What If?

"Just listen..okay?"

"Hey Josephine, Do you mind doing kids packs in the back?" Nick asks me as I sweep the popcorn into one big pile. "Can do" I tell him and set the broom down, Nick is one of the managers and he's actually pretty cool. He follows me into the back where all the kid packs are for the popcorn and picked up a huge box of what I found out to be kid sized packages of skittles and propped it down on the table. I jump onto the table and sit while I swing my legs back and forth, "so how many exactly should I make?" I ask him while ripping open a package of skittles. "I swear it was open" I tell him, "yeah..yeah" he says.
"Just do as many as you can...and you can also listen to music, Corporate has a phone rule, I don't so.....just do as many as you can and don't eat all the skittles packs, they're for the packs" he tells me and walks away. I giggle a bit and stick my head phones in, listening to music wasn't as much fun, but talking to Justin was.

Luckily when I tried to face time him..he answered. "What's up baby girl" he asks as he sticks in his headphones. I show him the finished product of a kids pack, "this...this is what I'm doing" I show him and he looks at with confusion. "What is that?" He asks "It's a kids pack. It goes for $8 and it holds popcorn, a kiddie drink and a fun sized skittle pack"  I tell him. "Hm. Not interested" he tells me, I giggle and set the pack down "I wasn't trying to get you to buy it you loser...you wanted to know what it was" I say, "yeah, I know. Still wouldn't buy it though" he tells me as I see him grab his car keys.

"Where are you going if you don't mind me asking?" I ask him, he opens his front door and makes his way to his car. "Taco bell"  he tells me, I hear his car roar as he speeds off onto the road. "Do you mind if I sing?" He asks "No i don't mind" I tell him. Suddenly Jacob starts singing Don't stop...believe it" by Journey. About 10 minutes of hearing him sing it, I decide to chime in, "Don't stoppppp! Believe it! OOOwaaaaaaaaa!" as I suddenly noticed the Janitor peak through and give me a weird look. "It's a classic okay?" I tell him as I politley shoo him off. "What was that about?" Jacob asks me laughing, "He's just jealous of my singing" I say and Jacob scoffs. "HA! Baby.....you're so cute" Jacob tells me and I pay all of my focus towards him. "You don't think I can sing?" I ask him "I never said that....I just said that you're really cute" Jacob says and I shake my head, smiling. I notice that I've been here for a while now, I check my watch and it's already 9:00. "He should've sent me on my break a half an hour ago" I say, "What?" Jacob asks "Nothing...um babe can I call you in a bit. I think my manager forgot to put me on break again" I tell Jacob, he sighs and blows me a kiss through the phone. "I love you" Jacob says, "I love you too" I smile and end the call. 

I walk out into the concessions and find Nick helping a customer, I walk towards him and glance at the computer screen to see what the customer had ordered, I pick up a large pop corn bag, flick it open and begin to pour hot, fresh popcorn into the bag. "Oh! Josephine....I didn't even see you!" Nick says "It's okay, most people hardly even notice me half of the time anyway" I tell him as I hand the popcorn to the man. "I came up here because it's already 9 and I was just wondering if you perhaps were going to send me on my break?" I ask Nick, He looks straight down at his watch and hesitates. "Uh yeah...about that...do you mind if I just send you home? I have all the staff I need here and I keep forgetting that you're a minor" Nick tells me, "no, no thats fine" I smile at Nick and he exchanges a smile back. "Okay well let me just count you out from your drawer real quick and you'll be good to go" Nick tells me. Suddenly, I see Nick walk towards my drawer and immediately starts counting, I wait patiently until he gives me the thumbs up to leave. 

When Nick gave me the thumbs up, I clocked out and reached for my phone...instantly calling back Jacob. "Guess who gets to go home early!" I say to Jacob. "Yay!!" Jacob cheers as I get into my car and exit the parking lot. "Sooo....I was wondering. In about two weeks or so it'll be about a month since you came down here, when do you think we'll be able to see each other again?" I ask Jacob, I see him stare into oblivion and when I look over to see my phone, I'm on pause. "Or don't answer me, thats cool too" I say "No..no I'm looking at dates" Jacob says. "Dates for what?" I blurt out "Hello?" 

"Baby what if you fly up here in the next two weeks? The airfare tickets are pretty reasonable" Jacob says and I look at him crazy. "You must be joking" I tell him but he shakes his head "Why would I be joking?..seriously I'm looking at flights right now" Jacob tells me, leaving me astonished by what he's telling me right now, It's cute that he acts like my mom will let me fly alone. Real cute. "Babe. Listen to yourself please. Didn't you forget that I'm 17? My mom isn't going to let me fly to Pennsylvania by myself and with what money am I going to fly with?" I ask him.  "Listen, I miss you and you miss me. I have my own apartment now which means you finding somewhere to stay up here is covered. Just talk to your mom about it...worst case scenario she says no" Jacob tells me "Okay and what if she says no because that is exactly whats going to happen" I tell him. "Then we'll figure it out" Jacob says as I pull into my drive way. 

"Baby all I'm saying is that look at your situation. You're practically on your own and taking care of yourself. You live with your best friend and her parents, working two jobs and graduated High school early. I couldn't think of a reason why your mom wouldn't fly up here for a week or even a weekend" Jacob expresses to me as I close my bedroom door. I take all of my clothes off and walk straight to my bed, falling onto it. "I'm sooooo tired" I say and I hear Jacob laugh "Did you really just take all of your clothes off, hop into bed without even taking a shower?" Jacob says to me, laughing hysterically. "Yes...I'm exhausted" I tell him "Babe, you're greasy and your vagina is probably sweaty and gross" Jacob says. I put my phone on the charger and snuggle into my blanket. "I'm pooped and I'll take a shower in the morning and I'll just wash everything tomorrow morning..okay mom?" I say to Jacob. "Well okay then stinkers. I love youuu" He cooed "Yeah, I love you too goodnighttt" I tell him. "Goodnight baby" Jacob says and with that, I fell into a deep sleep.