"Excuse me? Hello? Hello!?" You snap back to reality and see a man in a suit stood infront of you, looking very impaitent, you'd done it again. You sigh "Sorry sir, a latte, right?" You ask, while putting through his order. He groans "you know what? forget it!" He says and then storms out. You kept doing this, zoning out in the middle of work. Yes you worked nights, yes it was about 10pm at night right now, and yes, you didn't get much sleep in the day. But it was more than that.
You felt empty, you were single, and you had only had one true boyfriend. Darren. In your last 2 years at UoM together you started dating, you loved him a lot, and you hoped he loved you too. He always made you feel fuzzy inside, make you feel like a proper lady. When you'd have a bad day, he'd be there. When you did something amazing, he'd be there. When you'd want to just dissapear, he'd be there. When you were ill, he'd be there. He'd be there whenever you needed him. You missed that.
"Y/N! Y/N! Y/N!" You heard interrupting your thoughts. Shit! You'd zoned out again. But thankfully this time it wasn't a customer that was there, it was Joey. Yes, Joey Richter. You were close to a lot of the starkids, but Joey and Brian were the closest, and plus, you only lived 2 blocks away from Joey so you saw each other a lot. "hmm? what? oh, hi it's you" you say, not noticing how rude it sounded. But, c'mon it's just Joey.
"Gee thanks!" He jokes and then leans over and pokes your arm "no sleep i take it?" he asks and you groan in response "I'll take that as a no" he laughs "the usual please" he says and you nod and start making his coffee "Wait, why are you here at like..." you look at your watch, Darren got you that watch... SNAP OUT OF IT! ugh, just make the coffe Y/N! you think. "...like 10:07 to be exact" you ask him and then hand him the coffee and he pays you "Well, you weren't answering your phone, or your door, and I needed to talk to you, is that so bad?" He asks and looks around "and it doesn't look like you're that busy either!" he laughs and you roll your eyes "give me a few minutes" you say to him.
You finished work early at 10:15 that night and made yourself and Joey another coffee and then sat down with him at a table. "So?" You ask and cross your legs and yawn "Okay... so basically Darren called me earlier..." he starts explaining and you look at him and you go deaf after his name is mentioned. "You listening?" he ask and you nod "y-yeah" you stutter. Joey knew everything about what happened between you two, and he was the one who actually got you two together.
"Right, well because Glee is on hiatus for a few weeks, he's coming to visit" he mumbles the last few words, knowing that you haven't really seen him since graduation, not that you've avoided him, but your paths haven't crossed. You nearly choke on your coffee by the time you realise what he said "HE WHAT!?" You ask and Joey makes some umming and ahhing noises "well, he's uhm... he's at mine right now" Joey says and your eyes go wide "so, he's here, now?" you ask, in need of confirmation and Joey just nods.
"o-okay, well... good for him" you say, trying not to freak out. "y/n come on, you guys need to talk this over" he says to you and you shake your head "we talked it over when it happened, he's got his own life, and i've got mine" you say and then stand up "look, i've gotta lock up now, you need to go" you say to him. You weren't ready to discuss this right now. Joey starts to say something but before you know it you have opened the door and have kind of chucked him out "Just think about it" Joey says before walking away, into his car and driving away.
You get your stuff from your locker out the back and then lock up the store. You get into the car and drive home, which includes driving past Joey's house, you see Darren's car and pause outside his house, but then speed off again when you see the curtain move and Joey's face at the window looking straight at you. You get home and then before you know it, you are in bed with your dog lay on your feet, your eyes feel heavy, and you fall asleep.
