Lost & Found
Ch.9 – The Dump 2!
"I'm so glad you came! I thought that you didn't like our company anymore." Pia hugged Utt tightly. Utt hugged her back and gave her a smile.
"Well…I've been really busy!" said Utt.
"It's okay, work first than hanging out. It's more important…" replied Pia.
Donita insisted that she left because she had to go back to the studio.
"Utt I thought you were going to meet Mel…" said Donita.
"I already did. It was quick…"
"Well I still have to go back to the studio. I'll see you tomorrow!" Donita winked at Utt and left.
"So…" Pia continued talking while they were walking around the galleria.
"So…" replied Utt.
Pia chuckled, and replied, "Well, we really missed you. Why didn't you show up two weeks ago? I was waiting for you! I stayed at the shop until it closed, but of course I had to close it anyway."
"Yeah, you do. Well, something bad came up so it was kind of an emergency situation… for work." answered Utt.
"You didn't even text me, but I understand."
"I'm really sorry if I haven't kept in touch with you and your friends for the past two weeks."
"It's okay. At least you're here now."
"Yeah, and I don't have that much filming to do this month. So I'm kinda free."
"That's nice, but always stayed focus no matter what okay?"
"Yeah."
Pia and Utt stopped to think about where they were heading.
"Where do you want to go? I mean were not really heading anywhere." asked Pia.
"I don't know. Where do you want to go?" replied Utt.
"Uh, I'm lazy and I'd really like to take a seat."
"Let's just go back to your shop and stay there."
"Sure. Let's just hope that Jay's not there."
Utt laughed, "I see."
"I see what?"
"Trying to get away from him huh?"
"Sure am. I'm really sorry, I know you guys are friends…but he's so irritating! He's like… always there 24/7! He's around me too much! I mean why is he drooling over me? I'm not pretty or anything, I mean doesn't he find me annoying?"
Utt looked at Pia. Pia stared at Utt's eyes, and then looked away. Utt honestly didn't think Pia was that pretty or pretty at all…well physically. Though her attitude, or personality makes her somewhat attractive and really fun to hang out with. But like Donita said, when you're around her you can really hang loose.
"Sorry, I can't do anything about it. The guy's in love with you…" Utt chuckled and Pia gave him a little shove.
"No pushing!"
"Sorry! It's just I'm really irritated! Please do something to make him stop bothering me."
"The guy's being nice; though I think he's gonna stay away from the both of us now."
"Why from the both of us?"
"Was it true when you said it was 'because of me'?"
"You mean he's gonna stay away from you, because of what I said?"
"Yeah, I guess." Utt looked at Pia and shrugged his shoulders.
"I'm sorry Utt! I'll call him up sometime to explain."
"You have his number?"
"Yeah, I told you he's been hanging around too much. He's basically my text-mate, e-mate, chat-mate, phone-mate, cell-."
Utt broke her off and said, "Okay I get it, but at least he kept you company while I was gone."
Pia shook her head and made a disgusted look on her face. Utt smiled and hugged her. They got to the shop. Pia took a seat in her favorite seat, the orange arm chair. Utt sat on the black arm chair across Pia. They talked and talked for hours telling each other the past two weeks they had. Pia came across the scary phone call incident. Utt realized that the two weren't holding hands, but it was that Pia was basically squeezing Jay's hand out of madness.
It was quarter to seven in the evening when Pixie and Kyle came. The two joined the never ending conversation. The main topic was Jay, and Utt's disappearance.
Time passed and laughter was all around the shop. Kate joined as time went by. Then the whole 'Brady' bunch just went on laughing and talking. They didn't even notice the time. Until it was time to close.
Kate and her crew started cleaning up. Pixie decided to help Kate. Kyle stayed with Pia and Utt.
"It was a nice welcome back hang out today! I really want to continue it sometime. Are you free this Friday night?" Utt asked Pia.
"Uh…yeah she always is!" said Kyle.
"Kyle!" screamed Pia.
Kyle chuckled and left the two alone.
Then Pia continued, "Uh, what do you mean? Like if I'm gonna be here?"
"No, I mean – well, it's because I think I'm not gonna be free until Friday night. So maybe we can talk until then." said Utt.
"Uh, I'm either here or wandering around the city. Just give me a call if you want to meet."
"No, I mean formally."
"Huh? You want me to go on a date? Look at me! I don't know how to wear a dress! You expect me to be fit for something like that?"
Utt took a good look at Pia. She was wearing khaki floods, a red shirt with red Nike prestos. Suddenly Pia's nosy friends popped out of the counter and insisted that they'll fix Pia up.
