tour of italy | c.h au

turkey burgers

April / 10:34 PM

I was about to close up shop until I saw her walking towards the restaurant with tears running down her cheeks like never-ending streams. Or was it rain? I couldn't tell.

I stared a her through the window, not realizing that she would've seen me if she decided to look up. I was the only one here, so no one else would have a problem with her being here after closing time.

She walked in, not noticing me standing here. "Uh, hey?" I called out. She looked up at me, wiping her tears and sniffling. "Oh, I'm sooo sorry are you guys closed? I'm sorry I'll leave." She said, heading towards the door.

"No no no, it's okay." I chuckled, maintaining my distance. "Did you want anything?" I asked as she turned to look at me. I didn't want to ask what was wrong because I didn't want to invade.

"Do you have turkey burgers here?" She asked, making me laugh a bit. "You're at an Italian place and you ask for a turkey burgers?" I laughed some more. She didn't seem to find it as funny as I did, which let me know to stop before I make a terrible first impression.

"Sorry that was really stupid. Uh, I'll go." She said, heading to the door once more. "Wait, no! I can help you out." I said seriously. "We've got ground turkey in the back and some bread, I can make you a turkey burger." I said.

"Thank you, how much do I owe?" She asked, searching her pockets for anything she had. "Don't worry about it, it's on the house." I said, heading towards the kitchen as she took a seat.

"Can I get you some rags or towels or something?" I offered, but she rejected kindly. I wanted to sit there and talk to her. She already seems like a cool person. She's beautiful, too.

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"Your oddly requested turkey burger, ma'am." I laughed, placing a plate and a glass of water in front of her. By this time she stopped crying, so I thought it'd be safe to ask why.

"Thanks," she said, cutting the burger in half. "You're really nice. Want half?" She offered. I can't turn down food, so it was pretty natural for me to say yes.

"Why were you crying?" I hesitated to ask at first, but then I just went for it. She looked at me for a second before looking back down in an ashamed manner. "I just graduated." She mumbled.

"There's nothing wrong with that." I furrowed my brows. "And I went to this afterparty and I-" She stopped to take a bite of her burger. "My boyfriend cheated on me with this bitch I never liked." She sniffled and rolled her eyes as if it way past her now.

"Wait you just graduated? How old are you?" I asked, accidentally disregarding what she just said. "I'm seventeen." She said, putting more of the burger in her mouth. She's six years younger than me. I thought she was at least twenty.

"And how long have you two been together?" I asked without hesitation. Tears began to fall mercilessly from her eyes. It was almost like she was holding it in. I moved from my seat to her side as she started balling. "Since sophomore year." She cried louder as I hesitantly gave her a hug. "Hey, don't cry." I frowned.

"He's missing out." I said and her muffled cries became louder. "I've only known you for about an hour, but I'm almost one hundred percent sure you're amazing." I said in attempt to cheer her up.

"Thank you." She sniffled, wiping her eyes. She really doesn't deserve that. She's beautiful. I don't understand why someone would fuck her over like that. "What's your name?" She asked, wiping more tears. "Calum." I said plainly, showing more interest in what her name might be. "Yours?" I asked as I got up.

She looked at me and laughed. "I can't tell you that, sorry." She said, as she got up and handed me twenty dollars. "Thanks for everything, Calum." She said as she walked out.

All of a sudden it stopped raining.

And she was out of sight.

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