Favourable Tragedy

06 | NEW YORK

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CHAPTER SIX

JESSICA

Yesterday was fun as well as really exhausting, I was feeling too lazy to wake up and go to work, but I had no other option. So, I got up from the bed as my alarm rang very loudly waking me up from the peaceful sleep and went to freshen up.

Since the last few days, I noticed a little change in me. I found myself spending more time in getting ready than usual. It's not like I didn't care how I look but I never paid much attention to it either. Until he came. I started looking at myself in the mirror more than usual, I started observing myself more, I even got very picky with my clothes, earlier I used to wear whatever comes in my hand but now I started spending more time in selecting a good outfit, even though my work apron was going to cover most of it. I never cared how my hair looked like or if my eyeliner was perfect, I used to get ready in less than 15 minutes but now I started spending 30-45 minutes in front of the mirror just to get ready, I even told Anna to bring me a nice shade of lipstick which would suit me, this sudden change in me was noticed by Anna too. I didn't know the reason behind this sudden change in me or maybe I did and I was just in a denial. Maybe I wanted to look good for him. Recently, I had been thinking about Ethan so much that it was literally driving me crazy.

After spending ten minutes looking at my closet, I finally decided to wear a white crop top paired with ripped black jeans and white sandals. Anna was still sleeping so I didn't bother to wake her up and went downstairs, had my breakfast and left the house.

I reached the cafe and since aunt jenny was back, I no longer had to wake up super early and spend the entire day feeling sleepy. A few days ago, when aunt Jenny started coming again to the cafe, I asked her if I could work on the counter instead of working in the kitchen. The reason was obvious. Ethan. If I had continued working in the kitchen, I wouldn't get a chance to see him or talk with him. Thank god Aunt Jenny didn't ask the reason why I made this request all of a sudden, but even if she had asked me, I would have made some valid excuse, it was not that difficult to convince her, she was a total sweetheart.

It was almost a lunchtime, but still, I didn't see Ethan coming in the cafe, I was on the counter the whole time so it was not possible that I would have missed his order but still in case just to confirm I asked Aunt Jenny if he came.

"Aunt Jenny, that regular guy, Ethan, did he come today? I don't remember taking his order, by any chance did you take his order while I was busy in something else?"

"No honey, he didn't come today, he might be busy or something would have come up otherwise he comes every day, it's probably the first time he didn't come" She replied

"Yeah, anyways I will just get back to work" I sighed

What would have happened? Is he alright? As Aunt Jenny said it was the first time he didn't come to the cafe, I hope he is fine. God sometimes my overthinking really annoys me.

I went home early today because for some reason I was feeling really disturbed and Aunt Jenny noticed that so she gave me the permission to leave early without asking for any reason, such a kind lady she was, I really adored her. I barely ate my dinner and when my parents asked why I didn't eat properly I just made the excuse of not feeling well, I am really good at faking my happiness, but it was not possible to fool Anna, she could always see the sadness behind my happy face, so when we went in my bedroom, she was already giving me her tell me or otherwise I will bit your ass look.

"Now tell me why my little cookie is so upset today" She asked

"It's about Ethan" I sighed "He didn't come today, and since then I can't stop thinking and wondering why he didn't come, it's the first time that he didn't come to the café since he moved here"

"Oh, you overthinking bitch" Anna replied "Why don't you just go and check his SNS? You know his ID, right?

"Oh yes I do, I mean yesterday when he told me his full name, the first thing I did is to stalk his profile and thankfully his profile is not private! Why didn't I think of that earlier" I exclaimed and hugged her "Thanks Anna, I love you!"

"Ya ya, you better!" She rolled her eyes while slightly laughing

I quickly opened my SNS and searched for his account. I opened his recent post which was posted today, it looked like a picnic spot so I checked the location and it turned out to be New York. I left a sigh of relief knowing that he was just on a vacation with his family. I really do overthink a lot. I hope he comes soon. I almost spent half an hour stalking his profile again and again. when I turned towards Anna to tell her he was just on vacation, she was already asleep.

I closed my SNS and tried to sleep but I was not able to because my mind was constantly thinking about Ethan. No matter how I tried to stop myself I just couldn't stop thinking about him. I had never felt in this way before with any other guy, why does it have to be Ethan? I didn't even know him that much; we didn't even talk a lot nor we knew anything about each other. How could I miss someone I only spent a handful of times with? How could someone I barely know affect me this much?

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