First and Foremost, this is a very first for me, please read and review, but please don't downgrade me for my writing style, I've been writing since 2005, and I have never wrote a story involving Ted or anyone close to him, I do not know them, I am not associated with them, I do not make money off what I write, It's all for entertainment purposes. Enjoy
I grew up in Clinton, MS, My daddy is a lawyer, my mother an interior decorator, We moved to Charleston WV when I was 9 to be closer to my grandparents who weren't the youngest bucks around, and weren't in the greatest health. I am no 20 years old, and just finished my college classes to become a minister, I am headed back to Clinton to earn my internship, not sure how things will pan out, but this is my dream.
So I got moved into my little 1 bedroom house, now to unpack, and get some dinner before Orientation at 5:30. I sighed, I was so starting to regret deciding on my internship down here, but it was one of the best intern programs. I pulled a care package from my mom from the fridge before pulling out a small frying skillet, I opened a package of tofu, cutting it into small pieces, adding organically grown onions, and Spinach, , I slid my tofu scramble onto a plate adding Organic goat cheese from back home, after I ate my dinner, I went in and brushed out my hair, put into a bun, brushed my teeth, and slipped on my sandals, I walked out into the sunroom office, I grabbed my orientation folder, and grabbed my keys, and walked out locking the door behind me, the sun hit my face, it was January 3rd, and it was nearly 70 degrees.
I walked into the church to meet up with the Minister that I was working for. I walked up the stairs into the Sanctuary, There was a young woman working with a group of children. "Hi, Can I help you?" She asked. "Um, Yes, I'm looking for Mr. Debussy." I said with a shy smile. "You mean Mr. Dibiase, He's in his office, and Children take a few minutes break." She then turned back to me. "You go down these stairs, take a left, you'll come to a wooden door, go through there, take the long hallway, There is a large wooden door on the right, that's his office." She said before turning back to her group of children. I took the directions she gave me, and soon came to the large wooden door, I was hesitant to knock. I raised my hand 3 times to knock, and finally the 4th time as I raised my hand to knock, the door opened, and I came face to chest with a very large man, I assumed was Mr. Dibiase. "I'm Kkkkaaarrrraaaa." I stuttered. "You're late." He said rudely before opening his office door and motioning for me to follow him.
"So Tell me about yourself, where you're from, what are your interests." He said with a smile.
"I'm KKKKAAARRRAAA…." I was in disbelief of who I was sitting in front of. "Yes we have established you're Kara, You will be here for 6 months, after that I will decide whether or not to send you through graduation, or if you haven't interned enough and be here another 6 months." He said.
"Thhhaaaannnkkk yyyoooouuuu Mr. Dibiase." I said trying to control my stuttering, I was cursing my inner self. I needed to go back to the inner counting and calm myself down.
"You can call me Ted, now tell me about yourself." He said trying not to laugh at my stuttering.
"I'm 20 years old, I graduated high school at 16, I entered college at 16 ½, and I just graduated from Fairmont State University on Dec 15th, I received my orientation package on Dec 17, and moved out here 2 days ago, I still haven't unpacked, I like to read, swim, was on the diving team, and am a former gymnast." I said finally getting over my nervousness. "Is your dad Jack Littleton?" He asked in confusion, I said "Yes, How would you know that?" "Your dad use to be a good friend that was until your family moved, we lost touch, I remember you being a tiny little sprout. He laughed. "Let me show you around." He said before standing up, I followed him up the same hallway I had walked down just earlier
We walked through the church, through the nursing mother's area, the Jr church, and back into the Sanctuary, I saw the same woman wrangling what looked like a 4 year old little boy. "This is my ex-wife Melanie, and our grandson Trevor." He said taking the little boy from her. "Melanie, this is Kara Littleton." He said smiling. "Hi Kara, We just met a few minutes ago, when she first came in." She said.
"This is Jack and Megan Littleton's daughter." Ted said the rest of the orientation went off without a hitch; I got acquainted with the rest of the staff.
A few weeks into the internship, I noticed Ted had an eye for me, I tried to ignore it, I really missed home, and had thought about giving up and going home, One night while driving into work, I broke down in tears, well I had been in tears all day, I really missed my parents and my little sisters. Ted noticed immediately that there was something wrong when I came in the door, I went straight to my desk and started on the paper work for the next Sunday's Church service. I didn't even notice when he left to take a break at 8:00, which was my usual time to go home. He came back in and handed me a bag, I opened it, and asked "What is this?" He smiled and said "You didn't take your break at 5, you didn't eat dinner, so I brought you a burger and Fried pickles from Lula's, I thought you might be hungry." I didn't want to be rude, but I had to tell him, "I've been a vegan since I was 12 years old, I don't eat meat, and if the pickles are deep fried in the big vats of grease that fry the chicken fingers, then I won't eat those either." I said before packing up my work folders and putting them away. "I'm out for the night, I will be back tomorrow at 9." I said grabbing my backpack and walking out the door.
The first month ended, and I was so thankful that it was over.