I'm back guys! So I'm at a point where I wanted to start writing again! Still a bit rusty and I'm having to write all this on my phone! I hope this is a good start to something that has been in my mind lately!
I shifted back and forth on my feet, waiting on my friend outside STAR labs. My friend Vividka was suppose to show up at 3 to finally give me a tour of central city. I glanced down at my phone to see 3:24. Ugh. I've been here a week and I know nothing of this city. If I sit in my room one more day and play video games to pass the time I may jump out the window! I glance over and a guy with long hair comes up to me.
"Are you in need of a ride? You seem fidgety out here"
I smiled and shook my head.
"No I'm waiting on a friend and she's now-" I glance back at my phone. "-26 minutes late. I'm new around here and was hoping for a tour of the area."
His eyes lit up. "You're the new chick Dr. Wells hired right?"
I nodded my head. "Mhmm, my name is Lucielle, I'm assisting with Dr. Caitlin Snow as of right now"
"Caitlin is a friend! You'll love working with her"
I glanced back at my phone as my ring tone bounced out. It was Viv.
"Hey you're late! Ugh really? Well I guess I'll get a bite of eat and go home. No worries. Bye" I huffed and stuck my phone in my purse.
"Well Mr..."
"Cisco"
"Well Mr. Cisco it seems my tour guide isn't showing so I suppose I'll see you around?"
He shifted slightly and looked around a bit "how about I give you a tour around instead? I know my way around here"
Hmm. He was cute, and I really enjoyed his Dr. Who shirt. I smiled. "Well how about I choose the premise and you decide a venue?"
He looked back at me and smiled. "Sure! How about a bite to eat?"
"Weeeeell I'm sortof in the mood for Chinese buffet, where's the best one?"
He rolled his eyes. "Chinese buffet? Well ooook. I know a pretty good one for a fair price. Whose car?"
We drove a short distance to this nice looking buffet. It was a bit awkward but the silence gave me a chance to look around and try to remember the areas we passed. Once inside we ordered drinks and grabbed some food.
"Soup first?" Cisco said eying my food.
I nodded. "Mhmm, my grandparents use to always go to Chinese buffets on Fridays and took me with. We always got soup first!"
After a few minutes of quiet I decided to speak up.
"So we pretty much know nothing of each other other than names and that we work at the same lab. How about we play a game. We each go back and forth and give a fact about ourselves!" He looked up at me and smiled, damn that's a cute face! "I'll go first being it's my idea. I pretty much lived my whole life in central florida. I'm in my mid 20's and this is the first time I've ventured past St. Augustine since I was a kid. Kinda excited to see snow."
His face was nothing short from shock. "Never seen snow?" I nodded and smiled.
"You're in for it then! Ok me now. Well I'm from Puerto Rico, grew up a bit poor but now I'm here working under Dr. Wells, who has always been someone I admired deeply. Ok you"
I sipped my soup and thought to myself. "Well I'm quite a gamer. I've always played them since I was a child and watched my dad play them. I love RPG's like final fantasy, skyrim, and such. Suck horribly at shooter games, no matter how hard I try to be good at them"
"You're a gamer?" He smiled even wider when I nodded my head "I love playing games, always been something I did! I'm more into classics though, you know Mario, Zelda, those types!"
"I've always loved those too! Ok I'm counting that as a fact so me again. Well though my main facto is engineering I actually do something else, I uh.. I model."
He looked at me questionably. "Model?"
I nodded my head slowly. "Well I'm sure you're no stranger to my tattoos, they're pretty obvious on me. I'm a suicide girl. Not the naked ones though!" I rushed out fast, then glanced around to make sure I didn't catch attention to myself "I do shoots for them and also do a lot of clothing and makeup modeling. I just prefer to keep my lady bits me and whoever I choose to sees business, not the whole world" I laughed uncomfortably, hoping I didn't throw him off.
I'm guessing I didn't cause he continued on "well I myself am a mechanical engineer, no modeling though!"
We kept on the game, sharing lame facts on ourselves, only stopping to grab more food. He insisted on paying, and after a brief argument I convinced him to let me at least give the tip. We stepped outside and I looked down and blinked hard a few times.
"Ugh. Sun really kills me. So, dear Cisco! I desire a new comic to read! Where shall I find one?"
We ended up at a comic book store, he drove around to show me where the library was, the shopping malls, and a few other places I would need to know where they're located if I'm to survive here. When the sun started to set he drove back to the lab so I could get to my car. Once parked things got quiet again.
"I had a lot of fun Cisco, thank you so much for showing me around here! Maybe next time we could go to an Italian place." I blushed a bit at the idea of seeing him again.
"I would love to do this again, though I hope you'll be a bit less lost next time!"
We exchanged numbers and he waited for me to safely get in my car before he left. I let a deep breathe of air out that I had been holding in before I started my trip back to my apartment.
When I parked I noticed Vividkas car was in her spot. I took the long walk up the flights of stairs(ok 3 but it's still a lot!) and unlocked, entered, then re locked the door. I glanced around until I spotted the bathroom door was closed. I threw my purse on the table and dropped myself onto the couch and listened for her to come out. When she did she gave me an odd look.
"You were out a while, what happened?"
I smiled a bit. "Found a tour guide."
I saw her ears perk. "You did?"
I started telling her about Cisco and how he showed me around, I'm not sure if I was overselling him or what cause the look on Viv's face was telling me I was saying something off.
"Was he cute?" I rolled my eyes.
"I think he is"
"You ask him back out?"
