So here I was, sitting at my favourite cafeteria and waiting for James as he had just called me up earlier to meet me here. He's already 10 minutes late and he's lucky I'm not angry yet. He finally shows up and sits opposite me.
"Hey, Lils," he says as he plants a soft kiss on my cheek.
"What took you so long?"
"Sorry, I had to buy you this." He said with a grin.
He handed me a lovely decorated box. I looked up and stared at him confusingly.
"Am I forgetting something?" I asked.
"No, it's just been a while since I've seen you, so I thought I'd give you a little something."
I was quite speechless because I didn't think he'd give me something when there was no special occasion. I opened the box and stared open-mouthed.
So this morning, I woke up early. I walked down to the kitchen and made myself a coffee. I quickly drank the coffee, ignoring how hot it was and quickly got changed. I had to be early for a meeting. I got into my car and sped away. I ran into my office and quickly sorted out all my papers and walked into the meeting room.
Surprisingly, everyone was already there waiting for me to arrive. It kind of made me nervous with all the stares. I quickly sat down in an empty seat.
"Now that you're finally here Oliver, we may now start." said my boss.
"I'm sorry, but can you explain why you're holding this meeting?" I asked.
"It's nothing important, but I just wanted to congratulate you all for our successful business so I'm rewarding you each two tickets to any place of your choice for two months." he said happily.
Everyone in the room started to cheer. Before I knew it, the boss dismissed us and everybody continued talking about where they wanted to go. Is my boss awesome or what? But who should I take? Miranda of course, so we can finally spend some time with each other. But I wonder where she'd want to go?
I held the gift in my hand. I looked up at him and smiled.
"So do you like it?"
"No, I LOVE it!"
I walked up to him and gave him a little cuddle. We decided to leave the cafe and unfortunately I had to say goodbye to him as I had work to do. I quickly dived into my car and raced off to my office. My office is right next to my boss's. It's probably why most of the people there are jealous of me. My office is a lot bigger than anyone else's, it has an air conditioner, it even has it's own bathroom! But best of all, it's the best place for me to think of my own fashion ideas.
As I sat down to think of some more fashion ideas, my cell started vibrating. I took out my phone from my bag and got a text from James.
It read:
Hey Lils,
Miss ya, r u busy tonight?
I'm thinking movies?
I closed my cell. I was meant to work late tonight, but I decided I'd see my boss to ask her if I could get an early leave. I knocked on the door.
"Hello Lilly, what can I do for you?"
"I was wondering if I could maybe get an early leave?"
"Yeah sure, I mean you work hard everyday, so I don't see the harm in that."
"Thanks boss, I'll see you tomorrow."
I grabbed my stuff from my office and ran out.
As I got in the car, I quickly called James.
"Hey James, you still up for the movies?"
"Of course!"
"Okay, meet you there in a few minutes then."
I quickly hung up and drove towards the cinemas.
As soon as I was dismissed, I made my way to my car. I got in and drove towards Miranda's house.
I got out of my car and knocked on the door. Miranda opened the door and smiled.
"Hey Ollie, come inside."
I smiled back and entered her house. We made our way towards the couch.
"So what's up?" she asked.
"Well today at work, my boss is rewarding me with two tickets to any place I'd like to go to, so I was wondering if you'd like to go with me?" I asked, hoping she'd say yes.
"Of course, now I can finally spend some time with my boyfriend alone! But where do you want to go?"
"It's up to you, because I don't really mind as long as I'm with you."
"Awwwww, you're so shweet! Well, if I have to choose, then....... NEW YORK!"
"New York? But why? And are you sure?"
When she said New York, I was a little bit stunned. Of all places she had to choose New York!
"Yeah, is that a problem?"
"No, no, just making sure. You better start packing because we leave tomorrow morning!"
"TOMORROW! I can't pack that quickly!"
"Well, I better go, I have to start packing my own stuff."
I gave her a hug and left.
As I drove, a million thoughts started forming in my head. How about if meet Lilly there? Will she be mad at me? I shook off all those thoughts.
"Oliver, New York is a huge place, there is no way you're gonna bump into Lilly!" I thought to myself.
"I had a great time James, thanks so much."
"Me too, wanna catch up again tomorrow?"
"Sorry, I have to wake up early and work tomorrow."
"Oh, sure, then some other time then." he said, looking quite disappointed.
He walked me to my car. We stood next to my car smiling.
He slowly leaned in, but I stepped back, looking uncomfortable. He saw my reaction and said:
"Oh yeah, sorry, we're still keeping our relationship slow." he said.
I got into my car and drove off.