Meeting Jacob West

Chapter 1

I fix my apron while steadying myself with both of my feet on the ground. I grab the tray a bit higher which was now already above my shoulders.

Just as I was about to enter the store, a little girl came running around me while holding something in her hand, an ice cream cone, I think. She looked so hyper and lively and I would've thought she's a pusher at first..if she wasn't a kid, I looked at her in horror as my eyes widen, I am holding a tray of cookies right now and I do hope you won't bump into me cause this is my hundredth time making these cookies, I have burnt a lot of them now so please stay away from m-

"Coffee guacamole!" I exclaimed while all the cookies were thrown up in the air, honestly I would've laugh at this scene in the movies and ended up having to suffer from the severe stomach ache that it had brought me, but when it was you who is the one experiencing it..it wouldn't be that entertaining.

I sat on the ground while watching the cookies fell from the above, oh look it's raining cookies! I wish it would though so I wouldn't have to start over again with the tiresome work. The sugars and flours were everywhere, small cookie crumbs were lying all over the floor while I sat there looking like I just shook all of the cookies out from the cookie jar that I got on top of the refrigerator.

I picked up the cookies and returned them one by one on the tray while the sugars, flour and cookie crumbs are still lying on the floor. I collected every cookie that fell and took a quick scan over them, some were broken..some lost it's chocolate chips and some have missing pieces, in short..I didn't save a single cookie.

The door flew open making the bell ring and right there was standing a short, stout and rotund old crone that I have come to hate ever since I first laid my eyes on her, her first impression towards me didn't end up well. Her hair was still the messy looking thing that has every strand flying in all directions looking like a mop that was left not used for years.

Oh and did I mention her face was red? Not a good looking red, it was more like the colour red you see when a clown over put it's makeup on it's face with red stuff. I wanted to laugh so badly right now that I was clutching my stomach from bursting into a wonderful laughter. Her mouth was agape and her jaw almost reached the ground, how I wish a fly would enter her mouth so she would choke to death.

"Arena, what happened here?!" She glowered at me while I can see her eyes were blazing with fury, she already hated me when we first met just like me. Like seriously, I've been working for her for the past five years and she doesn't even remember my name?

The little girl scurried away screaming 'mommy!' probably got shocked from what happened, 'and that serves you to learn your lesson to not bump on a person having a difficulty handling a tray of cookies!' I wanted to scream at her but had the guilt eating me up alive so decided to stay quiet.

I got up from the ground while dusting my black slack that were from my cousin who moved to L.A, and if your asking...my cousin is a guy, so this slack is a guy's clothing. I don't mind what I wear though because as long as it covers my body and held my comfort even though it's not that comfortable, I'm fine with it. Ok back to reality.

"It's not what you're thinking that had happened.." I started to say, my fingers are digging into my flesh slowly because I was getting nervous every second while she raised an eyebrow at me, "...a girl came running around me and she bumped me, the cookies flew up while parting ways and started falling down like it's raining cookies.." I blabber while she shook her head at me and place her palm at her temple..rubbing it shortly probably very exhausted before speaking the words I had wanted to hear the least.

"You're fired!" She exclaimed while I could see the blood coming up from her veins, her skin reddened and blemished while I manage to control my fury but failed,