.::Chapter Eleven::.
At Mr and Mrs Yeo's shop
Yolla is in her parents shop helping them unpack the new products that came early that morning. It was just a small shop at her void deck. She was waiting for Katy, Josh and Jake to come over to continue their Geography project that they had stopped the other day.
Bells
Katy, Josh and Jake entered.
Katy: Hello Yolla!
Josh: Yeah hi! (Look around) this place is not bad.
Jake: Yeah. (Elbowing Josh) You love it here right?
Josh began to blush.
Josh: Come let me help you with these.
Josh began helping Yolla in the shelving of the new products, while Katy and Jake went to the empty space at the back of the shop to start on their project. Mrs Yeo came out and saw them.
Katy and Jake: Good morning Mrs Yeo.
Katy: So sorry to disturb.
Mrs Yeo: No, it is alright. Smiling
Mrs Yeo walked to the counter and saw Yolla and Josh shelving. Yolla looked up.
Yolla: Hey mum!
Josh: Eh…Hello Mrs Yeo.
Mrs Yeo: You two stop doing that and go do your project, leave all these to me.
Yolla: Okay mum.
They stop doing what they were doing and went to do the project.
AFTER A WHILE
Katy: I was thinking, we do a board game on London…
Yolla: Yeah, something like the combination of snake and ladder with monopoly or life.
Josh: You are so clever Yolla, I totally agree with you.
Jake: Here you go again…pra…
Mrs Yeo: Hey Yolla! I need to go upstairs for a while, please help me tend the counter.
Yolla: Haiz.. Okay!
MEANWHILE
Outside the shop
Ralph was pacing outside the shop for a very long time. He had woken up very early because he couldn't sleep. Whenever he closed his eyes he would see Yolla's smile, and his mind will be full of her again. He had saw Yolla's friends, two guys and one girl walking in, and he remembered seeing one in his CCA, basketball. He had also seen a woman walking out which he guessed was Yolla's mother.
Ralph (thought):Should I go in, or should I not? What will she say when she sees me? What will her friends say? But I can also go in just to buy something right? Will I be teased? Will she be teased? I just want to see her, so I should…
Bells
Yolla: Who is here so early?
They shrugged their shoulders. Yolla walked to the counter out of curiosity. To her surprise it was Ralph! Ralph smiled shyly at her. She smiled back and his heart melted immediately. He looked around and spotted her friends at the back of the shops.
Yolla: Why are you here so early?
Ralph: I…eh…
He immediately took a packet of M&M from the shelves beside and pointed, and smiled. Yolla smiled too. Josh came out to the counter too.
Josh: Who is it?
He turned and found Ralph smiling at Yolla. It was his first time seeing Ralph smiling, in school he had never seen him smile like this before. He began to suspect that Ralph had something for Yolla.
Yolla: It is Ralph.
Katy and Jake also came out, and were shocked that Ralph came. Jake was also surprised to find Ralph smiling so sweetly and suspected the same thing as Josh.
Katy: Yolla, you are not going to smack him or anything right?
Yolla: No I won't. We made up.
Ralph nodded his head, and began to pay for his packet of M&M. Jake began to tell Katy what he was thinking. As Ralph was about to leave the shop, Katy stopped him.
Katy: Hey Ralph, since you are here, why not come and help us.
Ralph turned and faced them. Josh turned and stared at Katy.
Katy: We are having problems with our games…
Yolla: We are?
Katy: Tsk! Yeah we are. (Jake was also nodding his head.) So why not Ralph come and help us decide on some of these matter. Can you help us?
Ralph hesitated for a while and nodded. He followed them to the back of the shop and looked at their draft of the board game. They began working on the board game together.
IN THE AFTERNOON
Finally after 3 hours of working together, they finished their board game. They stood around it –Katy Josh Yolla Ralph Jake- and admired it.
Yolla: Oh my…we actually finish this thing in three hours. I thought we would need more time and I am prepared for another meeting.
Josh: I don't mind another meeting…
Ralph looked at Josh, shocked. Katy sensed the sudden silence.
Katy: Anyway, we really have to thank Ralph for all his help.
Yolla: Yeah!
Yolla suddenly hugged Ralph, who was standing beside her. Ralph blushed immediately and tense up.
Yolla: A hug of appreciation for you!
Josh: I…I also did a lot of work.
Yolla: But not as much as Ralph. He was the one who helped us cut the wood, colour the board, design the board, and craved out the characters. Actually he did most of the job! (Smiling)
Ralph was very happy that he was acknowledged by Yolla, and he mistook the hug as other things…