What I did yesterday for Jones made me feel better. It put a smile on my face. But the second I remembered what happened with me and Robbie, I broke down. I didn't sleep a wink last night either. I finally fell asleep around 5 in the morning and I guess I woke up around 11 o'clock. I walk out of my bedroom to the smell of bacon, eggs and pancakes. The best breakfast you could ever have.
I walk down the stairs to see my mom standing at the stove finishing the pancakes. Jones was sitting on the stool behind the island with a cup of coffee. He turns when I get to the bottom of the stairs.
"Good morning sunshine. You're up early." He says sarcastically with a chuckle.
"I don't wanna hear about it." I say rudely walking over and getting a cup of coffee. I slip my hand through the handle and walk over to the stool next to him. I take a seat and start to drink my coffee.
"I made you your favorite breakfast! I even went out and bought some ice cream, if you want some later." My mom says cheery.
"Why are you trying to cheer me up? It's obviously not going to work!" I freak on them. They both stay quiet and my mom brings me over a plate with 2 pancakes, 2 pieces of bacon, and some scrambled eggs.
"Can I have a slice of cheese and some ketchup?" I ask my mom. She just stares at me.
"Why do you like that? Ugh… it's gross." She says throwing the cheese on the island with the ketchup as I pile everything on one pancake and put some ketchup on it. After everything is on it, I put the second pancake on it and eat it as a bacon, egg and cheese sandwich.
"Because I like it ok?!" I rudely say.
"Listen honey… I know you're hurt but you can't just be depressed forever! You've got to move on. It's his loss, not yours…"
"Number one, I'm the one who broke it off not him. And number two, whether or not it's his loss… I just left the love of my life…" I say as the tears rush down my face.
My mom walks over to the counter. "I don't know if this is a good time… but this came in the mail today… it's for you."
I look over at her and give her a glare because this was the complete wrong time, but I wipe my eyes and grab the envelope anyway. I rip the side of the envelope off and slide the folded piece of paper out. It was a piece of printer paper the size of a post-it note. On it was typed:
Go to the park. Walk down the path to the big oak tree with the bench under it.
"What the hell is this mom. I'm not in the mood for this crap." I say showing her the paper. "Stop trying to get me to smile! It's not going to work anytime soon!" I say as she reads it.
I say crumpling up the paper and throwing it on the floor. "I didn't send that. I swear. It doesn't even have a name on the envelope. Maybe you should do what it says."
I look at Jones ad give him a mean glare. "Hey. Don't look at me! I didn't do it either!" He raises his hands defensively.
"I swear I'm going to kill someone for this." I say picking up the crumpled paper and going to get dressed.
"Make sure you brush your hair… it's a rat's nest…" Jones shouts up at me.
"Go to hell." I say bluntly back.
I can hear them laughing down stairs. I didn't know what it was about so I didn't freak out. They were too quiet for me to make out anything they were saying. I run a brush through my hair and get out all of the knots and throw on some presentable cloths. I walk back down the stairs about 10 minutes later.
"Ah… you look much better." Jones says smiling at me. He reaches out for my head when I grab his arm tightly.
"JUST STOP!" I yell at him gripping his wrist to the point where he winces. I finally realize that they are just trying to help and I let go.
"I'm sorry…" I say quietly looking down, grabbing my keys and walking out the door quickly. I run down to my car and see a rose on the front of the car.
"I'm gonna kill Jones… I'm gonna kill him…" I say to myself taking the rose off the hood and getting in the car. I throw the rose and the note into the passenger seat. I start the car and back out of the drive way. After about 5 minutes I pull up to the park. I pull into a spot closest to the big oak tree. I get out and walk over to the tree. There was nothing there…
"I knew it…This is bullshit…" I say walking around the tree to make sure there was nothing.
I go to walk to my car when I stop and take a second glance at the bench. On it is another piece of paper taped to the back rest of the bench and under it is another red rose. I pick up the rose and a little bit of a smile comes across my face.
On the paper it said:
Now go to the movie theater.
That's the next place I go. I walk into the theater and on one of the benches there is a single red rose like before. Above it is another not just like at the park. I walk over and pick both of them up. The biggest smile comes over my face as I read. The note reads:
That's the smile I like to see. Now go to the barber shop on 32nd Street. Take the roses.
