Califournia Love

Friday

I woke up this morning with one of the biggest headaches I ever had. It was a pain that went from the bridge of my nose to under my eyes to the top of my forehead. Why? I have no clue. I just shuffled out of bed and into the kitchen where my dad sat.

"Good morning !" He exclaimed. He was way to cheery for mornings.

"Hi dad" I responded with while taking the Advil bottle from the cabinet.

"Got a hangover?" He joked

"Ehh..no but it feels like one." I took 3 Advil and popped them in my mouth and took a giant sip of water. I made my way back upstairs to wash my face and brush my teeth. I splashed my skin with a handful of cold water and then I looked at my phone. Wait a minute. Why does the time on my phone say Friday? Its not Friday already, is it? It is Friday! How did Friday come so quickly?! I'm supposed to meet Jesse on Friday!

I finish washing my face and I go back to my room. I am so excited I can't even think. But what if Jesse doesn't show up? What if he does but he brings his girlfriend and makes it really awkward? What if he thinks I'm a complete psycho? All of these questions just flood over me. Relax I tell myself. Just relax. I lean back on my pillow and text Stacy.

Me: hey! Its Friday!

Stacy: I knowwwwwww how are you doing?

Me: freaking out

Stacy: lol you should be. What are you going to wear????

Me:I got it all under control. I'll send u a pic or something later. I'll text you to tell you how everything goes.

I rest my head on my pillow hoping to take a nap. I need to shake off this headache. I was out cold before I knew it.

I woke up to the sound of my TV blasting. I don't even remember turning it on which was weird. I look at the time and its 4:00! I have less than an hour to get ready and be at the pier! At least, I don't have a headache anymore. I jump up from my bed and walk to the bathroom. I quickly took a shower and brushed the tangles out of my hair. I apply light makeup. I don't want to look like I'm trying to hard but then again this isn't even a date so why am I worrying so much? He already knows what I look like. But I apply winged eyeliner and a bit of mascara along with a light blush and light pink, almost invisible, lipstick. This was my usual makeup routine and I swear by it. It makes me look very fresh and alive. I dry my hair and style it like usual. I always do a deep side part because it frames my face nicely. I rush over to my closet to pick out an outfit. I decide on some knee-high socks, black shorts, and a light, oversized sweater along with some white converse. I take a look in the mirror and for once actually think I look presentable. I am proud that I got my eyeliner even this time and my outfit was very coffee-shop appropriate.

I look at the clock and see that its 4:45 so I grab my wristlet and keys and am on my way.

Finding a parking spot is nearly impossible these days. Especially at this time of night but I finally find one. Its not close to the shops but its not too far away. I can walk. My phone lights up and I see that I have a text message. I open it up and as expected it was Jesse. "Hey, I'm here. I will be standing by the entrance."

I respond with "I am walking there now. I just found a parking space."

I few moments later I see him. He is sitting on one of the benches. He is on his phone but he looks up and sees me walking. He gets up and starts walking towards me. Wow. He looks so good. He is wearing a nice leather jacket with a striped shirt underneath and black jeans and black shoes. His hair is messy, the way it always seems to be and I like that.

"Hey," he says as he walks toward me "I have been waiting for like 40 years." He has his million dollar smile that makes me melt every time.

"Sorry! I couldn't find a parking space so I had to park over on the other side!" We finally get to each other and I'm not sure if I should go in for a hug or if that's too much so I just stand there.

"You look nice..." He says making me blush

"You do too." Is all I could get out. There was an awkward silence coming over us while we stood there.

"Well..shall we?" Jesse says putting out his hand as to let me go in front of him.

We walk down to the coffee shop and we sit down. I keep wondering if he would consider this a date but then I remember that he has a girlfriend and we don't even know each other.

"So. What do you usually order here?" I question

"Uh..everything is really good. I think I'm just gonna get a plain coffee. Maybe a muffin or something. You?"

"I actually never been here before. It smells amazing in here. Its not like any coffee shops I have ever been to. I might get the cookie dough hot chocolate because it looks amazing. Apparently its their specialty." I say as I look at the menu.

We both walk up and order. Jesse got a medium coffee and a cookie and I got a small cookie dough hot chocolate and a pumpkin loaf. We sit back down and wait for our order. I can't stop staring at the beautiful boy sitting across from me. His eyes are so inviting and I want more.

"Why did you want to hang out today?" I ask

"I don't know I thought it would be something fun to do. I needed to get away from everyone and you seem like a nice enough person to hang out with a stranger" his voice is so soothing. I love it when he talks.

"I would hang out with you any time. Its nice to do this." I smile at him.

The employee behind the counter calls out our order and Jesse gets up to go get our food. He insisted that he didn't need any help. He is a gentleman. He places my drink and pumpkin loaf in front of me along with a few napkins and sits down with his food. He takes a sip of his coffee and makes a face

"Shit, I burnt my tongue so be careful its probably really hot!" He warns me. We sit there a few moments in silence. Finally I get enough courage to ask about his girlfriend.

"How is Anabel?"

"Ehh..I don't know. I don't want to know honestly. We broke it off. It was a mutual thing though so its okay"

"Oh. I'm sorry!" I try not to make myself believe that I could potentially be his rebound. I'm not. I hope not.

"Its okay. I'm just glad that I'm here with you."

When he said that my stomach turned. Not that its really sweet but I don't want him to think that I am his rebound. Because I'm not. I just smiled at him and took a bite of my pumpkin loaf. It was really good.

The rest of the night went by really quickly which made me kind of sad. But it was really fun at the same time. We walked around a little and I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. He is a very funny guy. We ended the night by him walking me to my car and we gave each other a quick hug and that was that. He said he would text me and told me he had a great time. That made me happy. That's all I thought about on the drive home.