"I did"
She nearly broke my ears squealing. "Ohh look at you been here a week and found a cutie with a bootie! Look at you!"
I pushed her. "Come on now it was a nice gesture and he was being helpful!"
"Yeah but he accepted another day out with you, so it's a date!"
"We've known each other a day! It's nothing, for now."
I woke up the next day feeling oddly more excited than usual to go to work. I showered fairly fast and stood in front of my small closet. I decided on a pair of black leggings, a knee high floral dress, black cardigan and black ankle boots. I sat in front of my mirror, doing my make up and trying to decide if lipstick was too much. I shrugged off trying to impress Cisco on the off chance I even saw him and just out some tinted gloss on. I grabbed my phone and purse and ran out the door when I realized I was going to be late if I didn't hurry. I rushed to the coffee shop Cisco showed me and ordered. I tapped my foot and looked at my phone, waiting on my order. I noticed a new friend request and follower on my Facebook and Instagram. They were both from Cisco. I blushed and nearly jumped out of my boots when they called my name. I put everything else out my mind, grabbed my coffee and rushed to work with only seconds to spare. I huffed slightly as I jogged up to Caitlin.
"Running late?" She asked, eying my clearly disheveled form.
"Just barely no. Sorry I've been elsewhere mentally this morning. I'm ready to get started though Dr." I put my lab coat on and followed Caitlin to get the day started.
I've worked with Dr. Snow for 3 days now and I've enjoyed it greatly, she's very nice and easy going to work with. Our fashion isn't too far from each other and we work well together. I feel lucky I got her to work under. At lunch time she offered to take me to lunch, saying that there's a place walking distance her friends go to for lunch sometimes and she thought I might enjoy tagging along. I agreed and we set off to meet her friends. I was a bit nervous that her friends would feel like I'm intruding, until I saw who was at the table Caitlin was leading me to. It was Cisco! I blushed and gave a small wave when he saw us. Next to him was this young guy with short brown hair. He looked at me a bit lost.
"Hi guys sorry were late! Barry this is Lucielle, my intern! You already know Cisco"
Ahh so they've spoken about me. It made me wonder who's idea it was I join for lunch. I brushed it off and shook Barry's hand.
"You can call my Lucy, it's much simpler!" I turned and smiled at Cisco. "Hey you, nice to see you again!"
He smiled and waved at me again. I felt my heart flutter as I sat down. I wish I had better social skills, I feel like my face may catch fire! I was fine yesterday, but after mulling over things last night and this morning, suddenly my nerves were shot.
Berry glanced over between us. "You've met?"
"Uhm yeah, I'm new here and Cisco just happened to be around when I needed a bit of help"
Caitlin gave a big smile and interrupted, sensing my nervousness. "She's been working with me and let me say, it's a huge load off having someone helping out!"
I shrugged my shoulders. "I mostly do paperwork though, but it's nice to be doing something in the field I studied in."
Barry leaned foreword in a bit. "What field are you in now? I know you're with Caitlin but her work can be vague."
I glanced at Caitlin, who narrowed her eyes, before I spoke again. "Well I'm in mechanical engineering, I'm waiting on my approval for my exams for my PhD. It's why I chose to come here and get work in my field."
Caitlin turned to me. "What did you do before?"
I saw Ciscos eyes light up. He knew where this was going "Well I uh.. I modeled." Both Caitlin and Barry leaned even closer to me. "I do a lot of shoots for clothing and such. I'm nearing the end of my contract with a company called Rebel Circus."
Caitlin opened and closed her mouth a few times before choosing her words. "Well what's the benefits of modeling?"
I laughed a bit. "Well the pay is pretty good. Not lavish, but it paid the bills and a bit some. Plus we get to keep some of the stuff we model. I got this dress before I moved from a shoot and most my make up was given to me!"
"What made you decide to do engineering instead?" I turned to Barry to answer.
"Well I actually was in college first, sortof bouncing back and forth between mechanical engineering and Latin literature." Everyone looked at me strangely "yes, yes I know it's a big jump. Well as we all know college costs a lot and I wasn't quite good enough to get a big scholarship. Only got one for my abilities to play musical instruments. It paid the classes some but the books were insane! A friend of mine gave me the idea to try modeling and after a few small test runs with a company I got in. It was a very slow start but eventually it became common enough that I was able to live without financial stress. Once I got my MA I started looking for internship and after working it out with my agent I got the job at STAR labs and moved in with a friend of mine who's a fellow model."
They all nodded in understanding. Barry finally spoke up. "How long have you been here?" I shrugged and started eating. "About a week, today is my 3rd day working at the labs."
Cisco decided to join in. "Do you still model?"
I nodded as I chewed. "Mhmm. Not a lot, STAR labs pays well. I do enjoy modeling so once in a blue moon I still do shoots."
The conversations turned light as we ate. Afterwords Barry went on his way and we all walked back to the labs. Caitlin and I waved bye to Cisco and we parted to our area. Once we were back at our desks Caitlin turned to me. "So Cisco huh?"
I blushed and started working on a mass equation. "We've only met"
"He likes you"
"He met me just yesterday"
"I've known him much longer, I know him and I know he likes you. You guys gonna go out?"
I blushed even deeper and started erasing at my paper. "I suppose if he offers.. I uh.. I suppose I would go back out with him."
I'm guessing she liked the response since she got up and started fiddling with a model we were working on and smiling.
I hope this is a good start guys! I have a lot in my mind about this story! Please let me know if you guys like it and I'll keep writing!
