Hiding Love

PART TWO•CHAPTER THREE

                                  WORK

I'm gonna take a walk, clear my mind. I should really work a shift, I haven't in a while. "Hey Carlos, need help today? " I ask as I walk in the coffee and cake shop. "Take a break, I'll take over, Eeh?" I Said. "Yeah. So where have you been? I haven't seen you in a while, is everything alright?" "Pffft, just college stuff." Besides that, yeah, yeah..." I Said. "Ok...if you say so." He playfully punched my shoulder. I take my coat off and start my shift. "Full house, get busy Sarah." Carlos said. "I can help who's next!" I said. A cop walked up to me, looks my age, you can see his abs through his blue uniform He has Emo dark red hair and grey eyes. "Hey, I would like a red velvet cupcake with uh, vanilla icing." He winked at me and ran his fingers through his hair, I looked at his name tag. His name is Julian, That's cool. "Coming right up..." I Said smiling. I realized cane is behind him and he's with another girl! This is going to be ugly...
Cane's POV
I didn't know Sarah works here. Hey, is he looking at her butt? HEY! That's my butt to look at! Not his! This kid got some nerve. I clench my teeth together and squint at the guy until he notices.
SARAH'S POV
"Here you are sir." "Keep the change." Julian Said. "Oh Thank you." I said, smiling.
I bet he knows Derrick.
Cane's POV
Real smooth now get the hell out!
"I'm a cop and I work down the street from here." The Cop said. "Really? Impressive." Sarah said. Oh come on! "We should grab some lunch sometime, how's Tuesday sound?" The cop asked. I'M PISSED! "Sounds good to me." Sarah said. "We should grab some lunch sometime..." Yeah, because she'll totally take a bite out of you. Look at yourself messy hair, tired eyes, skinny and wimpy and scrawny and picking up girls when you should be fighting crime! You should be ashamed of yourself. I honestly thought you would get a donut, like every cop here in Florida! "Any criminals lately?" Sarah asked the cop. Sarah taps her hands on the counter and runs her fingers through her hair and gives him a cute smile. Of course he smirks back. Wow you're a real charmer! "Yeah, especially on the corner lately." The Cop Said. OH PLEASE, REALLY? "It was nice meeting you...?" "Julian is the name." I watch him give her a card with a phone number on it. "Call me, on Tuesday." Cop said. HAHA, that's a joke right? Don't get your hopes up kid... my sweet Sarah knows better than to call an anxty teen like you...  I roll my eyes and cross my arms.  What a tool!
SARAH'S POV:
Aah, that was fun, next time Cane will know better than to bring whoever this is along with him. "Hello, I would like to order a vanilla ice cream float , and a fudge brownie for the lady." Cane said. What are we in the 1950's? "Vanilla ice cream float" "and a fudge brownie for the lady" if you consider THAT a lady, you must be blind...you must consider me a goddess! "Coming right up." I said not even making eye contact with Cane.
Samantha's POV:
Is he looking at her butt? Oh I'm going to have a serious talk with him when we get home. I get some money out.
SARAH'S POV: "Here you go, that will be-." The girl throws money at my face. "KEEP THE PENNY!" She said. WHO IS SHE? Nasty bitch, pig! I should have spit in her food... but they have this damn place watched, like a hawk, twenty-four-seven! "Honey are you coming?" The girl asked from the doorway. "Yeah, I'll meet you outside!" Cane said. How can he replace me with someone so loud and obnoxious? He patted his hand on mine twice, looking at me with those emotionless eyes. "Sorry about that." He says with his soft voice. Cane grins at me sheepish. I tried to open my mouth to tell him how I feel but instead nothing came out, just silence... He smirked at me from the side of his face. He watched how I reacted from the side of his eye, as I heard the wind chimes behind him from the door when he left. "What was all that about? You look like you've seen a ghost. Is everything ok?" Carlos asked. "No." "Do you want to talk about it?" "No." I said. "Ok." (Few hours later.) "I think that's enough for a day... how about you get some shut eye. It's 10:00pm already, and your house is a while away. So I'm gonna lock everything up and I'll be heading home also." "Sounds like a plan. , what a day. Have a good night." "You too, stay safe." I take the bus. I walk into the house. "Honey, I'm home!" Dirk and Zayne both kiss me on the lips, which I find really weird. This is going to take some getting used to... "How was your day?" Zayne asked. "Eeh." "What did you do all day?" I asked. "I vacuumed your house, washed the dishes, scrubbed the mirrors, folded the napkins, did the laundry, lint rolled the clothes, made the beds, ironed your dad's tie, bleached your mother's hair, and put gas in your car." Zayne said. "So you did all the chores? Maybe I should keep this guy around, maybe he'll be good for me... I need to grocery shop tomorrow, pickup my mom's meds, go to dance class, charge my nook, shred papers, pay car taxes, take a shower and maybe get my nails done with my friends, if I have time, and on Monday I need to get the chimney cleaned out." Tuesday there's a date with that cop. "What did my parents do today?" "They went to "bed" early." Zayne said. "Great... and what did you do? Dirk?" "I polished my shoes, studied, took out garbage, planned tomorrow's outfit, showered, flexed in the mirror, played fortnite, Pokémon go, clash Royale, and went to the gym. I like to help." "If you like to be useful, you should prove you're a handy man. Ok, tomorrow you need to actually do something, clean out the cobwebs, spray the bathrooms, dust, fix the wallpapers, try to get that wine stain out from the rug, for god sake, do something!" I Said. "Tomorrow I'll clean the windows, fix the leak, get the newspaper, tune your violin, try to figure out what that noise in the wall is, replace the lightbulbs, and fix your book shelf  for you." Zayne said. "Sounds good to me. "College the day after... ew." I said as I yawned. "We better get some rest then." Zayne said. "Mhmm." (8 hours later) Ugggh, morning already? Good enough. "Dirk made breakfast." Zayne said. "That's great. One less thing I have to worry about doing." I Said. "Do me a favor and tell him I'll be right out, I just need to text someone real quick." "Ok." Zayne said.

Group chat with:
Skylar💃🏼, Brenda💋, and Stacey🤗

Me: Hey girls we still on for later?
Brenda/Bestie: YASSS
Skylar/From dance: Yeah!
Stacey/Cane's sister: Yes
Me: Ok, can't wait❤️😊
Brenda/Bestie: Mwah! 💚

We all sit at the table and eat Dirk's food. "That was good." My mom said. "My pleasure!" "Courses tomorrow." I Said. "Why is that a bad thing? Especially for you." Dirk Said. "Oh, right...that." I said. Zayne crossed his arms. "Hm, what? Is something wrong? Sarahbear?" Dirk asked. Zayne gave me a threatening look across the table, signaling me not to even think or talk about Cane or he'll hurt someone. "Uh, no. I need to go grocery shop...bye." I left, not looking back. "Bye mom!" Dirk said. That's a new one...
Cane's POV:
Shit! Why do we always see each other in public! That's not supposed to happen! I gotta run before she sees me, we're trying to get some space away from each other! it's bad enough I have to teach her tomorrow!
SARAH'S POV:
"Finally finished."
Lady: "Sorry I'm on break, you'll have to self-check out " The lady said. "Ok." I said.
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