I ordered Latte you included

I ordered Latte

April 15,2015
My class finished early and I'm very thankful that it did because today is my first day of work at the coffee shop down town. I'm a bit anxious and excited at the same time. I arrived earlier than what the manager told me. But hey, it's better to be early than to be late for the first day of work right? So the manager saw me and she looked pleased indeed and went near me.
"Well, Hailey you seem early for your first day at work?" She said
"Uhhh I'm sorry for not informing you Mrs. Livia, my class ended early so I just thought of going straight here so I can be of help." I replied to her with a small smile on my lips
She gave me a smile in return then said "If that's the case then you better change into our café's uniform, come on let's go to the staff's room. Your uniform's there." She lead me to a small but spacious room where the staff's belongings are.
"Here you are." Mrs. Livia handed the uniform to me.
"You know Hailey, during Fridays we do cosplay or costume themed uniforms and I can't wait to see you in a cute costume, you're actually a pretty girl even with those glasses on, I can see your beauty that you are hiding." She gave me a small smile. I'm out of words on how to respond to that compliment and I can feel myself blush from embarassment.
"Ohhh, I'm sorry I made you embarrass. Hahaha... I'm gonna go first to see if they need help and you change here. Meet me at the counter when you're finished changing okay?" She said
"Okay ma'am. Thank you." I replied to her
So she went away and left me with the uniform. A pink long sleeves top and a white skirt just above the knees, so I changed into the uniform and it fits me just fine.. Feels a little weird but it's alright. I placed my bag and my clothes on the open locker with my name on it, it feels a little overwhelming because they already placed a locker with my name on it. I went and left the staff's room and went to the counter as Mrs. Livia instructed me, I see Mrs. Livia with two other employees. A blonde girl with beautiful blue eyes and a petite looking image, as I look at her I can tell that she's a very pretty person unlike myself with this glasses that I'm wearing and my annoying and frizzy hair... I stop myself from over thinking negative things about myself because it won't do any good for me at all. Then a tall guy with jet black hair and with luminous green eyes and a quirky smile and he's looking at me then says something that's audible enough to here "She's here, the new puppy." Then laughs, Mrs. Livia turns around and greets me "Nice timing Hailey, I want you to meet the other staff. This is Wanda Fordoley..." Gestures to the blonde girl "She's been an employee here for 2 years already. She can help you out when you need to know some of the protocols here." Wanda gives me a warm and welcoming smile then reaches for my hand and shakes it.
"Hi nice to meet you. I'm Wanda, I look forward with working with you."
I feel beyond awkward but I just don't let it show and I just replied
"Yeah, nice to meet you also." I gave her a small smile.
"And this is Mickhale Kurdosiv, he's the assistant manager here and he's been working here for 4 years now. He really makes good coffee with a sense of quality in it, you will never be disappointed." Said Mrs. Livia
Out of nowhere Sir Mickhale hugs me and I was beyond surprised but since I don't want to make any awkward actions, I just patted his back. Then he releases me and gave me this gorgeous smile a very carefree smile.
"Oh sorry about that Hailey, you see Micky is a very affectionate and a very expressive person. He's very friendly." Mrs. Livia explained... I wish you gave me an early heads-up though.
"Hello there, new comer. I hope you'll enjoy working, it's a fun experience and a fruitful one too. You can call me Micky because my name is too long and too old for my age haha. Just always enjoy the positive vibe that people give and accommodate them with our café's quality coffee is the technique."
"Yes sir. I look forward in learning new things here as I work." I said so stiffly and then I blush and u can literally feel my cheeks turn red. They stare at me and I feel like there still awkwardness happening when I'm around.
"So much for that... Let's get going shall we? Hailey your on counter duty with Wanda today. You'll learn how to interact with our dearest costumers." Mrs. Livia instructed.
So I went to the counter area where they take orders of the customers and Wanda was already there.
"Counter duty for you today!" She exclaimed excitedly and hands me a white apron with a "Pinku Pinku" café logo with a cat design... I guess Mrs. Livia likes cats and other cute stuff.
"Thank you Ma'am." I said to Wanda as I accept the apron and put it on.
"Hey don't call me ma'am I'm just 23 years old. Your making me feel like I'm already an old person."
"Ohhh sorry. Uhhm, what should I address you?" I asked
"Just call me Wanda. Just Wanda." She said
"Okay just Wanda." Then we both laughed at the same time.
"Haha you've got nice humor there Hailey. So here's what we're gonna do you just imitate what I do when we receive a customer. You can watch me first then when another customer enter your up. Okay? "
"Okay. Got it Ma-... I mean Wanda."
So I observed first how to take the order of the customers and also use the cashier and punch the codes over there. The café doesn't have that much number of customers but the take-out coffees have more in number. I see people come and go like it's a normal thing. The first costumer that I handled was nice enough to wait for her coffee because I was so slow at everything... Getting the order, punching in the codes in the cashier which was a little difficult for a rookie like me, placing the order to Sir Micky then finally serving it. I can't hide my flustered face to the nice lady who placed her order. By the time I was getting the hang of it it was almost closing time at around 8:30pm we we're all preparing the shop, Wanda asked me to go to the front door and flip the open sign and turn it to the closed sign. I was about to flip the sign when a guy stopped right in front of the door, we could see each and stared at me, I took a step back because I was quite startled then he open the door and entered.
"Are you still open?" He asked me with a small and somewhat gentle voice. I hesitated to answer at first, I was only able to mutter "Y-yes."
Then he went straight to the counter and placed his order. All I could hear is Latte to take out. I continue to flip the sign and then started to go to the counter to help out. I stopped at a table and fixed the chair because it was not placed properly then on my way towards the counter, the guy with the angelic voice was about to go now and I looked at him and out of nowhere he stared at me for like about 3 seconds and gave me smirk and I didn't know what to do... It was so unpredictable and I just blushed like crazy. I am so Embarrassed! Then he walked and left, that was one of the weirdest encounter I had with a guy. Wanda called me and asked for help with things on the kitchen area. Eventually we finished cleaning up and restoring everything, then changed into our civilian clothes and then ready to close the café. As we get out of the shop Sir Micky gave me a coffee cup. I got confused for a bit and I guess he saw my confused expression then he said
"It's Latte. Welcoming gift from us." Then gave me a genuine smile not like the smile he gave me earlier, it's a different kind of smile. I accept the cup he's holding, the coffee's still hot. "Alright, I locked our little lovely shop. Let's go now everyone." Said Mrs. Livia and Wanda was holding the keys for the shop. We said goodbye to one another and went on our seperate ways. I live near the university where I'm studying, so its not that far away I just have to take the bus. I'm on my way to the bus stop when I saw him...

