He listened to her story with intensity. His dark eyes focused on her and her alone as he leaned on the table in a very undignified manner. Oh his parents would be furious if they saw the way he was sitting. For those who caught a glimpse or two of Gray they would just think he was some nerdy crazy guy who was obsessed with computers and electronics. But for those who know him on a different level they know that he was raised in a well groomed well-mannered household full of society’s highest expectations and requirements. To some it would be shocking to learn that you can sit Gray, yes Gray Yin, down at a table with royalty or the highest end of society and his manners and actions would match those of a higher class.

Yet here he was his elbows on the table, napkin crumpled beside his plate and his face covered in the ranch sauce he had poured onto his pizza. Who would think he could be such a classy, classy guy. This is the defining reason why his parents got so annoyed with him when he was little and even more so, now as an adult. They couldn’t take him ‘anywhere’ according to his mother; because he would refuse to put on a face for the people his parents insisted on him meeting. So it didn’t come as a shock to him when his parents stopped inviting him to super fancy parties. And as you can imagine when the invites stopped coming he became a lot happier.

“I’ve never been one to listen to people or let others tell you what to do.” Gray said with a chuckle when she responded about the fact that she wouldn’t be able to walk again. That in itself wasn’t surprising, she was never one to listen to closely to what people had to say if you weren’t high up on her ‘important’ list. Took Gray a while to get there but for the most part she listened to what he had to say.

Again she turned it back to him not having a girlfriend and he couldn’t help but shake his head as he downed the last bit of his soda. “It will probably still be a while before I get one of those; even a good looking nerd like myself has trouble with women. Especially those who find out the amount of money I have. Then it evolves into a problem so much larger than I’d expect and it’s…” An exhausted sigh left him, “just frustrating.”

A shrug rose and fell his shoulders as he dropped the payment and tip onto the table and stood up. “Yes let’s, I got a full tank of gas so we can do.” With that and not really giving it much thought, he offered her his hand to help her out of the seat. Hopefully it didn’t come across as ‘rude’ or that ‘she couldn’t do it herself’ because that’s not who Gray is.