The Comet Cafe

Chapter~30 (part one)

the gif is meeeeeee and gonna keep this short bc there's probs gonna be a long note at the end BUT ENJOY LOVELIES

"YOU'RE KIDDING ME." April insists over the phone. I laugh into the receiver

"I'm not!" I tell her. "He did and it was so cute and I'm so nervous and, ugh, it's gonna mess up our whole relationship." I place a hand in my forehead. I love Alex, I really, truly do, but what if this is bad for our friendship? Now that he's actually asked me out, I'm so nervous.

Excited. But, mostly nervous.

"Don't poop your pants, Julia. You'll be fine. This is big. SO BIG!" She squeals over the receiver. "What day? What are you gonna wear? Something sexy, right? Ohmigosh, this is hu-fucking-mongous. Why aren't you as excited as me?!"

"I am excited!" I just feel like my stomach is shrinking and then enlarging in a matter of seconds. "I'm nervous. Really nervous. And you freaking out about it isn't helping!"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, but this is great! This is finally happening." April squeals again, almost popping my eardrums.

"I know! Would it be odd if I tell him I love him on the first date?" I ask her, biting on my fingernails. They're going to be nubs before this date ever happens.

"I think that would not be good." April giggles. "When is it? Today? Tomorrow? It better not be two years from now, because I cannot wait that long!"

"It's tomorrow." I have work tonight, so we had to push it to Saturday. "So, I have all day today to obsess over it and some of tomorrow!"

"Julia, don't obsess about this. Don't be nervous, you'll be fine, and be confident because guys like that." April lists off. She is kind of an expert so I'll try to remember what she says.

"Aw, thanks, April. What would I do without you?"

"You'd be a terrible mess, that's for sure." We share a laugh before she informs me that she has to go. She's going to a church thing. She tells me to text her every single little detail of the date and I promise her that I will.

Have I ever mentioned that I love my friends? Because I really do. Without them, I think I'd be lifeless and have no strive to be a better person.

I kinda wanted to text Alex, but I felt like that'd be too clingy. I had to head into work anyways. I'm not sure why Darrell wanted me to come in right after Thanksgiving, but I came anyway.

"Hello!" I call into what looks like an empty cafe. I'm supposed to come in today because of a menu change and just going over some new stuff in the restaurant.

"Julia? Is that you?" Darrell walks through the kitchen door. "To what do I owe this pleasure?"

"Um.. you told me to come in?" I say. He specifically told me to come in after Thanksgiving.

Darrell is a cool boss, but very unorganized and indecisive. He's always giving confusing orders. His specialty is making his workers frazzled because he just can't make up his mind.

"I did?" He asks himself, putting a thoughtful finger on his chin. "Maybe I did, but I don't need you anymore. I thought you'd be busy with a certain someone..." He wiggles his eyebrows and I blush.

"Who told you about me and Alex?" I question.

"A little birdy whose name may or may not start with 'a'." He smiled. So Alex told him. Why would he do that? I get that he's close with his boss, but I'm not. I don't need him knowing my personal business. "You know, you two should've done this a lot earlier. I could every day that both of you weren't just friends and I think you knew that and he knew that but both of you were too pussy to say anything. I'll-"