“Last one guys. You ready? two crème brules, one fondue platter for two, three gelatos – one scoop mango, one scoop raspberry, and two scoop one mango one raspberry, one strawberry swirl cheesecake!”
Ugh. Work. Defintitely not my favorite time of the day. Now dont get me wrong, I love what I do... But sometimes it is incredibly stressful.
“Nico, you get gelato and cheesecake okay?” my boss Bobby looked over at me..
“Got it boss.” I jogged over to our pastry cooler and grabbed all the pieces to assemble the plates.
Working with Bobby was really easy, we had been working together for almost 3 years now. We had our dessert station down to somewhat of a dance. Making sure we made sure the other had everything they needed while getting all of our own stuff done. I snuck a glance at Bobby as I threw up plates up on the line, Bobby quickly followed suit and I yelled out for the servers to come pick up. As soon as they were gone, I started cleaning up my station. Usually I drag it out so I can punch more time, but not tonight. Tonight I just wanted to get to hell out of here. We wrapped up in record time, I punched out, and was home in 10 minutes.
Kara wasnt home, she must have taken on an extra shift at work or something..
After a quick shower to wash off the smell of kitchen I put on the kettle and grabbed my laptop. Now this, THIS was the best part of my day. It had been 48 hours since my ridiculously embarassing encounter with Jay, but it was burned in my mind, and I couldnt stop thinking about it. As I sat there remembering, I could feel the corners of my lips turn up into a smile. I knew people thought I was crazy, but that boy means the world to me. I heard the kettle whistle and I was pulled out of my daydream. I let the tea start to steep as I opened up my laptop and connected to the internet.
Ahh twitter.. Signing into my twitter and seeing my display picture, the one that Jay took of us a 3 weeks ago, made my heart skip a beat and it took a minute for me to focus again. Jay must be online because every other tweet on my timeline was to him... but then I realized he hadnt tweeted anything, or I missed the notification text on my phone.. I went to his profile to double check, but I was right... there was nothing new.
I got to reading the tweets people were sending to him. They were all about a girl. Shit. I know that I shouldnt feel this way... but when I thought about Jay with a girl, my stomach started to twist itself into knots. Reading through the tweets, I figured out that Jay had said something about a girl in an interview, so I set my mind on finding the video. Luckily, my best friend on twitter, Mel had the video on her page. I clicked on the video and let it load.
As the video buffered, I tried to calm myself down, I mean, come on. I was over reacting. But my stomach that was so contorted refused to let me be calm.
“You boys are currently the heartthrobs all around the world. Now all the ladies want to know, is there a special women in your lives?” Seriously that must be the most asked question in interview history... Seev talked about Nareesha. Tom talked about Kelsey. Max said things were currently complicated. Nath proudly announced that he was single. Then the woman turned to Jay.. He was sitting quietly on the couch and you could tell he was trying to figure out what to say. The boys all looked him, as if wondering what he was going to say.
“So Jay, is your answer going to break hearts all over the world, or make them happy that they still have a shot?”
“Honestly. Im not quite sure.” he said it slowly and quietly as if trying to figure it out as it was comign out of his mouth.
“But how can you be not sure? Does this mean there might be a special girl?”
“I think. Well, maybe.. I just cant seem to get her out of my mind”
“Oh goodness. Well, you heard it here first ladies. So Jay, tell us, how did you meet her?” she seemed incredibly excited with this news, and more so, the fact that she was the one to be asking these questions.
“I met her a few weeks ago. In Boston.” My heart started racing. No. It couldnt be. He must have met some girl when he was out or something.
“So what is this incredibly lucky ladies name?”
His face changed into a look that seemed to be a mixture of confusion, saddness, and blankness.
“Thats the problem. I dont know. I dont even know her name.”