"You guys! C'mon! You know I'm not a good dress up doll!" Pia put her hands on her hips and grinned at her friends. But they kept on arguing about how Pia should go.
"Please. I'll really appreciate it if you go." said Utt.
"Is it like a big party thing? Do I really need to dress up? I can't walk right with heels. I'm telling you the consequences now!" Pia rushed.
"It's just something little. No… you don't really have to dress up."
"Why can't you take Donita instead? Or Mel?"
"Mel can't come with me and Donita is busy as well."
"I'm sure you have tons of friends to take! Why can't you take someone else?"
"Coz…uh…I took them before and now it's your turn."
Pia sighed and felt her forehead.
"Fine."
"Thanks." said Utt.
Then Pia's friends popped out of the counter again telling Utt that they would dress her up and train her to be a 'real' lady.
"Friday night, 7:30. I'll pick you up." Utt started walking out.
"You don't know where I live!" Pia rushed after Utt.
Pixie popped up behind the counter again and screamed, "Pick her up at my house! It's at Brand Ave.! The Grand apartments!!! Call Pia before you come!"
Utt turned around and put his two thumbs up.
The two days before the party was spent dressing Pia up and training her.
Then it was the night of the 'party'.
"Phew!" said Pixie, "Look at you! You look so different!"
Pia looked at the mirror and saw nothing different about her. She was still the same old Pia. Except that she was dressed differently.
"I don't find anything different." She told her friends who looked astonished by the way she looked.
It was almost 7:30 and Pia's mobile phone rang.
"Yup?" answered Pia.
"I'm here now." said Utt on the other line.
"Ok, I'll go downstairs." Pia said nervously.
Pixie, Kyle, and Kate dropped off Pia downstairs at the main apartment's lobby. The three girls crossed their fingers for luck and waved goodbye to Utt and Pia.
Pia headed to Utt's black CRV.
Utt stared in amazement as he saw Pia in a knee-length black skirt, and a black and white polka dot halter. She also had a white rose on the side of her tied up bun.
Pia opened the door to the car.
"Hey…" Pia greeted Utt.
"Wow…you look really lovely!" said Utt. He looked at Pia and saw that she wore white low cut Chucks.
"I can explain…I know I don't look like I'm going to a formal party, but I just can't stand being formally dressed."
"Me too." Said Utt. Pia looked at what he was wearing and he too wasn't wearing formal clothes. He wore a black shirt with khakis.
"I thought it was formal?" asked Pia.
"No. I didn't say anything about it being formal. I said I just wanted to talk to you formally. Though it was nice of your friends to propose in dressing you up and put you in a – skirt."
"Well…actually they made me into a Barbie doll, but I ended up with my own outfit anyway." she paused, "So where are we going?"
"Patience."
Then for the rest of the trip Utt and Pia sat singing along to the radio.
Utt drove his car thru the Drive thru of Carl's Jr. They bought their dinner, and headed to their main destination…her shop – at the Galleria.
Utt parked his car in the galleria parking lot.
"We're here!"
"At the Galleria?"
"Yeah…this is our final destination."
Pia and Utt took a seat in their favorite seats; the two arm chairs.
Kate wasn't managing the shop that night, she was at Pixie's with her sister. They were thinking about what Pia and Utt were doing. They couldn't wait for Pia to come back to Pixie's apartment to hear about everything.
It was ten minutes to twelve o'clock in the morning. Utt insisted that Pia went straight home, but she wanted to be dropped off at Pixie's apartment because her stuff and car was there.
"Plus, Kyle and Kate are with me. They rode with me in my new x-terra!" she exclaimed.
"So you got a car now huh?" said Utt.
"Yeah, thanks to the profits of the shop!"
Utt then agreed and decided that he would drop her off at Pixie's.
Pia called Pixie to let her know that she was coming. She asked Pixie to meet her at the main lobby.
Utt took a left turn to get to The Grand Apartments in Brand Ave. He stopped right in front of the main entrance for the apartment. Pixie was waiting for Pia in her pajamas.
Pia headed out of the car when Utt grabbed her arm. He leaned over to her, took her glasses off and kissed her. He leaned back and smiled at Pia. He was hoping to get a warm and sweet reply from her, but all she did was grab her glasses from Utt's hand and turned away. Before Pia shut the door, she stared into Utt's shocked eyes and tenderly said, "I'm so sorry."
Pia ran to Pixie's apartment entrance with tears in her eyes. Pixie widely opened the door and Pia just rushed through and headed to the elevator. Pixie ran after her crying friend and tried to comfort her.
