FALLING 7: CHANGES
Juliet's POV
I am still here at house waiting for my sister, she took so long in the bathroom. “come on jully! I’m going to be late! hurry up!” I shouted.
“yes I’m coming!” she shouted.
“Juliet? Can I ask you a favor?” auntie asked. “sure, what is it?” I said. She gave a piece of paper. “my head is aching right now I can’t go to the grocery can you buy these for me?”
“sure auntie maybe later at my lunch.”
“okay.” I noticed she looks pale and sad. “are you okay?” I asked. then she smiled, “yes, dear my fine. Drive safe.”
“just tell me if you need anything okay? Im here.” I said.
“yes I will. Thank you.”
“sis let’s go!” jully came. “watch auntie okay? Make sure she is okay and her needs alright?” I said.
“why? Is there something with her?” jully asked.
“no let’s go.”
“okay.”
OFFICE
Oh shit I almost forgot. Everyone here is talking about what happened that day. I mean its been like 5 days since that day or that whole i-like-you thing.
“are you just gonna stand there or hand it to me?” I got my eyes on sir romeo who is standing on his office door. I approached him and gave him the papers.
“is everything alright?” he asked.
“yes sir, I mean hearing them talking about what happened 5 days ago is not distracting at all.” I said. He look at me and smirked. Did he smirked at me? This guy!
“let them be. It’s the truth” then he left me there. Is he really serious about it? I mean come on!
“sir my auntie requested me to do the grocery at lunch so I might be late.” I said. “okay. I’ll come with you.”
“sorry sir?”
“I said I’ll come with you. Now I have a meeting with the investors right?” he said. “umm, yes sir.”
“are they here?” he asked while looking at me. I think his eyes is smiling. “y-yes sir at the conference room.”
“okay. I need the report for the big event so don’t go to the meeting I’ll do the notes you finish the report.” He said.
“are you-“
“im sure jules, give me your ipad.”
“o-okay. Here sir.” He took it and left. So he is reading his schedules now, taking notes at his own meeting now and will join me on my personal agenda? So he is serious about it?
I am finishing the report because he needs this but I am still bothered by it. It can’t be me I mean im ordinary, im not even a hotty right? I am not his type I know that. But-but-
“cookies! Where’s your boss?” sir pao.
“at the meeting why?”
“I need to talk to him. It’s urgent.”
“I’ll take note of that.”
“alright call me when he finish the meeting and tell him its about the new project that he wants us to do.”
“new project sir?”
“oh he didn’t tell you?”
I shaked my head, “no sir.”
“really? it must be for a reason, bye cookies I have many things to do.” Wait so he knows something right? “wait sir pao!” I called. He returned to my desk. “what?”
I was about to say something but sir romeo came, “what are you doing here pao?” he said. Sir pao looked at me then I looked at my sir then my sir looked at pao. “well first I was looking for you because its urgent it about the new project that we are planning then cookies called me when im about to leave.” Sir pao said.
“let’s talk inside my office.” Sir romeo said. “okay sure but cookies what are you going to say?” they both looked at me.
Oh damn, “umm, I forgot. Maybe next time” I smiled. “okay let’s go.”
“sir romeo I’ll go ahead and take my lunch.” I said. “no, im coming with you remember? Wait for me.” He said. I saw sir pao smiled. “o-okay.” I said. They get inside.
Well I was just going to ask about the confession thing I mean if its real or not.
MALL
This is so awkward. I mean, I am not awkward with him before it happened. Now I am so conscious about I don’t even know why! My one question is why did he went here with me? Grocery? This is not his thing!
“what happened to your aunt?” he asked. “what do you mean what happened to her?” I asked back. “I know that she is doing the groceries at your house right?” he said. Why does he know that?
“she said that he is not feeling well. Like headache so she asked me to do this.” I said.
“can I see the list?” I gave it to him. He looked at it then look at the things in our cart. “we only missing out the can foods. Let’s go.” He is even pushing the cart.
