Stood Up

I tucked a strand of hair behind my ear, trying unsuccessfully to still my pounding heart as I approached the customer.
"Can I help you sir?" I asked, proud that my voice didn't crack. I'd seen him before, multiple times in the store, but every interaction between the two of us had ended up with me feeling the fool. It didn't help that he was so handsome, so kind, his bright blue eyes were easy to get lost in. To the point where I would forget my words.
He smirked, placing the thing he was looking at back on the shelf. "Well, it's about time you showed up."
I think my heart skipped a beat. Me? Show up? Quickly I dismissed that he actually meant me, though my mouth spoke before I had finished processing. "It's not my fault you didn't tell me the time." I said, managing a smile to hide my shock. What was I saying!
"How am I supposed to tell you the time when you're not here for me to get a time you're here at?" He asked, turning more fully to me.
Obviously he was playing with me. Obviously. Just chatting. I told myself. We're just chatting. "Well, last time I saw you, I told you when I'd be here." It wasn't like my work schedule shifted that much around. "You were the one to not show up."
He grinned, eyes alight with humor.
"Well, I thought we were meeting up at the coffee shop."
I raised my eyebrows. "I don't like coffee."
"Oh?"
"Yah, I hate the stuff."
"Well, maybe it was a soda then."
I considered, giving a slight nod. "I suppose."
"You totally stood me up."
"I must have lost that text message...." Like I even had his phone number, or he had mine. He'd only called the store once before that I was aware of.
It was his turn to nod. "Yah....I waited there for you for a while."
A while huh? "Oh? How long?"
He shrugged, "Like 12-15 hours."
I stared at him. At least I knew it wasn't serious this conversation. Because that was dedication if it had actually happened. "That's a long time to wait."
He exhaled half turning away. "Yah...I was very hopeful, you see."
I brushed the hair from my face. "Well, next time hopefully I won't stand you up." I offered him a smile. "Until then, is there anything I can help you with?"
He glanced down the aisle behind me, then behind him and took a step forward, closer to me. "Do you have any plans tomorrow night?"
"I? Uh....no?" I stammered.
He grinned and nodded. "Great, I'll pick you up from here at six."
"You're....serious?"
"Yah. Just don't get lost on the way here okay?" He winked, and moved past me, out the door before I could pick up my thought process enough to respond.

-Inspiration from Customer Conversation. (no actual date was set.)