Ch.9 – The Dump 2!
"I'm so glad you came! I thought that you didn't like our company anymore." Pia hugged Utt tightly. Utt hugged her back and gave her a smile.
"Well…I've been really busy!" said Utt.
"It's okay, work first than hanging out. It's more important…" replied Pia.
Donita insisted that she left because she had to go back to the studio.
"Utt I thought you were going to meet Mel…" said Donita.
"I already did. It was quick…"
"Well I still have to go back to the studio. I'll see you tomorrow!" Donita winked at Utt and left.
"So…" Pia continued talking while they were walking around the galleria.
"So…" replied Utt.
Pia chuckled, and replied, "Well, we really missed you. Why didn't you show up two weeks ago? I was waiting for you! I stayed at the shop until it closed, but of course I had to close it anyway."
"Yeah, you do. Well, something bad came up so it was kind of an emergency situation… for work." answered Utt.
"You didn't even text me, but I understand."
"I'm really sorry if I haven't kept in touch with you and your friends for the past two weeks."
"It's okay. At least you're here now."
"Yeah, and I don't have that much filming to do this month. So I'm kinda free."
"That's nice, but always stayed focus no matter what okay?"
"Yeah."
Pia and Utt stopped to think about where they were heading.
"Where do you want to go? I mean were not really heading anywhere." asked Pia.
"I don't know. Where do you want to go?" replied Utt.
"Uh, I'm lazy and I'd really like to take a seat."
"Let's just go back to your shop and stay there."
"Sure. Let's just hope that Jay's not there."
Utt laughed, "I see."
"I see what?"
"Trying to get away from him huh?"
"Sure am. I'm really sorry, I know you guys are friends…but he's so irritating! He's like… always there 24/7! He's around me too much! I mean why is he drooling over me? I'm not pretty or anything, I mean doesn't he find me annoying?"
Utt looked at Pia. Pia stared at Utt's eyes, and then looked away. Utt honestly didn't think Pia was that pretty or pretty at all…well physically. Though her attitude, or personality makes her somewhat attractive and really fun to hang out with. But like Donita said, when you're around her you can really hang loose.
"Sorry, I can't do anything about it. The guy's in love with you…" Utt chuckled and Pia gave him a little shove.
"No pushing!"
"Sorry! It's just I'm really irritated! Please do something to make him stop bothering me."
"The guy's being nice; though I think he's gonna stay away from the both of us now."
"Why from the both of us?"
"Was it true when you said it was 'because of me'?"
"You mean he's gonna stay away from you, because of what I said?"
"Yeah, I guess." Utt looked at Pia and shrugged his shoulders.
"I'm sorry Utt! I'll call him up sometime to explain."
"You have his number?"
"Yeah, I told you he's been hanging around too much. He's basically my text-mate, e-mate, chat-mate, phone-mate, cell-."
Utt broke her off and said, "Okay I get it, but at least he kept you company while I was gone."
Pia shook her head and made a disgusted look on her face. Utt smiled and hugged her. They got to the shop. Pia took a seat in her favorite seat, the orange arm chair. Utt sat on the black arm chair across Pia. They talked and talked for hours telling each other the past two weeks they had. Pia came across the scary phone call incident. Utt realized that the two weren't holding hands, but it was that Pia was basically squeezing Jay's hand out of madness.
It was quarter to seven in the evening when Pixie and Kyle came. The two joined the never ending conversation. The main topic was Jay, and Utt's disappearance.
Time passed and laughter was all around the shop. Kate joined as time went by. Then the whole 'Brady' bunch just went on laughing and talking. They didn't even notice the time. Until it was time to close.
Kate and her crew started cleaning up. Pixie decided to help Kate. Kyle stayed with Pia and Utt.
"It was a nice welcome back hang out today! I really want to continue it sometime. Are you free this Friday night?" Utt asked Pia.
"Uh…yeah she always is!" said Kyle.
"Kyle!" screamed Pia.
Kyle chuckled and left the two alone.
Then Pia continued, "Uh, what do you mean? Like if I'm gonna be here?"
"No, I mean – well, it's because I think I'm not gonna be free until Friday night. So maybe we can talk until then." said Utt.
"Uh, I'm either here or wandering around the city. Just give me a call if you want to meet."
"No, I mean formally."
"Huh? You want me to go on a date? Look at me! I don't know how to wear a dress! You expect me to be fit for something like that?"
Utt took a good look at Pia. She was wearing khaki floods, a red shirt with red Nike prestos. Suddenly Pia's nosy friends popped out of the counter and insisted that they'll fix Pia up.
