Hi. My name is London Marie James and I am a klutz. That is how I should have introduced myself on May 5, 2000. I had been helping a friend at work. All I really did was clean up counters, tables, and stuff. I kept dropping water on the floor which caused me to slip and fall on my already sore ass. I even dropped a glass that I was carrying to the kitchen. I was entertainment for everyone eating there. See, my friend works at this place that's like CiCi's Pizza. The place was usually pretty full so everyone that was there was laughing or were grinning because of my tendency to drop things or knock stuff over.
Luckily, when I came in to help my friend this morning, no one was there yet. It was a Monday morning so I was certain that I was off the hook. I started cleaning the tables and then started the floors. When I was wheeled the mop and bucket out, I looked up to see a table had in fact been filled while I was in the back. It seated four guys who were goofing off and laughing loudly. I rushed into the back to let my friend, Anastasia, know. As soon as I told her, she got a smile on her face and rushed out to greet them.
I walked back over to the mop and bucket and started moping the floors, starting in the farthest part of the room so I wouldn't be too close to the four unknown guys. I heard them fairly well though. I blame the fact that they were kinda loud.
"Hey guys! What's on the schedule for today?"
"Nothing at the moment. What about you?" one of the guys said.
"Just work. Also hanging with the friend I told you about. Wanna meet her?"
"Sure." they all said and at that exact moment, I tried to walk into the back so I could avoid being put on the spot and slipped, falling on my ass yet again.
At that moment, I thought I was going to die. I just stayed on the floor and tried to shrink into oblivion but I didn't have any luck. The sounds of their laughter echoed in my ears. I stood up after hearing Anastasia shush them and I ran as fast as I knew I could without hurting myself. I went to the one place in the back that I knew I was safe. I went to the storage area. The one area that all the boxes and cleaning supplies where at was the area that I always went to if I was sure I was dying of embarrassment.
I had been in there for a while when Anastasia came in wearing a concerned look on her face.
"Are you okay?" she asked.
"Yeah. I just wish I hadn't been so klutzy in front of them. That was so completely horrible." I whined, picking at the edge of a pizza box.
"They aren't really rude guys. They are just a bit..." Anastasia said, trying to find a way to explain them.
"They are just guys. All guys are that way." I stated causing Anastasia to laugh lightly.
"Very true. They do sincerely wanna meet you. Oh and Tom wanted to know if you were okay as well." she said to me, smiling.
"Are they still out there?"
"Yes London, they are still out there. Do you wanna meet them?"
I got a shy smile on my face. Of course I wanted to meet them. I just didn't like making a fool out of myself in front of them. Little did I know, that wouldn't be the last time that I did embarrass myself in front of those four guys.