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asked me out again at the end of the night, it was an uncomfortable conversation for me.
    “What do you mean you’re not sure?” he asked with a polite smile. “You mean about next Saturday, o r about another date in general? ”
    “Uh, both I guess…”
    We were just pulling up to my aunt and uncle’s house and Levi put his truck in park.
    “Well, I’d like you to be a little more specific if you can, Nova. I guess I thought we had a good time, and I was kind of assuming you didn’t despise me just yet.”
    I smiled and said, “No, I don’t despise you. And yes, I do like spending time with you. I just don’t think I can commit to seeing you regularly . I wish I could Levi , but I don’t think my schedule would be very fair to you.”
    He shrugged. “Maybe you have more time than you think. I won’t subject you to going out with me every weekend if you don’t want to do that, but I think I can find other ways to see you on occasion. Could you give me a chance to try?”
    I took a moment to consider it, and since his sincerity was really pulling me in, I found myself agreeing to it.
    I told him goodnight, thanked him for a good time, and walked myself to the front door. There wasn’t a chance I was going to let him kiss me… T hat would alter our status too soon and I wasn’t ready to fully commit to a boyfriend .
     
     
     
    A few days later, Tuesday, I entered Clover’s at three o’clock. I’d b een at school for the morning—t wo classes and then some time in the library. I usually didn’t mind working a full dinner shift on my school days because I’d been sitting for most of the morning, but that day I hadn’t been able to shake a headache I’d had since I woke up. I was stubborn when it came to taking medication, even a simple pain reliever, but I finally relented and took some before I stepped into the café.
    “ Hope you’ve got your game face on,” Robin said as soon as she saw me.
    I gave her a pitiful “not feeling up to it” face.
    “Well buck up, sister. Table ten has been waiting for you for almost two hours.”
    “What?” I peeked out from the kitchen as I tied my apron behind my bac k. It was those four guys again, t he guys from a few weeks ago that I’d bribed with free drinks.
    “At least they’re returning customers now,” Robin grinned.
    “What do you mean they’ve been waiting for me for two hours?”
    “They got here just after one, asked if you were here, and I said you usually didn’t get here until three on Tuesdays and Thursdays.”
    “And they just waited?”
    “Yep. I mean they’ve had appetizers and drinks, but they said they were going to wait to order. They’ve been waiting for you .”
    I wasn’t sure what to think of the situation. I mean it wasn’t that I hadn’t had a “fan” or two since I’d worked at the diner, but maybe I was a little overwhelmed by the four of them all together .
    “Nova, this could be a good thing, honey. You can’t expect that they’ll leave an enormous tip every time, but who knows, right? Think about your future, your education.”
    She smiled optimistically and I had to laugh. No matter the customer, I still had a job to do, so I took a deep breath and clocked in.
    “So is this going to be a regular thing?” I asked as I approached table ten. “You’re taking valuable work experience away from my fellow employees just to pester me?”
    “You’re calling us pest s?” asked Brock, the big mouth. “Where’s your manager?” he asked, looking around the room. “I’d like to file a formal complaint.”
    “I don’t think it would do much good being that you’ve been here waiting for me for…two hours?”
    “We wait for our favorite waitress and you’re going to hold it against us? I’m hurt,” he pouted, sticking out his lower lip.
    “Yeah, so anyways… What can I get for you fellas ?”
    “Actually we’d like for you to settle a bet for us first, and then we’ll order.”
    I raised an