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He's sitting beside me. He's actually sitting beside someone like me.

I hope he doesn't sense how awkward I am. My clothes look super out of place compared to his and Damon's. I think other people find him scary but I find him intriguing.

"You're studying for the medical field?" His deep velvety voice brings me out of my thoughts.

Oh dear, his voice.

"Um, yeah. I want to become a doctor. At first, I wanted to be a therapist because I really hate it when people are sad. Everyone deserves to be cared for and cherished. But then I realized, I'm just not good at giving advice. So I settled as for a doctor. I hope I can help-" Then I stopped, realizing I was just rambling.

"Oh my god, I'm so sorry I'm rambling." I awkwardly laugh as I fiddle with the bracelet my father left me with before he died.

I look up to see him already staring at me in awe.

"Don't worry, I find your determination inspiring." He compliments.

I blush and look down so that my hair fell in front of my face.

Thank god for hair, it has helped me stay invisible.

He then lifts my head up with his fingers as they lightly grip my chin. He looks into my eyes with emotions I can't figure out.

My breath hitches as he brings his thumb up to my cheek and caresses it.

I feel tingles at his touch and I probably look like a tomato to him.

A cute tomato I hope.

"Enzo!" Damon yells out from the front.

I break out of the trance to see Damon holding two hot coffees in his hands.

I look back at Enzo to see him throwing glares at Damon as Damon simply smirks and says,

"If I can't stay with my boyfriend, you can't stay with your girlfriend."

Enzo rolls his eyes as he turns back to me.

"I guess you have to go now. I hope you have a day you deserve!" I say brightly.

He chuckles, "I'll make sure to see you soon." He huskily says as he leans in to the point our faces are just an inch apart. I feel his minty breath fan on my lips as his eyes dart down to my lips. His stare lingers there for a bit before looking up into my eyes and getting up to leave.

I let out a breath I didn't realize I was holding.

I look over at the entrance and see Enzo connect his eyes with mine before sending me a wink and smirk.

"You getting bold Lillies," Lance says from behind me.

I jump, startled by his presence.

"What do you mean?" I try to say nonchalantly. Keyword: try

"Ahh, who knows? Maybe because you two were eye-fucking each other for a good few minutes." Lance says as he collects my dish where my eaten blueberry muffin was and leaves me with a heart that was beating too fast.

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I rub my eyes as I glanced up from my iPad to realize that it's already 8 pm. I sighed as I once again became too invested in my work that I lost track of time again. I closed my iPad and stuffed everything into my bag. I really didn't want to be walking home alone at this time when it was already night. It was fall so the sun went down much earlier than before.

"You might as well live here Lillies." Lance chuckles as I make my way to the front.

"You want me to walk you home?" Lance asks as he was getting ready to close down the cafe.

I shake my head no. Although I did want him to, I didn't want to always have him walking me home. I know he didn't mind but I also wanted to take another step forward to get better.

"You sure? I really don't mind." Lance asks again as he closes the lights of the cafe and we walk out to the front.

I nod a yes and he comes over to give me a bear hug.

Bear hugs are the best.

I hug him back before we part and head our separate ways.

I begin my walk down the slightly dimly lit road. The feeling of anxiety was beginning to build up in my stomach. I look around to find no cars or people passing by. I suddenly became more alert. The howling wind was clutching at my bare skin. My skirt was slightly blowing along with the wind. I clutch my jacket closer to me as I continuously whip my head in all directions.

I suddenly heard a crack of a branch and yelp.

I take off running and taking random turns. My eyes were starting to sting from the wind and I felt tears streaming down my face. I heard footsteps running after me.

No, no, no, this isn't real. You're not here anymore.

"Stay still bitch."

"What the fuck did I just tell you to do!"

"You think you can run from me?"

"I'll fucking find you."

I wipe my eyes and continue running. My heart pounding so hard against my ribs that I swear it might just break out of my chest. My breathing was so irregular.

I then see bright lights and honks from cars. I'm in the center of the city. I look behind me to realize it was all in my head and no one was in sight.

I let out a sigh of relief as I see multiple people on the streets now who are giving me weird stares.

I quickly keep running to the nearest building which just so happens to be the biggest and tallest one here.

I walk up to the glass sliding doors to be greeted by a kind lady.

"Hello! How could I help you today miss?" The kind lady asks as she gives me a smile.

I return the smile although it doesn't reach my eyes.

"I-"

"Lila?" A familiar deep voice comes from behind me.

I whip my head around to be greeted by the same pretty gray eyes back in the cafe,

Enzo.

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