I take the note and go back to my car. I put the rose with the other note and rose. I start the engine again and pull out of my spot. I drive halfway downtown until I reach 32nd Street. I pull into one of the spots. I get out, take the roses with me and walk into the shop. There are 4 guys getting hair cuts at I go in. I walk over to the front area and look for someone who works here. And older man comes out and looks at me.
"Come with me please." He says taking my hand. He guilds me over to a seat. I sit in the comfortable leather. "Sit here." He says leaving me and going into the back of the shop. The men who are taking care of the guys getting their hair cut do a quick sweep of the floors and leave. The 4 men spin their chairs around before making do-do-do-do sounds in different octaves, like a barber shop quartet. The man to the right stands up as the others are creating a melody.
"Cat Valentine?" He asks me with his hands behind his back. I simply nod in astonishment. "We're Vocal Spectrum."
He starts sing, still with his hands behind his back.
It's not easy
To find someone who cares
It's not easy
To find magic in pairs
I found her, I love her
And I won't let her get away
Cuz it's not easy
The man that talked to me walks over and gets on one knee. He hands me a rose while he continues to sing.
It's weird that friends can be different
Yes I understand you now
One of the other men does a back flip over to me and hands me a second rose.
It's not easy
To find someone who cares
It's not easy
To find magic in pairs
Now that I have her, hold her
Treasure her from day to day (From day to day)
It's so easy
It's not easy
To share somebody's dream
It gets easy
One of the men with a lower voice comes and sits next to me. He puts his arm around me and offers me the third rose. I start to blush and except it.
When you work as a team
You've got to tend it, fan it
That's what I plan to do
Oh I had one friend
Bye my side
But now I have you…
It's so easy…
Finally the last man spins, does a cartwheel, then a front flip and land right in front of me. He hands me the fourth rose and a small piece of paper with a charming smile. I sit there completely in shock.
The men go running to the back of the shop as 4 other men come out. "We're OC Times." They start the do-do-do-do stuff.
With the beat, beat, beat of my heart beats
And the bang, bang, bang of my brain
Got a girl that's driving me crazy
And I think I'm gonna go insane
One of the men does a back hand spring across the floor while the others sing. These people were absolutely amazing. This man hands me a rose too.
You think loves a fool's game
Well buddy maybe your right
Got a girl that's driving me crazy
And I think I'm gonna see her tonight
Another man walks over to me, hands me the rose and directly starts singing to me. Now I have 9 total.
Cuz it's the blue eyes
And all the goody charms
And now tonight's the night
She's in my arms (Yes in my arms)
The third man like in the other group comes over and pulls me to my feet. He spins me around and dances with me for a minute before letting me sit and watch again. He then gives me the 10th rose.
One day you'll find a girl
And then you'll understand
That a girl can drive men crazy
And she'll have you in the palm of her hand
The 4th man walks over to me calmly and hand me the 11th rose. He sits next to me and the other men come over. The sit on the leather couch, 2 on each side of me, and continue to sing.
With the beat, beat, beat of my heart beats
And the bang, bang, bang of my brain
Got a girl that's driving me crazy
And I think I'm gonna go insane
Cuz it's the blue eyes
And all the goody charms
And now tonight's the night
She's in my arms (Yes in my arms)
With that they point over to the door that everyone went though and out walks Robbie with a rose in one hand.
"There is no way in hell I'm ever going to let you go… Are you insane…?" He says reaching for my hand. Pulling me up and close to him. We sway back and forth to the men singing.
Cuz it's the blue eyes
And all the goody charms
And now tonight's the night
She's in my arms (Yes in my arms)
"Yes… she's in my arms…" He saws pulling me in for a kiss. It was long and drawn out. There was more passion behind it than I have ever felt. Everything was perfect at the moment. Nothing could go wrong. Nothing at all. Out lips move in simultaneous movements. Finally he opens his mouth a little bit and lets my tongue slip in. I snake my arms around his neck and pull him as close to me as possible. I inch up closer to his face on to my tippy toes.
"You have to be the most amazing, charming, sweet man I have ever known…"
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