CHAPTER 3
I awoke the next morning to my alarm clock tired and as though I hadn't slept at all. I got up and took a quick shower. As I got out there was a knock at my bedroom door. "Yeah?" "Isabel? Are you working today?" It was my mother. "Yeah mom, why?" "I was just wondering if you wanted to go shopping with the girls and I." "No, it's okay." "Alright. Oh! Your father and I are going out tonight can you manage by yourself tonight?" "Yeah, I'm good. Don't worry about me." "Okay, bye hon." "Bye mom." I went to my room and changed into "work clothes", jeans and my yellow polo shirt. I changed my CD to the "10 Things I Hate About You" soundtrack and sang along to "I Want You to Want Me." After I got my things together I turned off my stereo and went downstairs. I grabbed an apple before going to my car.
I got to work just as Mary was opening the door to the shop. "Hey!" I
said pulling off my sunglasses. "Why in the hell are you always so happy in the morning?" Mary asked in between yawns. "I don't know." I began as we walked in to the shop, "I guess it's the feeling that things happen everyday for a reason. You know?" "Isabel, what am I going to do with you?" "Well, you can start to fix me some coffee for one." "Grr...but okay, only to get you to shut up....and no singing." "How'd you know that I was going to start?" "Best friends ring a bell?" We laughed as I sang "I Want You to Want Me."
"Okay, so that's one vanilla latte and two black coffee's and a biscotti.
Have a nice day!" I turned to Mary, "Can I turn on some music?" "You know I don't care. I mean it's not like there's a rush of people in here." "Good!" I turned on the stereo and changed the cd to my mixed CD and the first song was "I Want You to Want Me." Mary and I were wiping down the counter tops while singing to the song when in walked the guy from the bookshop. I didn't see him, but Mary did and she stopped singing and said "Customer." I continued to sing "I want you to want me, I need you to need me, and love..." I stopped singing because I had come face to face with the guy. "...And love you to love me." "Huh?" was my wonderful answer. "...And love you to love me. That's how it goes right?" "Uh, yeah. Sorry 'bout that." "No problem. I thought that the show was pretty good." "Thanks, but next time I charge admission." Finally a witty answer. We laughed. "I'm Eli." "Isabel. So, Eli, what can I get for you today?" "Well, what I want isn't on the menu." "Really?" "Yeah, you see I was wondering if there was any chance you'd wasn't to go to the movies or something tonight?" I was shocked, me...him....movies....WOW!!
However, I was to remain calm, cool and collected. "Yeah, sure, I'm not busy." "Great." There was a pause, "When do you get off from work?" Mary came over and said, "She gets off at about 4 or so." "Thanks Mar." I gave her a look and she helped the next customer. "I get off at 4." "Cool. So I'll come by then." "Okay. Till then." "Till then." And like that he was out of the shop. Until four o'clock I couldn't keep my mind off Eli.
I awoke the next morning to my alarm clock tired and as though I hadn't slept at all. I got up and took a quick shower. As I got out there was a knock at my bedroom door. "Yeah?" "Isabel? Are you working today?" It was my mother. "Yeah mom, why?" "I was just wondering if you wanted to go shopping with the girls and I." "No, it's okay." "Alright. Oh! Your father and I are going out tonight can you manage by yourself tonight?" "Yeah, I'm good. Don't worry about me." "Okay, bye hon." "Bye mom." I went to my room and changed into "work clothes", jeans and my yellow polo shirt. I changed my CD to the "10 Things I Hate About You" soundtrack and sang along to "I Want You to Want Me." After I got my things together I turned off my stereo and went downstairs. I grabbed an apple before going to my car.
I got to work just as Mary was opening the door to the shop. "Hey!" I
said pulling off my sunglasses. "Why in the hell are you always so happy in the morning?" Mary asked in between yawns. "I don't know." I began as we walked in to the shop, "I guess it's the feeling that things happen everyday for a reason. You know?" "Isabel, what am I going to do with you?" "Well, you can start to fix me some coffee for one." "Grr...but okay, only to get you to shut up....and no singing." "How'd you know that I was going to start?" "Best friends ring a bell?" We laughed as I sang "I Want You to Want Me."
"Okay, so that's one vanilla latte and two black coffee's and a biscotti.
Have a nice day!" I turned to Mary, "Can I turn on some music?" "You know I don't care. I mean it's not like there's a rush of people in here." "Good!" I turned on the stereo and changed the cd to my mixed CD and the first song was "I Want You to Want Me." Mary and I were wiping down the counter tops while singing to the song when in walked the guy from the bookshop. I didn't see him, but Mary did and she stopped singing and said "Customer." I continued to sing "I want you to want me, I need you to need me, and love..." I stopped singing because I had come face to face with the guy. "...And love you to love me." "Huh?" was my wonderful answer. "...And love you to love me. That's how it goes right?" "Uh, yeah. Sorry 'bout that." "No problem. I thought that the show was pretty good." "Thanks, but next time I charge admission." Finally a witty answer. We laughed. "I'm Eli." "Isabel. So, Eli, what can I get for you today?" "Well, what I want isn't on the menu." "Really?" "Yeah, you see I was wondering if there was any chance you'd wasn't to go to the movies or something tonight?" I was shocked, me...him....movies....WOW!!
However, I was to remain calm, cool and collected. "Yeah, sure, I'm not busy." "Great." There was a pause, "When do you get off from work?" Mary came over and said, "She gets off at about 4 or so." "Thanks Mar." I gave her a look and she helped the next customer. "I get off at 4." "Cool. So I'll come by then." "Okay. Till then." "Till then." And like that he was out of the shop. Until four o'clock I couldn't keep my mind off Eli.