Chapter 8
~*~ Work ~*~
"Why isn't this place open?" I asked getting out of the car.
"It's open what are you talking about?" Jaimie asked. We walked in and everyone bombarded me. 'Let me see. Omg it's beautiful.' 'Kendra your sooo lucky.' 'Oh wow. I wish my man was as good as yours!' 'Your 16, he's 18, how are your parents taking it?' I just stood there stunned. 'How could everybody know about this so soon.' I looked back at Jaimie, all she sis was laugh. 'I'll get you back for this.' I mouthed to her smiling.
"Alright, alright girls back to work, back to work. Congrats Kendra, you are officially the youngest person I know to get engaged. And to a superstar at the most. You should feel so grateful." Mary (the boss) said to me. "Now darn it let me see the ring." She said grabbing my hand.
I laughed, "Isn't it just so beautiful?" I asked her.
"Yes dear, it's just perfect for you. When do I get to meet him?"
"Well if he comes with the other guy later you can meet him" I said excitingly.
"The other guys?" She asked.
"Yeah, my boyfriend Matt, Kendra's cousin Frankie, and our good friend."
"Who's got my back for everything, and I mean everything, I do." I added.
"Yeah, Jesse. You can meet them. I think they're coming during our break." Jaimie said.
"Oh that's great. Well come find me when they come. I'd be glad to meet them." Mary said, walking off.
"Ok we will." I hollered to her. "Ya know I knew I loved this job for a reason." I told Jaimie.
"Ya I know, me too." She agreed. At 1:00 Jaimie and I got our break. We went up front to sing out, just as Frankie, Matt, and Jesse walked in.
"Hey guys." I said singing my name out on the break list.
"Hey Kendra." Jesse said putting his head on my shoulder. "Let me see."
"Is this the why you guys came here. You didn't come here to shop, did you?"
"Well the main reason was to see you, but yeah we did come here to shop for my girlfriend." Frankie said.
"Uh huh." I answered showing them the ring.
"What are your parents going to say?" Frankie asked me.
"I dunno. I hope yes."
"Are you gonna finish school up here or come to school with me in New York?" Jesse asked.
"Um. I think I'ma finish it up here because I know everyone up here ya know."
"Yeah I know. What's Greg gonna do?"
"Couldn't tell ya. I think he'll decide that when he talks to my parents!" I answered.
"Yeah, that's a good idea."
"Kendraaa." Someone yelled my name from the other door.
"Yeah." I said turning around. "Chris!"
"Let me see, let me see. Greg told me you said yes!" He said "excitingly".
"Yeah last night I did." I answered as he took my hand. The next thing I knew he had taken it off my hand. "Chris, come on give it back. I'm not going to play around this time. It's not funny." I said chasing him back to the door.
"Ok, ok. I'm sorry. Kiss me and I'll give it back." So not thinking I kissed him. There was Greg, on the other side of the door. I took the ring and ran after him.
"Greg, Greg talk to me. It's not what it looks like." I said grabbing his arm.
"Get away from me you. you. you slut." He hollered at me.
"Greg, he took my ring, and wouldn't give it back. You have to understand." I screamed as he slammed the door in my face, and drove off. I looked at the ring and screamed. The diamond was missing. "Christopher Ryan you better give that diamond back to me right this second or you are going to pay a huge price for it." I screamed at him once I got back into the store. Everyone in the building froze and stared at me. "Give it back right now." I said bursting into tears.
"Kendra I have no clue what you're talking about. Are you ok?" He said coming over to comfort me.
"Don't touch me." I yelled slapping him. "You did this all on purpose. You knew Greg was standing on the other side of the door. All because you still like me. Don't you? Huh, don't you Chris." I said wide- eyed and capable of doing anything at that moment.
"Kendra calm down please. You're making a scene."
"Holy shit. Thank you Captain Obvious. Now, answer the fuckin' question." I screamed. He ran to the door. Jesse and Frankie came over to me. "Jess call the cops. Frankie find some way to talk to Greg please. He'll listen to you." I wispered. Chris came back over to me.
"Yes Kendra. I love you and you know that you should be with me, not Greg." He said touching my face. "Now leave with me and everything will be fine." He leaned in to kiss me.
"Chris. I don't love you." I said quietly. "I hate you fuckin guts." I screamed and kicked him in the nuts. He went down to the ground and I ran outside. By the time I got outside the cops had surrounded the building. I assumed Frankie was talking to Greg on the phone. All I heard was "Greg he stole the diamond out of her ring. No she didn't kiss him because she loves him. in fact he's lying on the floor inside holding himself. Yes. No. She's not talking to anybody, she's just balling on Jesse's shoulder right now. Huh? Yes because of you."
"Jesse." I managed to speak.
"Ya?" He asked rubbing my back.
"What am I going to do?"
"Oh. Kendra, don't worry about Greg. Let Frankie deal with him. It's gonna be fine."
"Where's Jaimie?" I asked trying to calm down.
"She's with Matt, she's fine. Probably wondering where you are and if your ok too."
