Guys, I'm actually in a pretty great mood because, I finished the poem! Arseni's poem that she gave to me to help her write. So, another day of this class is over, not that it isn't great but, Mr Wilcox just irritates me. So, i'm walking down the aisle unlike an wedding day, and I make my way past Mr. Wilcox to the brown door again.
As I'm about to open the door, he doesn't call for me or even look at me this time, so, I do turn my head and see that he is looking through a bunch of papers, and the look on his face is like a look of disgust, like one of the papers he read were very inappropriate, then, as he kept holding his glasses down to look through the papers, he starts laughing, for an unknown reason to me of course, but.....It seems like he's noticing me now, so I need to head out.
As I walk back in my room to show Arseni, she happens to be doing an assignment, not even noticing that I walked in. So, I lay down by my bed and decide to text Arledo, saying:
"Hey Arledo, are you doing anything?"
"No, i'm just lying on my bed doing nothing"
"Is that sarcasm I sense?"
"No lol, i'm on my bed watching videos of vines based on shows, it's hilarious"
"Oh, lol, okay"
"What's the matter?"
"I was just wondering if I can come over for a little bit, since I have to go to work soon"
"Oh, sure! I just finished a section of my comic, and I NEED you to read it please"
"No worries"
"Good, there is no jocks right now by the way"
"I would have been fine, don't worry lol. On my way"
I get up and get ready to leave and as soon as I'm about to open the door, Arseni says suddenly "Kierra, can you come here for a sec?" I turn around and say to her "You can talk to me from back here"
Her face went straight to a look that was of confusion, disappointment, and sadness at the same time, made me instantly feel bad.
"Forget it, it seems you have somewhere to be" "Well, if it's important you can tell me" She cuts me off abruptly saying "No, it's not important, you can go ahead and go" I stand back for a bit though, as she continues to work like i'm not even here, and the tone of her voice was as if she was frustrated though, but...Scared at the same time.
So, I open the door and say to her "I'm going to spend a little time with Arledo before I leave for work, okay?" She doesn't look at me, but lifts her head up, over her paper, side eyeing me saying "That's fine, have fun" Then she continues to work.
So, I leave to see Arledo.
I make it to his dorm with no problems, and knock lightly, and he answers it with one of the biggest brightest smiles I've ever seen, with him saying "Ah! I'm so happy to you again, I've missed this" He hugs me and I say "I did too" Then we walk in the dorm, and he immediately goes for his comic book saying "Here you go my writing goddess" "Oh, please don't call me that" "Sorry, it was a really bad joke anyways..."
He scratches his head in a shy, but cute manner saying "I...I went with everything you said, so, you reading it would only make more sense" "I forgot how much of a nerd you were, we really are still alike" I smile at him and laughs back, again, in a shy manner, so, we're both awkward and all, so, the silence in between our conversations was getting weird.
"Yeah, um, Arledo, have you talked to Arseni lately?" "Yes, why?" "I don't know, it must be about her friends, well, her friend Jolena" "Yes, she's Raines's cousin" "I honestly have been ignored by her lately, and was wondering if you knew why" "I don't know, I don't barge into her friendships, especially her relationship with Raines" "Yeah, wait? What time is it?" "It's 2:36" "I have to get to work soon."
"No worries, just make sure you read my comic" "I will read before I go to bed" "Don't forget, i'll ask you later" "Go ahead, comic king" He gives a confused look, but playful, and we laugh it off, then I say to him "I'll text you too" "Anytime, you're aloud too."
We smile at each other, then I leave to work, I didn't even bother going back to my dorm room.
I clock in at work now, and do my job as usual, but Michael wasn't here this time strangely.
I continue to do my work, and I see my card laid out, or...Arseni's poem on a card, laying next to the cash register. "Why is this here.....?" As I say this Raines comes over to me saying "What's wrong?"
I must have looked very confused if he's straight up talking to me that has nothing to do with work i guess. "Uh, my poem...Card is here on the counter, but I don't remember putting it here" He cuts me off abruptly saying "Don't worry about it, I saw it in the bathroom and put it on the counter for you to see" "Oh, how did it, nevermind, thanks" Raines walks away from me, and I continue to work.
Looking at the card again though, the looks of it is like a gift card, so, being creative and hopefully allowed to do, I place it on the counter, next to the cash register.
I stand back and see, it looks normal, so I leave it there.
As the hours go by, no one complains about it yet, Samantha noticed and said that it looked great, it made me feel better about it and not overreact.
A hour before closing, as everyone was getting ready to leave soon, an older man walks in, not in a hurriedly paste, but in need of something, which i'm guessing is coffee obviously.
He walks steadily inside, holding his brown leather jacket on his arm, taking off his glasses and walking up to the counter in a normal structure, even though we're closing soon.
So, I say to him "Hello, we are getting ready to close soon" "Ah, no worries, just need a quick cup of black coffee, please, I need it bad, my coffee machine broke at home and..." He stops mid sentence, then smiles in an embarrassed tone saying "I'm sorry, a black coffee please" "It's okay"
"I'll be your last customer I guess" "Probably" I say to him as I make his drink.
"Here you go, sir" As I turn around to give him his drink, he is holding my gift card in his hand, reading it, not even noticing what I said.
I clear my throat and say "I have your drink, sir."
He looks up and says "Thank you, I was just reading the card you have here, anything with interesting words attracts me, i'm a writer and journalist, or novelist, hm" "Really? That's nice to hear"
"I come here a lot, and I've never seen you before" "Oh, well, i'm new here, my name is Kierra, and I was the one who put it there" "Well, my name is Clever Johnson, and I think this is really nice, I can use this for something.....Did you write this?"
I hesitated to answer, I wanted to say it was Arseni's, but, then again it's almost like she forgot about it, and I was the one to finish it, and she has been treating me bad lately.........
"Yes, I wrote that, I'm a writer college student, in the art major"
"Wow, that's nice to hear" He puts his jacket on and reaches into his pocket saying "I would like to use this as a slogan for a Blossoming Program i'm writing for, this could really be a good head start for you, better do it while you're in college now"
He shows me a picture of what he's working for, for the Arkemia people, saying "It's been hard, but my writing revolves around it, so, just give me a call if you want the opportunity."
"Thank you, I will think about it."
He smiles, then leaves the building.
And as I close up, Raines watches me put everything away, saying "Who was that customer?" "A popular journalist it seems" "Really......He read that card from earlier" "Yes, I din't think he would...."
As i'm talking, Raines looks at the card and throws it back on the counter, leaving without saying another word.
But, I ignore it and put it back, then I close for real and go back to my dorm to read Arledo's comic, which is great by the way.
And now i'm going to go to sleep, hope this opportunity goes well for me, even if Arseni wrote some of of it.....
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