They entered the coffee shop.
Kris: wow! This place is great and damn noisy.
Jon: sorry, there are no other coffee shops here. Do you wanna go anywhere else,
Kris: no no no, Jon. This place is amazing. Im just kidding.
Jon: hahaha! okay!
Waiteress: so are you guyz ready to order?
Kris: Can i have a cappuccino,please.
Jon: oh! Make it two.
Kris: Hey! you love cappuccino too
Jon: yeah ! I love them too
Waiteress: anything else?
Jon: no, i think thats all.
Waiteress: okay
Kris: Jon, did they give you the addresses of the places we are going?
Jon: yeah yeah. Maya already gave it to me.
Kris: you know the routes right?
Jon: no but come on,we have google map.
Kris: Okay!
* the coffee arrived*
Jon: So how old is your grandpa?
Kristen: hmm i think he is 60 something.
Jon: hmmm.. so do we oftenly have to go collection like this or just once a year
Kris: we have to go once a month. Kate always give this job to Emma or Maya but this time we stuck with it.
Jon: what you mean by stuck?
Kris: you know, those agents who gave those stupid papers are jerks. They are damn rude and always in a bad mood. Maya hate to do this thing but you know she have to.
A couple of minutes later, Jon and Kris pay the bill and walk towards to the car. On their way to the car Jon lights his cigarette and Kris cough a little bit. Jon' s eyes widen and he throws the cigarette
on the ground and stomp on it.
Jon: Does it affect you?
Kris stay quiet and nods.
Jon: Sorry. Are you okay?
Kris: I'm alright,Jon. Can I ask you something?
Jon: I know what you gonna ask, so go ahead.
Kris: I'm not gonna give you all those lectures on Effects of smoking. But I just wanna know how much cigarette do you smoke a day?
Jon: I don't know. Maybe 1 or 2 packets.
Kris: You know it might be legal but that's still a drug.
Jon: I know. It's just hard.
Kris: You're stronger than that. So try to stop. Not an advice but a friendly request. Come on let's go.
Jon keep the packet in his pocket.They get into the car. Jon check his phone to set GPS .
Kris: Where are we going first?
Jon: Life Office. And the drive is only about twenty minutes long, I think.
Kris: Okay!
After 1 hour..
Kris: Are there yet?
Jon: In 5 minutes we will be in Life Office
Kris: Thats what you say before 30 minutes. Do you need any help?
Jon: Yes, Please!
Kris: Alright, let me call Maya.
Jon: Oh God! She's gonna make fun of me.
Kris called maya...
Kris: Hello Maya! Need Help!!!
Maya: What happened? Jon said he knew all the places with confidence.
Kris: No. No. Im the one who driving. Jon is asleep and I don't know the direction.
Maya: Oh Okay! Where are you now?
Kris: One second.
Kris covers the phone and whispers to Jon
Kris: Where are we now?
Jon: 140 west street
Kris: ah Maya. We are at 140 west street.
Maya: so that means you guyz are near to the office. Park the car and ask anyone at that place for direction.
Kris : okay. Thanks Maya.
Maya: ok take care. Bye
Kris turned to Jon
Kris: Jon park the car. We are near to the office. We have to ask someone here for the direction.
Jon: Oh okay.
Jon parked the car and7 opened the car door for Kris.
Kris: Hahaha! Thanks Jon.
Jon: No! thank you for saving me from Maya. I was damn confident while asking her the addresses.
Kris: Haha! No problem.
Jon: Now we have to find that stupid office.
Kris: Hey John! Look Life Office.Come on! Lets go!
They entered the office where a man in his 40s sat and busily doing his work. Kris knocked the door.Kris: Can we come in?
That man opened the door.
Ross: Hi Im Ross and you?
Kris: Oh sorry! Im Kristen and this is Jon. We are from People Magazine. We are here to collect the copies of contract papers.
Jon: Nice to meet you Mr. Ross.
Jon shake his Ross's hand.
Ross: okay! Wait here. Let me make the copies
"Ok" said Kris with a smile :)
Ross left his office with the papers to make copies.
Kris: Well. He seems to be a nice guy not rude at all, right?
