I walk out of the Diner for the last time seeing as how it's 11 and the place is practically dead. Harry is long gone and Sophie has also been laid off so she left early. I hang up my apron in the employee lounge for the last time and grab my bags. I hear my phone beep from my purse and I drop all my things to search for it. The screen is lit up with a phone call and I don't check the caller ID before answering with a hello.
Hey is this India? says a raspy man's voice. It takes me a moment before I realize it's Harry from earlier tonight.
It is. Call me Indi.
I quickly saved his number into my contacts as Harry :) and listen to him on the other side of the line.
So, Did you get tossed?
Yeah. Back to the drawing board.
What? He chuckles on the other end of the line.
I'm jobless again, but i'll find something for now. The line goes silent for a moment before He speaks.
You're pretty, you know that? Like really, really gorgeous. I want you to go on a date with me. I pause at his words and fiddle with tips of my hair again.
Oh, I'm very sober. Fact number one about me is that I don't drink unless it's a special occasion. I don't know about you, but the memorial park doesn't exactly look like the liveliest of party scenes. Care to join me on my late night walk?
I would take up your offer, but i'm afraid i'm not the least bit decent and I have A- levels to study for. A silence settles over the phone line and I gather up all my things while balancing my phone between my shoulder and ear.
Are you still there Harry?
I'm here India. He whispers. It's so confusing. He speaks to me like he knows and cares for me. To say I didn't like him would be very very bad lie. To hell with A-levels!
Something about you
is...unprecedented. I quite fancy it actually. Perhaps we could meet up another time this weekend?
The fall festival is in town and I've been wanting to go. Perhaps you'd like to accompany me on my excursion?
Anything for the beautiful girl named after an intelligent country.
It's a date then. I realize how blunt and sudden that was mentally curse myself, but before I can try to make amends he responds.
It's a date. I'll meet you at the Diner carpark at 7 pm Saturday.
Cool. Unfortunatly I have to drive home now and i'd love to stay and chat, but i've got homework and studying to attend to.
I'll talk to you later India
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After I arrive home, I trudge up the stairs and frown at the small amount of homework. I don't have much, but it's still too much under my standards.
Homework: 22/11/13
English Paper due Monday
AP Spanish test Thursday
Do Extra Credit for Mr. Saunders's class. Anytime this term.
My English paper sits neatly in my English tab typed and ready. I am especially proud that I managed to get a head start on it. It gives me more time to study for my Spanish test.
00:20
I've studied long enough. I blink away the sleep in my eyes and drag myself into some joggers and a hoodie for bed. I tie my hair into a bun to save myself in the morning from a knotted mess. After washing my face and brushing my teeth. I run into the embrace of my duvet. Sleep immediately washes me and I let it take me.
x
My alarm pulls me from my dream and I roll over to turn it off and fall off the side of my bed with a loud thud. Owww
Mmm, I've got a date with Harry tomorrow...
What am I wearing?
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