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I woke up with a start, wiping the sweat off my forehead and put my hair up into a messy bun. I grab a black pair of skinny jeans and a black short-sleeved t-shirt and head to the bathroom to take a quick shower to rinse off all the grime. My nightmares are getting worse, I do not want to move, but thinking about living here any longer is starting to get to my head.
Sighing, I get out and get dressed. I looked at the time and started walking towards the shop. “I should just quit, pack and leave before he catches up with me.” I mumble to myself. Oof, I flail my arms in the air, hoping I do not fall straight on my ass. But before I can fall, a strong hand grabs me and stands me straight.
I look up, “I am s…s…so sorry!” I quickly grabbed my purse and ran, not even looking back. I do not stop till I reach the coffee shop. I quickly put my hair up and put my apron on. I clock in and start doing my morning routing. I realized I never said thank you to the guy that saved me, I feel even more stupid. “Great now he's going to think you are a weirdo, I mean I am talking to myself.” Rolling my eyes at myself, I start by getting all the cups that we would need for the day and setting them down where they go. I get the pumps and get them set by the others on the counter so that we will not need to run out in the middle of an order.
I hear the back door open and walks in Mary, “Good morning, Bianca, how are you this morning?” She asks me, smiling.
I jump and turn around, “H… H… Hi Mary.” I squeaked out. I turn around and start working on getting the coffee beans on the counter, so I can refill the coffee maker with more of the ground. “I am going to go ahead and get the store open. You can go ahead and start on taking orders, after your first break I can show you how to make our coffees.” I nod my head, even though Angelica taught me yesterday. I do not want to make her upset if she fires me. This job is all that I have now. I have not started looking for anything else yet, but I really need to.
The bell above the door rings, I go to the register, “W… W… Welcome to Mary's Coffee House, w… w… what can I get you?” I look up and when I see his face, I quickly look down at the register waiting for him to answer.
“Black coffee, large.” I type in and look up again, “That will be…b… be $2.50.” He gives me $5 and tells me to keep the change. I quickly turned around and made his coffee. Putting the logo around the cup and handing it to him. He takes it and walks away.
A sigh of relief leaves my mouth, he left, and I put in his money and put the rest in a jar. We split the tips between us all at the end of the shift, so I do not bother putting it in my apron. I wipe the few tables that were used earlier.
Angelica walks in with her apron on, “Hey Bianca, has it been busy this morning?” I nod my head and give her a smile. “It's h…h… hasn't been too bad t… t… this morning, but It might get busier.” I look down as a blush crosses my cheeks. I cannot believe that I stumbled so much. But the stress of talking to someone still gets to me. I hate it.
She smiles at me, “Maybe we can get good tips today.” She says and walks to the back to clock in. Once she comes out, she comes over to me, “Do you want to go out with me tonight, I was thinking we could go grab a dinner and go to the new club that just opened?” She asks. I start shaking a little, thinking about all the people that would be there.
“Umm, I don't really g… g… go o… o. out.” I say stuttering even more from the stress of facing that many people.
“We can go grab dinner if you want. We do not have to go to the club.” She looks at me with hope in her eyes. I sigh and nod my head. “Great!” She hands me her phone to put my number in. “What time do you want me to come by?” I looked at her, surprised that she agreed just to the dinner.
“What about 6?” I smile at her and give myself a pat on the back mentally for not stuttering. She nods just as the bell rings and a group comes in. She goes to take orders and I go to make the coffees.
Throughout the shift we get to know each other better, I stay off any touchy subjects and the rest of the shift flies by. Once I get home, I get ready for the dinner with Angelica, even though I am nervous, I know that this will be good for me. It is not bad to have one friend that I can trust and turn to if I need to. I know that she will not like me once she knows everything. Especially all the drama that follows me wherever I go.
I take a deep breath, finish touching up my makeup and gather my purse and everything else that I will need tonight. I hope I don’t run into anyone, or nothing happens. This is supposed to be a fresh start and for me to get out there more. I lock my apartment and head over to the diner that she told me about.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMVSluWxRgy
