She chose an empty seat at the bar only a few feet away from the man sipping slowly at his pint. As she climbed up onto the barstool, she caught his eye and gave him a small, shy smile. He seemed caught off-guard by the attention, but after a few owlish blinks of his eyes, returned a grin. Shortly after she reluctantly passed over enough money to pay for her first drink entirely in change, she tried to hide her bright red blushes in the glass.