Disclaimer: okay, I own no one. Please do not sue the poor, poor student. The actor's own themselves, their names, etc. And I imagine they are very nice people who will not sue the poor girl at the keyboard right now. I promise I won't make them do anything really bad. Whew! Okay, Chris may seem a little ......odd in this one, but he's has had a hard day. You know? Here we go....
The guy in front of her looked up at her slowly, his eyes taking on a look of pure disbelief.
This is so just my luck, Chris thought as he looked at the girl before him. She returned his look with one of sheepishness.
"I am so sorry," she said, gesturing to his shirt. He stared at her in silence.
"Um, I didn't mean to...um..." she stammered. Where was her mind, she wondered. How could she have knocked coffee all over a perfect stranger? And it really didn't help that he was hot too.
Erina looked around for help, as the guy was just standing there with that horrid look on his face. Her eyes scanned the aisle and fell on her backpack just a couple feet away.
"Hold on," she murmured as she ran for her bag. Tissues, tissues, tissues where are you? She chanted in her brain. Erina knew that somewhere in the confines of her messy bag was a pack of tissues. Really, I should clean this, she thought and then she found the tissues. She grabbed the pack and pulled a few out.
The girl ran back to Chris and stood before him, holding the pile of tissues in the general direction of his stomach. "Um, here....." she said and then when he just stood there, she dabbed the coffee stain on his shirt awkwardly.
Chris looked down at his shirt and realized that the girl was only making the mess worse. "I'll do this!" he snapped, gabbing the tissue from her hand and dabbing at themes himself.
"I'm sorry, I was only trying to help," the girl squeaked as she took a step back from him.
"You've done enough," He said without even thinking. Chris hadn't meant to be so mean. His head came up sharply and saw that the girl had tears in her eyes.
"I'm sorry." She whispered and then backed away.
Erina turned around and walked away, knowing that there was no way it could get any worse from there. But, she reasoned in her mind, he didn't have to be so mean. It was an honest mistake.
Chris rolled his eyes and mentally berated himself. He hadn't meant to be so cross with her. Lack of sleep, he thought. Not your fault. But, he still felt bad. Chris looked down at his shirt and shook his head. Too bad it wasn't even his shirt. Boy, is Shawn gonna be mad, he thought a small smile on his lips. (Author's note: And they are nice lips, eh Darkchilde? lol.) Chris shook his head and turned back towards the café where his friends sat. This just wasn't turning out to be his day.
Erina wanted to just melt into the floor. Could anything be more embarrassing than what had just happened to her? She shook her head as she walked down the sci-fi aisle, looking for her friend Angela.
Angela, chewing on her lip and reading the back of Anne Rice's newest novel, did not look up as Erina came near. She was too interested in the book to notice that her friend was pacing in a small line beside her. All Erina wanted to do was get out of the store and forget everything that had happened. But, that would require pulling Angela away from the sci-fi section, which was no simple task.
"Angela," Erina finally said, looking at her friend. "We have to leave now. I just did something stupid."
Angela finally turned away form her book and looked at her friend doubtfully. "What did you do?" She asked, not believing that Erina could have done something so bad which would warrant their immediate exit from the store. Angela knew Erina better than anyone else, as they had been friends since Kindergarten. She knew that Erina would never hurt a fly. It's just sometimes the girl had bad luck. That's all.
Erina sank to the floor and pulled her knees up to her chest. She rested her elbows on her knees and covered her face with her hands. Just say it, she commanded herself. Oh, it was embarrassing.
"Mmmphffrrr Mphm mppffhhhpphm," She mumbled though her hands.
"Couldn't quite hear you there, Erina. What'd you say?" Angela said, trying unsuccessfully to bit back a grin.
Erina sighed. "I said I knocked into some guy and spilled coffee all over him," she replied wishing that she hadn't had to say it again. She could just feel her cheeks getting redder.
Angela stared at her for a second and then broke out into laughter. Her shoulders shook as she laughed and people from other book aisles peered into the sci-fi aisle to see what the commotion was. Again, Erina wanted to sink into the floor.
"Whew!" Angela said as she brushed the tears of laughter away from her eyes with her shirtsleeve. Wasn't it just Erina's luck that she would douse someone with coffee? And as she looked at her friend now, she could tell Erina was embarrassed by the red tinge that had appeared on her cheeks. Angela tried to calm herself as Erina gave her a dirty look.
"It's not funny," Erina said darkly.
"Sorry," Kate said, snickering. "So what happened?"
Erina stood, her cheeks still flaming red. "Well, I made a complete fool of myself and then I left. That's about it," she remarked sarcastically.
"And where is this guy now?"
Erina shrugged, anxious to get out of the store. She didn't even care about her quest for the perfect proposal book. No, she just wanted to leave and not risk the chance of running into that guy again. "I don't know. He's probably getting more coffee in the café or something."
She looked at her friend, a feeling of dread suddenly creeping into her stomach. She knew that look on her friend's face. For years now, that look had spelled trouble. Usually, that look was followed by one of Angela's 'brilliant' plans which always led to them being in trouble and grounded. "Can we just go?" Erina asked meekly, even though she knew the answer before she had spoken the question. There was no way Angela was going to let go of what happened so easily.
Angela smiled and returned the book she was holding to the shelf. "You know, it's funny," she began almost too happily, "I have an amazing urge for coffee all of the sudden."
"Noooo..." Erina groaned, knowing exactly where this was going. Angela just kept grinning mischievously.
