He waited patiently, staring out the window.  Now that there was some progress, he felt the cool, calm returning to him.  It wasn’t that he was<i>worried</i>or anything, not over some angel-faced stranger.  No, it wasn’t that.  Andreas was just eager to finish the job.<br/><br/>A soft chuckle escaped him as he read over that hasty reply, then glanced back out to the car.  Alex hadn’t made his way inside, yet.<br/><br/>“I’m not asking you to elope with me, and I’m not saying drop everything and do it now.  I’m saying coffee.  Sometime.  There’s a café on campus, right?”<br/><br/>Most colleges had at least one that was nearby, anyway.  Bigger city like this?  There was bound to be one open around the clock.<br/><br/>“But it’s okay if you don’t want to.”<br/><br/>He thought, biting down on his lip a little.  He could always promise to be the valiant knight, again.  That seemed to have helped things along, anyway.<br/><br/>“Is everything okay?  Is someone harassing you at work?  Has that guy come back around?  I could always stop in and while away a few hours watching over you, if that would help you feel safe.”