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“Hey! Look at that, twenty minutes to Felix. “…less than stellar conversation
finish all these,” Madeleine gestured skills. You alright?”
to the three remaining rolls with a He huffed, grumbling, “Well, if you
flourish. She grinned weakly, “So, just wanted me to leave—”
how’d you feel about that, Felix?”
“You misinterpret me, my dear Felix.”
He unconsciously started grinning She giggled. “I meant I could let you
back. “Sounds great to me,” he go early, let you gather your
replied, finishing up the roll he was thoughts…” she ducked under the
holding. table to rummage through her pack,
“Oh man, how did you even find this pulling out a pen and notepad.
place? These rolls are great,” Felix Madeleine scribbled something on a
picked one up and started examining page, ripped it out and handed it to
it. “It’s perfectly sweet, there’s a good Felix, who grabbed it without looking.
whiff of cinnamon, and it has an “That’s still asking me to leave,
amazing texture.” Madeleine.”
“Wow, man, never thought you’d be “Silly Felix, you haven’t even looked at
one to be excited about cinnamon the paper,” she replied, smiling.
rolls.” Madeleine brushed her hair
He looked. It was her phone number.
aside, moving her chair closer.
Felix froze.
Felix gave her a mock withering look.
“What..?”
“I’m just asking.”
“Well,” she stretched out, playing with
She wrinkled her nose at his look,
a coil on her hair, “once you gather
“Right, right. I found it while I was
yourself, give me a call and… it’s a
taking a walk. No fanfare, no nothing.
date, I guess.”
There wasn’t, like, a heavenly voice
Felix was still gaping. “A…date?”
booming from the clouds
recommending this bakery.” Madeleine frowned, losing all
“Of course,” he agreed. playfulness and suddenly
embarrassed. “That is, uhm, if you’re
“And then I walked in, and then I was
alright with it? I mean, it’s okay to say
just drawn to the cinnamon rolls, you
no, I was being too forward—”
know? Cinnamon…” Madeleine
looked off into space with a dreamy He put a hand on her shoulder,
smile, before remembering he was cutting her off. “It’s alright. I just
there and snapping back to reality. didn’t expect it.” Felix gave her a
reassuring smile. “I would love to.
She coughed. “Anyway, here we are.
Thank you.”
Me with my cinnamon rolls, and you
with your…” Madeline glanced at
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