One week later

April woke up around 7am to the sun slightly blinding her eyes. She pulled the covers off of herself and walked into the bathroom to splash some water on her face. Then, she went downstairs to make herself a cup of tea before another week of work started. While waiting for the hot water to boil she went into daydream mode.

A few minutes went by and she was suddenly jolted back into the real world by a sizzle and hiss from her stove top kettle, which had started to overflow.

''Oh shoot!'' She said out loud to herself.

She opened up one of her kitchen cupboards and pulled out her favorite mug, then she filled it with hot water from the stove, added a camomile teabag and sat down at her kitchen table. She checked the clock, it was 7:45.

An hour to go until I better get to the shop and open up. She thought to herself.

Once she had drank her tea, she took herself upstairs to get dressed for the day. By the time she had done all that she had to do, it was time to go. She put her watch on her left wrist and checked the time. It read 8:40am. Perfect timing.
April got her green khaki jacket and purse out of the downstairs cupboard by the front door, took her keys off the hook and went off to work.

It only took 10 minutes to walk to the store, which was on the main street of town.
She took the shop key out of her pocket and put it into the lock, and opened the door. She then went into the back room and put her jacket and purse into the safe and locked it up. She then went back though into the main store and opened all of the shutters, flipped the sign on the front door to open and sat herself down on the stool behind the counter...Oh, she almost forgot about her Apron. She got off her stool and removed the apron from underneath the counter, put it over her head and tied it around her back.
''How sexy!'' she thought, and giggled to herself.

2 hours later

The morning had been pretty slow in the store, even the rush hour flow of customers April usually had, were little to none.
He hadn't been in yet either which she found a bit odd, as he was usually one of the first to come in. Not long had she been thinking of him, when she heard the bell on the door chime to notify her a customer had entered the store; it was him. April felt herself get butterflies in her stomach. Why did he have this effect on her?
He was always well dressed and today was no exception. He had on a gray suit with a white shirt and a black tie. She had to admit, he looked rather quite attractive. Snapping herself out of the trance she had found herself in, she greeted him with a smile.

''Morning.'' he said, as he came up to the counter to order his drink

''Morning, Sir.'' she replied, feeling her cheeks blush a crimson red color.

''What can I get for you?''

''The usual, thanks.'' he said smiling.
Then turning around, he headed to his seat.

A few minutes later, April had put together the order and started to walk over to where he was sitting.
She was too busy wondering how she could start a proper conversation off and find out his name, when she suddenly felt herself falling.
Everything went in slow motion and she landed on the floor, on her hands and knees with the drink nowhere to be seen. April quickly realized what had happened and picked herself off the ground. She looked and saw that what was once a white shirt, was now a dirty brown color.

''Oh my gosh, I am so sorry!'' she said, shocked. He stood up, trying to clean up as much mess as he could.

''It's fine, don't worry about it. It's not like I had an important meeting to go to or anything.''
April noticed a hint of sarcasm in his voice.

''Really, I am so SO sorry, I don't know what happened.'' ''I can be so clumsy at times!''

''Like I said, it's fine. The only problem I have now is that I need to change.'' he laughed, smiling at April.

''Let me get a cloth for you, and see if I can help get rid of some of the stain before it sets in too deep.'' she said with a smile.
''Follow me.''

''Sarah, could you just keep an eye out in case anybody wants anything?'' she asked her cousin who was sitting on a nearby table.

''Sure thing.''

April led him into the back room where she found a washcloth in one of the small drawers. She walked up to the sink and put some water and stain remover onto it.
She turned around and was faced with a shirtless Jackson.

''Oh, Sorry.'' she apologized as she took a step backwards.

He smiled at her, ''Not a problem, my fault.''

''Um, here.'' she said, handing him the cloth.
He turned around and put his shirt onto the table and started to gently scrub as much coffee out of it as he could. A few minutes passed and the silence was filled.

''There.'' he said, lifting the shirt up to show April.

''Well, that at least looks a little better, but it's no good to wear.'' she giggled shyly.
He smiled at her, the sweetest smile she had ever seen. God, April, cut it out woman! she thought to herself.

''Yes, you are right.'' he said, laughing and smiling back at her.

''I may have a t-shirt for you to wear if you want?'' she asked him.

''That would be great, um..?'' he realized that he didn't even know her name.

''Oh.'' she laughed. ''I'm April by the way. We haven't really had a proper introduction.''

''Well April, it's very nice to properly meet you.'' he said smiling. ''I'm Jackson.''
So that was his name. It suited him, she thought.
There was a few moments of silence and she noticed that he was looking at her with a slight grin. After a few seconds, that felt like forever, she went into the nearby chest of drawers and pulled out a t-shirt she thought would fit him.

''Here, will this be okay?'' she asked him with a small smile.

''Yeah, I think it will be fine.''

''I feel really bad, can I make it up to you?'' she asked him with a glint in her eye.

''Well, that's not necessary but you can if you really want to.'' he said playfully.
April suddenly felt slightly flustered and looked to the ground, then she lifted her head up and looked into his eyes.

''I do.'' she said smiling at him.
She found herself mesmerized by his eyes, she had noticed them before but had never been so close as to see the specks of light brown in those green/blue pools. Shaking herself out of it she gave him a small smile.

''Well, I'd better get back out there and carry on with my day. I hope you have a good one.''

''Yeah you best had, I guess.'' he said, slightly disappointed.

Jackson followed April back to the front of the store and watched her as she got back to work, clearing up the counter where Sarah had obviously spilled drinks slightly as she made them. April turned around to look at him.

''So, when will you be making it up to me then?'' he asked with a grin.

''Oh er, well.. later? Or Another time, if...if you're too busy.''

''Later will be fine.'' he smiled at her. ''I look forward to it.''

''Me too.''
They stood there for a few moments, just looking at each other, not saying a word. Then suddenly the silence was broken.

''Bye.''

''Bye..''

April watched Jackson as he left the store and suddenly felt all faint. She had to sit down quickly so she grabbed the nearest stool. She wasn't sure what had come over her, but she needed to have a rest and a drink of lemon water.
Did I just arrange a date?! No..I can't of. It isn't a date...is it?!

Either way, she couldn't wait and willed the hours to go by until she saw him again.