Laena hums noncommittally, flicking at the switches of the espresso machine, and then she hands over Annie's mocha. It's perfect.
Annie sips at it carefully and tries not to stare too obviously at Laena where she's back at the counter, taking the order of someone who bounces too much and grins too obviously. He might go to their school, actually.
Annie hasn't figured out how to smile that big without looking ridiculous, and anyway she tries not to do it around Laena, because surely eventually she'll figure it out.
She can't help but to grin a little when Laena comes back to her between orders, ostensibly to check if she needs anything but really to say, "Hey, I forgot--that new thing you showed us, it was awesome. Made up for how other things are not so great, you know?"
"Really?" Annie grins big, then, because she's such a sucker, such a sucker for Laena complimenting her. "Um, I mean, the only thing sucking is, like."
"Yeah," sighs Laena. "Also, Z and I keep going out of sync and stuff, but you, you're always really on." She slips a cookie over the counter to Annie, who tries to look innocent when taking it but probably fails. (Laena's not supposed to give out cookies, obviously. But her boss isn't working, so it's probably okay.)
"Hey," she says then, possibly emboldened by the sugar. "Want to, I mean, Z has a thing, but we could get together and work on some stuff anyway?"
Laena smiles, slow. "Yeah, I was thinking--" and then she looks over at the line and makes this hilariously horrified face.
"Go work!" Annie says between giggles. "Later, we'll talk when you get off here." And she absolutely does not blush this time. Mostly.
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"So rehearsal was okay," Annie says.
Laena hums noncommittally, flicking at the switches of the espresso machine, and then she hands over Annie's mocha. It's perfect.
Annie sips at it carefully and tries not to stare too obviously at Laena where she's back at the counter, taking the order of someone who bounces too much and grins too obviously. He might go to their school, actually.
Annie hasn't figured out how to smile that big without looking ridiculous, and anyway she tries not to do it around Laena, because surely eventually she'll figure it out.
She can't help but to grin a little when Laena comes back to her between orders, ostensibly to check if she needs anything but really to say, "Hey, I forgot--that new thing you showed us, it was awesome. Made up for how other things are not so great, you know?"
"Really?" Annie grins big, then, because she's such a sucker, such a sucker for Laena complimenting her. "Um, I mean, the only thing sucking is, like."
"Yeah," sighs Laena. "Also, Z and I keep going out of sync and stuff, but you, you're always really on." She slips a cookie over the counter to Annie, who tries to look innocent when taking it but probably fails. (Laena's not supposed to give out cookies, obviously. But her boss isn't working, so it's probably okay.)
"Hey," she says then, possibly emboldened by the sugar. "Want to, I mean, Z has a thing, but we could get together and work on some stuff anyway?"
Laena smiles, slow. "Yeah, I was thinking--" and then she looks over at the line and makes this hilariously horrified face.
"Go work!" Annie says between giggles. "Later, we'll talk when you get off here." And she absolutely does not blush this time. Mostly.