A Month in France

Chapter 2: Meeting Alejandro

A week later, I was in my waitress uniform helping mama prepare servings. I still haven't figured out away to help my family's bakery. I only have a month. That's thirty days. As I was coming out of my web of thoughts, mama handed me a crisp pastelito. "This is for table number 4" Said mama. "Got it!" As I walked over to the table, I tried thinking of ways to help our bakery stay in business. Before I knew it, I had bumped into someone and I was on the floor covered in pastelito. "Oh, I'm so sorry!" Said soft voice. I looked up to see a tall, handsome man standing before me. He was lending out his hand to help me. As I got up, I dusted crumbs of pastelito off of me and looked at the mysterious man. "Hi, I'm Alejandro Lorenzo. What's your name?" He asked. "Leticia Triana, Leti for short." I said. "Very nice to meet you, Leti. I'm really sorry for bumping into you and making you drop my pastelito." "Oh that was yours! I'm so sorry!" I yelled. "No, no, it's fine. I'm sorry. Allow me to make it up to you. Tonight, by the Eiffel Tower." He Said before running off. I didn't even know him and he already asked me for a date. I figured I should get back to work, I have a bakery to save.

Later that night, I got dressed into one of my favorite outfits. My yellow ruffled shirt and long white jeans. I had decided to meet Alejandro where he told me. I waited until none of my family members were around. They'd probably flip if they knew I was going out with a boy. After I managed to get through the front door, I started my way to the Eiffel Tower. I remembered where it was since I always used to walk there as a kid. 

As soon as I reached the Eiffel towers, I looked but I couldn't find Alejandro. I started walking around. "The Eiffel Tower and the sunset are so beautiful. I haven't been here is so long. As I was admiring the beauty of the Eiffel Tower, I heard a guitar playing. I followed the sound to reach the other side of the Eiffel Tower. It was Alejandro, holding a beautiful golden brown guitar and playing like an angel. He turned around to see me. He smiled as he continued to play the beautiful melody. "Would you like to join me." He asked. I smiled. "Yes, please." "Let's talk, tell anything you want." Said Alejandro. We sat down next to the Eiffel Tower. "Well, my family's business, the one where me met, might end up closing because of a lack of customers. I've been trying to figure out how to fix this." I said. "Oh." Said Alejandro. "Well, maybe I can help. I can observe the other restaurants to see what they have that your famil's cafe doesn't." He said. "You'd do that!?" "Of course, why not?" Said Alejandro. "Thank you so much Alejandro." I said as I pulled him into a hug. 

As the night progressed, I started getting to know Alejandro better. He was handsome, charming, sweet, and very witty. At the end, we became very good friends within a day of us knowing each other. But, I had this feeling. Like my heart was trying to tell me something. But, I knew something was about to happen. Only time will tell.

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