"You guys! C'mon! You know I'm not a good dress up doll!" Pia put her hands on her hips and grinned at her friends. But they kept on arguing about how Pia should go.
"Please. I'll really appreciate it if you go." said Utt.
"Is it like a big party thing? Do I really need to dress up? I can't walk right with heels. I'm telling you the consequences now!" Pia rushed.
"It's just something little. No… you don't really have to dress up."
"Why can't you take Donita instead? Or Mel?"
"Mel can't come with me and Donita is busy as well."
"I'm sure you have tons of friends to take! Why can't you take someone else?"
"Coz…uh…I took them before and now it's your turn."
Pia sighed and felt her forehead.
"Fine."
"Thanks." said Utt.
Then Pia's friends popped out of the counter again telling Utt that they would dress her up and train her to be a 'real' lady.
"Friday night, 7:30. I'll pick you up." Utt started walking out.
"You don't know where I live!" Pia rushed after Utt.
Pixie popped up behind the counter again and screamed, "Pick her up at my house! It's at Brand Ave.! The Grand apartments!!! Call Pia before you come!"
Utt turned around and put his two thumbs up.
The two days before the party was spent dressing Pia up and training her.
Then it was the night of the 'party'.
"Phew!" said Pixie, "Look at you! You look so different!"
Pia looked at the mirror and saw nothing different about her. She was still the same old Pia. Except that she was dressed differently.
"I don't find anything different." She told her friends who looked astonished by the way she looked.
It was almost 7:30 and Pia's mobile phone rang.
"Yup?" answered Pia.
"I'm here now." said Utt on the other line.
"Ok, I'll go downstairs." Pia said nervously.
Pixie, Kyle, and Kate dropped off Pia downstairs at the main apartment's lobby. The three girls crossed their fingers for luck and waved goodbye to Utt and Pia.
Pia headed to Utt's black CRV.
Utt stared in amazement as he saw Pia in a knee-length black skirt, and a black and white polka dot halter. She also had a white rose on the side of her tied up bun.
Pia opened the door to the car.
"Hey…" Pia greeted Utt.
"Wow…you look really lovely!" said Utt. He looked at Pia and saw that she wore white low cut Chucks.
"I can explain…I know I don't look like I'm going to a formal party, but I just can't stand being formally dressed."
"Me too." Said Utt. Pia looked at what he was wearing and he too wasn't wearing formal clothes. He wore a black shirt with khakis.
"I thought it was formal?" asked Pia.
"No. I didn't say anything about it being formal. I said I just wanted to talk to you formally. Though it was nice of your friends to propose in dressing you up and put you in a – skirt."
"Well…actually they made me into a Barbie doll, but I ended up with my own outfit anyway." she paused, "So where are we going?"
"Patience."
Then for the rest of the trip Utt and Pia sat singing along to the radio.
Utt drove his car thru the Drive thru of Carl's Jr. They bought their dinner, and headed to their main destination…her shop – at the Galleria.
Utt parked his car in the galleria parking lot.
"We're here!"
"At the Galleria?"
"Yeah…this is our final destination."
Pia and Utt took a seat in their favorite seats; the two arm chairs.
Kate wasn't managing the shop that night, she was at Pixie's with her sister. They were thinking about what Pia and Utt were doing. They couldn't wait for Pia to come back to Pixie's apartment to hear about everything.
It was ten minutes to twelve o'clock in the morning. Utt insisted that Pia went straight home, but she wanted to be dropped off at Pixie's apartment because her stuff and car was there.
"Plus, Kyle and Kate are with me. They rode with me in my new x-terra!" she exclaimed.
"So you got a car now huh?" said Utt.
"Yeah, thanks to the profits of the shop!"
Utt then agreed and decided that he would drop her off at Pixie's.
Pia called Pixie to let her know that she was coming. She asked Pixie to meet her at the main lobby.
Utt took a left turn to get to The Grand Apartments in Brand Ave. He stopped right in front of the main entrance for the apartment. Pixie was waiting for Pia in her pajamas.
Pia headed out of the car when Utt grabbed her arm. He leaned over to her, took her glasses off and kissed her. He leaned back and smiled at Pia. He was hoping to get a warm and sweet reply from her, but all she did was grab her glasses from Utt's hand and turned away. Before Pia shut the door, she stared into Utt's shocked eyes and tenderly said, "I'm so sorry."
Pia ran to Pixie's apartment entrance with tears in her eyes. Pixie widely opened the door and Pia just rushed through and headed to the elevator. Pixie ran after her crying friend and tried to comfort her.