CHAPTER SIX: ELICIA

Journal entry 180

Treadway

It's funny how fate seems to be bringing you and me closer to each other

I like it

I like you

I hope l get to know you on a different level.

I will not be stalking you anymore because I will have a right to ask about you since we are workmates now.

You are now my workmate.

Never in a million years did l think l would breathe the air of the same room with you for a whole day

Longer than that actually because we are now working together

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After work I did not get to see him because I was going to be late to pick up mom from work since her car had a flat tire.

My mom and l got home and prepared dinner together.

As we were eating.

"How was work?" I ask her.

"Work was okay l had one surgery today." She says as she smiles.

"One of the less busy days?" I ask her and she nods asking how my day was.

"You seem cheerful today, might I ask why?"

"No apparent reason, oh we have a new worker at the café. His name is Treadway." I say as casual as possible making sure not to give up any vibes.

"Treadway, it's a unique name. You like him don't you?" her being the person that always sees through literally everything she saw it and it caught me off guard.

I choke on my wine and cough a few times before l shake my head because my voice was going to down-right betray me.

"Oh my God. You like this boy. I have to meet him right away." she says wiping the table and l join her using the serviettes on the table. "No, no one is meeting anyone mom. He does not even know me so please do not humiliate me." I say as quickly as possible.

"Ha, a crush then. Still, l have to meet the boy that got my munchkin all over the place." She says as she widely smiled.

I took the dirty serviettes and discarded them in the kitchen bin.

"Tomorrow l won't be so busy at work so l will drop you off and pick you up from work. I sent my car for fixing." she says.

"Okay then."

Soon dinner was over and we went to bed.

The next morning as planned mom drops me off to work and starting my day seeing his face was the best thing ever.

He was a fast learner, he got everything under control.

I spotted Isa wearing the café gear serving people in the café and I was happy she came. I wore my gear and started helping with the orders.

Surprisingly the café was filled with customers and most of them were high schoolers.

And I knew exactly why they were here, it made my blood boil.

"This guy seems like our lucky charm. The café is flooding." Isa whispers to me as we deliver the orders to their tables.

"You mean flooding with the hormone filled stupid girls." I say surprising myself.

"Whoa, hold your horses what's wrong El?" Isa asks as surprised as l was. I just don't insult people for no reason.

"I mean he is good looking so girls are coming here just to see him. It's so obvious. Look at those red heads it's their third time coming here since morning." I say trying to cover up for myself.

Isa spends a few minutes looking at me as if she is thinking something through after I raise my eye brows for her to spill she empties herself leaving me blushing.

"Oh my gosh, his name is Treadway. He is the guy, why didn't l recognise sooner. You were acting weird since morning and l just thought maybe something is bothering you, but no you are in the same room with someone you are head over heels for. Who wouldn't act like this?" Smart Isa figures it out way too soon.

I tried to think of a lie but I could not so, I just ended up nodding.

It was really getting to me, that all those girls were coming right at him without even trying to hide it.

"I mean you can't blame them. He looks edible." Isa says looking at him with her lustful eyes and she laughs knowing that she is getting to me.

"Not you too, Isa." I say whining.

"What??? It's not my fault he looks good. You really have an eye for pretty boys." She says lifting her arms up as a sign of surrender.

The day gets worse by the minute, I can't wait to go home. What I thought would be best day of my life turned out to be the worst and every day will be like this.

I was really screwed.

Girls continue trying their best to leave behind their phone numbers for him, others fixing their hair and showing too much of their cleavage till the day ended.

After everyone's shift was over it was my duty to clean up and lock up so l was left behind.

After finishing l went to the changing room to change.

As I am changing my mom calls and l answer the phone.

"I almost done, will be out in a minute" I say putting on my shirt and as l button up Treadway walks in and l freeze.

Apparently he does the same looking directly at my chest, it takes me a second to remember that l hadn't finished doing my buttons and that I was not wearing a fancy bra instead it was a plain white boring cotton bra.

I curse myself for not wearing my one and only black lace bra, why am l thinking of this when I shouldn't be thinking about it; what happened to not getting ahead of myself?

"My apologies, l should have knocked. There is a woman outside who told me to tell you to hurry up." He says and heads out as soon as he regained his senses.

I am left with a tomato face from all the blushing. He saw me in my bra, how am l going to face him.

And he also apologised like a normal civilised human being, he wasn't cold.

Now that l think about it, it took him a minute to look away. From all the girls he was serving he never spared a single glance not even once but he looked at me.

I should not get ahead of myself.

He was probably shocked so it took him a minute before looking away.

I abruptly finished up everything and locked up, seems like he just went home from our encounter.

I thought he would be outside.

"Doing what?" I ask myself as I reached the car.

"Was that the boy you have a crush on?" my mom asks as soon as l was in sight.

"What? No, no he isn't." I say a little too startled and fast yet again giving myself away.

"I understand why, he is beautiful." She says wiggling her eye brows in a very weird way.

"MOM!!!!!!!!" I whine as we drive home.

The days passed by so fast.

The café was still getting packed but I had now gotten used to it. I even stopped spamming my journal with how annoying it is to have girls all over him all the time.

I have come to terms with the fact that I won't be the only person on the planet that will like him so l toned down the girlfriend protection mode since we were barely friends.