Every master needs a butler

The Walk

As I greet the sidewalk of Athlone I smell the delicacy called, coffee which makes me crave it more. The smell was stronger then earlier which meant wade had started a new batch of coffee. Though I already had a cup with some cookies earlier, I would like some for on the way home. I try to convince myself not to have even more caffeine but I was already walking straight towards the coffee shop that I knew so well. I walked in and was met with only a few people at the register already. I huffed slightly to be greatful there wasn't as many people as usual.

When it was finally my turn bob gave me his happy costumer smile like usual. "Same as always?" He asked me "You know it." I say as I pay him my euros and stand near everyone else waiting for there coffee. Surprisingly wade ended up giving me mine first, man do I feel special. "Here ya go bud, hope u like it!" "Always do when u make them wade" I smile at him as I walk out the door when more people came in after me. I took a sip of my coffee when I was stopped by a red light to not cross the street. Great, I thought to myself. I was going to press my favorite button, which is the "hurry up and turn fucking green" button, but was pulled back when a hand got there first. "Allow me" a man said in a low tone.

I feel my heart skip a beat as I recognize who that was..."mark?" I ask as I look behind me to see the red haired lad. "Oh hey there Mr Mclouglan!" He said cheerfully to me. I barely even recognized him since he didn't have a suit on. He was dressed in a red flannel and some dark jeans. He must've changed after the interview, I thought to myself. As I was looking mark up and down I feel something cold and wet touch my hand. I jump and look down to see a golden retriever had nudged my hand with its nose. "Oh sorry, don't worry she doesn't bite" mark reassures me. "Uh its ok, I was just not expecting a dog." I say as I pet the adorable things head.

As I was about to continue talking to mark, I feel someone push my shoulder as he passes me by. As I was about to yell at the basterd, I look up at the light to realize it turned green. "Rude" mark murmurs to me, "hey, uh I'm taking chica here on a walk. Wanna join?" Looking from chica to mark I shrug. "Why not? Haven't gone on a walk in awhile." Mark smiles wide at me as he tells chica to walk with him. I walk on marks left with chica on his right. "So just getting back from work?" Mark asks me as if we already were best buds. "Yeah, I was there for two hours interviewing butlers. I was pretty relieved when u said you were the last one." Mark nods as chica walks infront of us. "You know, I think my dog likes u. She doesn't usually act so calm around people. She's a hyper dog" I feel mark nudge my arm and smile at me. I smile back and look at chica. "Nice, I don't really have any pets right now. In fact the only dog I have had before was my mahs dog, gizmo." "Well u seem like an animal person." Mark tells me, "I love animals" I agree as me and mark keep walking down a street witch I realize, actually leads to a park near my house.

"You know where your goin?" I ask mark after a few minutes of silence. "Nope, just goin where chica wants to." I laugh slightly "well chica is actually leading u to a park you know." Mark gasps, "Really? I didn't know there was a park around here!" Mark suddenly looks excited as if he hasn't seen a park before. "You didn't know about Rosebud park?" I ask while mark looks at his phone. "No, I haven't been here long enough to know the area yet." I nod "well it's a beautiful park, full of gardens and playgrounds for kids." Marks smile grows even bigger by the second. I don't think I have ever seen someone so happy before. "Wow! I havnt been in a park since I was a kid!" I laugh and joke around with him. "Wanna swing on the swings when we get there then?" I laugh a little more when I see mark squint at me. "Are u serious?" He asks me. I shrug and giggle. "YES!!! Let's swing and play around!" Mark yells. I look at him shocked from his burst of excitement.

Mark dragged me the rest of the way to the park witch took about 20 minutes. When we finally got there mark let chica off her leash and ran to the first playground he saw which of course had to be at the entrance of the park. I laughed as I saw mark run to a tire swing and start to spin around in it like an idiot. "Mark ur gonna break a hip." Mark just laughs as I get closer to him on the swing with chica by my side. Me and chica watch mark like he was crazy. Thank gawd it was late enough to have no kids on the playground or else they would probably think mark was a loonitic. When I finally get close enough to the swing, he pulls me up with him.

"MARK! We can't BOTH be on here!! ARE U CRAZY?!?!" I yelled in fear we might break the swing and have to pay for it. "Haha, come on just have a little fun!" Mark yells at me as he spins the tire faster. When he finally gets it at a good speed he jumps off to leave me spinning like crazy. I hold on to dear life as I feel the swing slowly slow down. Leaving me dizzy.

As the swing finally stops I hear mark laughing as I get off the swing. I start to fumble around as if I was drunk and bump straight into mark. He holds me tight in place. "Geez u alright? Guess I spun u to fast" I keep blinking trying to regain my vision. I hold onto marks arms as I finally start to see straight. "U ok now jack?" I nod "yeah, gawd I feel like I have a hangover now" we both laugh historically as we play around a little more on the empty playground. I will admit, I haven't been able to act like a kid since I made that business at the dumb hotel. Finally when it was around midnight me and mark finally got pooped out.

We layed on the ground with chica trying to play with mark and looked at the stars of Ireland. I hear marks fast breathing on the ground kinda insinc with mine. I never thought mark could be so childish. He seemed so professional before during the interview but he can really show a good time when he wants to. "Thanks mark" I say. "For what?" Mark replies cockily. "For bringing me out here to have fun." Mark nods and pets chicas belly. "Ur welcome Mr-" I interrupt him "pls, call me jack" he giggles slightly to my words then looks at me. "Ur welcome, jack"