Laura opened the cafe doors with a bang, which made all the customers turn their heads and look at her with annoyance. Laura blushed and held up her hand, saying sorry and sorry again as she hurried through the cafe to get to Perry's and Laf's table.
"There you are! We have been waiting for a long time Laura and I got extremely worried when I heard that you had slept till 5 o'clock in the afternoon. Is everything alright? Are you maybe getting a cold?" Perry hurried with her words as Laura finally sat down.
"No, trust me I'm fine" Laura said with a smile on her face. "Actually I haven't felt this good in a long time." She continued, her smile broadening. Perry and LaF looked at each other in confusion and they shrugged her shoulders at the red head.
"I'll go grab you a coco." Laf said as they left the two alone.
"How can you feel good? I got a phone call from Danny last night and she informed me that you two had had a bit of a fall out. What happened?" Perry asked with a worried voice.
"Well, we were both a bit tipsy and she said somethings that made me angry, but it's not a big thing really. I'll talk to her later in the week and we will solve it. No bigge." She said as she waved her hand at her. "Besides, we were both tipsy so everything became a bigger problem then, but now when I've slept on it, I've realised that it wasn't really that big of a deal."
Perry, still not convinced nodded her head and decided to let it slide, for now.
"Well, aside from the Danny thing, how come you are feeling so great? Is it because of the job? Are you excited?" They asked as they handed her her coco.
"Well, I am excited for the job, I have this big article to write for monday, which I haven't started on yet." She let out a nervous chuckle. "But I'll write it tonight. But the actual reason I'm so happy is well… Carmilla kissed me."
Downtown, a very hungover Will stepped through the front door. Carmilla raised her head from her book and smirked at her younger brother.
"I'm guessing someone got lucky last night." She said with a smirk on her face. Will let out a groan and sat down next to her.
"No, I passed out on Kirch couch. What a joke of a birthday…but man those shots hit me hard. I haven't been able to eat all day and my head is killing me." He said as he buried his face in his hands.
"You know, eating always solves a hangover." Carmilla said simply as she flipped the page.
"Not when you puke it up directly after. Trust me I've tried." Will commented through his hands which made Carmilla smirk at him. "Wait a second." He said as he looked up at her. "Where did you go last night? Last time I saw you you were with that tall chick and Lina."
"It's Laura."
"Yeah yeah, you got the memo. What happened? Did you get laid?" He said as he grinned at his older sister.
"I certainly did not get laid, even if that is non of your business." She answered aggressively.
"Wow kitty relax. You've never been prude about these kinds of things." Will was silent for a couple of seconds. "Wait, do you have feelings for her?" Carmilla didn't answer. She decided to ignore the question and continue reading.
"Oh my god, you totally do!" Will exclaimed as he jumped up from his seat in bewilderment. "You haven't had feelings for someone since-"
"We do NOT bring up her name in this household. Am I clear?" Carmilla said as she clenched her jaw and pointed at him.
"Sorry sorry, whatever jeez. Anyway wow that's amazing Carmilla I'm so happy for you!… so did you guys kiss?" He teased as he started smooching the air.
"Oh shut up you dog!" She said as she threw her book at him which landed right on his face.
"Ow! Not cool sis! I'm hungover!"
"Well you don't look hung over to me" She teased with a smirk.
"Don't get so defensive, I'm happy for you. So, I'm guessing you guys kissed. So, when are you going to tell mom that you are dating one of her employes? Talk about drama!"
"We are not dating. It was one kiss. We will see what happens." Carmilla said simply, trying to act nonchalant. "And lets not bring up Mother in this, it's such a buzz kill."
"Yeah true…but still. Nice going, I didn't think she was your type, I mean Elle was defiantly-"
"What. Did. I. Just. Say." Carmilla replied through clenched teeth.
"Shit, sorry. Won't happen again I promise." He threw up his hands with his palms towards her.
"And no, I guess not. But at the same time I've never seen anyone look like her. Besides who cares."
"Yeah true. Well, I'm in big need of a shower so I'm off."
"I can tell." Carmilla said as she rolled her eyes. Will just huffed at her and left her alone on the couch.
"Wait what?! You guys kissed? But she was so rude towards you!" They said in disbelief.
