Carmen

Zoe

"Ms. Langston, I apologize that I've taken a while to get in contact with you. I had to go out of the country for business related purposes."

"Oh don't worry, I understand, I've been rather busy myself this week."

Not really I had an interview and a photoshoot. I just didn't want to seem like I've been waiting for him to call or text me.

"Oh that's great, Charlie has been begging me to ask you out. He's been rather persistent, if you ask me, he wants to see your dog."

There was a deep chuckle on the other side, but it wasn't Logan and it was definitely not Charlie's. Then it was followed by something incoherent, I'm positive it was in another language.

"Okay, fine, I must admit that I've been wanting to see you myself as well."

I couldn't help but laugh a little at his bluntness, there was no doubt that he and Charlie were related.

He cleared his throat, "So since I have to make the sacrifice and accommodate with Charlie's wishes, he wants to eat burgers. I understand if you're not a fan of the cow, and I would take no offense if you deny our invitation."

"Um, not at all, it would be an honor to eat the cow with you and Charlie."

We both started laughing at how stupid we sounded, he was just so formal it was ridiculous.

"So does tomorrow work for you?"

"Well it all depends on what hour, I have a photoshoot which ends at 2 p.m. but after that I'm all free."

"That's great because Charlie doesn't get out of class until 3 p.m. Does 4:30 sound good to you?"

"Four thirty sounds great, which specific burger place are we going?"

"It's a surprise, so just send me a message with your address that way we can pick you up."

"Okay that sounds great, bye."

"Goodbye Ms. Langston have a good day."

As soon as he hung up I got up and did a victory dance. I was so caught up in the moment. He actually called me and asked me out, well who knows if it's an actual date or anything but who even cares?

Then it dawned on me, even if I ended up liking Logan there was no way I could decide to start seeing him. I'm sure management would have different thoughts than what I had.

I was no longer happy, I ruined the moment for myself. All I want is for something that I can decide all on my own. Sometimes the things that I wanted weren't always possible.

I went to my closet to pick out something to wear. I always liked to prepare things with time. If there was something I learned throughout the duration of my career was that if you started to arrange things just before the event then you would be in a rush.

I chose a simple floral blue sundress and a creamy white cardigan. I decided to add simple accessories which consisted of a brown belt and some jewelry. I wanted to wear comfortable shoes that were more on the casual side since we were going to eat burgers after all. I had just gotten some flats that were close to the color of the cardigan that I was going to wear.