Like Tina had thought, it was nearly an hour long ride from her college to that place, which happened to be some small ordinary cafe, located almost on the outskirts of the city. Having parked the car without any difficulty, Tina cautiously made her way into the building.

As she looked around the place, she saw very few people dining either alone or accompanied by another person. It looked like their conversations were kept in rather hushed tones, making the cafe very quiet and very…undercover. Noticing Helena sitting at the table in the farthest corner, the blonde directed her steps towards her. The closer she came to her, the clearer she could see her faraway look in the eyes. Helena was obviously deep in thought.

”Helena?” Tina called softly, so not to scare the woman, but yet making Helena jump.

”Oh, Tina, hi…” The brunette replied in a slight fuss. She stood up and embraced her awkwardly. ”You look amazing”

Having been clasped in Helena’s arms, Tina’s eyes went big, while at the same time her brows crooked with puzzlement. Helena had never hugged her, never.

The brunette finally backed away and granted the slightly dazed blonde with a sweet smile. ”I’m glad you could make it. Please take a seat” She pushed a chair to Tina and pointed for her to sit down.

A waiter came up right away.

”They have this delicious green tea with bergamot, if I’m not mistaken I’ve drunk two whole kettles already. You should definitely try it” Helena recommended friendly.

”I’ll have a glass of water, thanks” Tina told the waiter, silently dismissing Helena’s offer.

After the waiter disappeared, Tina looked back at Helena. She watched her smiling at her, but then noted that she seemed like having no idea what to do with her hands, the very sign of a person being nervous.

Averting her eyes from Tina’s, Helena spoke. ”I was surprised when you agreed to meet me”

”Why?”

”Well… After everything that happened I wasn’t sure you wanted to…um…”

As Tina observed Helena trying to find needed words, she started to grow nervous herself.

”I mean… I just thought you would turn me down, that’s all” Helena finally uttered clumsily.

”Okay” Tina answered blankly as she sipped her water.