"Well, she's different when your alone with her. She's really caring, kind and even funny!" Laura said giggling. Both redheads made faces at each other. "No guys I swear. She's amazing and smart and-"
"Wow slow down there! You've only known her for a couple of weeks, besides the whole thing about her being a different person when she's only around you I don't really like… Remember your ex? You kept on telling us how amazing they was when you guys were together but they was a total buzz kill."
"I agree with…They…" Perry said unsurely. You could sense that she wasn't completely familiar with calling LaF they yet. "It does not matter how kind they are when it is only you and them. You need to be able to bring them places without being embarrassed by their behaviour."
Laura started to fidget with her hands and wouldn't meet their eyes. She didn't want to compare Carmilla with her ex, but some of the things they had said were in fact true.
"Well, I mean…last night I hung out with her, Will and Kirch and she wasn't acting like RJ alright?" She answered, however her tone of voice sounded a bit hesitant.
"Well, as long as you're happy we are happy. Right Perry?" Perry however, was sitting quite with her arms crossed. "Perry!"
"Fine! I'm just worried. However, I'm always worried…" Perry muttered.
"So, are you guys dating or what?" They continued.
"What? Dating? No of course not. Or I don't think so?" The blond answered as she felt her cheeks go pink, which made LaF smirk.
"So you want to?"
"What?"
"Date her?"
"Well… I mean I don't know? Maybe? Do we really need to talk about this now? We've only kissed and I haven't heard anything since nor have I contacted her so let's just drop it." She said as she took a sip of her coco, trying to hide her blush.
LaF and Perry both smiled at her and LaF proceeded to talk about a documentary she saw list night.
It was nearing 10 o'clock and Laura banged her head against her desk. "Ergh… I should have started this paper earlier." She mumbled to herself as she reached for another cookie. She was way in over her head. She had to make this paper special, but how do you write a "special" paper about an newspaper company? She took another bite and continued typing. This wasn't however her only problem. She was getting antsy over the fact that she hadn't heard from Carmilla all day. To come of think of it, neither had she made effort to call or text the brunette. Or she had, but everything she started writing something it just seemed lame. What should she write? "Hey", "Sup" "Whatya up to?" Everything she had tried to type just sounded stupid. She let out an exasperated sigh and stroked the back of her neck. Carmilla can wait she decided, she had a paper to finish.
"So…?" Will started as he looked up at Carmilla from his computer.
"So?" She repeated as she continued reading.
"Have you heard anything from Laura?"
"Nope." She said simply.
"Are you worried?"
"Nope."
"Have you thought about why she hasn't contacted you?"
"Nope." She was lying. She had been thinking about it all day. Why hadn't Laura texted, why haven't I texted, should I maybe call her? She had been going over these thoughts over and over again in her head. She had even asked William, not that he had given her much help.
"Either you are lying, or you don't have feelings for her. Which one is it?"
"Will, just leave me alone I just want to read."
"AHA!" He roared. "Avoiding the question I see! So you HAVE been thinking about it!" He said in triumph.
"Will, just shut up already. I'm trying to read."
"Is that a small smile I see on your lips?" He said as he started to creep towards her with a playful smile on his face.
"No." She answered with no emotion.
"A little smile?"
"No."
"A tiny smile?"
"Will I swear I will punch you!" She said as she threw down the book and looked up at him in annoyance.
"Jeez kitty, no need to get your panties in a twist. I was just messing around…plus I'm totally right." He said with a big grin on his face which made Carmilla roll her eyes.
"God you're annoying. I'm going to my room." She said as she stood up and grabbed the book.
"You do so, but I'm still right." Which made Carmilla let out a long moan in irritation before slamming the door.
She sat down on the bed with a huff and William quickly joined her side, stroking her arm.
"I know William he's right. But what should I do, do I have to contact her? It's always me who contacts girls. Just for once I want a girl to contact me you know?" The cat looked up at her with empty eyes. "God, you're no help. You're just a cat." William looked annoyed at her and jumped off her bed. "Hey, I'm sorry buddy. Don't leave." William jumped up on the chair in front of her and started licking his paws.
The brunette fell back against her bed and let out a sigh. She was feeling powerless. She wanted to text her but at the same time she didn't. She just wanted, for once, to not be the one who texted first. But apparently she was doomed to be the one who always had to contact the person first. Suddenly she heard her phone ring and she reached over and squinted at the screen. "Laura/annoying bookstore girl" it read and Carmilla felt a smile creep up on her lips. She hit the answer button.
"Hello?" Lauras voice said on the other line.