“wait sir.” I stopped. He stopped too. “what’s the matter?”
“why are you being like this? I can—“
“attention shoppers! We have a big big sale on the can foods area!! It’s a 100% sale!!! LET’S GO!!!”
“oh my ghad! My aunt will love that!” I said. He looked at for a second but suddenly run while pushing our cart gong there. I just followed him.
“grab everything go!!!” he shouted. the competitive side of him is showing off. I couldn’t help but to smile. Lookt at him grabbing the can foods while sweating. “secretary jules? What are you looking at?! Grab that!” he said. “yes sir.” I almost laughed my ass out.
After that we decided to eat, he is really hungry the way he eats and im just here looking at him. “stop staring at me and eat your food, jules.” He said.
“im eating sir.” I avoided his look. “by the way, when is the team building?” he asked. I looked at him. “team building you said sir?”
“yes. We have that every year right?”
“yes but-“
“so when?”
“tomorrow. It should be tomorrow sir.”
“oh I see. Announce it, we will have a team building tomorrow okay?”
“but the prepa-“
“I’ll handle it. Just announce it to them. Are you still going to deliver this to your house?” he asked.
“yes.”
“don’t bother. Ben will take care of it.” Then he made a phone call. “but sir-“
“hello ben? Come pick up these groceries ten deliver to ms jules house. We are the mall near office…” then he hanged up. I just ate there quietly. He is my boss after all, I don’t have anything to say.
OFFICE
“thanks for the lunch. I had a fun.” Then he went inside his office. Why do I feel like nervous? Wait is it hot in here?
I chat on our group about the meeting. Sometimes I do the meeting if its only about us employees. So we gathered here in the conference room.
“what is this about, ms jules?” my co-worker asked.
“are we gonna have a salary increase?” they all got excited.
“no. its not about that.” I said.
“then what?” gale asked.
“we are going to have a team building tomorrow.” They all looked at me and got quiet. Some of them almost choked. “don’t kid us girl.”
“I’m not kidding he said that he will take care of everything all I need to do is to announce it to you guys.” I said.
“why sudden change of mind?” gale asked. they are all excited now. “I don’t know. He just said that.” I said.
They all got excited and shouted. okay, the tram building is not a thing here in our company because sir romeo doesn’t like it so we really never had it. Explains why they got weird about it.
“jules are you going home?” he asked.
“yes sir.”
“okay. Goodnight, see you tomorrow.” Did he just say goodnight to me? Seriously? I will never get use to this. I went to the parking lot and get inside my car.
I started the car but its not starting at all! Oh my gosh! I don’t know why but its not starting! Then I looked at the screen it says that my battery is dead? What? How?
“no no no not now!” I said out of frustration. I have to get home early because I still have to get ready for tomorrow.
“are you okay?” sir romeo. Wait what? His driving his own car?
“are you driving sir?” I asked.
“yes. Why?”
“you never drive. You can’t drive right?”
“I can. I’m just lazy. What happened to your car?”
“battery’s dead.”
“I’ll give you a ride home.”
“no sir I’ll just get a cab—“
“I insist, jules. Get in.” of course, I don’t want to refuse anymore, my mom taught me not to refuse twice. So I live on that quote.
HOUSE
“thanks for the ride sir.” I said.
“just call me romeo if we are outside of work.” I looked at him. Okay that’s it, I’ve had enough of this. “sir, we need to stop this.” I said.
“I said don’t call me—“
“no sir. Excuse my interruption. But I just can’t handle it anymore. First, you don’t let me read your schedule anymore! You’re the one reading it now. Second, you eat your lunch at cafeteria not on those reserve restaurants that I always booked for you. Third, you went groceries with me today which is something that I don’t know not you! Sir.”
