Chapter 2: The Cute Raccoon.

I was behind the donut and cake glass with Margaret, she was just telling me a story about her and Mordecai. I was hardly paying any attention to it, my mind and my eyes were on someone else.

I laid by elbows on the counter as I continued observing the raccoon. I remembered the first time I saw him walk into the coffee shop. He immediately caught my eye with his breath-taking smile and his enchanting eyes. And then when we first spoke, when he made me laugh - I knew I had a crush on him, there was no doubt.

"...and then Mordecai was just standing there, staring at me like he just saw a ghost. You know how Mordecai can be sometimes. " Margaret giggled. It sounded like she was very happy. And I was very happy for her also, she finally got together with Mordecai and now they have been spending an enormous amount of time together. However, no matter how joyful I was for my friend, I couldn't help but to think about the raccoon sitting by the right corner of the coffee shop.

"Oh Gosh, I must really bore you with all the Me-and-Mordecai tales!"

"Mhm.."

I watched him take a hold of coffee while laughing at the blue jay as he was imitating their boss, Benson. His laughter was like a thousand sun shines, filling up my little heart with so much happiness and joy.

"Eileen?"

Rigby picked up his mag and took a sip in his always-super-cool way.

I let out a soft,gentle sigh. Why was he so funny? So charming and so cute? Was there any explanation?

"Eileen, if you like Rigby so much why don't you just go up to him and ask him out on a date?"

I snapped out of my daydreaming and turned my gaze towards Margaret who was smiling at me. I sighed again. But this sigh was the one in reality, dull and depressive, "I already tried Margaret..." I started,"..and we all know how that ended."

Margaret wrinkled her forehead in horror as she remembered what Mordecai had to do to fulfill Rigby's solid, ,"I thought we all agreed not to mention that ever again.."

"Oh yeah.. umm..sorry..." I reached my hand towards the rag and started to wipe the counter, "It's just that, I don't think Rigby likes me in that way..besides, we have a really good friendship going on. I don't think I want to ruin that, just because I feel more for him then he does for me."

"Are you kidding me? Eileen, he likes you in the same way!" Margaret had a serious, yet friendly voice. That made me turn to her.

"Just think about it. He always boasts a whole lot whenever you're around. It's pretty obvious that he's trying to impress you!"

I smiled as I wondered if she could be right,"Do you really think so?"

"Trust me." she said with a sweet smile on her face.

My smile however, disappeared as I got a flashback of that day in Middle School when Caroline told me to trust her. I remembered how ashamed I was, how badly I wanted to bury my head in the ground, like an ostrich.

"Are you okay?"

Looking back at my worried friend, I put on another smile ,"I'm fine. I just really don't feel like asking Rigby out right n-"

"Hey ladies! Can we get some more coffee or what?!" Rigby's voice. He was being impatient, as always.

"Coming right up!" I shouted back then turned to Margaret,"I'm gonna go bring them another cup."

Margaret nodded, seeming to be curious about what I was thinking about before she asked me if I was alright. I really wasn't planning on telling her what was on my mind, at least not at that moment.

I made my way passed her and got to the sink, where I dropped the rag and started to pour hot water into one mug, then another.

My thoughts were with Margaret, and what she had told me. She is the sweetest, nicest person I know. And Caroline was a narcissistic,sadistic whore. The point being, If Margaret said she thinks Rigby likes me back, she probably meant it. But that was still only her view of the situation. As far as I know, Rigby may find me very unattractive and only wants to be friends, since he wouldn't want anything more to do with someone like me.

"Oh, come on! I want some coffffffeee- OW!"

I couldn't help but to chuckle as I heard Mordecai punch Rigby. The guys are really weird best friends, I thought. They make fun of one another, they hit each other, and yet, their friendship usually lasts forever.

I captured the caffeine and I put two spoons of it into each mug then stirred it up. I held the mugs and started approaching Mordecai and Rigby,"Here's your coffee Rigby." I started,"I hope it didn't take me too long." I smiled at him and put their order on the table.

