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She was running late. As usual, it seems. She's been behind all week. Everything has either taken up too much of her time or she's mistimed everything. She was a special guest speaker at the university, but since she was just visiting the city for this special series, she's been off on everything. She is running down the street, dodging between people, she looks back and she falls on her back.

"Oh, man! Are you okay?" A male voice says, helping her up. She grabs her binder and bag, bows quickly and starts running again.

He watches her. He's never seen such a brilliant red color. Her hair was wild and curly, and she had such a cute, petite shape. Like a pixie. She was running towards the university.

"Cute." He says lightly.

He looks down and sees a phone case with pictures all over the back of it. It looks girly, but not pink girly, more like skater or punk girl. He turns it on, and his eyes widen, looking at the lock screen. His face looks back at him.

She's freaking out, looking all over her bag for her phone. It was after the lecture, she was tearing her bag apart, emptying it completely on the auditorium floor. She had to wing her talk, stumbling over her words and everything.

"Are you sure you didn't leave it back in your hotel room?" A woman asks. She shakes her head. She was sure she threw it in her bag. She was running late. She had hoped she didn't drop it in the hallway or on the way.

She sighs lightly and drops her head.

She'll have to wipe it clean. At least everything was backed up on her account. She packs everything up into her bag and the two women leave the empty auditorium. They split ways. She's always thought schools were creepy at night with no people. Thankfully, she only has one more day of this series and she can head home. She has plenty of work to do.

She follows her same path back, hoping to find her phone.

"Looking for something?" She looks up, seeing a handsome man holding her phone. Her eyes widen. He smiles, his cute bunny smile.

He wears semi-baggy destroyed jeans, a black tee and a shirt over it. His hair is somewhat wild, but in a tamed kind of way. He has a charming smile, looking at this cute little red-haired pixie with a large messenger bag on her back.

"Oh, thank you so much. I've been stressing about it." She walks up to him.

"How do I know this is your phone? I mean, you could be just some strange woman pretending to have lost a phone." He says, tucking it away in his back pocket.

"Well, give it to me and I'll unlock it." She holds her hand out to him. He pulls it out and hands it to her. She turns it on, and her eyes widen. It's not the lock she set up.

He watches her with a sly smile. She looks at it, trying to figure it out.

"What's wrong?" He asks. She looks up at him.

"What did you do?" She asks. He smiles a boyish, crooked smile.

"I didn't do anything. I don't think it's your phone." He slips it out of her hands and pits it back in his back pocket.

"Just so you know I'm not afraid to go after my phone." She says. He smiles.

"Go ahead." He dares her. Like this little cute pixie will actually dig in a strange man's back pocket.

She moves quick and reaches behind him. His eyes widen.

"Whoa!" He grabs her wrist. She almost had her hand on her phone. He just got felt up by her. He didn’t not like it though.

"I told you. Give me my phone." She says.

"Okay. Okay." She pulls out of his grip. He grabs it and hands it to her. She’s pretty bold and fearless.

"How do I unlock it?" she asks, kind of pouting lightly.

"I'm not telling you." He smarts. Her eyes widen. He smiles. "Unless you buy me dinner."

Her eyes widen. "Uh-wha…buy you dinner?! I don't know even your name." She tries to act offended. He stands up and is real close to her. He grabs the phone and flips it over.

"Yeah, I think you do." He says. She looks down at the phone.

'Bobby' is splayed across the back.

She pouts. "Fine. Where?" He chuckles lightly, thinking she's absolutely cute, pouting like that. He takes her hand and leads her to a place he already had in mind. He thought this out carefully. He wanted to do more than just return the phone. He wanted to talk with her. She seemed interesting.

"You planned this all out, didn't you?" She asks. He laughs lightly and shakes his head.

"Not originally, but once I found out who it belonged to, I knew you'd be coming back. That's an interesting phone you have there, by the way." He opens the door for her. She walks in and he follows behind her.

"Just the two of you?" The server asks. He nods. He's going to get barbeque as well as some sides. They are sat and they order something to drink. He gets some alcohol and she gets some tea.

"So, why were you rushing earlier to the university?" He asks. “Are you a visiting student here?”

She looks up at him.

"Was that you I bumped into?" She asks, surprised and a little embarrassed. He laughs and nods lightly. She's such a tiny thing, with an ample chest. He was surprised she didn't fly further down the walk.

"I am so, so sorry. I was in such a rush." She says and bows again. He laughs lightly.

"It’s okay. What were you rushing for, a class?" He asks. The food is cooking, and some is being brought out.

She shakes her head, taking a drink of her hot tea. She sets the glass down.

"I'm a guest speaker for a technology series."

He's amazed and asks her about what she does, to which she explains happily. Telling him about what she's done and what she's currently working on. She loves talking about her work.

"That's amazing. I'm jealous. You enjoy that kind of work?" She nods. She may be tiny, but she eats like him, which he likes. He finds that attractive.

"How many more days are you here for?" He asks.

"Just tomorrow."

They talk for quite a while, she eats a chocolate dessert, enjoying it immensely. He smiles and shakes his head. He is asking her a lot of questions about herself and laughs at her. She’s very smart, but not intimidating.

"So, I take it your speech was on your phone?"

"Yeah, but mostly notes. It helps my memory, which can be rather bad." She laughs and that makes him laugh. It’s a cute laugh.

"Can I ask? What kind of name is Sailor?" He asks.

"A cute name for a cute girl that could kick your b*tt, Bobby." She smarts, finally saying his name. He laughs lightly.

"Nice answer." He compliments. He must be her ultimate bias as her phone has plenty of pictures of him as well as other groups. She has a vast repertoire of music as well. It was impressive.

She nods proudly. She pays gladly, enjoying hanging out with Bobby, even for a couple of hours. She grabs her phone and holds it up. He smiles and laughs.

"It’s my birthday." She enters the password and her phone unlocks. He modified her phone, which makes her look up at him. It may have been an interesting phone to him, but it seems it didn’t take him long to change things. He just smiles and gets up. She sighs and shakes her head.

"You're lucky you're cute." She grabs her bag. He laughs and they exit the restaurant and split ways. Bobby watches her leave, smiling lightly.

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