“I like talking to you too” Cole said as took the cheque “If I can admit to something, it’s been a while since I’ve talked to anyone, one on one like this. It’s been a lot of fun!”

The waitress looped back around, took Cole’s card and the cheque, then he continued.
“The stories are kind of all over the place. Some are about sports, some are about this sci-fi world I helped design for a creative writing project back in high school. As for the... y’know, poetry. I don’t really advertise it at all. It’s kind of a newer thing for me. I had this girlfriend back home.... didn’t end well. Between trying to get her back and just trying to... I don’t know, cope with it, I just started writing it.”

He hushed up a bit, still red in the face as the waitress returned his card and the cheque. She thanked them both and walked away with a bit of a smirk on her face, probably misinterpreting the situation and his very obvious blush.