.get.to.know.me.

.typical gaia actions, sam thought, as he watched her walk out with the speed of a cheetah on steroids. damn, she was fast... was he that repulsing? i mean, really? before he had even got to murmur,

"yeah... i'll be there, for sure."

-- gaia had been gone, and the last he'd seen of her beautiful self was long blonde hair whipping out the door of the cozy star-bucks. sam, still thinking he had done something to make her 'freak' and run off like she had, arose from his and gaia's spot in the starbucks. tossing his empty coffee cup into one of the waste bins, he sighed defeatedly. gaia was so elusive, and sometimes he really hated running after her but never, ever, being able to catch her. but the funny thing was, sam knew he'd never be able to stop chasing her... because... because, he loved her.

"i love her."

he whispered aloud to himself, shaking his head as he did so. it was true... he loved her with everything he was now, and everything he'd ever become. gaia.... gaia, he felt, was probably meant to be that one girl he'd just be with forever. he had been lopsidedly grinning without noticing it, and just now... that grin dropped. gaia... perfect gaia, had asked him about heather. oh yes, heather... heather gannis, his girlfriend. the one that he was pinned to right now. sam had almost forgotten. almost. so now... what was he going to do about this mess that he had gotten himself into? only one thing was clear to sam at the moment; he wouldn't lose gaia. not again. not like he had after thanksgiving... nope.

he'd be there at eight... and that was all that mattered. wasn't it? even heather gannis didn't matter right now. only gaia mattered now, sam thought as he too made his way out of the starbucks with a blank expression.