"No thank you, But I might just go ahead and buy myself a cup of coffe- that is if you dont mind the company?"

"Nah, I don't mind!" Natalia said, relieved that he didn't press her further. She watched the door swing open and scuttled through, turning around as she came in. She stopped and waited for him to enter.

"Ez? Huh, I know a kid named Ezra... Is that short for Ezra? I'm Natalia, by the way, but you can call me Nat."

As the door swung shut behind them, a young but portly waitress with a name tag that read "Carol" shuffled over and ushered them to a table.

"What can I get for you?" she said with a bright smile. She had her pink lipstick on her teeth.

"Uh... To start, could we get two coffees?" asked Nat. She picked idly at a tear in the red vinyl seat of the booth.