So, she was kind of a babe and he had been kind of checking her out for nearly half an hour. Normally he finished his basket of fries in ten minutes but for this girl? He took half an hour and had Lydia Apostolos laughing at him about twenty minutes in.
"Whatcha being all patient for, Mal?"
"Lydia, eyes on the prize," he nodded, keeping his voice low. He was at a booth several feet away but he nodded toward the girl and Lydia glanced over suddenly made aware of what he was doing.
"Shit, why don't you just go introduce yourself to her?" she said loudly.
"Shhh!!" he swatted at her with the back of his hand but it was too late, he was sure the girl noticed. And if she didn't, when Lydia walked over to Rose with a fresh pot of coffee she causally said:
"That's Mal, over there at that booth? Eyeing you because he thinks you're pretty."
Mal placed a hand over his face and groaned. Why was Lydia so ridiculous?!