My Leo

The day

It was just a casual sunny day in Los Angeles. I was just strolling down the streets feeling kind of stressed out. My finals were coming and I didn't feel mentally prepared for them yet. Maybe it's a good idea to introduce myself first to you who is reading my story. See? I'm so stressed out that I just forgot to introduce myself. I'm Sabine and I am 18 years old. I'm not quite an American though. My parents are from Dutch origin and they decided last year to move to Los Angeles because of my dad's job. Which leaded to me having to graduate in a total different place and environment than I was used to. After graduating I was planning to apply to the study journalism at college in L.A. It wasn't easy for me making new friends. Especially being known as the shy girl. Luckily I met my best friend Joe,. Joe and I have the same interests and he always pushes me to come out of my comfort zone, which is the thing I always loved the most about him.
Let me go back to that sunny day in L.A where I was strolling depresively down the streets stressing out about college and my finals that were coming. I decided to stop at the little supermarket for some icecream because I was desparately craving Ben and Jerry's. OK. I kind of always crave Ben and Jerry's though. When I entered the store Frank Ocean's song "Thinking about you" was playing on the background in the store. Fave. Song. Alert. While entering the store there was something else that caught my attention. There was a guy standing with a hat, big beard and scarf trying to hide his face. I only saw his sea colored blue eyes staring at the beer in the freezer. I thought it was just some weird homeless dude looking to buy a beer of the 1 dollar that he had left. He had some pretty blue eyes for a homeless guy though. But I kind of distanced myself away from him. I decided to search my fave icecream up. Looking confused at the freezer of Ben and Jerry's icecream I couldn't choose which icecream to pick out. Man, the struggle was real. I think I was standing 10 minutes straight looking at those damn icecreams. Why do they even make so much flavours? It makes it so difficult to make a choice. Especially when you're stressed AF. Until all of the sudden I heard a very familair (kind of sexy) voice saying: "Can I help you choose?", he asked. I looked up. ''Uhm, well I could use some help, I guess..'', I said feeling kind of anxious. ''Chocolate fudge for sure.'', he said smiling. I wasn't able to see his face but I saw how his eyes were sparkling when he was talking to me. ''Well, thank you for your help....'', I said waiting for him to say his name. ''You can call me Leo....'', he said waiting for me to say my name also and moved the scarf from his face. I finally was able to see his beautiful face. He had a beard, which I love. I can't describe how beautiful his blue eyes were at that moment. I guessed he is in his 30s. But one thing I knew for sure was that he looked very good for his age. "Sabine, Nice to meet you." I said and gave him a hand. His hand was kind of cold. I don't know why I'm sharing that right now. I guess I'm just trying to give you guys all the details. The conversation kept going. ''Why were you wearing that hat and scarf in front of your face though?'', I said. Not realizing it was kind of not my business and quite rude for me to ask. I think no one has ever stared to me in a way like he did after I asked that question. ''I'm kind of feeling ill. I don't want to make somebody else get a fever.'', he said laughing. ''Uhm..ok then'', I said confused and smiling at him. I was looking (Sab, you mean awkward staring?) at him. He had such a familiar face but I couldn't remember why he looked so familiar to me. I don't know. "Well, now it's my turn to ask something.", he said. "I know this may sound strange and weird from a stranger and just feel free to say no. But I would regret if I didn't ask you this..'', he said. ''Would you like to get a coffee sometimes?'', he asked. OK. You guys! I'm not the kind girl who likes to talk to people. Especially not to strangers. And especially meeting up and hanging out with them. But I don't know why I wasn't feeling that pressure and stress right now while talking to him. OMG! Did this beautiful sexy looking older guy just asked me to get a coffee with him? I was staring at his beautful blue eyes. I was wondering if he even realised I was just 18. I have to admit I look kind of older than 18. But which teenage girl does not these days? I don't know why but I always found older guys ways more attractive. Yeah, I know: serious daddy issues. There was just something more attractive about older guys. I guess because they have more experience and think so different about life. I never had a boyfriend. So how would I know though? But I always saw the drama that my best friends had to go trough with their teenage boyfriends and I wasn't planning to go through that shit. Back to that beautiful handsome creature in the supermarket. He looked so damn familiar. I had the feeling that I've heard his voice somewhere before. I just couldn't remember. I smiled. "Sure, why not? I was just planning to get a coffee myself." I answered while staring at his beautiful blue eyes. What was I thinking? Sab, you're crazy. Why are you hitting on an older guy? He could be your dad. But I just couldn't resist his sexy voice and beautiful smile and the way he talked to me. He was so down to earth. He showed interest in me which was the first time that a boy (in this case: man) other than my dad asking how school was showed some kind of interest in me. He had that kind of good energy around him.."Starbucks?", he asked. "Sounds good to me.", I answered.