Ruel
The sunlight wakes me up. The bright light beams through the shear white curtains. I grab my phone to see what time it is. It's 9:13 am. I'm surprised I haven't slept till 11. I usually sleep in accidentally. Esme and I are meeting up at 1:00pm at a cafe in downtown.
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I go on my phone for 2 hours.
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I finally get out of bed and head to the washroom. Of course I play my Spotify playlists while getting ready. I check myself out in the mirror after my washroom routine. After I approved of my hair and how I look, I head to my closet. "I care too much bout how I look" I think, shaking my head.
I decided on a flowy white shirt with a design on it pared with jeans. Of course I add some hightop converse.
Esmè
I choose a graphic beige jumper and mom jeans pared with a black bucket hat and black vans.
I head out to the bus stop, down the street.
Ruel
I hop into my black Subaru. My legs fit wierdly but that's okay. Once I pull into a parking lot (which took me a long time to find)
I walk towards the cafe. I see Esmè sitting in a table looking at her phone. Once I opened the door, Esmè looked up and smiled once she knew it was me.
"Hey!" I say. "Hey Ruel! Do you want to order right now?". "Sure", I order milk bubble tea. Esmè orders an ice coffee.
We sat down after gathering our drinks. It's quite awkward right now since we don't know each other well.
Esmè
There was an awkward silence so I decided to talk. "So, lets start off with the basics. Pineapple on pizza. Yes or no?" I ask. " NO, no no no. Whyy? It doesn't belong on pizza." He said and I laughed. "Why? It's good on pizza!"
I say from my perspective. "It's a fruit! It doesn't belong!" Ruel says crossing his arms and making an angry face jokingly. " Tomatoes are a fruit." I say with a smirk. " Well... we don't talk about that." He says. We laugh.
Writer:personally I don't like pineapple on pizza :) I just wanted to include that since Ruel said he doesn't like pineapple on pizza on an interview.
" What about this question. Do you pour milk in your bowl before cereal or after?" "Definitely before!" Ruel responds. "YES!" I almost hop out of my chair lmao. " It's so rare for another person to pour milk before. It makes more sense. Hehe" Ruel and I laugh because of how "immature" we are.
We talked some more about our background. He also told me where he moved from. He comes from Sydney, Australia.
"Your accent is cool!" Ruel suddenly says. "What do you mean?" "Your accent!" he repeats. "ME. I. have an accent?! NO WAY" I say. "Yeah you do. It's sick!" Woah. It's the first time someone has ever told me I had an accent. "You have an accent Ruel!" "No I don't." Ruel says with confused expression. "I guess everyone has an accent" we laugh. "You talk like , Oi am Ruel. Oi loove too lauf" I try to imitate his accent. We laugh at how stupid I sound. "That's not how I sound like!" Ruel pouts then giggles. He try's imitating an American accent. It sounds so ridiculous.
Ruel
I love how warm Esme is. We are just acting stupid in a cafe but we don't care. She doesn't care.
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It's been about two hours. I feel a connection between Esme and I. I feel we'll become good friends. We get up and walk outside the cafe. "Bye Ruel see you soon!" Esme says. "Before I leave, may I ask how you are going home?" I ask. "Oh, I'm going to catch the bus" Esme replies. "I can give you a ride home? If you want..." I ask shyly, thinking she's decline. "Actually that'd be great!... if your okay?" "Yeah I'm all good!" I smile and open the door for her. I hop into the car. Esme gives me her address.
I plug my phone into the car and play my Spotify playlists. "Hey this is one of my favourite songs!" Esme says while singing along. "Really!? This is one of my favourite songs too!" I'm thrilled to see Esme likes the same music I do.
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We stopped in front of Esmè's house. It was right next to the trail. That's convenient. Once we step out I open my arms, seeing if she's okay to hug. She takes my hug. It was a friendly hug. "Thanks for today" I say. " Yeah... Thank you. It was so fun. We should defo hang soon" Esme walks to the door and waves at me. I wave back.
