chapter three ; second encounter

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The next day, I’m at DQ again, working my butt off.

Unlike yesterday, though, there are not a lot of customers so I was currently the only one handling the counter. When the bell rung, I got startled.

“Welcome to Dairy Queen! What may I get you today?” I looked up and saw someone I thought I’d never see again.

“Hey! You were the girl who I opened the door for yesterday!”

“Yeah. So, what do you want?”

Graser gives me his order then I asked for his name.

“Zach. With a C H please.” He smiles. He’s really handsome.

“Okay, I’ll call out for you when it’s ready. You can sit, if you want.”

“No, I’d rather talk to you. What’s your name?” He asks. Oh my gosh.

“I - uhm. Autumn.”

“Autumn? Do you by chance have a twin sister named Summer?” He laughs.

“Yeah, actually. She plays Minecraft with you doesn’t she, Mr. Graser10?” I tease. He freezes, he didn’t know that I know him.

“Please don’t tell anyone it’s me and I won’t tell anyone what you look like either.” He begs with puppy dog eyes.

“Woah there, you watch me too?”

“Of course. Summer promotes you all the time! It’s crazy... So, deal?”

“Duh.” His order comes. “Here you go, Zach with a C H.” I laugh.

He sighs in relief. “Hey, we should hang out after.”

I smirk. “Yup, sure. My shift ends in...” I look at the clock. 4:59 pm. “Less than a minute. Just let me go change.” I went to the back room where changed into a knit sweater then went to where Zach was.

“Ready! Do you wanna go see Summer? You probably won’t care about her appearance since we pretty much look exactly the same.”

He laughs. “Yeah, sure. We should just go in then introduce me as Zach. She won’t even know it’s me! Tell her I’m mute.”

We walked for a bit more then we reached our house. “Ready, Graser slash Zach? No talking!” I whispered.

I opened the door to see Summer lying down on the couch. “Hey.” She says without even looking at me.

I coughed. “We have company…”

Her head turned and apologized. “Who are you?”

“He’s Zach. From work.” I say.

“Ey, Aut. I’m not asking you. Let the person talk.” She sasses me.

“Jeez, man.” I throw my hands up. “He can’t talk!” I look at Zach who kept a straight face the whole time, probably trying so hard not to laugh.

“Oh.”

I scoff. “Yeah, oh. We’re just going to my room. He’s helping me with a - uh some editing…”

She looks at me suspiciously. “Alright… I’ll be in the kitchen.”

I grab Zach’s hand and dragged him in my room before we burst out laughing.

“Holy smokes, that was so good! She didn’t even suspect a thing!”

“She’s so clueless! Oh my gosh!” I laugh, clutching my stomach.

“We have to tell her later on when I leave, though. She’ll kill me.”

We calmed down a bit then just proceeded to watch random videos on YouTube.

“Oh, hey. I made a gaming channel too! It’s called TwinTwo. Maybe we should make a video together for my second one. I did the first with Summer.”

Zach nods. “Yeah, sure. Gimme your Skype and phone number. Let’s do it tomorrow at 8. Your shift starts at 1, am I right?”

“Uhuh. Oh! I just remembered! Can I, maybe, I don’t know… possibly-”

“Join the Cube? Yeah, of course. You’re Summer’s twin, after all. They'll surely vote for you to be in.”

My eyes lit up. “Really? Oh my god, thank you!” I jump around the room, screeching. Until, of course, Summer barges into the room.

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