A village romance

Chapter 7: Working, Learning And Another Invitation

Jennie was excited; it was her first day on the job, and in her excitement, she was early as the café hadn't opened yet. She decided to wait and then didn't expect to see Lisa the second she saw her going to work. "BamBam told me to open up first because he's doing something for a bit," Lisa tells Jennie, who nods as they enter the store.

They cleaned up the café first thing in the morning, and as it was her first day, Lisa showed Jennie the ropes, making Jennie follow her on what to do, like checking the inventory and paying for the deliveries of coffee beans and pastries to the coffee shop. Then BamBam arrived and gave Jennie her apron, explained to her how to make the coffee, and told her that she'd learn how to make the other coffees at some point with practice. Then after all of that, they opened, and Jennie was positive she'd do great on her first day, and she was determined that she wouldn't fail.

And she was right, as her first week was great as she was able to do her work without any problems and she was able to remember the orders, and technically it was easy since it was a slow day but great. She was more impressed by how good Lisa was at latte art and was good at multitasking and wanted to learn more. Then on Friday, at exact 5:00 pm, Lisa left the café and there Jennie learned from BamBam that Lisa went to a dance school to be a substitute dance teacher since the actual dance teacher, Kim Jinhwan or Jay, is currently sick, so she stepped in for the moment.

With this information made Jennie curious, wanting to see what she was like as a dance teacher, and luckily enough, she didn't have to imagine it since BamBam let her leave since there were few people and he could handle it. But before she left, BamBam gave Jennie her first salary, which she happily accepted and thought was better than her old job. As she walked out, she realized that she still had time and decided to go see where Lisa was, as she was curious. After asking about it, she was able to find the dance practice building and see the room where Lisa is teaching. She quietly entered as an observer, and she saw that Lisa noticed her but ignored her as she was focused on teaching. As Jennie watched, she didn't expect that Lisa was a very serious and strict dance teacher towards her students. As she watched how Lisa told them they danced wrong, to do that one step again, how to do it properly, etc., it was tiring, but they got a good result at the end and a good job from Lisa, who then looked at her for a bit, and seeing that they did great, Lisa decided to dismiss the class.

They didn't say anything as they left the building, but then Lisa spoke. "Why did you come here?" was her question to Jennie. "Well, I was curious to see what you're like as a teacher, and I wanted to see if you'd dance," Jennie replied to Lisa, who accepted her answer as they continued to talk about how Lisa was a scary teacher but was also effective because the students were truly listening, and it didn't surprise Jennie that Lisa knew how to dance, and Lisa laughed and said she used to before, and Jennie decided not to ask Lisa questions on that.

As they continued waking, Lisa remembered something. "Hey, after our shift tomorrow, would you like taking photos with me?" was her question to Jennie, who stared at her. "Huh, why?" she asked. "Well, it's because I remember you saying that you haven't used your camera in forever and I know a place to take pictures, plus I always wanted a companion in taking pictures too," was Lisa's answer, and Jennie thought of it for a while and smiled at Lisa. "Yeah, sure, I don't mind," she said to Lisa, who smiled and nodded. "Ok, tomorrow after the shift, meet me in front of my house first," she instructed Jennie, who nodded and then gave her the location of her house, and after that, they parted ways, with Jennie happy with the events that happened today, feeling she had did great and was happy to spend more time with Lisa, who also felt the same.