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Stories Told from Gate Number Eight: Part Two
Date: 12/12/2014, Categories: mF, Exh, Voy, Author: KinkyNick_Canada, Rating: 3, Source: reddit
that of a schoolgirl who knows she hasn't done her homework. When Henry's eyes met her's, she instantly began walking briskly toward the counter, head bowed downward.Ashamed, Henry thought.But why? She has no idea about the photo I took......This woman is strange, Henry concluded.*---Maggie watched the young man pull two bottles of Coke out of the fridge, then made sure to have her eyes lowered when he turned back around toward the counter.My God, she thought.I can't believe he saw my little temper tantrum back there... Did he notice, though? Was he looking?Before Maggie could finish her line of thought, the November issue ofHustler plopped onto the counter in-front of her, with a comicalThump! sound. The cover was bent all out of shape, heavily creased down the middle.She looked up, an apology hanging off the tip of her tongue, then saw his face. He was smiling, eyes focused on her's. Something about his expression was utterly disarming. "Uhm...", Maggie said. It felt as if her brain had emptied its-self of all its previous contents.The young man dumped the snacks from his arms onto the counter, then said: "How is your morning going, ma'am?""Fine", Maggie managed to mumble. She reached out and started scanning his purchases, starting with the two bottles of Coke. "And how about your's?""Good. More of anafternoon, by my clock, but I'm doing good. Just a little tired, that's all.""Long flight?""Long wait for a flight, actually."He laughed. It was the same partially stifled ...