You're The One That I Need.

The man hunched over his laptop in the corner of the coffee shop has black hair longer than me. I only caught a glimpse of his full face and wow. He sure is pretty.

I need to figure out how to approach the stranger without freaking him out. Hell, I don't even know if he's attracted to men at all. But that's alright. I can work with it. I can befriend him and over time, I will have him like putty in my hands.

No no. That will take much too long. I need someone. NOW.

I took a deep breath and gulped down the rest of my latte before ordering a second one for myself. I debated on ordering something for the black haired man but I didn't know what he was drinking. So I'll simply find something to compliment him with and introduce myself.

Yeah, that's what I will do. Innocent conversation will surely work.

I inhaled another deep breath and gathered myself. Wait, why am I feeling so nervous all of a sudden? Oh right. It's been two years since I've had a sub, let alone try to hit on someone.

Once I had myself fully composed I walked over to the stranger tapping away at his laptop keyboard.

"Hi." I greeted with a toothy smile.

He jumped, startled some and I continued to smile back as her turned around to face me. He's even more beautiful up this close, I thought.

His cheeks began to flush red. "H-hello." He stuttered in reply.
"How's it going?" I ask him politely.
"Good. I'm good. You?" He cocked his head to the side. He's obviously surprised I'm talking to him.
"My name is Frank. What's yours?"
"Gerard. My name is Gerard."
"Gerard. Nice name." I grinned at the other.
He stopped typing words on his laptop screen and he smiled at me. "Thank you. I like your name too."
"Thank you. Do you mind if I join you?"

Gerard nodded in approval and patted the empty seat next to him. But I shook my head and took the seat in front of him. I wanna see more of that pretty face of his.

"So... Gerard, what are you working on?"
He cleared his throat. "Oh, um..I'm working on a comic. It's called The Umbrella Academy."
"Cool cool. Comic books are awesome." I wasn't lying, I do enjoy comic books.
Gerard smiled as he blushed. "I'm kind of a huge nerd. I love horror, comics, music, superheroes, you know. That type of stuff."
"No way! I love those things too!" I beamed. This is going great so far. But there is a question I must ask.
"So, do you have a girlfriend?"

He nearly spit his coffee out of his mouth. I giggled and stood up and headed over to to the counter to get him some napkins.

"Thanks." He smiled again, flashing a full toothy smile containing the tiniest teeth I have ever saw on a grown man. "No, I...I uhh..don't like girls."

I couldn't believe my ears! He's incredibly hot and gay. But is he available?

"Boyfriend then?"
He shook his head. "Nah. I broke up with my last boyfriend. He was a terrible influence on me since I got sober.
"Ahh. I'm sorry to hear that, Gerard."
"No, no it's okay. It was for the best."

Gerard and I talked for another hour or so until he apologized and said he had to get back home to have dinner with his brother and parents. I told him it wasn't any worry and that it was great talking to him.

What happened next was something I didn't expect. I was sure he was too innocent to associate with someone like me, but to my amazement, he wrote down his cell phone number on clean piece of paper in his sketch pad and tore it out.

He handed the piece of paper to me with a smirk. "Call me sometime...if you want."
I smiled back. "Sure thing. See ya around."
"Later, Frank" He gathered the rest of his things and headed out the door.

Well, that went went better than I expected.

I finished off my latte and decided to go back home too. I always have to wake up at 7:00 A.M. to be in at work at 8:00. I should actually wake up a lot earlier but I go to bed too late to do that. I am definitely a night owl.

I rather sleep in and go to work on my own terms, to be honest. Oh well, can't really complain with the amount of money I make. Being a lawyer sure does has its perks.

I exit Starbucks and hop into my red Mustang and drive to my home, smiling to myself the entire drive.

I park the car when I pull into my driveway. I shut off the engine and pull out the key from the ignition. I swing the car door open and close it with my hip. I hurriedly unlock the front door and go inside shutting the door behind me.

I pull out my cell phone and add Gerard's number to my contact list. I will call him in a day or two. Don't want to seem crazy, although I may be crazy to him once he finds out about my lifestyle.

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