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Waking up to Monica's crying and screaming was literally the last way I wanted to wake up!
After walking downstairs and being begged to watch the baby while Leroy goes to fix a crisis at the shop, I am walking the boardwalk, pushing Mon, while Leroy is taking care of business.
We sit at the Pier and watch the waves crash. It's the only way I know to get her to stop crying. Luckily I don't mind it, the peaceful waters have a way of washing away my worries as well.
My phone buzzes and I grab it from my pocket.
I'm just about done if you wanna meet me at the shop in 10? - Leroy
I type a quick okay back and stand up and start pushing Mon's stroller back towards the store.
The pier wasn't too far from the shop so we got their pretty quickly, so I sat at the bench that was in front of the shop. Monica started crying not too long after I sat down, which sucked for me because it would be a good seven minutes until Leroy was done. I groaned and lifted the baby out of her stroller and began rocking her back and forth, shushing her quietly.
"Well someone doesn't seem to happy." I look up to she Puck walking towards us.
"uh.." He stops in front of us and smiles at Monica.
"Can I?" I look at Monica and then back at him.
"Yeah, sure." I hand her over to him and he bounces her on his hip.
"Shhh." He smiles at her and then grabs the blanket from her stroller. He wraps her in a tight little bundle and … silence.
"H-how'd you do that?" He is still smiling at her and looks up at me.
"I have two younger siblings… it's kind of mandatory information." He smiles and hands her back over to me.
"Thanks." He nods and turns to walk away. "Hey, wait!"
He turns back around and looks at me. "Yeah?"
"Do you… maybe want to hang out sometime?" He looks at me for a moment. Expressionless, which scares the crap out of me.
I feel a hand clap me on the shoulder. "Sorry about that Rachel! Thank you so much for watching little Monica!" He finishes in baby talk while picking her up out of my arms.
Still looking at Puck I answer. "Yeah it was no problem."
Leroy looks up from the baby and notices Puck standing there. "Noah! Hi Buddy!" He reaches out and shakes 'Noah's' hand.
"Hi Mr.- I mean Leroy." I look between the too as they converse.
I make eye contact with Puck as he says his goodbye and walks away, never giving me an answer.
I sigh and turn the opposite direction following behind Leroy.
The day goes by in blur, much like the past few. I had the day off from the store, resulting in my extreme boredom. The clock finally hits eight thirty and I start making my way to the shop to see what the girls have planned for tonight.
I get to the shop before they are done closing and notice the skate shop light is still on. I walk over and look in the window to see Puck working in the back. I open the door and he looks up from what he's doing and stares at me.
"Hi… I hope you don't mind… the light was still on." Gosh Rachel! SPEAK!
"Oh.." He turns and walks into the back and the outside light suddenly turns off and he comes back out. "Thanks."
I nod as I walk up to wear he is working. "What are you working on?"
He looks up at me for a second before going back to work. "Just finishing up a custom board that is getting picked up tomorrow."
I nod my head slowly as I look around the shop. "So you own this shop?"
He doesn't look up and keeps working. "No my dad does, I just run it."
I nod my head again. "Do you like it?"
He looks up at me. "What is this? Twenty questions?"
He looks back to the board and continues working. "Sorry." I sigh and play with my thumbs. "I just wanted to know something about you."
He furrows his brow. "Why is that?"
I hold our eye contact. "You intrigue me."
He doesn't look away, just looks right back at me. "Do you like pie?"
I look at him a little confused. "Yeah… why?"
"Do you wanna go grab some?" I try my hardest not to smile like an idiot.
"Yeah… sure."
The drive was a tad awkward. We didn't really speak, we just sat there and listened to the radio. He pulled up to a laundry mat.
"Umm aren't we going to get pie?" He hops out of the truck and shuts his door and I quickly follow suit. I catch up to him before he opens the door for me to enter. "Thanks."
He nods and mumbles a 'follow me' and I follow. He knocks on a door and deep voice yells 'who is it?' "It's Puck!"
I hear the door unlock and he nods for me to follow him. it's a relatively small room with a kitchen and a breakfast bar. An older gentlemen is behind the bar and shakes Pucks hand. "How's it going Puck?"
"The usual. Donny, this is Rachel. Rachel this is my good friend Donny."
I smile and shake his hand. "It's a pleasure to meet you!"
His face is a little shocked but that quickly fades into a smile. "No, the pleasure is all mine."
I sit next to Puck at the bar and Donny pours us each a cup of coffee. I mumble a low 'yumm' as I smell the hot cup of coffee. I look over to see Puck staring at me with a curious look. "What? I love coffee."
He smiles a little. "Well that makes two of us." He lifts his cup to his lips and sips the steaming liquid his eyes never leaving mine.
I smile into my cup and take a long drink. "I think… this is the best coffee I have ever had."
