Bumps Along the Way

Chapter Three

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Hazel's POV

I was on edge the rest of the week after Esme admitted she told Alex where I worked. But after he didn't show up at the cafe two weeks after our car accident I finally let my guard down, like I was breathing for the first time since I met him. And even though he's the prick that hit my car, I couldn't help but feel disappointed he didn't show up. I mean it would be pretty weird if he were to show up, but a part of me hoped that maybe he would come in and ask me out on a date, like on tv show. I knew I shouldn't feel disappointed as this is real life and good things just don't happen often.

"What's got you down?" Esme asks, wiping her hands.

"Just tired," I responded. "Thank you for watching over the shop for me."

"Of course! What type of friend would I be if I didn't help you out? How's your mom doing by the way?" She asks, taking off the apron that had been protecting her from spilling coffee on her clothes as she can be clumsy.

"She's very tired, she was asleep when I got there," I say, walking into the back to get my own apron.

"I mean the doctor said that was expected so I don't see what the problem is."

"I never said there was a problem, it's just hard."

"I get that, but know that you can always talk to me, as your best friend I'm here with you to the end of the line," she beams.

"You're overusing that quote," I mutter, checking the back to find some cleaning supplies.

"Oh come onnnn, you and both know that you love those movies as much as me," She says, pulling out a chair. I roll my eyes and went back to work, a bunch of customers came in around lunch, none of which were Alex. Throughout the lunch rush, Esme got up and started helping other workers out with making orders as I took them. I was happy that even though my mom wasn't running the cafe people were still willing to come in and be a customer.

It was just after lunch when I got a call that I was hoping to put off for a while. My agent.

"Hi, Lillian," I say, stepping out the back door into the alley.

"Hey Hazelet, I've been trying to reach you, I was bout to come down to that cafe to try and talk to you in person, you have a shoot next week," she says, I sigh knowing that's what it was going to be, but I know that Lillian had been more than lenient with my situation.

"Ok, I'll be down at the office tomorrow then," I mutter out, I take a deep breath in and out as she hangs up. I sigh, leaning up against the wall, my mind just a jumble of thoughts. After a minute of deep breathing, I push myself off the wall and head back inside.

"Hey, Esme, would you be able to do me a solid tomorrow?" I ask, heading in from the back. The rush had finally calmed down so she was sat in the armchairs near the window with a headphone in her ear.

"Depends, what is it?" She asks, looking up from her phone.

"Watch the cafe for me after breakfast tomorrow?"

"Lillian called?"

"Yep," I sigh, plopping down in the armchair opposite her.

"You owe me a favor then," She smiles.

"Oh god, what would that be?" I ask, pulling out my phone.

"To be decided," She announces before looking down at her phone once again. "What time should you be back?"

"10:30? 11 o'clock at the earliest. Are you watching those Minecraft streamers again?"

"Yep! Tommy just put Dream in jail," She beams.

"Didn't that happen like months ago?"

"Yeah, I'm just rewatching it."

"Ok, Esme," I say, putting in my headphones.

Quackity's POV

I was sitting in my class with the urge to check my phone, I knew Karl was supposed to show up at my house some time today and I couldn't help the excitement, he would've come sooner had it not been for Tales of the SMP and his Mr. Beast work. I hadn't seen him in a while and I knew that he would probably help with my girl problems in some way. Soon enough my professor dismissed us and I left the room quickly, pulling out my phone as I walked. No text.

I sighed disheartened and quickly got in my car, which is newly fixed from any sign of my meeting with Hazel. I drive home and start planning out my next lore stream. I ordered some pizza about two hours in and when it arrived I took a break and watched a movie and replied to tweets. It was about 6 pm when I got a text, it was Karl, he was outside. I jump off my couch and run outside.

"Karl!" I scream with a huge smile.

"Alex!" He shouts back, dropping his bag, he pulls me into a hug.

"I'm so happy you're here."

"Yeah, so when can I meet her?" He says, breaking the hug.

"Probably never, I haven't seen her in weeks."

"Then why are you hung up on her?"

"It's just I can't stop thinking about her," I mutter, picking up Karl's bag.

We head inside the house. Karl sets himself up in my guest room and I start to pick out another movie so we can watch it when he's ready. Karl comes down the stairs, comes into the kitchen, grabs my pizza, and takes a seat beside me.

"What're we watching?"

"Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse."

"Oooh, I haven't seen that in a while," Karl says, opening a monster I hadn't realized he'd been holding.

After the movie, we decided that we wanted to just hang out instead of streaming. It was a nice mental break. He was able to take my mind off Hazel.

The next day, Karl wants to go out for breakfast and he'd told me about it the night before but he didn't end up waking up till after ten am.

"You ready to go?" He asks, stretching out with a yawn.

"Yeah, I've been ready for a while," I shrug.

"Cool. So I looked up cafes nearby and there's one within walking distance only about fifteen minutes away," Karl says, running a hand through his hair.

"Ok, I trust you," I say, grabbing my jacket. We walk down the street talking and making jokes and I didn't even realize what cafe we were going to, that was until I looked up and saw the sign.

"For fuck sake," I mutter, shoving my hand into my pockets, shifting my weight between my feet.

"What, this place has really good reviews, apparently a lovely older woman runs it," Karl says, opening the door.

"Welcome to Valley- Oh my god! You're Karl Jacobs and Quackity!" the girl behind the counter exclaims.

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Will Hazel be there at the same time as the streamer boys? What will happen if she does? 

Ah yep I wrote this instead of my other story (go check it out) making the readers wait and all. Have a great day!