“you know im doing-”
“again im sorry sir for interrupting you but of all people or girls out there that you’ve been with, why me? Im not your type, im not those girls that your with. And then fourth, you hate the idea of team building coz you said it’s a waste time and money but suddenly you want to have it and you want it to happen tomorrow! how are you going to handle it?sir?”
“are you done, jules?” he asked. “yes sir.”
“then go home and take a rest, we have a big day tomorrow.” He said. So I don’t have answers? He’ll just leave me hanging’? I was about to get out of his car when he grabbed my wrist.
Nervous. Again this feeling! Why do I feel so nervous whenever he touches me or looking at me? Its like I can’t breathe. “y-yes sir?” I asked.
“everything I told you since that day on the cafeteria is true. I like you for real, jules. I don’t care if you don’t feel the same way or if you’re not going to believe me. But one thing is for sure, I don’t lie.” Just like ms. Monette said. That’s actually true. He never lied or I never heard him lying to someone.
“those girls that I made out before, they know that I don’t have feelings for them that its just flirt. But I change. People change, jules including feelings.” I can’t talk or I don’t know what to say to him.
“you don’t need to speak. I can wait. But you should be use to this coz I’ll do more.” He smiled after saying that. He SMILED. The real smile of mr. Romeo StandFord.
“get inside. I’ll see you tomorrow.” He let go of my wrist. I left him inside his car without saying a word or commenting to what he said. I don’t know! I mean I don’t have feelings for him that’s for sure. I have billions of questions that I want to ask him but I don’t know if I can handle his answers.
I decided to go to my aunt’s room, I can’t sleep so I need someone to talk about this or get advice I guest? She’s still not sleeping but reading books beside her window.
“what’s the matter?” she asked.
“did-did you get the groceries?” I asked. she nodded, “yes thank you for that Juliet. Are you okay?” she put down the book and her reading glasses.
“yeah im f-fine. We have a team building tomorrow I know its sudden but my boss decided to do it anyway so I’ll be gone before the sun rises. I just want to let you know.” I sounded so nervous saying that. I hope she will not ask questions.
“okay I’ll take of jully. Do you need anything from me? Or talk about something?” she really knows me. “yes aunt, there’s something elses that I want us to talk about.” I said and sat down on her bed.
She laughed, “you’re like your mother, she can’t sleep if she have a problem and nervously speak the way you do.” She said.
“aunt, how do I tell if I like a person? Like I have interest with that particular person?” I asked.
“hmm, well first of all based on my experience, you change.” Oh right, that word again. “change?”
“yeah, you will change for that person. You will see that person as one of your priority now, one of your focus, the one that you want to go to do groceries, the one that you want to grab a bite with. And then you’re going to be honest with that person. Because you like him or her.”
“what if that person doesn’t like you back?” I asked again.
“I’ll wait. Specially if that person is worth a wait.” She smiled. She doesn’t look pale anymore. “how do you know if that person is worth it?”
She hold my hand and placed it in my heart, “if that person makes your heart beat 10 times its average, then I must say that person is worth a wait.”
“tell me, do you like someone?” she asked. I shaked my head really fast, “no! no.. I just had a break up why would I like someone that fast.”
“well maybe you’re just hiding it before?”
“no auntie, but thank you for the advice I’ll tell gale about it because she’s the one im talking about.” I lied.
“okay. Have fun tomorrow. Send us pictures here, take care of yourself.”
“okay goodnight.” I smiled and stood up to leave. “oh aunt, my car’s battery is dead so its still on the office. Can you tell jully to pick up it there once its fix?”
“sure.”
“okay thanks.”
“wait how did you get home?” she asked again.
“my boss gave me a ride.”
“oh, your boss is driving?” same question aunt, same question.
“yeah apparently. I’ll go ahead sleep now you too.”
“okay. Goodnight.” Then I closed the door and went to my room.
I was looking at the moon outside my window while going to sleep. I miss my mom so much. I just wish she was here so that I can tell her my problems too.