"Hey cupcake, whats up?" Carmilla face palmed at herself for saying what's up.
"I'm trying to write this paper but it's going straight down the rabbit hole." She sighed.
"Well, if you ask me, going straight down the rabbit hole means you are going to a really creative place, but I'm guessing you are meaning the opposite."
"Stop being so literate. And yeah, I have to write a 8 papers report about the company and I've only written 4 and I'm out of ideas."
"Well, what have you written so far?" Carmilla sat up and started petting William, who had decided to come back to bed.
"Well, just basic stuff I guess. How the name of the company came to be, how it got so successful, how the newspaper handle the great depression. Just boring stuff like that."
"Hm, sounds pretty boring if you ask me. Plus, Mother will not be impressed by that, you do realise this right?"
"I knoooooooooow" Laura moaned and Carmilla could hear how she banged her head against her desk. "But I don't know what to write about a company like this. It's not like I have a specific topic to go after. It's too broad and there's too much to write about. Now my paper just looks like a barf of text."
"Don't you mean a ball of text?"
"No. A barf. I am barfing at my own writing right now." Carmilla started chuckling and she could hear Laura doing the same.
"Well cupcake, why don't you choose a specific topic that interests you. I mean, I don't think my Mother really wants to read an 8 pages long report about what the company is and how it came to be, she already knows that."
"Yeah…true."
"I think she wants you to write something original that catches her interested. A new set of eyes for the company if I may say so."
"You are making a lot of good points actually…" Laura mumbled as what sounded like she was scribbling down something.
"So, was there anything else?" Carmilla asked. Once again face palming at how rude she had just sounded.
"Well, yes or no…" Laura sounded a bit throw off. "I was just calling because, oh I don't know. To see how you are feeling or like yeah…?" Carmilla smirked at how dorky the blond was acting.
"I'm feeling fine. How are you feeling?"
"I'm good…"
"Cupcake?"
"Yeah…?"
"Stop being so awkward." She deadpanned as she chuckled.
"You're not nice! I was really nervous to call you and then you're being all teasy and meany!"
"Meany? How's the grammar going, miss journalist." She teased again.
"Oh shut up. Now you're just being unfair!"
"So, how was your day?" Carmilla continued, not wanting the conversation to end.
"It was fine really, I slept till five and then I was late to meet LaF and Perry. What about you?" Laura asked as she drew small hearts on her notebook without realising it.
"Wow, you really were tired. Now I actually believe you that you left because you were tired and not because you wanted to get away from me!" She said in an overdramatic voice.
"You're a dork."
"No, I'm not. Well, my day was good. I had to wake up early though because I forgot that I had a phone call for work. We had some shipments that needed to be approved." She answered simply as she continued to pet William.
"Ah, the big important business woman that you are!" Laura teased on the other line which made Carmilla smile.
"Yeah, I guess you could say that." She chuckled.
"Carmilla?" Laura suddenly sounded extremely serious and Carmilla didn't like the sound of her voice.
"Laura?" She tried to tease but it felt like her heart had gone up to her throat.
There was a long pause and Carmilla started to fidget with her hands "….What do you work with?" Laura finally said.
"Cupcake you scared me! Sounding all serious like that!" She exclaimed.
"Sorry! I didn't mean too! It's just that I have no idea what you do and I've been wondering and I did ask and you didn't answer before because of the whole mom thing but now I don't see a reason for you not to-"
"Laura, breath."
"Sorry."
"Well, I own an art gallery downtown."
"No way!" Laura almost screamed in her ear.
"Eum… yeah." She didn't really know how to respond.
"That's so cool! What kind of art do you guys have?" Laura asked in excitement.
"Well, it depends. We sell most of it off and some things we keep of course. Some times we have modern art, sometimes we just have sculptures but mostly paintings."
"That's so cool, it fits you!"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, you seem really passionate as a person…so-so I mean yeah." Carmilla chuckled again at the blond.
"Yea, I do love it."
"Oh my god!"
"What?" She frowned.
"I have an idea! I know what to write now! Thank you thank you thank you!"
"Wait what? You're welcome? What did I do?" Carmilla asked extremely confused.
"I'll tell you all about it later! Got to go write! Thank you! I'll talk to you later!" And then the phone went dead. Carmilla looked at her phone, confused at what had just happened. But she couldn't help but smile. This was the first time someone had called her, and not the other way around.
