All Jeanie Francis wanted was a peaceful summer break with no distractions and no stressful situations...and it would've been possible is she hadn't met Arden with no last name...who seem to be adamant on ruining her summer...or in his words 'More f...
"I'll take a raincheck on the Mocha Si" I hopped off the table setting the hot cup down and I walked towards Tito who was waiting for me to hurry up. I wondered if there was anything wrong that I did, It wasn't often that my boss interrupted my coffee break, so it was only natural that I was on edge as I neared the calm looking old man. Once I was in front of him he simply turned walking away wanting me to follow him to the front
Once we got to the chaotic front of the cafe, my eyes automatically found Lydia on the register and she looked to be annoyed as she talked to a customer. She seemed to not be doing good today, despised the happy mood she carried just this morning when I arrived. The rush hour seems to be taking a very displeased toll on her and she wasn't having it
"Francis!" I jumped on the shout of my name and looked towards Tito and he had two more people with him. Mrs Winter and the boy I didn't recognize mostly because he had his back to me. "Come on already, I don't have all day" I hurried after them into Tito's office next door to the kitchen entranceand Tito was the first to enter followed by Mrs Winters and the boy I was following him stopped and turned towards me
I gasped
Holy heaven its him!!! The boy from yesterday with the cops. I couldn't get a good look at him yesterday due to the streets light being busted and the dark of the night hiding his face, but I would spot those green eyes anywhere, mainly because they were the one's that gazed up at me after I so stupidly sneezed loudly
It was Mrs Winters troublesome adoptee
"You coming in anytime soon?"
Oh right
I nodded entering and standing by the door while the troublemaker boy closed it and leant against it. Tito cleared his throat and started whatever this meeting was about. Wait a minute! What if Mrs Winter saw me snooping yesterday and was now reporting me to my boss? A motion to get me fired for being a nosey neighbour
Psssh that's ridiculous Jean, why would Mrs Winter want to get you fired? Its not like she's malicious or anything and I barely heard anything the cops said anyway. "...today and Francis here will assist him" Tito was saying to Mrs Winters but I missed most of it because I was too busy having a mental freak out
"Oh lovely Tito thank you, I promise you he'll behave himself and I trust Jeanie to take good care of him"
Wait what? Take good care of who? For what? What's happening!
"Francis you can take Arden to the front and show him around for now, and Arden welcome to Crazy Bean Cafe" I looked wide eyed at Tito then at boy who I now know as Arden with confusion. Was Arden going to be working here now? Was I his trainer or something? What?
"Wait Mr Tito, I don't under-"
"Francis just do as you're told for once please" He said and I opened my mouth to argue that I always do as I'm told but he motioned for me to leave pointing to the door. "But I -"
"Go Francis now" I nodded and shuffled back as the Arden opened the door and I left with him following me out. I wasn't exactly in the right state of mind right now, like I was wondering what was happening right now. What was I suppose to do again?
"Not that I'm not enjoying this lovely display of the wall, but can we move along please I got places to be" The boy I now knew as Arden was staring at me with his eyebrows raised. I blinked at him and just now realised that I stopped walking all together and we were now having a physical stare down
"Uh sorry" I moved once again and fastened my pace getting to the front desk register to where Lydia was fake smiling at customers. I tapped her shoulders once I got there and she looked at me and rolled her eyes. "Thanks for taking your time, I had annoying brats poking at my nerves and high scalling them to rage and now I -" She paused mid sentence while I was waitimg for her to finish her rant, and looked behind me
"I'm sorry no customers allowed in here" Lydia said shooing Arden who was leaning against the counter blankly staring at the cookie and muffin display table, and looked up when lydia shooed at him. "Oh uh, that's Arden the new - uh...I'm not really sure but Tito said to show him around the store so I'm gonna assume he'll be manning the register or waiting tables" I explained to her and she was staring at him suspiciously giving him the famous Lydia distrust stank
"Hmmm...as long as he's nowhere near me or my muffins, he'll survive"
I laughed and Arden smirked tilting his lip on one side, like a sided half smile
"Trust me sweetcheeks, I don't wanna catch whatever you have" replied Arden folding his arms and Lydia glared at him
"As if you could lover boy, you probably have worse fleas than my bed, the nasty kind" at this point I was just looking in-between the two as they went back forth throwing insults at each other and it hasn't even been two minutes since they met
Well this will be interesting
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