The guy who had the last minute order before closing time. He's sitting in the small shed for the bus stop still holding our café's coffee cup. I'm hesitating whether to just go to another bus stop to avoid awkward interaction with this guy or just go and wait in the same shed and hope that he doesn't remember me... And I go follow my gut, I continue go to the waiting shed. He's looking down on his coffee cup and it seems he doesn't notice me at all, so I sat a little farther from him.
Thank God I survived the day with my first day of work. I know I can handle this, even while I'm studying... I can still improve in the days to cooo-...
Out of nowhere my train of thought is disrupted by him...
"Your fellow co-worker gave me the wrong coffee..." He said with bitter voice
I look at him and his facing me. I don't know if I should give a reply or not because I was not the one who gave him the wrong coffee but I was able to say
"Uh, I'm sorry if you got the wrong coffee. It won't happen again next time."
There was a long pause before he gave a reply
"You better... I ordered Latte and you gave Machiato. I don't like Machiato
" I could feel the frustration in his voice. I just don't know what to say, so I just nodded, then I thought about the coffee in my hand. It's still warm and I haven't drank any of it yet, might as well give this to him because I feel bad for him. I stood up and come close to him.
"You can have this." I gesture him the coffee cup from my hand. He just looks at me with such a blank expression that is really hard to read, I have no idea whether he'll accept this or just reject it. He gave me a questioning look as if to ask what's that for?
"I haven't drank on it yet, so it's safe to say that I didn't do anything to this coffee and it's still warm too... And plus, it's latte." I explained
He just keeps looking at me and never says a word. Well this is really awkward and humiliating and I guess it's a no after all, I'll just go back to where I'm sitting. Then out of nowhere he suddenly grabs my hand and I turn around and look at him.
"Fine. I'll take that coffee." He said in a small but audible voice
This guy... He acts really cold but he's gonna give up in the end. I hand him the coffee cup and he gets it from my hand. He just held my hand... And I feel like a current just ran through my whole body when he touched my fingers... What is this feeling?
He still has his hand on my hand, we're still holding hands! I feel so embarrassed that I instinctly withdraw my hand from his touch. I feel my heart beat faster as these things happen to me and I dont even know this guy. Then the bus just came and is now ready to pick up passengers, I was ready to leave but I decide to say something to him
"Please enjoy the coffee and I apologize for the wrong coffee given to you. Hope to see you soon Sir at the coffee shop. I'm going now, goodbye." I give him a smile
And again.. He just looks at me like I did something peculiar. I get inside the bus and I'm ready to get home and rest because I still have school tomorrow.
A quick summary for today:
My first day of work in the coffee shop.
The staff are so nice to me.
I'm getting a hang of my part-time job.
I'm learning to interact with the café's customers.
And I met this strange guy who really likes latte.
~End if chapter 1