And so it begins …
I was behind the counter of the coffee shop
that I worked at, taking orders. It wasn’t a fast day, or a slow one. It was at
the right speed. When nobody was in line I stared blankly into space. But as I
was staring I noticed a familiar figure just outside of the shop. He was
texting, he was tall, skinny, and had that mop of hair that I recognized. As I
stared to confirm that I knew this person he turned around and I saw his
face oh my goodness Valter is standing right outside of the coffee shop where
I work in. Being the partly confident and shy person I am I ran out the door
pointing at him yelling, “I found you!” my heart racing. He looked up from his
phone and smiled. Out of his pocket he took out a familiar “i found charlie”
button. I took it and asked “are you coming in?” as I was opening the door and
gesturing him to come inside first. He chuckled and said “thanks, gentleman”
jokingly. I was melting inside. He was so cute. I yelled at my friend as I was
passing by the counter, saying “I’m on my break!” as I took off my apron,
revealing my Cloning Charlie shirt. My friend gave me thumbs up, saying okay. I
had already had fresh cups of tea ready so I took one for Valter. He looked at
my shirt and I immediately looked down, almost forgetting what shirt I was
wearing Valter smiled. “Thanks for buying my shirt.” he said.
So we started having small talk, like how I was
saying what a fan of him I was. He got to know me a little better. “So you work
here, and yet you have never seen me before.” Valter said. My eyes widened.
“What?” came out of my mouth? “Yeah, I come here twice a week.” Valter said. I
melted inside. How come I never found him here? What days did he go on? Ten
minutes passed and Valter got a text. “Oh, sorry I got to go. Nice chat.” He
said. “Wait a second.” I told him, taking a napkin from a table near us and the
pen that rested on my ear. I quickly wrote my number and email address. “Just
in case if you want to keep in touch.” I said. He nodded and we shook hands. Oh
my God his hand held mine for two seconds. As he went out of the coffee shop it
was the end of my shift, so I got my bag and rode my bike back home, being a
bit shaky that I just saw my crush. I think I embarrassed myself in front of
him, and that’s what worried me as I rode home.
I spent that day sitting in my room, reading.
At about eleven Leah walked in holding her phone out. “Its you mom.” She said
handing it to me. I took it and held it close to my ear.
“Hello?” I said quietly. “Yeah… David… Uh huh… Yes… Valter… Yeah, he was one of
those guys that freaked out when we were fighting… He’s nice… Really? Oh, dad’s
idea huh… Well, how about we come in a couple weeks. Okay. Bye.” I hung up and
handed the phone to the Leah. I waved my hand at her, as if saying I didn’t
want to talk. She walked out of my room and closed the door. I sunk into my bed
and closed my eyes.
“OH!” Leah said as she burst back in. “One more day.” She said happily, I
flicked her off and she closed the door, I could hear her laughing as she walked
into her room. I looked at the clock and saw that it said twelve. One more
day… I groaned quietly and turned off the lights, falling asleep
instantly.
I woke up at seven, and when I did I just lay
there and stared up at the ceiling. I rolled out of bed at eight and walked out
of my room, Leah was still in her room. I made myself some eggs and sat down at
the table, eating them slowly. At nine I walked back into my room and started
reading. I heard Leah walk out of her room, and then the front door opening and
closing. I sighed, realizing I was going to be alone most of the day.
At about two my phone started buzzing on my
desk, I grabbed it and read the caller ID. I didn’t recognize the number but
answered it anyways. “Hello?” I said caustiously.
“Hello Jo!” a happy Portuguese male voice said
on the other side.
“Uhm hello?”
“Oh, how rude of me. I’m kiko . Valter gave me
your number.”
“Oh. Well, hello kiko.” I said smiling.
“So you must be wondering why I’m calling.
Right?” I swear I heard a smile in his voice, I grinned.
“How did you knoowwww.” I said sarcastically, I
heard him laugh a little.
“Oh I’m just a genius. But anyways. So, the
reason I’m calling it. I was wondering if you wanted to go do something with me
today.”
“Sure.” I said happily, smiling more.
“Great! Meet me at the park in ten minutes.”
“Which park?”
“The one closest to your flat.”
“Oh, okay. Wait. Did you say ten minutes?”
“Yes.”
“B-“
“See you in a littleeee.” He hung up and I
frowned. I quickly got up and pulled on black skinny jeans, black knee high
boots, a white tank top and my blue knit hat. I fumbled to shove everything
into my bag as I run out of my apartment. I bump into someone on the way out
and yelled, “Sorry!” over my shoulder. I rushed to the park and saw a bright
blue head from afar. I ran towards it.
“One minute late.” kiko said smiling
“God dangit.” I laughed, he smiled and we
walked over to a bench. He sat down and patted the space by him, I sat down.
“Sooo, why exactly did you want to hang out with me today?”
“Oh no reason. Just wanted to get to know the
girl Valter is crazy about”, he said smiling, I looked away and blushed. kiko
laughed a little and tapped my shoulder, I turned to look at him.
“Yes?” he pointed behind us and I saw Valter,
sitting in a bench, reading. “What a coincidence.” kiko smiled and shrugged.
Well this isn’t quite the end … more
developments still to come ^^
