Lost Love for the Brown Eyed Girl

Joey's POV

HELLO READERS!

This chapter is pretty self explanatory by the title, this ENTIRE CHAPTER is going to be in Joey's POV. This is going to be when Kathryn is working at the cafe and when he receives her text. ENJOYYY

I woke up to my vibrating phone, I heard it against my night stand. I picked up my phone to see it was 11:40am, and I got a message from Kathryn. 

Hey, Joey. I'm going to be working late tonight. Don't come by when I'm supposed to get off please. I'll let you know when I get off.

Eh, that's okay. It's Tuesday, not like it's the weekend. I set my phone down, stretched out and yawned, not wanting to get up. 

Eventually, I did and I got ready to take a shower. I brought my new clothes in the bathroom with me, put them on my toilet seat, then I took my clothes off, threw them in the full hamper; shit I need to do laundry soon. I started my shower and hopped in. It felt nice letting the water run over my body, but something didn't seem right about Kathryn's message. I mean, she has been working more lately, and staying later. But, this time doesn't feel right to me. Maybe I should stop by her job today and see her, maybe she needs some help saving up some Christmas things, ya know? Like presents and decorations, even though Tea's apartment is covered in those. 

I didn't want to think too much about it. I was feeling a headache coming along. which is something I really don't need right now. But, why do I feel that Kathryn is lying to me? It's not like we're dating anyway, but for some reason it still bothered me. Ugh, this is getting frustrating. I roughly run my fingers through my dirty blonde hair and gripped it in irritation. 

About 10 minutes later...

I got out out of the shower, got dressed in my regular blue jeans and my green cable sweater. It was a bit chilly out so I might as well get a little warm since I plan on walking over to the cafe.

I brushed my teeth, styled my hair, all that fun stuff before I sent her a text message.

Hey you. I hope you got to work alright. I'll be stopping in to see you soon since you have to work late tonight. I hope that's okay with you? If not, lemme know please :) 

I tried to be as calm as I could. The more I typed her message, the more of a gut feeling I got of her message wasn't very true. I clicked the send button, but then within the next few minutes I got a reply from her.

That's alright with me :)

I smiled a little, maybe I'm over reacting. I hope I'm not in a way, maybe I should call Tea. I dialed her number and she answered after a few rings. 

"Hey, Joey! How's it going?"

"I'm okay, are ya busy?" 

"I'm with Atem having lunch at the cafe, is there something bothering you?" I sighed, she must have learned my tone.

"Ya, which is why I called ya. When are ya gonna be back at the apartment?" 

"Within the next 15 minutes, probably. Would you like to just come here? Kathryn is serving us?" Now I really don't have a choice. I took a deep breath and let out an irritated one. 

"I'll be there in 10 minutes then, how's that sound?" 

"Okay!" I hung up quickly, shoved my phone in my pocket, slipped on my boots, grabbed my house keys and wallet and ran out my door; making sure I close the door this time.

As I walk to the cafe, I can see the trees covered in snow and it was a beautiful sight. The side walks were covered in snow, well fresh snow. It must've snowed earlier while I was sleeping or last night, so I guess it's a good thing I wore my boots today instead of my tennis shoes.

It took me a little under 10 minutes to get the cafe where Tea and Atem were, and where Kathryn was working. I walked in and I instantly saw my 2 best friends. I walked over to see them and they seemed happy to see me. I mean, I'm Joey Wheeler! Who wouldn't be happy to see me? Well, except Kaiba.

"Hey, Joey!" Atem said, pulling out a chair for me while I was taking off my jacket. 

"Heya, Atem. Tea." I rested my jacket on the back of my chair and Kathryn walked over smiling. But, something wasn't right about that smile.

"Hi, Joey." She waved. "What would you like to drink? On me?" I smiled back, just to ease my mind on the thoughts I had earlier. 

"Hot chocolate, please!" She nodded and left, then I turned to Atem and Tea. "Have ya guys noticed her actin' different?" They looked at each other with weird faces, then looked at me.

"No? Why?" I pulled out my phone and I showed them the message that she sent me this morning. "Well, she certainly didn't tell me she was working later than usual today. Last I knew, she was off at 2pm." My smile went away when she said that. 

"If that's the case, then I'm going to stay here until she gets off. A part of me thinks she's lyin'."

"Here you go, Joey." Kathryn came back with my hot chocolate and she wasn't smiling, shit. She must have heard what I said. "I wish I could dump this on you for not trusting me, only if it didn't cost me my job." Man, Kathryn was pissed.

I saw her walk away and she let her hair down from her knotted bun to a neatly curled disaster is what she would call it. I saw that she was talking to another employee, then she pulled out her phone, smiled at it and began to play on her phone. Looked like texting to me, and I felt anger building in me. I couldn't explain why I was feeling this way. I checked my phone and the time was almost 1pm, but she rushed to the back of the store.

Us 3 didn't see her for the rest of her "shift".

Here's the short update! Barely over 1k words, thank you for reading~!