"Why isn't this place open?" I asked getting out of the car.
"It's open what are you talking about?" Jaimie asked. We walked in and everyone bombarded me. 'Let me see. Omg it's beautiful.' 'Kendra your sooo lucky.' 'Oh wow. I wish my man was as good as yours!' 'Your 16, he's 18, how are your parents taking it?' I just stood there stunned. 'How could everybody know about this so soon.' I looked back at Jaimie, all she sis was laugh. 'I'll get you back for this.' I mouthed to her smiling.
"Alright, alright girls back to work, back to work. Congrats Kendra, you are officially the youngest person I know to get engaged. And to a superstar at the most. You should feel so grateful." Mary (the boss) said to me. "Now darn it let me see the ring." She said grabbing my hand.
I laughed, "Isn't it just so beautiful?" I asked her.
"Yes dear, it's just perfect for you. When do I get to meet him?"
"Well if he comes with the other guy later you can meet him" I said excitingly.
"The other guys?" She asked.
"Yeah, my boyfriend Matt, Kendra's cousin Frankie, and our good friend."
"Who's got my back for everything, and I mean everything, I do." I added.
"Yeah, Jesse. You can meet them. I think they're coming during our break." Jaimie said.
"Oh that's great. Well come find me when they come. I'd be glad to meet them." Mary said, walking off.
"Ok we will." I hollered to her. "Ya know I knew I loved this job for a reason." I told Jaimie.
"Ya I know, me too." She agreed. At 1:00 Jaimie and I got our break. We went up front to sing out, just as Frankie, Matt, and Jesse walked in.
"Hey guys." I said singing my name out on the break list.
"Hey Kendra." Jesse said putting his head on my shoulder. "Let me see."
"Is this the why you guys came here. You didn't come here to shop, did you?"
"Well the main reason was to see you, but yeah we did come here to shop for my girlfriend." Frankie said.
"Uh huh." I answered showing them the ring.
"What are your parents going to say?" Frankie asked me.
"I dunno. I hope yes."
"Are you gonna finish school up here or come to school with me in New York?" Jesse asked.
"Um. I think I'ma finish it up here because I know everyone up here ya know."
"Yeah I know. What's Greg gonna do?"
"Couldn't tell ya. I think he'll decide that when he talks to my parents!" I answered.
"Yeah, that's a good idea."
"Kendraaa." Someone yelled my name from the other door.
"Yeah." I said turning around. "Chris!"
"Let me see, let me see. Greg told me you said yes!" He said "excitingly".
"Yeah last night I did." I answered as he took my hand. The next thing I knew he had taken it off my hand. "Chris, come on give it back. I'm not going to play around this time. It's not funny." I said chasing him back to the door.
"Ok, ok. I'm sorry. Kiss me and I'll give it back." So not thinking I kissed him. There was Greg, on the other side of the door. I took the ring and ran after him.
"Greg, Greg talk to me. It's not what it looks like." I said grabbing his arm.
"Get away from me you. you. you slut." He hollered at me.
"Greg, he took my ring, and wouldn't give it back. You have to understand." I screamed as he slammed the door in my face, and drove off. I looked at the ring and screamed. The diamond was missing. "Christopher Ryan you better give that diamond back to me right this second or you are going to pay a huge price for it." I screamed at him once I got back into the store. Everyone in the building froze and stared at me. "Give it back right now." I said bursting into tears.
"Kendra I have no clue what you're talking about. Are you ok?" He said coming over to comfort me.
"Don't touch me." I yelled slapping him. "You did this all on purpose. You knew Greg was standing on the other side of the door. All because you still like me. Don't you? Huh, don't you Chris." I said wide- eyed and capable of doing anything at that moment.
"Kendra calm down please. You're making a scene."
"Holy shit. Thank you Captain Obvious. Now, answer the fuckin' question." I screamed. He ran to the door. Jesse and Frankie came over to me. "Jess call the cops. Frankie find some way to talk to Greg please. He'll listen to you." I wispered. Chris came back over to me.
"Yes Kendra. I love you and you know that you should be with me, not Greg." He said touching my face. "Now leave with me and everything will be fine." He leaned in to kiss me.
"Chris. I don't love you." I said quietly. "I hate you fuckin guts." I screamed and kicked him in the nuts. He went down to the ground and I ran outside. By the time I got outside the cops had surrounded the building. I assumed Frankie was talking to Greg on the phone. All I heard was "Greg he stole the diamond out of her ring. No she didn't kiss him because she loves him. in fact he's lying on the floor inside holding himself. Yes. No. She's not talking to anybody, she's just balling on Jesse's shoulder right now. Huh? Yes because of you."
"Jesse." I managed to speak.
"Ya?" He asked rubbing my back.
"What am I going to do?"
"Oh. Kendra, don't worry about Greg. Let Frankie deal with him. It's gonna be fine."
"Where's Jaimie?" I asked trying to calm down.
"She's with Matt, she's fine. Probably wondering where you are and if your ok too."