Puck smiles again. "Wait until you try the pie." I bite my lip trying to hide the beaming smile threatening to burst.
"We got apple, cherry, and pecan." Donny says as he puts the coffee mug away.
"Apple." We say simultaneously. I look up at Puck who looks at me surprised. I smile shyly and look back to my coffee.
"Apple it is." Donny says and he cuts two pieces for us.
After he slides our plates over to us and I take my first bite. I try everything to stop myself from moaning. It doesn't work.
Puck chuckles. "That good huh?" I finish chewing.
"That is sooo good! Seriously amazing. I could eat this for the rest of my life!" Puck and Donny both laugh. "I'm not even kidding! You should so open up a restaurant. Save these poor people from that old dinner's coffee and pie!"
"Pete's Diner?" I nod at Donny. "Yeah there the worst! But I like keeping my business small and unknown." I shrug and nod. "Plus Puck would never come around if I had a popular restaurant."
I look over at Puck and he smiles and finishes off his pie. I smile and finish mine as well.
We say goodbye to Donny and leave the secret coffee place. "So, you up for more or are you an early sleeper? I see you as a 'be in bed by ten' kinda girl."
I scuff. "I am most definitely not! I am a three thirty, four o'clock kind of girl."
He smiles. "Okay, well I have to run some arrons… you wanna come?"
I nod. "Sure."
We hop back in his truck and he starts driving. "So, tell me something about yourself that no one knows."
He looks at me. "Why would I tell you something no one knows?"
I shrug. "I don't know. I'll tell you something no one knows about me if you tell me on thing."
He thinks for a second. "okay you first."
"Wait. Is this where you trick me into telling you something and never tell me your answer?"
He smiles. "Smart girl." He looks back at the road. "I promise."
And even though I don't know him that well, I trust him, so I agree. "I never really had a child hood."
He looks at me for a second ten back to the road. "What do you mean?"
I sigh. "Well my older brother Kurt was kind of a wild child. He did all the things I never could. He got to have fun and be the kid where as for me? I was the good kid. I always got good grades, never stayed out late. Last night was the first time I've ever been to a party that wasn't a kid birthday party."
"Wait." He pulls the car to a stop. I look up and see we are a super market. "Last night was the first party you've been to?"
I nod. "I've never even been bowling for crying out loud."
I look to see his face in a state of shock. "You're kidding me?"
I shake my head no. "Nope, never. Sad, I know."
"More like tragic!" He hops out of the truck and I follow behind him into the store. "But, I'll do you a favor. After we pick up some groceries, I'll show you just what you've been missing."
I smile as he turns and starts pushing the cart down the aisle. About thirty minutes and fifty dollars later, I was sitting in his truck as he dropped off his groceries.
He hopped back into the truck and took off towards the bowling alley.
"So I put my fingers in the hole?" I look up at him.
"Yeah."
I look down disgusted. "Isn't that highly unsanitary?"
"Yep. It's all part of the fun!" I hesitantly put my fingers in the holes.
"Just like the shoes?" He smiles.
"Yes, just like the shoes." He walks my up to the lane and puts his hands on my shoulders. My breath hitches at his touch. I look up at him as he tries to explain how to throw this eight pound ball. "Got it?"
Even though I didn't really hear a single thing. I nod. "I hope so."
He pats my shoulder and walks back to the booth. I turn to the lane and breathe out, praying I at least hit one pin. I walk up and toss the ball onto the lane and it his the wood hard and goes into the gutter. Great.
Puck walks up to me. "It's all good. No one is good on their first try." I smile shyly and get my ball and get ready to try again.
After an hour and a half of gutter balls (me), strikes (Puck), and laughs later, I'm sitting outside my house in Pucks truck.
"Thanks for the amazing night." I smile at him. "I haven't had this much fun in forever."
He smiles and nods. "No problem. Maybe we can do it again sometime."
I smile and blush a little. "I like that." I feel a little awkward just sitting here staring at him. "Well I'll see you later." I open the door and hop out of his truck, but before I can shut the door he says.
"I hate running the skate shop." I look up at him.
"What?" He smiles.
"I hate running the shop. That's something no one knows about me." I smile.
"Well if you hate it so much why do you do it?" He looks thoughtful for a moment.
"No one else can do it." I nod.
"If you could be doing anything… what would you be doing?" He looks at me.
"I'd go to college." He looks ahead out the windshield. "Get a good education so I'm not stuck in this town forever."
"Then why don't you?" He looks back to me.
"I don't know." He smiles. "I'll see you around Rachel."
I smile and shut the door and run up the steps and unlock the front door and step inside. I hear his truck roar to life and speed down the street. I bite my lip and smile. I may not know him yet, but I'm closer then I was yesterday.
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