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Chapter 2, a Not So Perfect Meeting

Rosetta's POV

* Ouch ... Arr... How careless of me...How did I even get this distracted *

I opened my eyes suddenly, hearing a voice... a young man's voice

"Hello? Anyone here? "

I quickly rose up ...only to hit the woodwork on the shelf again.

*Wow... Shoot! Not again. What's wrong with me? * I said to myself touching my head. My eyes opened to see the new customer.

"LUKAS! " I shouted his name.

For some reason, I was furious to see him. Quite unfairly, I unleashed all my anguish into one ear-splitting yell.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE? "

He was startled by the loudness of my voice. His eyes widened. He dropped his staff. He looked paler than usual. He didn't speak at all... just with a small gap between his lips, completely paralyzed by the anger I have just shown, gazing incessantly at me.

I began to feel discomfort. I looked away from his eyes and sighed. Without even looking at him again, I approached him ... took him by the arm and threw him out of the store saying "If you have nothing to say, then get out "as I did so and slammed the door.

With not even five seconds gone, I hear a knock again... I opened... it was Lukas again.

"What do you want now? "

"My staff..."

I turned around, picked it up and literally threw it at him and shut the door.

* Sighs * I felt a bit sorry for him.* I yell at him all the time but was it a bit too much I wondered. Arr... Who cares? * I stopped thinking and realised I've made a mess near the desk.

I kneeled down, collecting the items that dropped from the shelf. Two minutes later, I heard yet another knock on the door.

*That Lukas... What does he want now..? *

I stood up, kept my cool and said "Why don't you go away and make yourself useful? Stop bothering me. Can't you see I'm ... bu...s....."

Before I could finish my next sentence, I realised that the person I just spoke to was not Lukas.

It was not Mist or the other girls in town.

It was not my Dad.

It was not someone I know.

Instead, it was a young man, probably in his twenties, rather tall with dark brown hair and blue sapphire coloured eyes.

I was mortified of what I have just said. At this point, my face was bright red due to embarrassment. I couldn't say a word.

He too was speechless and looked at me naively with his blue eyes filled with confusion.

I turned away, looking at the floor. The young man finally said:

"I'm sorry. Am I bothering you ? "He said politely despite my rude words.

"No. No. I'm sorry Sir. I thought you were someone else" I said as contrite as I could.

"Well, I'm glad I didn't disturb you miss" he said with a smile.

I gazed at him for a few short seconds... wondering what kind of a person he is.

"Oh... Can I do anything for you?" I asked, unsure of why he came to the store.

"No thank you... I just came to greet you... I just arrived in this village you see? Since I figured I'd be here for a while I figured it'd be a good idea to greet all the townsfolk."

* Greet me...* I wondered what those words meant * but wasn't he going to greet anymore, I wasn't anything special. *

"So you're the one working on Mist's farm, aren't you? "

"Yes, I am. I guess she have already told you then"

"Yeah, she did and it wasn't that long ago. " I said wearing a smile.

"I see... My name is Raguna. Nice to meet you, Miss "he said with a bright smile.

"Oh... please call me Rosetta "I insisted.

"Ok then... Nice to meet you Rosetta "

"We run the only general store in this town so be sure to remember this place... you'll need to "I said with a somewhat nervous laugh.

He friendly replied "Oh... then I guess I'll be coming here often"

My face reddened... my cheeks turned a bit pink. I didn't say anything back.

He seemed to have waited for a response but getting none, he finally said, "I guess I'll be going then...I should greet the other villagers too... bye Rosetta"

"Oh... Bye...Raguna "I said with some disappointment in my voice and watched him as he left the store.

I returned to my desk , resting my head on my fingers with elbows on the desk, thinking about the last few minutes of introduction we just had and wondered when he'll be coming back to the store again.

Not being aware of the time, I was surprised when the clock suddenly turned six. I realised I had to close the store now. * Oh... I still have to clean up the mess *

I tidied up the store quickly and went upstairs where I looked in the mirror only to find how messy and muddled up my hair was. My eyes widened in shock. Hitting the shelf with my head not only once but twice left my hair untidy. What's worse was that there was dust all over my hair.

"Ahhhh... Nooo... "I gave a loud scream. * Don't tell me his first impression of me was.... *

Ok this is my second chapter... Please let me what u guys think... and PLZ REVIEW... it motivates me to keep writing. THXS for reading this far... XD