Claire had been looking forward to grabbing coffee with Anakin, even if a part of her still felt guilty. That was ridiculous, the guilt, because she wasn't really cheating on Shane. They weren't together, no matter what had happened between them at Jeremy's party and no matter how much a part of her still missed him. And it was stupid to feel bad about meeting a friend for coffee, anyway, because it probably wasn't even a date. Michael seemed to think it probably wasn't, and he was a definite guy. So Claire was probably freaking out about nothing.
Although she was usually pretty punctual, Claire was running a few minutes late today. Traffic had been horrible and then there was parking, which had also not been fun. She was a little out of breath by the time she walked through the door, just from running the short distance from her car. Just inside the door, she paused to catch her breath and then she looked around for Anakin, who was playing with his phone. Rather than a wave he wouldn't see, she walked over to him and slipped into the seat across from him.
"Hey, sorry I'm late. You wouldn't believe the traffic on the 1 today."