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would come in for coffee early in the morning or late afternoon. That was when Esmeralda got to know him. He had just finished his master’s degree two years ago and would one day take over his father’s firm. As far as Esmeralda knew he was still single, he had not recently mentioned anything about dating. When he first started to come in two years ago he would be with a blond, but they broke up once he started working full time.
    He was a very polite guy with his head on straight. He had a steady career, one with a stable future. As far as she knew, he did not do drugs. He was nice looking with sandy colored hair. He was just shy of six foot. He wasn’t overly buff , but she knew he had a regular exercise routine and looked great in or out of a suit. At least she imagined he looked good out of it. If she were a few years younger, maybe she would have pursued him herself.
    Lilly frequented the cafe less days out of the week, but her schedule was just as much a routine as Leo’s. She came in at nine thirty Tuesday through Friday. She had a hot coffee, light and sweet, sometimes vanilla sometimes caramel and she would work on her computer until lunch time when she would order a bite to eat and an iced coffee.
    Lilly and Esmeralda got to know each other fairly well. Lilly worked on her laptop in the cafe for a good majority of the day. They both welcomed the small breaks talking with one another, although, more often than not it was Lilly doing the talking.
    Tuesdays were often the day that Lilly offered a breakdown of her weekend to Esmeralda. If Esmeralda had to guess, Lilly had a blind date story every two to three weeks, none of which lived up to her expectations of what a good date would be.
    It had crossed Esmeralda’s mind on several occasions to try and set up Leo and Lilly on a blind date, but she had her suspicions that Lilly would never have any luck in that department. Lilly needed a more organic first encounter with someone.
    Esmeralda watched Leo walk in every day right past Lilly. There were two problems, one was that Leo was always in a hurry to get back to the office and Lilly always had her back to the shop. She told Esmeralda it was so she didn’t get too distracted by people watching. If only there had been a way for them to stumble upon each other, Esmeralda felt like they would be a good fit for one another.
    Esmeralda had ordered a few bottles of the salted caramel syrup. One bottle may have been enough to get through a day of specialty coffees, but she also didn’t want to run out.
    The bottle of flavored syrup that had been enchanted was marked with the double L’s and a label that said ‘Do not use this bottle to make drinks.’ Esmeralda planned to keep it stashed and out of reach enough that any of the baristas working for her wouldn’t make the mistake in using it to make someone else’s coffee.
     

 
    Nine thirty came and went. Esmeralda nervously watched the clock, concerned that Lilly was not going to come in for coffee. The cafe was not her employer, but she was always punctual, Esmeralda doesn’t remember her faltering from her routine.
    Ten o’clock rolled around quickly. Esmeralda was certain that Leo would be walking in any minute. She was starting to worry that her plan was not going to work out. She debated on whether or not to make Leo’s special drink if Lilly wasn’t there.
    In that moment of debate she realized that she had not thought this out enough. How was she going to make sure t he spell worked on them? They didn’t even know each other.
    Maybe if they walked in at the same time it would be a sign that they were totally meant for each other. Esmeralda started to get excited at the possibility that the goddesses were working their cosmic magic and that was why Lilly was coming in so late.
    “Hey, you ok?” an older woman in a brown button-up shirt and khakis tapped Esmeralda on the shoulder.
    “Oh yeah, thanks , Jan. I am just in la-la-land daydreaming. Do you