Okay, so what do you think? I'll try to get more out soon if any of you want it. Let me know if you do, K? Please review this one for me. Thanks lots.
The guy in front of her looked up at her slowly, his eyes taking on a look of pure disbelief.
This is so just my luck, Chris thought as he looked at the girl before him. She returned his look with one of sheepishness.
"I am so sorry," she said, gesturing to his shirt. He stared at her in silence.
"Um, I didn't mean to...um..." she stammered. Where was her mind, she wondered. How could she have knocked coffee all over a perfect stranger? And it really didn't help that he was hot too.
Erina looked around for help, as the guy was just standing there with that horrid look on his face. Her eyes scanned the aisle and fell on her backpack just a couple feet away.
"Hold on," she murmured as she ran for her bag. Tissues, tissues, tissues where are you? She chanted in her brain. Erina knew that somewhere in the confines of her messy bag was a pack of tissues. Really, I should clean this, she thought and then she found the tissues. She grabbed the pack and pulled a few out.
The girl ran back to Chris and stood before him, holding the pile of tissues in the general direction of his stomach. "Um, here....." she said and then when he just stood there, she dabbed the coffee stain on his shirt awkwardly.
Chris looked down at his shirt and realized that the girl was only making the mess worse. "I'll do this!" he snapped, gabbing the tissue from her hand and dabbing at themes himself.
"I'm sorry, I was only trying to help," the girl squeaked as she took a step back from him.
"You've done enough," He said without even thinking. Chris hadn't meant to be so mean. His head came up sharply and saw that the girl had tears in her eyes.
"I'm sorry." She whispered and then backed away.
Erina turned around and walked away, knowing that there was no way it could get any worse from there. But, she reasoned in her mind, he didn't have to be so mean. It was an honest mistake.
Chris rolled his eyes and mentally berated himself. He hadn't meant to be so cross with her. Lack of sleep, he thought. Not your fault. But, he still felt bad. Chris looked down at his shirt and shook his head. Too bad it wasn't even his shirt. Boy, is Shawn gonna be mad, he thought a small smile on his lips. (Author's note: And they are nice lips, eh Darkchilde? lol.) Chris shook his head and turned back towards the café where his friends sat. This just wasn't turning out to be his day.
Erina wanted to just melt into the floor. Could anything be more embarrassing than what had just happened to her? She shook her head as she walked down the sci-fi aisle, looking for her friend Angela.
Angela, chewing on her lip and reading the back of Anne Rice's newest novel, did not look up as Erina came near. She was too interested in the book to notice that her friend was pacing in a small line beside her. All Erina wanted to do was get out of the store and forget everything that had happened. But, that would require pulling Angela away from the sci-fi section, which was no simple task.
"Angela," Erina finally said, looking at her friend. "We have to leave now. I just did something stupid."
Angela finally turned away form her book and looked at her friend doubtfully. "What did you do?" She asked, not believing that Erina could have done something so bad which would warrant their immediate exit from the store. Angela knew Erina better than anyone else, as they had been friends since Kindergarten. She knew that Erina would never hurt a fly. It's just sometimes the girl had bad luck. That's all.
Erina sank to the floor and pulled her knees up to her chest. She rested her elbows on her knees and covered her face with her hands. Just say it, she commanded herself. Oh, it was embarrassing.
"Mmmphffrrr Mphm mppffhhhpphm," She mumbled though her hands.
"Couldn't quite hear you there, Erina. What'd you say?" Angela said, trying unsuccessfully to bit back a grin.
Erina sighed. "I said I knocked into some guy and spilled coffee all over him," she replied wishing that she hadn't had to say it again. She could just feel her cheeks getting redder.
Angela stared at her for a second and then broke out into laughter. Her shoulders shook as she laughed and people from other book aisles peered into the sci-fi aisle to see what the commotion was. Again, Erina wanted to sink into the floor.
"Whew!" Angela said as she brushed the tears of laughter away from her eyes with her shirtsleeve. Wasn't it just Erina's luck that she would douse someone with coffee? And as she looked at her friend now, she could tell Erina was embarrassed by the red tinge that had appeared on her cheeks. Angela tried to calm herself as Erina gave her a dirty look.
"It's not funny," Erina said darkly.
"Sorry," Kate said, snickering. "So what happened?"
Erina stood, her cheeks still flaming red. "Well, I made a complete fool of myself and then I left. That's about it," she remarked sarcastically.
"And where is this guy now?"
Erina shrugged, anxious to get out of the store. She didn't even care about her quest for the perfect proposal book. No, she just wanted to leave and not risk the chance of running into that guy again. "I don't know. He's probably getting more coffee in the café or something."
She looked at her friend, a feeling of dread suddenly creeping into her stomach. She knew that look on her friend's face. For years now, that look had spelled trouble. Usually, that look was followed by one of Angela's 'brilliant' plans which always led to them being in trouble and grounded. "Can we just go?" Erina asked meekly, even though she knew the answer before she had spoken the question. There was no way Angela was going to let go of what happened so easily.
Angela smiled and returned the book she was holding to the shelf. "You know, it's funny," she began almost too happily, "I have an amazing urge for coffee all of the sudden."
"Noooo..." Erina groaned, knowing exactly where this was going. Angela just kept grinning mischievously.
Okay, so what do you think? I'll try to get more out soon if any of you want it. Let me know if you do, K? Please review this one for me. Thanks lots.