Shadows In Durango

Chapter 63

*****Sofia's POV*****

Last night I had fallen asleep with Emma by my side which had seriously helped to relieve any anxiety that I still had after my date with Vincent.

Waking up before Emma for a change, I head straight for a shower and to dress.

I next head downstairs to see if I could make myself a coffee with Vincent's fancy machine that I had watched the others use many of times before now - always wondering if I could attempt to make my own.

Finding nobody around, I grab a mug, before standing before the luxurious machine, its gold spouts and coffee pods teasing my curiosity.

Humming a song as I fiddled around and put the pod into what I had hoped was the right part of the machine, I hadn't even heard someone enter the kitchen from behind me until:

"Beat me to it today huh?" I shriek and turn on my heels to find Daryl, his tired eyes and lazy smirk putting me a little at ease.

At least he didn't seem too pissed off about my date with Vincent...

"Want me to show you how it works?" He offers, as I nod slowly and watch him approach.

Opening up another part of the machine, he removes my pod and swaps its location with a chuckle - causing me to mutter under my breath since I had been almost certain that I had it in the right slot before he proceeds to check the water level - finding that it was full.

He then turns it on at the side, bringing a little screen to life with options of how I want the coffee to be made - making it more straight forward than I even knew.

"Ooooh, iced?!" I point to the one that I wanted to try, enjoying cold brews as he nods and selects it, placing my cup under the spout.

The machine jumps to life, before a little flap opens and drops crushed ice down before the coffee itself pours into the mix.

me the finished result as I beam at him and move to retrieve it

I can't help but

I wasn't totally sure if he wanted something serious or not - especially after

I'm single. I can experiment and figure it out for

your date with Vin go?" Daryl turns towards me, motioning for me to pass the milk across to him which I do

it was nice." I confirm, as Daryl all but pours the white liquid in to his cup and stops to

never really felt tense around him until this moment right now, it was strange. Hopefully I hadn't actually upset him because that wasn't

huh?" he repeats, his voice laced with an emotion to which I can't quite place. Is it curiosity? Disappointment?

coffee. The cold brew is delicious, but it

up to then?" he asks, leaning

to see if Vincent had gotten

only to rub it in? But I would like to

dinner before sucking his best-friend off in his car! My first date with Daryl had been ice cream and a kiss, which was magical in its

and then came back home," I say with a forced casualness, hoping that he wouldn't press me any further on

nods and takes another sip of his coffee. I can't tell if he knows or not, which is what was

us, filled

"So, any plans for today? Last free day of the weekend before school

the gym later to let off some steam." He pauses, then adds, "What about

some steam... maybe he does know and he's pissed off about

we could maybe grab lunch or

didn't know what I wanted

eyes light up with a hint of surprise. "Yeah, that sounds good," he says, a

but feel

too, I would love to talk to you, and maybe explain some more things about my past to help you understand me a little better - if you

him. It didn't feel right that I had opened up so much to