"Is Margaret here?" questioned Mordecai, obviously disappointed that I brought them coffee and not his girlfriend.

"Yeah. She's right over there." I pointed towards Margaret, who had her arms gently crossed but eventually raised one arm and waved to her boyfriend.

Mordecai smiled, stood up and started walking towards the counter to talk with her.

Once he was gone, I stuck around at the table, wanting to have a chat with my crush, but Rigby pretty much ignored me. He raised his mag and drunk some of the coffee not bothered to look at me, I felt kind of awkward.

"Is there anything else you want? Some cookies maybe, or a donut or something like that?"

"Thanks Eileen, but I'm good."

I nodded, feeling the urge to keep talking with him. I wasn't going to ask him out again, I just wanted to spend a little time with him. Is that so bad? I mean...we were friend now after all.

"So, how's your coffee? I hope it's not to cold, I heard that cold coffee wears off the caffeine effects."

Rigby finally looked up at me, "Uhh...Is that a bad thing?"

"If you're working then yes." I answered with a big smile on my face.

He chuckled," Then I have nothing to worry about, I guess." he took another sip.

"Haha, Mordecai, stop it!"

"Haha, I can't believe you're so ticklish!"

The noise was coming from the counter, and it was obvious who the voices belonged to.

I raised my eyebrows as soon I heard that and I saw Rigby do the same. We looked at each other and it wasn't long until we burst out laughing.

It was funny how different both Mordecai and Margaret were when they were together. I wondered if me and Rigby would act differently if we were...

"Hey, you wanna sit down?" Rigby asked after the laugh, making my heart skip a bit.

"Okay. As long as you won't tickle me!" I curved my toes the moment I said that. As long as you don't tickle me? Really Eileen?Really?

Even though I will beating myself up because of the words that slipped out of my mouth, I still sat down, besides Rigby.

After a short silence,I decided to start a new conversation, "So, is there anything you want to chat about?"

"Actually, I wanted to ask you something for a long time now."

My heart beat changed rapidly, was he about to ask me out on a date?

"You can ask me anything Rigby. Anything."

Of course! After all this time, he finally realized he like likes me and he wants to be with me! He wants to date me, and then get married to me and then we can have little raccoon-mole children together!

"Do you ever slack off during work?"

My heart rate went back to normal.

That was what he was thinking about asking me? If I slack off at work?

I had let out a short sound that sounded like repressed laughter, thinking about how silly my ideas were a moment before.

"Eileen?"

I chased my thoughts away and directed another smile towards him ,"If I slack off at work, ha?" I thought about his question for a while, then answered, "Well, I sometimes sit down and talk with the costumes, replying on questions like , if I slack off at work."

"That's so bad-ass." Rigby was obviously sarcastic," Anything else you would like to admit Miss rule-sicker?"

"Well Mr rule-breaker, I sometimes take a break to drink a glass of water after four hours of work."

"Wooooow." Rigby was pretending to be in shock, "You shouldn't be doing that. That's just too hard-core."

He sure did like to tease,didn't he?

He drunk a bit more of his coffee,"Your boss will totally replace you after this slip out."

"Was that your way of saying you're gonna tell on me?"

"Maybe.." he let out a chuckle and I giggled. When I was done, I turned to the counter. Mordecai and Margaret were no where in sight. I wondered where they head off too. They were there just a few seconds ago.

"I bet they're making babies in the basement." Rigby's words made me blush and also made me feel a little uncomfortable.

"Umm...I really don't want to think about my best friend having ..." I rubbed my head, looking at the ground,"... you know."

"Naked wrestling?" asked Rigby.

I looked up at him and saw he was smirking. Sure, I always knew he was immature and shameless, but that was a bit too much for me to hear.

I was about to correct his statement into something more appropriate but just then three customers came in. Realizing my happy-time with Rigby was over, I got off the chair.

"Where are you going?" He asked and it almost seemed a bit as if he was upset.

