The next morning I sat at the desk working on paper work when Justin walked in and handed me a cup of tea, “chamomile with honey and lemon” he smiled
“Oh, thank you” I smiled, “That’s sweet”
“I’m sweet, what can I say?”
“Not too sweet” I heard Kyle, “What am I chopped liver?”
Justin laughed, “I’ll bring you in something tomorrow, what do you want?”
“Double Macchiato with no foam and a double shot of espresso with soy milk and one and a half Splenda” he answered with a smile causing me to laugh
“You’re going to have to write that one down for me buddy” Justin laughed,
“See you guys later”
“Oh yeah, you were totally right, he doesn’t want you at all” Kyle said sarcastically
“Shut up” I gave him a death stare, “You are seriously getting on my nerves with this”
“Oh, I’m so sorry” he smiled, “Maybe you can remind him about my drink tomorrow” I have no idea what he’s talking about, “When he wakes up at your house”
“Stop it, seriously” he is really pissing me off now, “You need to let it go Kyle,”
“Sure” he laughed, he is enjoying the fact that he is getting me so annoyed too much.
A few hours later Kyle handed me a pile of papers, “What’s this?”
“Can you go get the guys in two to sign these”
“Seriously? They’re working”
“So they need to sign it. Go”
I stood up and rolled my eyes, “His friend guy is going to yell at me”
“You can take him”
“Thanks Kyle” I said as I grabbed the papers and slowly made my way down to two. I’m a little afraid of the other guy; he’s totally going to yell at me. I opened the door slowly and noticed Justin sitting on the couch while the other guy was playing with beats.
I stood at the door quietly until Justin noticed me, “What’s up Izzy?”
“Sorry, I need you to sign these” I whispered and noticed that I was pretending I was writing on my hand, playing a game of charades I see.
“You can talk, it’s ok” he laughed
“Sorry, I didn’t know” I smiled, “I just need you guys to sign some papers”
“For you the world” Justin smiled as he signed, “Bro, you gotta sign these” he handed them over to the other guy and I waited patiently for him to chew my head off.
“Thanks, I’m sorry to bother you guys”
“It’s important stuff. We understand” Justin smiled as he handed me the papers
“Thank you” I smiled as I walked out of the room
“Izzy” I heard Justin’s voice as I walked down the hall
“Yes?”
“What time do you have lunch?”
“Whenever I want”
“Good. So like, in an hour then?”
“In an hour what?”
“We’ll have lunch” he smiled, “Yesterday you said next time, don’t back out on me now” I smiled, “So in an hour?”
I nodded my head, “Sure”
“Alright then, I’ll see you in an hour” he smiled and I nodded my head and walked back to the front
“Here you go” I said as I handed Kyle the papers
“Did he yell at you?” I shook my head, “Did he make out with you?” Kyle laughed
“How did you know?” I asked sarcastically
“There’s cameras” he smiled, “So what happened?”
“We’re going to lunch ok? Would you please drop it?”
“Oh I totally will” he smiled
An hour later Justin walked up to the front and smiled, “I’m ready” I said as I stood up, “Do you want me to bring you back something Kyle?”
“No, I’m good” he gave me a sarcastic smile, “Have fun”
“Thanks” I smiled as I grabbed my purse and followed Justin outside
“So I was thinking that place down the street”
“That’s fine”
“I hear it’s amazing”
“It is very good” I smiled as we walked into the restaurant and decided on sitting outside at the cute little tables.
“So Izzy… what’s that short for Isabelle?”
“Isabella”
“Oh… doesn’t that mean the beautiful one?” he asked with a smile
“No” I laughed, “It means my god is a vow”
“Are you sure? Because Bella means beauty”
“I’m positive” I said with a smile, “What does Justin mean? Smooth?”
He threw his head back as he laughed, “It means righteous”
“We have boring name meanings”
“We do” he smiled as he took a sip of his water, “Does anyone call you Bella?” I shook my head, “Is that a big no?” he laughed
“Yes. My name is Izzy”
“Alright then” he laughed, “Where are you from Izzy?”
“Nebraska, you?”
“Tennessee”
“When did you come out here?”
“Two years ago”
“It’s a lot to get used to huh?” he said with a laugh
“Yeah but, I like it” he nodded his head
“Did you come out here by yourself?”
“No, with my daughter” I watched carefully for his reaction, “The deal breaker” I laughed, it’s usually at this point that they run away, “You can run away if you want”
“No, no way” he smiled, “How old is she?”
“Five”
‘Do you have any pictures?”
“Of course” I laughed as I pulled out my phone. Justin moved his chair closer to mine as I showed him the pictures
He smiled when he saw her, “She’s adorable. She looks just like you” I smiled as I shut my phone, “What’s her name?”
“Vanessa”
“I bet she has an interesting name meaning” he said with a chuckle
“No, it actually doesn’t mean anything” I laughed, “Jonathan Swift made it
up”
“Really?”
“Yeah” I smiled
“Are you a big Gulliver’s Travels fan?”
“Oh yeah” I said with a laugh
“So there’s no husband right?” he asked with a smile, “Just getting my shit straight”
“No, no husband” I laughed
“And no boyfriend?” I shook my head, “Perfect”
I had a lot of fun on that hour lunch. I was surprised. I really haven’t gone out with a guy besides Kyle in years and I never really even thought about it.
“So same time tomorrow?” he asked with a smile as we walked back to the studio
“Really?”
“Yes really.. Why not?”
“You know I have a daughter”
“Yes” he laughed, “She can come”
“She has school” I laughed
“I know” he smiled, “Do you not want to go out again?”
“I do”
“Alright then, tomorrow. Same time” he smiled, “It’s been fun”
“Thank you” I said as I sat down at the desk and Kyle appeared out of nowhere
“So?”
“So?” I asked with a smile
“He’s great isn’t he?” Kyle asked, “You don’t even have to tell me I can tell by those eyes”
“Stop, please?”
“Alright, you’re embarrassed, we won’t talk about it now” he smiled, “Want to get dinner?” I gave him a look, “It’s Kid’s Night at Friendly’s”
“Yeah, alright” I said as I started working on the papers in front of me.
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