Short Story- The Day I Saw Her

It was a normal tuesday afternoon: Woke up at 6AM, took Buster for a walk on the beach, went to work(at the coffee shop), and made my way to the local laundry mat to wash my clothes. As soon as I stepped in that evening I noticed a girl I had never seen before, she was blond, very skinny, wearing baggy sweats, with her hair whipped up on her head. "She must be new" I thought.

I went on doing my thing, loading and folding the wash and waiting for it to be completed. This girl, for some reason, kept grabbing my attention for no particular reason. She kept giving me this look like I should recognize her, and was upset I didn't. I stood up to finish loading my last load and sat back down on the bench, the girl had moved and was now sitting awkwardly close to me. She sat there for over ten minutes and said nothing. Not a single word, and I didn't say anything as well. When my the buzzer rang to signal the end of my load I finished and was on my way. Giving the 'new' girl a slight head nod on my way out.

The next morning at work the girl from the laundry mat stopped by. When she got to the counter I noticed she was dressed up in professional work attire with her hair down and she was breathtaking. When she got to the counter she said "Oh... we meet again, Its good to see you." after this she took her coffee and sat down at a table near by. I continued on with my business for about fifteen minutes and then decided it was time. I approached the table and casually asked her how old she was. She replied "Im 24 almost 25" this was my exact age. I told her that I noticed her at the laundry mat the previous night, but it had been a long day and I wasn't in the mood to socialize. She laughed, and said she felt the same way. I asked her if she would be willing to go to dinner with me later that night, she replied by saying "thank you for the offer, but I'm actually engaged." The odds were not in my favor that day.