Chapter One: August Rust
I can always recall this one memory I have of me and my friends in middle school. We were so young and everything was so new to us. I was one of the most care free kids you'll ever have met. But I can distinctly remember that one sunny day in middle school. My friends and I were all sitting around at our usual spot talking about what was on television the previous night.
Then for some odd reason a little boy comes by our table and just hits my friend Jessica in the back. Then he runs away and sits back down with his friends like nothing happened.
We of course weren't going to let him get away with hitting her. So everyone at our table gets up and goes over to where he and his friends are sitting.
"What the heck dude!" Jessica yells at him. The look on this kids face was priceless. He was so scared that she was going to hit him or something; he kind of just froze in fright.
"Why'd you just randomly hit her?" I asked the kid. But he just looked at us as if no ne was speaking to him.
"Just go away losers, leave him alone" one of his scrawny friends yelled.
"Let's just go Jess, let these sixth graders enjoy their lunch alone" I was already getting annoyed by their stupidity. I guess that kid likes Jess or something, because kids do and say stupid things when they really like someone
To this day I will never understand why people act stupid when they like someone or when they are in love. I guess that's just the way the world works. Maybe that's why I did half the things I did, because I was in love. Sometimes I look back and wish I could change the way things happened, but if I did I probably wouldn't be standing here today.
Basically it all started on a regular day like today. It was raining as usual and I was on my way to work as usual. I normally always stop by Starbucks for a cup of coffee but for some reason I just didn't feel like it today. Maybe it was because I was already late for work.
I work at an advertising company, actually one of the biggest advertising companies in the US. The people who work there are all so superficial and lame. I don't even understand why I'm working there in the first place, but I love to have my designs shown for the world to see.
I guess it's better than not having them plastered around the world. But the only reason I even got this job was because I use to date my boss. Frankly I'm surprise he didn't fire me when we broke up, I mean it's not like we don't like each other but I thought it might be weird for him. I mean Jacob wasn't the nicest guys when it came to awkward situations.
Speaking of awkward situations, here comes one right now.
"You're late" Jacob says as if I don't already know this. Like you really think I just came to work today 15 minutes late because I thought being 15 minutes late was the right time to be here.
"I know I'm late. Sorry, I just woke up late"
"Well try not to make it a habit"
I was expecting him to just walk off but he sort of just lingered there as if he wanted to say something. I just looked at him waiting but he never said anything. He just walked away without a word. Sometimes I wonder if I made the right decision by breaking up with him.