista stopped laughing and took his cash. However, as Scott made to move away from the counter, the barista held up one finger, glanced quickly around, then reached for a napkin and pen and scribbled something before sliding the napkin across the counter towards him.

Scott visibly sighed, reached for the napkin, and scrunched it into his pocket. He moved off, Sarah trailing behind him, her curiosity peaked.

“I imagine that happens a lot to you, yes?” she said in an undertone as they made their way to the end of the counter.

Scott tutted. “Unfortunately, yes.”

Suddenly thinking her gaydar must be malfunctioning, she cleared her throat and said, “Sorry, I must confess, I thought you were gay too.”

Scott turned to stare at her, then laughed. “Oh, I am.”

“But then…”

“Not my scene,” he said, his tone curt. “I’m holding out for Mr Right.”

Jesus, not another one! Why did everyone except her think that being in love was the be all and end all? Before she could think to censor herself, the words spilled out. “Good God, what is it with you gay men and your big thing about happy bloody ever after?”

His eyes narrowed.

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