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“And thanks again for the cupcakes!”
“Oh, you’re very welcome.”
The back view was as good as the front I noticed, as Elaine and I looked. “I could watch him leave all day,” Elaine quipped. Then I looked down at the card in my hand. Wow, he was vice-president of a big investment firm in Toronto. Smart, successful and capital H-Hot.
“Excuse me, are you still working today or just drooling?”
I looked up and saw Jake looking down at me. For a change, he wasn’t smiling.
“Oh hey Jake, sorry. What can I get you? A Diet Coke?”
“No… a coffee actually. Was that the guy who got my cupcakes?”
I remembered the little white lie I had told him and grinned. “Why yes, and he really appreciated them. He told me I’m a talented cook.”
“Nah,” piped up Elaine, “He said very talented.” She gave Jake a once-over but he was paling in comparison to Liam, so she retreated to the kitchen with only a murmured adios.
“Humph,” said Jake. “Well, I wouldn’t know would I, having never tasted your cooking.”
“You snooze, you lose.” I brought his coffee over in a to-go cup.
“You didn’t ask if I wanted it to stay or to go,” he complained.
“What are you talking about, you always have stuff to go.”
“Well, today I want it to stay here.”
“Somebody got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.” I commented as I transferred the coffee to a ceramic cup. I felt a little sorry for him, so I added a free biscotti on the side. Manny might think I was giving away the store, but I figured if you occasionally did something nice for the regular customers, you kept them happy. And Jake certainly seemed grumpy today. He sat down and started scrolling through his phone
I went to the back to put Liam’s card in my purse, and talked to Elaine. She insisted that Nikki had asked me for enough favours that she would take my Saturday shift. She then gave me some very unnecessary advice on sex, since I found it difficult to imagine having sex on the first date at a grandmother’s birthday party. And it wasn’t even a date, or was it? Well, it was as close as I was going to get to a date around here, and Liam had made me completely forget my vow to never date again. So cute! I sent Nikki a text and then went to clear off the tables and tidy up. This was our quiet time.
“Hey Frankie,” Jake called out to me as I was wiping down tables. I walked over to his table, he was smiling again and seemed to have cheered up.
“Yes?”
“You know your friend, Chloë?”
“Do you know her too?” I made a little face, was Kingston really this small or was this guy stalking me?
“Well, it’s a long story but my friend, Andrew, has a crush on her and he’s too shy to ask her out. So I was thinking, maybe the four of us could go out and do something, like dinner and movie. Or out to a club.”
“Actually, we don’t have to do that.” I replied excitedly, “He can just ask her out!”
“I just explained, he’s too shy to….”
“No, we have a pact, she has to say yes to the next guy that asks her out. It’s a guaranteed yes! Just tell him to do it ASAP.” Chloë had already used her free pass when a random guy at the farmer’s market had asked to go to a tractor pull. I hoped his friend was nice, but he had to be better than a tractor pull.
Jake looked at me, puzzled, and then something clicked. “So, what about you Frankie, don’t you have to say yes to the next guy that asks you out?”
“I just did,” I told him, then smiled and walked away.
11. Ups and Downs
I went home and started dinner; this evening we were going Asian with grilled shrimp skewers, coconut rice, and a veggie stir-fry. Chloë walked in and sniffed happily.
“I love living with you Frank!” she declared happily. “And guess what?”
“You’re going out on a date with Andrew,” I guessed. It had only been a few hours since I talked to Jake, so if I was right this guy hadn’t wasted any
“Oh, you’re very welcome.”
The back view was as good as the front I noticed, as Elaine and I looked. “I could watch him leave all day,” Elaine quipped. Then I looked down at the card in my hand. Wow, he was vice-president of a big investment firm in Toronto. Smart, successful and capital H-Hot.
“Excuse me, are you still working today or just drooling?”
I looked up and saw Jake looking down at me. For a change, he wasn’t smiling.
“Oh hey Jake, sorry. What can I get you? A Diet Coke?”
“No… a coffee actually. Was that the guy who got my cupcakes?”
I remembered the little white lie I had told him and grinned. “Why yes, and he really appreciated them. He told me I’m a talented cook.”
“Nah,” piped up Elaine, “He said very talented.” She gave Jake a once-over but he was paling in comparison to Liam, so she retreated to the kitchen with only a murmured adios.
“Humph,” said Jake. “Well, I wouldn’t know would I, having never tasted your cooking.”
“You snooze, you lose.” I brought his coffee over in a to-go cup.
“You didn’t ask if I wanted it to stay or to go,” he complained.
“What are you talking about, you always have stuff to go.”
“Well, today I want it to stay here.”
“Somebody got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.” I commented as I transferred the coffee to a ceramic cup. I felt a little sorry for him, so I added a free biscotti on the side. Manny might think I was giving away the store, but I figured if you occasionally did something nice for the regular customers, you kept them happy. And Jake certainly seemed grumpy today. He sat down and started scrolling through his phone
I went to the back to put Liam’s card in my purse, and talked to Elaine. She insisted that Nikki had asked me for enough favours that she would take my Saturday shift. She then gave me some very unnecessary advice on sex, since I found it difficult to imagine having sex on the first date at a grandmother’s birthday party. And it wasn’t even a date, or was it? Well, it was as close as I was going to get to a date around here, and Liam had made me completely forget my vow to never date again. So cute! I sent Nikki a text and then went to clear off the tables and tidy up. This was our quiet time.
“Hey Frankie,” Jake called out to me as I was wiping down tables. I walked over to his table, he was smiling again and seemed to have cheered up.
“Yes?”
“You know your friend, Chloë?”
“Do you know her too?” I made a little face, was Kingston really this small or was this guy stalking me?
“Well, it’s a long story but my friend, Andrew, has a crush on her and he’s too shy to ask her out. So I was thinking, maybe the four of us could go out and do something, like dinner and movie. Or out to a club.”
“Actually, we don’t have to do that.” I replied excitedly, “He can just ask her out!”
“I just explained, he’s too shy to….”
“No, we have a pact, she has to say yes to the next guy that asks her out. It’s a guaranteed yes! Just tell him to do it ASAP.” Chloë had already used her free pass when a random guy at the farmer’s market had asked to go to a tractor pull. I hoped his friend was nice, but he had to be better than a tractor pull.
Jake looked at me, puzzled, and then something clicked. “So, what about you Frankie, don’t you have to say yes to the next guy that asks you out?”
“I just did,” I told him, then smiled and walked away.
11. Ups and Downs
I went home and started dinner; this evening we were going Asian with grilled shrimp skewers, coconut rice, and a veggie stir-fry. Chloë walked in and sniffed happily.
“I love living with you Frank!” she declared happily. “And guess what?”
“You’re going out on a date with Andrew,” I guessed. It had only been a few hours since I talked to Jake, so if I was right this guy hadn’t wasted any
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