<div style="text-align: justify;">Alannah couldn't help but smirk at his forward manner. That alone betrayed him as not from around here, where asking for names wildly out of context was considered, if not rude, then very strange. <span style="color: #4080FF">"Coffee black, coming right up,"</span> she said and winked at him, sticking the pen back into her mess of a ponytail as she went back to the bar.<br/><br/><span style="color: #FFFF80">"He's cute,"</span> Daniel mumbled as she arrived, busy solving a crossword puzzle in the newspaper.<span style="color: #FFFF80"> "Probably gay."</span> Alannah had been about to nod, but resolved to punch him in the shoulder with an mock indignant gasp. <span style="color: #4080FF">"Of course he isn't gay! He asked about my name. Who asks girls about their names if they're gay?"</span> <span style="color: #FFFF80">"Serial killers."</span> Alannah rolled her eyes at the bespectacled man, who was still sporting a wide grin. <span style="color: #4080FF">"You're just jealous."</span> She stuck her tongue out at him as she left, carrying the cup of coffee past the gross couple(she noted with satisfaction that it seemed like they were about to leave), Howard(who looked up hopefully as she passed, and then sighed deeply when she went by with an apologetic smile), and the snappy red-head(who was still undisturbed typing something on her laptop), before returning to the good-looking guy.<br/><br/>"Here ya go," she said, placing the steaming cup and the check that read '$4.60' under it. <span style="color: #4080FF">"And the name's Alannah. Ya?"</span> She tapped her worn name tag, fastened on the right-side lapels of her shirt, with a grin. With a hasty look around to assure herself that yes, everyone was set and there wasn't a whole lot to take care of, she prodded the man's boots with her sneakers. <span style="color: #4080FF">"If ya don't mind, what's with the shoes?"</span> Aside from his good looks - alright, his <span style="font-style: italic">really</span> good looks, she had to admit to herself - they were so far the ultimate attention-getter. Hiking boots in a big city meant tourists, and tourists mean other places. and other places meant cool new experiences. Even if she could only hear about them, and not actually experience them herself.</div>