I gave him another smile,"I have to return to my job Rigby. But we can hang out later today if you want? Maybe play some video games at the park house?"

He sighed in annoyance," Can't. Benson is hosting a stupid party, with stupid guests and he doesn't want anyone uninvited to show up."

"Oh..tomorrow then?"

He sighed,"I really don't wanna be apart of that train-wreck. It's gonna be really boring...and lame. "

"Hmm..." I wasn't sure if that was really want was bugging him, but didn't want to push it.

I grinned as I got an idea,"Hey, we can go play video games at my place! If you want?"

He stayed quite for a few seconds,probably thinking about whether or not to accept my offer.

"Okay." he finally muttered. It sounded like the words were forced out of him.

"Uhh...see you at 5 then? I'll text you my address! I live just live a block away from Margaret."

"..I'll think about it."

My forehead wrinkled as the feeling of rejection concurred me,"Well, I'll text you anyways...I guess..." I gulped. Did I say something wrong?

Not getting a reply, I turned around and walked to the group that set down by the table that was near to the front door. I took the notebook and the pen out of my pocket,"What can I get you?"

The man on the right chair started to order and I started to write down,"We'll have one coffee,two servings of ice tea,one cola,one strawberry cake,two chocolate donuts.."

I let my eyes slip from the notebook and onto Rigby. He seemed really displeasure. Did I scare him when I asked if he wanted to come to my place? Did he not feel close enough with me to come to my apartment? Or did he think I was hinting on something?

"..are you listening, girl?"

I shook my head and looked back at the costumer, putting on a fake smile,"Sorry. Can you please repeat what you ordered after the chocolate donut?"

"Two chocolate donuts."

I wrote it down,"Right...sorry about that." I looked at him," I got a bit lost."

The man raised his eyebrow, clearly not caring about my personal circumstances. He repeated the whole order again and this time, I didn't let myself get distracted.

After I returned to the counter, I was wondering about many things.

My main thought was how more nicely people would probably teat me if I looked more like the girls from the TV I saw yesterday.

I bet swans never get rejected or get looked at in a negative way.

Sneak Peek On Chapter 3:

"Knock knock."

"Who's there?"

"Not yo momma! She died crossing the road this morning."

I laughed and grabbed another fist of popcorn then stuck it in my mouth. I was watching a comedy TV show called ' Happily divorced ' from my bed. I really loved the show, it had a lot of dark humor in it, and I have always loved dark humor. But I would never repeat their jokes on the street, I would probably find out after saying the joke that the persons' mom actually was dead. I had such great luck.

"WHAT? HOW DO YOU KNOW?"

"I was driving a car, man."

I let out another laugh then glanced at my phone. The screen was dark, which unfortunately meant no one had called or messaging me. I wondered if I should text Rigby about where I live or not. After all, he did say he'll think about coming to my place.

I grabbed the remote control and lowered the sound of the TV. Dropping it back on the bed I took a hold of my phone and set up.

Why was Rigby so undetermined when I asked him to come over? Did he really think I was suggesting something...dirty? Because I wasn't by any means suggesting anything like that. I just wanted us to play some video games together and maybe chat and joke about stuff..Or maybe Rigby just didn't feel that comfortable with me yet? Maybe I have been pushing it a little...

I started at my phone for a while before I decided to text him. Even if my above thoughts were true, I did tell him I will message him about where I live so I can't just back out now.

Letting out a sigh, I typed my address on the phone and clicked 'send'. I bit my lips as I watched the sending icon which after a few seconds acknowledged me that my text has been successfully received.

I threw the cell phone back on the bed and turned the volume of the TV back up again.

AN/ I realize not much happened in chapter 2, however,the chapter was necessary. It will lead to more happenings and gives you a short look on how Rigby feels because of the amount of time his best friend spends with his girlfriend. - Still, Rigby wants Mordecai to be happy. Just can't help but to feel a bit lonely.

Please leave me a review, maybe guessing what's going to happen in chapter 3 or maybe just leaving me a positive or a negative, critic.