Together Forever

Chapter 2

Avril's POV
    I entered the coffee shop,closed the door behind me and walked to the counter.I dropped my bag just as Maya came to take the next order.Maya is the owner of the cafe i work for although I only work full-time during vacation breaks.
        "You're late"She said.
    "I know,I'm so sorry.Something came up and it kind of distracted me,making me lose track of time"I replied her.
       "Are you alright?your eyes looks swollen like you were crying or something ".
      "I'm fine". I wasn't lying.Though I cried all night long,I felt fine,giddy in fact.Something was definitely wrong with me,who felt this good the morning after she finds her boyfriend since high school cheating on her?I had actually thought he'ld propose soon,planning a dramatic response to his proposal.After all the daydreaming,what the hell does the girl have that I don't?I wanted to get angry at him but it was like all the anger in me had floated away instead I started remembering my encounter with Justin.This was not the first time since I left the beach,infact,I thought about it all the way to the coffee shop.I had always hated his guts and thought he did not have the emotions a true singer needs to make a great song.But,I have to admit,meeting him in person today,I was able to reckon with why he was every girl's crush.He was far more handsome than he was in tabloids,his lips looked so kissable and when he touched my hands,I felt the inner walls of my stomach tighten.I brought the handkerchief to my nose sniffing in his masculine smell of musk and cinnamon for the nth time today and it still had the same butterfly fluttering effect on me.
     "Avril,there are three customers waiting for you to take their order" Maya said
       "I'm sorry,I'm not really myself today.I'll go have them" I replied getting up and picking a book.
      "Don't worry,you can take the day off"
       "Really?who is going help you out here?,I can't do that".
       " Sheila will soon arrive,I can manage by myself until then,we don't have too many customers today anyways"
    "Thanks a lot,you're the best" I said blowing her a kiss.I picked up my bag and left the shop.I made a mental count of how many apartments i've seen that are being put on lease,I probably wouldn't have enough money to rent 1.I'll have to stay with Brittany till i gain some ground. Britty as i call her has been my best friend since first day of college,a tall,blond beauty with a pair of nice long legs and a body to die for.I get pretty jealous of her sometimes,'don't tell'.She's a really nice person and fun to be with but living with her gives me creeps and that would be from meeting new guys every morning (her one nightstands).She's all 'let's party' and i'm all 'we'ld have a lot of fun at the bookstore'. Sometimes,I still wonder how we manage to remain friends but as they say unlike poles attract,right?
     My phone rings breaking off my chain of thoughts.I reach for it in the back pocket of my jean and pick up.
    "Hey,Ava,are you alright?I saw your message last night" Britty asked.
      "I don't know"I say feeling my shoulders shake from the new waves of sobs i begin emitting,I hold my mouth to prevent them from falling out and clean the fresh tears streaming down my cheeks.one would have thought I should have run out of tears by now.I gather myself and continue "I never would have believed Drake would do such a thing"
     "Actually I would" Britty countered.
     "Britty!!!"
     "What?!I'm telling the truth,he looked at every passing girl's ass"
      "I never noticed"
     "Darling,it was Drake,you never would have noticed"
     "I can't believe I was so dumb"
  "Shh...don't say such things about yourself.he's dumber than an ass if he had you and still looked outside". I laughed, she always knew how to make me feel better.After a short while,I said " Britty,thank you"
  "Anything for my best bestie,where are you?,let me come pick you up"
   "I'm on my way to pick my things from the apartment.I've not been there since I saw him last night"
    "Its okay,I'll take off now and meet you there.we're going clubbing tonight,don't object". Even if I wanted to,I did not have the strength to argue with her today.
     "I'm not going to,infact,i'ld be more than honoured to go clubbing with the queen of clubbing. Thanks a lot"
     "Anytime" She replied and hung up.