Chapter 7

Mitch's POV

As I got out of my car and headed into work I couldn't get the beautiful blue-eyed blond out of my head.

'God why did he have to be so damn hot.' I thought as I put on my apron and prepared everything for the day.

'Well I probably don't have a chance even if I tried' I sighed.

"What's wrong Mitch?" Someone startled me from behind.

"Wha!" I nearly jumped out of skin when I realized it was my co-worker Kate. "Oh it's just you." I said coldly returning to what I was doing before she interrupted me.

"Wow, rude. Anyways I was wondering if you were doing anything after work today?"

'Ugh!' I internally groaned. No matter how hard I try to tell her that i'm not interested in her (or any girl for that matter) she won't stop trying to ask me out. "As a matter of fact I am" I lied.

"Oh…" Sadness and disappointment clearly evident in her tone and eyes. "Maybe some other time?" She said hopeful.

"Maybe…" I lied again. "Never...' I said under my breath. Now don't get me wrong she's a nice person and all it's just that her constant attempt to hit on me is becoming unbearable and it's the biggest reason that I dread coming to work (the other reason being all of the flirting from all of the female customers) but hey I love my job and I get paid well so I just deal with it whenever I come across it.

"Anyways." she said interrupting my thoughts. "How was your weekend?" she asked.

"It was fine I guess, hung out with some friends on Saturday. Stayed home and watched some Netflix with Jerome. Nothing much."

"Wait!? Who's Jerome!?" she screeched.

"Oh, I never told you about Jerome?" She shook her head. "Well Jerome is my dog. Fluffy little brown do, he's really cute and he reminds me a little bit of a wookie." I chuckled.

"Ohh. Wait what's a wookie?" She asked.

"Oh it's a big hairy humanoid alien from the Star Wars universe." She looked at me like I was out of my mind. "Nevermind." I shook my head.

We stopped talking for a while since more people started coming in and we, of course, had to take their orders.

-7 Hours later-

"Hey Kate you sure you can handle the store by yourself?" I asked. "I could stay a little longer…"

"Nahh, I'm good I can handle this for a few more hours." She said trying to finish up a few orders. "You go do what you had to do."

"Huh? OH YEAH! Riiight, that thing I had to do." I chuckled and rub the back of my neck. "Well I guess I'll see you tomorrow." I said waving and heading towards the door. I get into my car and turn on the car, but before I drive away something catches my attention out of the corner of my eye. I turn around and see a blond haired blue eyed angel walking into the cafe. My heart starts to beat faster and I can feel a small blush creep it's way onto my face, but then my heart skips a beat when I notice that he is not alone. He's with a woman… the same woman that I saw leave his house this morning. My heart sinks and I'm pretty sure I felt it hit my toes.

"I knew I didn't have a chance" I whispered to myself. "Ugh" I groaned driving out of the parking lot and heading home.

-Lachlan's POV-

"Sooo? What is it that you wanted to talk to me about?" Mercedes asked when we sat down after we grabbed our drinks and sat down towards the back the cafe.

"Well you remember when I told you about my neighbor Mitch right?" She nodded while taking a sip of her frappe. "Well after you left this morning there was a knock at my door." Her eyes widened and she nearly dropped her drink.

"Wait! You can't be serious!"

"But I am! It was Mitch! And god you were right he is HOT! Mercedes you should have seen him, he has these beautiful deep chocolate eyes, an amazing smile, and his hair is super sexy!" I said dreamingly.

"Hey the barista who took our orders is glaring at you.." She whispered.

"Why would she do that? Oh…" My eyes widen when I realized why she was glaring at me. "I forgot that he worked her." I told her. "She probably has a crush on him or something."

As if on cue she walked over to us.

"Hey!" She said with a fake smile plastered on her face. "I could help but here that you were talking about my boyfriend." My heart sank., "So I just want to let you know this." She leaned closer to my ear. "Stay away from my Mitch or I will make your life a living hell." She whispered sending shivers down my spine. She backed off flipping her hair back and walking back to the counter.

"God she's a bitch." Mercedes muttered. "I'm sorry Lachlan." She placed her hand on my hand and squeezed lightly. I tried giving her a smile but I couldn't bring myself to do it, I was trying to hard to hold back some tears. "I thought that h-he was interested in me… But I guess not… I-I guess I was just being stupid."

"Don't worry Lachlan I'm sure you will-"

"How do you know that?" I cut her off harshly. "We should get going… I just want to go home and lie down." She nodded.

When Mercedes finally dropped me off I apologized for what happened and I went inside. I went straight up to my room and I collapsed on my bed and soon I was shedding tears. 'Why am I crying? I hardly know the guy and I'm already crying over him..' I thought 'Well I might as well try to be friends with him. It would be rude of me if I just ignored him when he is trying to be nice.' I got up and headed to the shower.

After the shower I got dressed in some pajama bottoms and a plain white T and crawled into bed to fall asleep.