unhappy endings.

Chapter 9.

Camilla:

Mom and I had a girls day on Sunday. It was fun. I haven't seen mom this happy in forever. There were times when i would just stare at her and feel a careless smile on my face. It was an unusual site. Me smiling, as well as mom. I decided on not ruining my mood and tried to stop thinking.

When mom and I returned home, all we seemed to do was talk , laugh, smile and anything that made us .... Well happy.

When evening arrived we set up the table. I invited Becky over for dinner and I think mom said she'd be inviting her new boss. I needed Becky as support in case I didn't like moms boss. Okay I might not like humans in general. So I need my best friend to control me.

After setting the table, I took a quick shower. Still in a towel, I heard the door bell ring. I hoped it wasn't moms boss. I haven't even decided on a dress yet!

Hearing voices, I decided to dry my hair since I still had no clue what to wear. When I shut the dryer off I heard loud banging. Oh yeah, I locked my door.

Upon opening my door, I was suddenly crushed in a bone crushing hug. Note that I said crushing twice. That's how tight it was.  It could only be one person. Becky.

"Heyyy!! Omg you will not believe what kind of day I had. Liam Prescott wants to go on a date with me!! That's not all though. When w- wait. Why aren't you dressed yet?" The clear confusion shows. Yippee.

"I've been waiting for you. Took you long enough.  Okay you can tell me all about your day, while helping me with an outfit. " I said. Emphasizing on the while though.

"Okay! Works with me." And so it began.

" Now where was I? Oh yeah! Liam Prescott wants to go on a date with me.  That's not even the crazy part. Wait you could wear this dress with your black pumps. It looks great on you. Anyways, so as he asked me out,  Stacey Anderson walks by. Can you believe it? Crazy right. So she looks over, sees Liam Prescott and walks over to us. She says hey to me and I honestly thought she didn't see me. She tries asking Liam to leave. Purring at him. Can you imagine that? Disgusting .And you know what he said? He said "I'm not leaving without my girlfriend. " She storms off after that cussing the entire time. I admit. I was full on laughing.  And after Liam and I went to watch a movie then to the arcade and ended our night with ice cream. I'm still starving but what the heck right?And well now I'm here. Crazy right?" She's been speaking with a whole lot of actions and imitations which, by the way, had me laughing.

"It's pretty crazy B. Ugh Stacey thinks she really can get any guy. Too bad Liam has been shutting her down since the first time." I said , remembering the last time Stacey asked Liam out. I cringe although, it was quite hilarious.

"I know right? Hey I think we should head down now. It sounded like the door bell. Come on." And we headed down for dinner.

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"Well this is my daughter Camilla and her best friend Becky. Girls this is my boss. Mr. Cooper. "

" Evening Mr. Cooper." Both me and Becket said. We shared a look and smiled.

"I presume you girls are extremely close, right?" Mr Cooper says with a light smile.

"Yeah." Again. Me and Becky said at the same time.

"Hahaha. Well shall we head to the table? I'm starving."

"Right. Girls would you mind helping me with the food?"

"Yes mam." Becky said and we headed into the kitchen.

"Damn your mom's boss looks... cute." Becky whispered as soon as we entered the kitchen.

"Hey. I heard that. Just an FYI ....he's older than you." My mom said.

"I know rig- wait. What do you know about FYI?? Aren't you like 40?" Replied Becky.

"Hey. I know things. And besides, it's not like I'm that old. Plus I heard some kids at the diner say that." She says with mock hurt. Truth be told, these two could argue for hours

"Hey hey hey. Can we get the food out? I don't think I would like hearing my mom speak hip." I finally said right before either of them could reply.

Both of them just laughed then walked out.
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"So , how do you girls like school?" Mr Cooper asks. To be honest, his choice of topic is quite boring . He's been asking all the boring questions. And here I was, thinking I'm the boring one.

"Well sir, it'-"  

"Please. Call me Josh. We aren't in business." He interrupts with a laugh. I add my own to make him seem...not so boring.

"My apologies si- I mean Josh. School is well school. It has it's days that seem fun like the free periods but yeah . How do you find work and what do you do? If you don't mind me asking. "

"That's good . Work is as you say..work . Uneventful. No free periods. I work used at an oil and gas company until a few months back. Had to retire that chapter due to uhh, unforeseen circumstances. "

"Wait. Are you the Mr Cooper ?" Asks Becky. Seemingly interested. Very interested. Funny.

"Why yes I am. Say kid, why do you seem so... well interested?"

"Well, my dad used to do some work at the said company. He quit not so long ago for some other job. "

"Ah. So you're Antonio's daughter? The lad wouldn't stop talking about you. Great guy. He used to be my P.A before I changed careers. Now Ms Foster and I are ....partners? "

"Well that's great. " says a smiling Becky.

" Well. Let's have dessert ,shall we?" Says my mom once silence envelopes.

The rest of the night was okay. Mom and her boss talked about business while Becky and I slipped away to gossip and basically sleep.