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Chapter 4
As I was walking down the stairs to get some breakfast I heard my mother talking in Spanish to someone on the phone. It must be one her Latin friends she knows here. You see that's the amazing thing with my mom, she could be put inside a room with a bunch of people she doesn't know and in 10 minutes be referring them to some gynecologist that she knows (trust me it once happened with my English teacher in the ninth grade). But I on the other hand would be terrified and would just back into a wall and wait there till the ground opened up and swallowed me whole. I came into the kitchen, grabbing a bowl of cereal while looking to my mom as she was frantically waving her hands for me to sit down.
"OK, te veré mañana. Bye" she hung up the phone and then turned to me with an ecstatic smile on her face. "Mija I was just on the phone with Cleta and she said that she has a job for you. Now you don't have to be moping around the house all the time while complaining that it isn't fair that you have nothing to do while your brother is out with his friends all the time." She said with an innocent look on her face as if she didn't just insult me.
"Thanks mom." I replied with a sarcastic look on my face. "Where's the job at anyways?"
"Its at Macy's, where Rafe works. Cleta said that she knows the manager there and she put in a good word and got you the job. So remember to call her and thank her for it yourself." She told me as she started to leave. "oh and you start tomorrow at nine o'clock so don't be late."
That's just great. I've been trying so hard to forget about the guy and what happened last week and now I have to work with him?! That's just fantastic!
The next day I woke up early in the morning to the sound of my mother screaming my name to "get ready to go to work". I threw back the covers of my bed while grumbling all the way to the bathroom to brush my teeth an find an outfit to wear. I decided to go for a more comfortable look by wearing my marvel T-shirt from Universal studios and my black leggings. I quickly brush my hair back and head downstairs before my mother starts to chew my head off. She hands me a piece of toast with peanut butter and nutella on it, she hands me the car keys and points to the door before leaving the kitchen without uttering a word. I gobble down my sandwich before quickly sneaking up the stairs to brush my teeth once again (I'm sort of obsessed with hygiene) and then quickly run down the stairs and leave the house before my mother could catch me. As I was driving towards Macy's I couldn't help but get nervous. I looked down at what I was wearing and couldn't help but feel like a dorky geek, but I mean who was I trying to impress. Its not like I'm attracted to Rafe in that way. Oh! Who was I kidding of course I'm attracted to Rafe in THAT way. By the time I pulled up in the mall parking lot I had humongous butterflies flapping around in the pit of my stomach. I took a deep breath and composed myself before entering to find the manager.
"Hi, my name is Isadora. Cleta sent me here." I said to the girl at the cash register. She looked like a model out of a magazine, with long blonde hair and hazel eyes. She was tall and slim and had on this boho skirt with a frilly lace shirt. She might have the looks of a model but she sure didn't dress like one I thought to my self.
"Oh ya. Let me call Liz for you." She said before picking up the phone next to her and announcing on the speaker that there was 'someone here to see Liz'. She looked back to me and smiled before returning to read what looked to be a magazine on different bands of the 80's. Yup, she was definitely unique.
"Hey what's up Ally?" I turned around to see a petite woman about the age of 20 with curly red hair and green eyes dressed in skinny jeans and a smock come over to the counter. The girl named Ally took one look at me before replying with "that's the new girl Cleta sent over."
"Hi my name is Isadora." I quickly say sticking my hand out to shake. Liz, I'm guessing that's her name, takes one look at me before quickly turning around and walking off. I stand there dumfounded not knowing what to do.
"That means to follow her." I look over to see Ally still reading the magazine about the bands of the 80's. I didn't say a word as I quickly ran to keep up with the red haired woman. Liz, I learned that was her name after all, briefly explained to me what I was to do here and gave me my shifts which were from Monday through Wednesday from 9am to 3pm and on Saturday from 9 am to 12pm. She brought me back full circle and left me with Ally. As soon as I got back I could see that Ally had changed and wore a different outfit, this time she wore black skinny jeans and a black sequined tank top that contrasted amazingly with her pale skin. I looked at her confusingly.
"it was a bet." She tells me without moving from her seat. "and I obviously lost and Booz Is never going to shut up about it." I continue looking at her with a clueless look on my face before she sighs and says. "you see my friend, well he's not really my friend but more of a annoying ass, dared me that I couldn't go 24 hours in frumpy looking clothes and so I told him I could and we made a stupid bet and now he won. I just couldn't stand being another second in those uncomfortable clothes." She ends with a flip of her golden hair. I don't say anything but instead take a seat next to her at the counter. I stayed quiet for a few moments before she started to talk again.
"So where are you from?" she asks turning towards me.
"I'm half Arab half Puerto Rican." I reply.
"Ohhhh that's sooo cool!" she squeals before quickly turning to me with wide and excited eyes. "you see I could tell that you were from someplace exotic but I never new you were that exotic. Its all in your eyes I mean those dark brown eyes and that beautiful chocolate hair your sooo lucky you not stuck with this boring color hair and these boring eyes. I look so plain but you on the other hand look sooo different." I could not believe she thought I was exotic looking and she was plain, I mean this girl could practically go on Americas Next Top Model and beat all those other wannabes without so much as lifting a finger! "Oh my god. Don't look now but hotties coming 3 o'clock." I look toward where she was nodding her head. "Don't look I said!" I quickly turned my head and looked straight ahead without seeing who she was talking about. "but it sucks though he's already taken. He has some girlfriend back at his university that he's been with for a year or something like that. It's a shame though cause I would love to get a piece of that!"
"Who exactly are you talking about?" it was the first thing I could say in between her monologue. She looked at me and then looked back towards where the guy was supposed to be.
"Ok you can look now he isn't looking." She told me. I followed to where she was looking and finally saw the guy she was talking about. I couldn't see his face because his back was towards me. From what I could see he had a good looking back. He finally turned to face me and... Holy shit. It was Rafe. And he was staring right at me. Shit.
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