Jon: uh-uh yeah. And it will be more nice if he offer us something to eat.
Kris: Hahaha! Yeah Im hungry too. Look its already 4pm.Where we have to go after this?
Jon: Well I think. Just one more place and its near this office.
Ross came in with the copies.
Ross: Here!
Ross handed the papers to Kris.
Kris: Thanks Ross
Jon: so, we see you around! Thanks again
Ross: yeah see you guyz. Bye
Kris and Jon left the office.
Kris: Now wheres the another office?
Jon: Might be somewhere here.
After some minutes of searching. They still can't find the office.
Jon: Where the hell is that office.
Jon kicked the lamp post.
Jon: ow ow ow! Great now I have a broken leg!
Kris: Jon! Are you okay?
Jon: Im not okay.
Kris: Alright! you know what, lets get back to the car.
Kris hold Jon's arm and help him to walk towards the car.
Jon: No Kris. Im okay.
Kris: Okay. You wait here while I search for the office.
Jon: Are you sure?
Kris: Yeah! Im sure. Take some rest.
After few minutes. Kris came back and get into the car.
Jon: Did you find the office?
Kris: No! I feel damn bored to search that alone so I came back.
Jon: now what we have to do?
Kris: Lets go to a chinese restaurant and eat.
Jon: sounds like a good idea but what about the papers.
Kris: oh yeah! Let me go back and ask Ross about the other office. Hey! Do the other office have a name?
Jon: yeah its Popular. Kris, can I come with you? Its damn bored here.
Kris: No! You have a broken leg so stay here and rest.
Jon: Hmm Ok,Boss.
Kris smiles and left the car. After an hour Kris came back with papers.
Jon: Finally!
Kris: Yeah finally. I went to Ross's office and he brings me to the exact place we wants to go. The lady at Popular offer us some tea and we talked for a while then I left after thanked Ross. He's a cool guy. And oh im sorry how's your leg?
Jon: It's fine. Finally we did it. Now lets go to Chinese Restaurant as you wish.
Kris: Yay!
Kris: music?
Jon: Yeah sure.
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After few minutes of ride. They reached the restaurant. This time Kris opened the door for Jon.
Kris: Are you okay, Jon? Can you walk?
Jon: Yeah, I think so.
Kris: Who told you to kick the lamp post?
Kris helped Jon get out of car. Kris hold Jon's arm and brings to the restaurant. After a couple of minutes, they ordered their food and waited.
Jon: What a day! Right?
Kris: Yeah!
Jon: Its really nice to spend a entire day with a person like you.
Kris: Yeah. But dont forget after this we have to go clinic for your leg.
The food arrived......
Jon: No Im fine. We dont have to-
Kris: No, enough! We have to go!!
Jon: No im fin-
Kris: shh! We have to go!
Now eat!!
Jon: Ok Boss!
Kris smiles. After they finished their dinner. They went to the clinic.
Doctor: What Happened to your leg?
Jon: I kicked a lamp post.
Doctor: Why did you do that?
Kris: He was mad because he cant find the office.
Doctor: Dont do that again.
Jon: Okay!
Doctor: Alright! I will give you some painkillers and ointment. Okay? Take care.
Kris: Thanks Doctor. Lets go,Jon.
Jon: Wait we havent paid yet.
Kris: I already paid. Come on.
They get into the car.
Jon: Thanks, Kristen. I owe you alot.
Kris: No you owe me nothing and can you please drop me off by my house?
Jon: yeah sure.
Kris: Grandpa must be worried about me now.
They reached Kris's house.
Kris: Thanks,Jon! I will see you tomorrow. Take care. Bye
Jon: Yeah Bye.
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Pheew!! This is the longest Chapter i have ever write. Im sorry if there is any spelling or grammar mistakes. Please tell me if there is. Thanks if you are reading this. 💙 Special mentions: SwethraRaman24 and AloeGigi
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RomanceTwo collegues can be friends but eventually one of them will fall for the other one. Between their funny conversation and lame jokes Jon fell in love with Kris. Would he confess his love to her? -Wiiger a.k.a Pavithra Raman-