Records, Burgers, & Love

Jackie

Finally! I am done with the dishes! Now I can hang out with Catherine! She's sitting on the giant, grey bed, scrolling through her phone. She looks up and smiles at me when I walk into the room.

I sit down next to her on the bed and say, "Hey! Sorry it took so long, my parents told me to do the dishes, even though it's Carl's turn. But they said, 'We don't want to get the sick bug, do we?' So I did the dishes, and I know I should feel bad and be like the caring sister, but whatever."

She pauses and stares at me, then she breaks into a huge grin. "Well, that's okay! I got to talk to Carl! Isn't that amazing?!" she says with so much enthusiasm.

"No! Because then, the next thing I know, you'll become a Cachowski! You're my best friend and everything, but that would just be a little weird," I say. She has got to be joking right now. He's so gross! He has a man bun!

"Well, my last name is Fries, so I kind of want to change that," she says. I just shake my head and giggle.

"Wanna go to bed? It's getting late. Plus, I don't want to talk about my brother," I say. She snorts in response, but she gets into her pajamas and lies back down into bed. Judging by her damp hair, she has already taken a shower.

"I'll take that as a yes," I say. I get ready for bed, and five minutes later, we're both snoring our heads off.

***

I get to work before Sylvain does. I turn on some awesome music and start dancing. I hop around and do a few head bangs, and I reach for the roof. I was rocking out so hard, I didn't even notice Sylvain walk in!

"Uhh, what are you doing?" he says. He adjusts his hat, and he has the cutest confused look I have ever seen! Oh crap! I just realized what he had witnessed! Ughhhh, he must think I'm retarded!

"Oh! There was a-a bug! And I was trying to catch it like HAH HAH! You know what I mean?" I say. I jump in the air pretending to reach for a bug. He nods his head politely, but he still looks at me with a questioning look. I smile a goofy grin and laugh at myself.

"Uhh, well, good luck with that! I'm going to go over there and see if that customer needs help," he mumbles and walks away. I relax every muscle that tensed up when he walked in the store. I hit the skip button on the CD player to change the song.

"Smooth," I say to myself. "Smooth, smooth, smooth."

***

I'm sitting outside on a bench for my break. I'm looking at funny memes on my phone. A gentle breeze has blown by. It's a very peaceful moment. I've already eaten lunch, so I have a lot of spare time.

"Hey, Jackie! How's your break going?" Sylvain says out of nowhere. I almost drop my phone in surprise! Instead, I quickly put it onto my lap.

"Good! How about yours?" I say happily.

"It's been good! So uhh, how's Carl?" he says. Why the hell does he want to know how Carl's doing? I don't even care, and I'm his sister!

"Umm, good! Why do you ask?" I say confused.

"Well, I've been looking to start a band," he says. He rests his arm on the park bench, but he looks so uncomfortable. It's hilarious!

"Oh, is that so?" I don't really know what to say.

"Yep! Doesn't he play the drums?"

"If you can call it that. It's more like he's murdering them, but whatever!" He laughes at this, and I feel myself blush. I lean towards him.

"Well, I guess I'll just have to see for myself then! Can I come over sometime?"

Oh my gosh, he just asked if he could come over! EEEEEEE!!!! MY HEART IS RACING! "Of course! You can come over tonight if you want!" I say with a smile.

He smiles back and says, "Okay! What time?"

"Hmm, how about six?"

"Okay! That works! I'll be there! Enjoy the rest of your break!"

"You too!" I can't believe that I will have SYLVAIN in MY house!!! This is too exciting!!!

***

My break is over and it's time to go back to work. I'm looking through the record book to see if a record a customer requested was available. I start singing "No" by Meghan Trainor. When I get to the part that goes, "My name is no", I put my hand up and turn my head away from it. It kind of looks like the whole "Talk to the hand thing". Little did I know, Sylvain wanders up to me. Man, that guy is good at sneaking around! And he slaps my hand, which startles me.

"Hey! Your voice is as pretty as you are!" he says.

"What?" I say, pretty oblivious to what just happened.

"Uhh, duhh, ehh, do you want to be the lead singer of the band? I need one," he says. He stutters and looks around wildly. I see a tiny blush fly across his cheeks.

"That would be wonderful!" I exclaim. Yes! I am in the band with Sylvain! And possibly my brother...

"Great! Now all we need is a guitarist. I'm the bassist," he says.

"Oh cool! Oh, umm, I better help this customer, I think he is getting impatient." He is just glaring at us.

"Okay! I'll see you later then!"

"Okay! Bye!"

"Bye!"

A few seconds pass before I really take in what happened. Okay, let's ses, he called me pretty. Wait, HE CALLED ME PRETTY?! I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE IT!!! WHAT HAS THE WORLD COME TO?! AND I'M THE LEAD SINGER OF A BAND?! MY LIFE HAS CHANGED SO FAST! I NEED TO TELL CATHERINE!!! AHHHHH!!!!!