A mixed bag

She almost ran when she saw him. To everyone else, Dave was your standard good-looking guy. He was smooth with the ladies and had a way with words. But he could he rough. She knew that first-hand better than anyone else. When he was with someone, he required absolute obedience. She had been glad to finally be free of him. Now, she was going to show him just how good she was doing without him!

She made a move to sit across from him in their booth when he snapped his fingers. "Come sit by me," he commanded. She almost did. Her body twitched as if it wanted to jerk her around and through her into the both next to him.

"I will stay over here, thank you very much," Carrie replied, sitting across from him.

"Oh, come on, Carrie! It was once! I was drunk! Besides, that was years ago. I'm different now. I've grown and learned from my mistakes. Why did you even unblock me?" He crossed his arms. He was interrupted by the waiter. "I'll have a coke and she'll have—"

"I'll have a coke." She cut him off.

"Coke will make you fat," Dave rolled his eyes.

"It's a good thing I don't care what you think about my body anymore. I called you out here for closure. I can't keep holding onto this anger and hatred anymore. Even if you didn't change, I still need to move past this for myself and my current relationship." Carrie confidently said.

He was quiet for a moment before sighing, "alright, alright. I guess my old habits die hard when I'm around you. I get it. Listen, if it's any consolation, I haven't been able to keep a relationship since ours."

"Your anger get the better of you?" Carrie shot back with a snide remark.

"None of them were you," he replied. There was that way with words.

"W-well," she stuttered, "I'm off the market now."

He raised his hands in the air, "I know, I know. But it's true. You're something special." Dave set them back on the table, to which Carrie set her hands on top of them.

"Thank you... I know you mean it," she bit her lip. There was that soft smile and gentle demeanor — the one she'd fallen for in the first place.