Hot Chocolate Stand

Twenty Dollar Bill

Jake's POV:

I was finishing setting up my stand I looked up to see the hot chocolate stand. They were selling a bunch of drinks as usual due to the cold weather. I don't know why I decided to do this because I always die freezing in the cold. Well one of the reasons is because my dad hates that I have too many dolls around in the house so he wants me to start giving them away.

While I was starting to selling things from my stand like always. I started looking around and I noticed someone that I knew walking around checking out every stand. He stopped at the hot chocolate stand to get some and I couldn't help but smile. I've liked this boy since middle school and I still haven't gotten over it. He's just such an amazing person.

"Hey, Jake right? I didn't know you were selling things here" Devon said walking up to my stand. "Uh yeah I have but not everyone buys dolls that could give your kids nightmares" I say awkwardly laughing because I have no idea what to do. "Yeah that makes sense but I'd like to buy something here." Devon says looking at all the things I have at my stand.

"Um yeah of course what are you looking for?" I ask. "Well if it's made buy you then I'll buy it because I bet all the things you made are good" Devon says smiling and then grabs one of the dolls. He grabs the one that took me around 2 weeks to come up with and make. "I like this one, how much is it?" Devon asked look back at me even though I've been staring the whole time.

"Let's say five, does that sound fair?" I asked trying not to break eye contact. "Well it doesn't sound fair to you because all of this is hand made right?" Devon asked setting the doll down on the table. "Yeah I did make it but it's okay" I say.

"How about I give you five then tip you 15?" Devon says pulling out a twenty dollar bill.
"Well I don't have a tip jar so I guess you can't tip" I say thinking that I won whatever this conversation was. Then Devon grabbed my hand then put the twenty dollars in my hand. He closed my hand and with the twenty dollars in my hand; I looked up at Devon who was still holding my hand closed. "Well then keep change and have a nice day" Devon says smiling then grabbing the doll and leaving me with the twenty dollars in my hand.

I opened my hand looked at the twenty dollars and I saw a phone number on it. It had a little note and it said "I wanna be friends" with a little smiley face on it. I just stared at it smiling foolishly. I then got a notification on my phone from Nadine.

Nadine: Hey did you do the math homework?

Jake: We had math homework?

Nadine: Omfg I'll just ask Lexy to see if she did it

Jake: you've been talking to Lexy a LOT

Nadine: Shut up I can dream if I want

Jake: Alsooo guess who bought something from my stand

Nadine: Lexy?

Jake: What? No drvon did

Nadine: Omg who's Drvon?

Jake: I hate you

Nadine: I hate you too :)

Jake: but anyway he came over and we had a conversation and he bought something there and I said "it can cost 5 dollars" but he was like "I'll give you five and tip you 15 because it's handmade" and I was like no don't do that but then he grabbed my hand and gave me a twenty dollar and didn't let go of my hand

Nadine: Oh wow what a romantic relationship

Jake: shut up, also on the dollar HE GAVE ME HIS NUMBER!!!

Nadine: isn't he straight?

Jake: I don't know

Nadine: well don't get your hopes up

Jake: well then you don't get your hopes up with lexy

Nadine: fair enough

Jake: but also wanna hang out after school we can work on the math homework we apparently have

Nadine: Sure, you think your dad will be fine if I come over?

Jake: he's busy tonight drinking at some bar so we're good

Nadine: okay I'll be at ur house at 7:00

Jake: okay also before you ask you can invite Lexy

Nadine: I wasn't going to ask that

Jake: you were thinking about asking it

Nadine: okay yes and thanks! I'll go tell her, see ya later!

I looked up from my phone and I was still smiling from Devon giving me his number. Later when I got home I was in my room staring at the twenty dollar bill. I then grabbed my phone and typed the numbers in my phone and I decide to messaged him.