It had been weeks since Godric's antics. I had been giving him the silent treatment. Childish, I know. Currently I'm at work, I had called my employee/manager to see how things were going on the store since it had been awhile since his gay ass had given me an update. Well, it had been four days... Apparently, there was something wrong with one of the new shipment of books and I had to go in there to fix it. Yay me!
No seriously! Any excuse not to study and I'm game.
"We have a new regular customer! He's so dreamy! He's the silent, mysterious time. Reads a lot of the older novels." Why... did I hire him again?
"Adrien, you know I love you right?"
"Yes. How could you not? I'm amazing." He struck a pose which immediately had me laughing.
"Very true! BUT I really don't want to know about guys Adrien, I want to get this shipment sorted through so I can see what's missing, what's not ours, and how much I need to yell about when I call the company."
"Girl, I love you but you need to learn to have some fun to. You know your not really living in till you've had someone rock your world right?"
"...Y..you..r not... ugh!" I turned away from a hysterical Adrien and walked off to the back room with the list of the correct shipment.
"Don't go that way! You'll scare the regular!" What the fuck is he talking about? I shook my head and kept walking. If I knew Adrien well enough, he was probably sitting up by the register pouting about me being mean. I'd go out later and get him lunch and he'd love me again... unless I forget his spicy mustard... then he'll hate me more.
I walked past Godric, I didn't think much of it at first and then I backed up and looked at him. He was sitting in one of the lounge chairs reading a older war novel. Oh my god... Adrien is crushing on Godric... I shouldn't get involved. I should just walk away. I should look away and go back to work. Then why are my feet moving on their own towards him... damn it.
"Hey Godric, didn't expect to see you here."
"Nice bookstore nearby that respects their customers and treats then like family." He explains.
"Wasn't always that way, was rough in the beginning." I told him honestly.
"What do you mean?"
"When I first opened this place, there was another guy working for me that ran a good portion of it. He thought that if he could raise profit that he could impress me."
"Ah so your the owner that Adrien goes on and on about."
"Adrien is babbling because he has a crush."
"I am aware. He's not quiet."
"To much to ask you what you think?"
"Are you a bookstore owner or a match maker?"
"A bit of both?"
He laughed at me. "You do not sound convinced."
"Oh I'm not." I told him taking a seat across from him. "The last time I got involved in a friends love life it backfired on me, the guy ended up thinking I was in love with him... I reacted somewhat crudly and told the guy that i'd much rather date woman than him any day..."
"So is that what this is, your a lesbian?" He told me after he was done laughing his ass off.
"Nope." I may have popped the p. "Um how to put this... Not interested in the clingy-ness that seems to come from men when they believe a woman is theirs. Then theirs the fact that my dad left my mother for a man and I have some horrible luck so... just easier to avoid it till I eventually can't anymore and some unlucky bastard forces his way past the wall I have mentally constructed."
Godric seemed to carefully pick his next words. "You can't live in fear of what could happen. Anyone would be a fool to cheat on you."
"So I have a question... how in the hell did this conversation get so serious?" I asked laughing a little.
"I blame you."
"How childish of you!" I stood up, smiling. "Well I have to get back to work. See ya later." As I was walking away, I heard Godric whisper nice ass.
"I'm still going to kick yours for pulling that kind of revenge tactic."
"I'll be waiting Clara."
