More SBux Drama...

I've blog before about my creepy old guy at Panera and how he happened to show up at SBux one time and remember me.  Well, I ended up moving to A-ton and stopped going to that SBux altgother.  Gone were the days of H, my sexy barista, upgrading me for free.  Gone were the days of H flirting with me and giving me a huge ego boost.  Gone were the days when I felt like a rockstar. 

.... or so I thought.

The route to school happens to include a new SBux.  And one fateful day I walked in only to find H, the sexy barista, behind the counter.  Both of us shocked, and slighly worried on my part that he thought I was stalking him, we managed to discuss how we both ended up at that SBux.  He was promoted to that store manager and I moved and worked around the corner.  So, it wasn't so weird.

This was at the beginning of the school year.  From that day on I got:

• upgrades to ventis on anything I ordered
• extra shots if I ordered a latte
• free pastries if he was behind the counter
• specialty drinks for $0.50 - even if I order more than one.  The total always comes to $0.53

It's been amazing. 

Recently the "hellos" have turned into hugs.  And passing me his business card.  And then, one morning after I returned from Spring Break, he actually came from behind the counter, hugged me and asked me a series of questions.

• Where have you been?
• Do you have a boyfriend?
• Why haven't you come to see me at Nordstroms?
• Would you like to go see a movie with me?  I would like to take you out?
• What are you doing Friday?  (told him Fridays are hard after a week of teaching)
• What about Saturday?  (told him I had a baby shower)
• Sunday night?  (told him I had weekly family dinners)

So then he told me to let him know when I was available.  I said okay, grabbed my coffee and then left.

Problem.
What do I do?  I hate turning people down.  But I'm not interested... I'm okay with losing my freebies but I don't want to embarrass him.  Or me.  Ugh...  What's a girl to do?