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pictures. You like coffee, right?”
    “ Yes, of course.”
    “ Okay, and you love to take pictures, right?”
    “ Yes,” she said with a smile.
    “ So do them with me.”
    Elli couldn’t speak, so she just nodded, which made Shea grin bigger. “Awesome. I’ll meet you at the park at one. What kind of coffee do you like?”
    “ Starbucks’ caramel mocha.”
    He smiled big and she couldn’t help herself. She smiled right back at him.
    “ That’s my drink, too, so I’ll see you tomorrow in front of the Parthenon?”
    “ Sure,” she answered
    “ Alright, Ms. Fisher, I’ll see you tomorrow.”
    He leaned over, kissing her cheek softly, causing all the air to rush out of Elli. He smiled at her before walking away, leaving her standing there looking like an idiot.
    What the hell just happened!?

When Elli got home that night, after letting Adler out the back, she called Harper.
    “ Hey, how’d it go?”
    “ Good, the party was beautiful. How was the wedding?”
    “ Great, did you see Shea?”
    “ Yeah, did you check on the studio?”
    “ I did, its good, did you talk to him?” Harper asked. Elli was about to bust, so she took a deep breath then basically screamed out the news.
    “ He asked me out for coffee and to teach him to use his camera and I said yes!”
    “ What?”
    “ I know! I can’t believe it either!”
    “ No! It ain’t that I don’t believe it; it’s that you said yes! I’m so proud!”
    “ I know, I don’t think it’s a date, but it’s going to be just me and him!”
    “ That’s a date, babe! Coffee, too? Oh yeah, total date!”
    “ He kissed my cheek!”
    “ OH MY GOD!”
    “ I know!”
    “ This is huge!”
    “ I don’t know. I’m not really his type.”
    “ What do you mean?”
    “ He dates skinny blondes.”
    “ Maybe he’s moved on to curvy brunettes! Now you listen to me Eleanor Fisher, do not go freaking yourself out or talking yourself down. You are beautiful! He asked you out! You can do this!”
    “ I can do this,” Elli repeated, but didn’t believe the words at all.
    “ You can. Now, what are you going to wear?”
    “ I don’t know. What if it’s not a date and I dress up and he comes in shorts and tee?”
    “ He probably will, but still I’m thinking the khaki shorts you have, the ones that tie, and that really bright Kelly green shirt you have, you know the one that shows off the girls.”
    “ I wear that to the club!”
    “ Oh, yeah, true, okay what about-“
    For the rest of the night, Elli stayed on the phone with Harper, picking out something to wear for the date she still didn’t believe she had, trying to get her nerves under wraps.
    It didn’t work.
     
     
     
     
     

Chapter 3
     
     
    Shea sat on a blanket in front of the Parthenon waiting for Elli. Again, it was a beautiful day, and he was thankful for it, since this date would not work if it was raining or cloudy. A drink carrier sat beside him, holding their drinks, while his camera sat beside it. He had bought the camera a couple months ago and was glad he didn’t give it away like he was going to, since he didn’t know how to use it. But that was all about to change. Elli was gonna teach him, if she ever arrived. He pulled his phone out of his pocket, checking the time again. She wasn’t late, but, like always, he was early. His excitement was causing him to have butterflies; he couldn’t wait to get to know her, to find out what made Elli tick.
    Last night, after the party, Grace couldn’t stop talking about Elli and it made Shea happy to know that Grace liked her so much, because if his sister didn’t like the girl then there was no sense in even trying to carry on a relationship with them. Not as if he’d ever wanted to.
    But that was changing.
    “ Hey, Shea.”
    He didn’t even hear her come up, but when he turned to look at her, his tongue almost fell out of his mouth. She was wearing shorts, and his eyes went up and down her legs. God, she had beautiful legs. He