“Hey, are you alright?” Paolo asked. “You look kinda out of it.” He cringed and lowered his voice. “Did you try to ask Miguel out and he said no?”
Evan rolled his eyes. “Do you guys have a bet going?” he said, sounding snappier than he intended.
Paolo recoiled an inch. “N-No, but…y’know, we’ve noticed and…well…we were all rooting for you because you two seem to like each other and…uh…did he say no?”
“No, because I didn’t ask. And I’m not going to.” Evan crouched to open the container of spare spoons. “I gotta go put this back.”
“Okay, sorry to hear about…yeah.”
Evan didn’t mean to take his bad mood out on Paolo. He had been such a good supportive coworker this entire season and didn’t deserve that. Maybe if it hadn’t rained today things would have been better. The booth wouldn’t be cr
