Back in the classroom we were told we would have a few weeks of the classroom before going into the kitchen and starting our knife skills.We were also told that we could go into the kitchen and get a cup of coffee. On our break in the classroom before class.
One morning I was early so I went into the dining room to get a cup of coffee. But when I got there the large commercial coffee pot was empty. I turned to leave when the Chef from the kitchen tour was right behind me. “Oh, excuse me,” I said.
He had a grin the size of Mississippi! I’m Chef Brock and you? He said, as he reached out his hand to me. I gulped. Up close, he had sexy black stubble on his face. Straight white teeth. Long black lashes with green eyes staring deep into mine with his Togue off his head. But he was so full of energy, and I already a wreck, and full of no confidence – knowing that the attraction to each other was mutual. I tried to sound intelligent but i think i stuttered something like, “I came in here for coffee.”
”Oh, coffee, huh. Well, I’ll tell you what. You tell me your name, and I will show you how to make the coffee.” This handsome Chef must have been close to 35 I think and here I was 57 old enough to be his momma. ‘I’m sorry.” Then, i laughed awkwardly, ”My name is Jillie.” He smiled again. We were both tall in a hallway that barely let two people stand side by side. We were breathing the same air and I was losing oxygen fast.
Ok, this is what you do to get coffee. He walked alongside of me and opened the cupboards and pulled out coffee filters, coffee and measure spoons. His hands were scrubbed clean. He chatted on about how to make the coffee .
All i could think about was this guy had to be 35 years or younger and he was firting with me??? ME? He had a tattoo on the back of his neck that you could barely see covered with his Chef jacket.
I may have been married my whole life, but i stll knew what it was like to be flirted with and realized i wasn’t thinking of Foreclosure for the entire 15 minutes we spent together.
I left the room with a cup of coffee and no idea how to make it.