Ever since becoming friends over three weeks ago, a lot has changed. But a lot has stayed the same.
Miguel and Isa have their morning coffee together, chatting in between sips. Both of them are happy with this new addition to their morning routines. Isa even goes to the coffee shop early in the morning on her days off.
Miguel catches himself smiling a lot more since officially becoming Isa's friend. He's fallen hard for her, he hopes she feels the same way...
A couple nights ago, Isa decided she's going to be straightforward with Miguel. She has feelings for him, he was going to know. She won't let another Peter situation repeat again.
7:20 AM.
Isa comes earlier to make sure she has more time to talk with Miguel.
Miguel, as usual, is already there. He has never kept Isa waiting.
They meet up in line to order their coffee together.
"Good morning, Miguel"
"Buenos días, Isa"
They skip the "how are you?" or "how did you sleep?" Their conversations were more meaningful than that.
While waiting in line, Isa asks Miguel a question on her mind but she waits after they get their drinks.
"Have you ever thought of branching out? maybe trying something other than a large black coffee?"
She laughs.
He lets out a small laugh,
"I know what I like, why should I change that?"
Isa smiled back but she also thought about what he said.
"I don't know, don't you ever feel like trying something different?"
"Sometimes but why risk something when you know it works?"
Miguel knows that black coffee isn't the best tasting coffee out there but he enjoyed the comfort of the coffee always tasting the same.
"Maybe taking a risk is good, stepping out of your comfort zone can lead to a good thing..."
Isa didn't know if she was just talking about the coffee anymore.
Miguel looked at her as she thought. He decided to break the silence by reassuring her.
He joked,
"Alright, you have a point Ramirez. but it sounds like you want to switch drinks, am I reading you right?"
"You know what O'Hara, you might be onto something. here try something with actual taste!"
Isa extended her untouched drink to Miguel.
"Funny."
He smirked.
"Alright, Isa, try something with an extra kick in it. I know you need to be awake for your shift soon."
They step out of line and switch drinks and take sips.
Miguel tries to hide the fact that Isa was right, her Vietnamese iced coffee is much more delicious than his black coffee.
Isa caught that fact. She smirked.
"Do my eyes deceive me or does Miguel like my coffee order more than his own?"
Miguel, still trying to hide this fact, laughed.
"[Ha, ha, ha] You need to see an eye doctor"
Isa, holding her new drink to her, looked up at him.
"No escuché un 'no,' did I put you into a new order?"
She flashed a smirk.
"maybe, you're gonna have to see tomorrow when I order"
Miguel says, playfully.
Isa played along,
"[ha ha ha] You're no fun, O'Hara!"
They take a seat at their booth. It's the same booth they always sit down at.
Miguel laughed.
"I'm actually having a lot of fun, you're the one not enjoying yourself, Isa"
He also held Isa's coffee order close to his chest, looking down at her. Mocking her pose from a minute ago.
Isa took a minute to build the confidence to say what she was going to say next. She looked up to meet Miguel's eyes. She gave him a sweet look with a soft smile.
"That's not true, I always enjoy my morning coffee with contigo..."
This caught Miguel off guard, he felt hiss heart melt. He felt his face get hotter,
"I always enjoy my morning coffee with you too"
Surprised, Isa replied,
"Really?"
Miguel, softened his looked, smiling at her,
"Of course, why else would I spend it with you todas las mañana?"
There's a small pause, as the two exchange smiles.
Her alarm buzzes, she has to head out soon.
"Shit."
Isa didn't notice how much time had passed.
"well, that was another amazing coffee"
Miguel smiled.
Catching what he said Isa rubbed it in his face.
"So you did like it!"
Caught, Miguel mumbles,
"Yeah, you could say so"
Isa cupped her hand out to her ear. She began to laugh,
"I'm sorry I didn't catch that, could you say that a little louder!"
Miguel rolled his eyes, flashing a playful half smile.
"Fine, your coffee taste is... not garbage"
"O'Hara!"
She exclaimed loudly.
Miguel laughing hard, gave up,
"fine Isa, your coffee order is good. I will actually get it tomorrow. You know 'branch out' and 'leave my comfort zone.'"
He used air quotes but he gave her this win.
Isa began to put her her stuff in her bag,
"I'll believe it when I see it, Miguel"
She teased.
Miguel nodded his head to the side,
"Well then you'll see tomorrow, Isa."
Isa knew Miguel wasn't lying, the way he said it felt was almost like he was promising her he would.
She didn't want to leave...
"Alright, then I'll see you tomorrow"
As she's about to get up, she feels like she's forgetting something. She clenched her right fist (it triggers memory).
Then it hit her like a train.
ASK HIM OUT!
"Wait! actually before I forget I've been meaning to ask you something..."
She immediately got shy.
"What's on your mind Ramirez?"
Miguel had no clue what she was about to ask. He was nervous but excited, he loved any extra moment he could have with her.
She took a deep breath and thought,
Here goes nothing...
"Miguel, I was wondering... you know since we really enjoy our morning coffees together... maybe we could go out to get dinner together sometime..."
She was fidgeting with her rings as she asked him out.
"Oh, like a date?!"
His face turned red. He felt his face get super hot. He didn't wait to ask.
"Yeah, like a date. But if you don't want to, I totally understand!"
Isa answers incredibly fast, feeling a little insecure.
Miguel immediately answers,
"Yes, Isa! I'd love to go on a date with you!"
Isa, surprised that things went better than she expected, asked without thinking,
"Really?"
"Yes."
Miguel smiled at her.
Isa was happy but then taking a moment to playfully scold him,
"Then why didn't you ask me on one?!"
"I was trying to see where we were at,"
He laughs, answering honestly.
"well... we are there now... so..."
She extended her hands halfway across the table, faced down and clasped.
Miguel noticed,
"So... we're here now"
He put his hands on hers.
There's a pause and smiles exchanged again. Isa feels herself get red.
[Her second alarm went off.]
"Oh shit, I actually have to go or I'm going to be late!"
She frantically finishes packing. Getting up suddenly.
Miguel continuing the conversation,
"I'll text you, um... but I don't know a lot of places around so I'd love to try any place you'd like."
Ready to leave, Isa answers,
"Sounds great, miguel! See you soon bye!"
Miguel softly replies,
"Bye isa, have a great day at work."
He hated when she left, he wished he could spend the whole day with her. He couldn't though.
Isa walked out of the coffee shop and she felt great! Scratch that, she felt amazing!
Isabella Ramirez has a date!
But right now she has to get to work. She turns around one more time to see him through the window. He was already looking at her. They smile and wave one more time, then she quickly walks to the subway.
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A/N: Thanks for reading! This part (and maybe the next parts moving forward) are going to have more dialogue. I hope y'all enjoyed this part because I had a TON of fun writing it! The next part will be up on Friday, IDK the time yet. See you then!
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