My first story

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 ^^