"His fault"

Ariel

After trekking a long way, I got to the restaurant and went straight to the dressing room. I wore an apron over my clothes and rushed back to the counter as there are many customers waiting to be served. Julie, one of the workers in Milly's restaurant and my closest colleague at work smiled at me when I entered and was relieved to see me, not to boast, I'm very hard-working and I guess that is why customers love me.

"You are late" she whispered and I gave her a mischievous smile which left her giggling "I know that face Ari, what happened?" She asked with one of her eye brows up, "I will get back at you" I smirked walking away with my jotter and pen. I returned back to the counter to get what a customer requested when Janice walked up to me with shaking hands, well apart from being nice and hard-working, I'm actually seen as a bully among my colleagues. "I.. I came to.. to.. to deliver a message from miss Milly" she stuttered "she wants to see you right now in her office" she concluded "okay, I'll be there after serving the man over there" I replied "I will let her know right away" she said running out and into the kitchen. I and Julie watched as her shoulder relaxed as she sighed in relief and began to laugh. I served the man, removed my apron and walked straight to Milly's office.

Amanda was with her in the office when I came in and miss Milly sent her out when she noticed me. Amanda picked her manicure tools into it's bag and walked past me hitting my shoulder in the process, I looked back at her to see her glaring at me from the door before she finally left the office, "what's with her?" I wondered moving to sit in front of Milly our boss. "Good morning Miss Milly" I greeted sitting in front of her table. Miss Milly's office is quite dark because the lights in the room were dim, her black cat, Blackie purred as she carried it on her legs. She's divorced and the restaurant was the only property she had, I looked around the room and my eyes fell on the pictures of JN on the wall, I glared at it like it was real, "arrogant jerk" I muttered through clenched teeth. "What was that?" Milly asked in a calm voice, she's a quiet lady and always talked calmly, "nothing" I answered. She raised her newly polished nails smiling in satisfaction, "I saw the news Ariel and I guess that must be the reason you came late to work" I nodded in acceptance, "good. Before you came to work, some angry fans of JN traced you down here asking about you, seems they are not very comfortable with your new relationship with him, they seemed ready to tear the shop down but I tried my best to make them calm down. I will not want a repetition of what happened today, so I have decided to do something about it" she explained,

I began to get the creeps about her decision, even if it's for the good of the restaurant,I don't think I will like the idea one bit, still I sat listening to her expectantly. "I have decided to give you a break from work till this issue is settled, I will give you a call when I'm willing to have you back. You can go" she said leaving my heart shattered "till she's ready to have me back??? What will I be doing all alone in the house?" I thought to myself, my countenance changed as I left the office boiling in anger "it's all his fault". I went back to the dressing room to keep my apron where I brought it out from. Julie entered with a sad smile, "I heard what happened, but it is not a bad idea to spend some days at home without stress, she promised to call you back when she's ready right?" She explained trying to comfort me and I stared at her suspiciously, "how did you know all this?" I asked and she shrugged walking to the wardrobe "heard it from Amanda" she sang, "that b**ch, she was listening to our conversation behind the door" I snarled striding towards the door when Julie dragged me back, "are you seriously trying to get into a fight with that girl?" She asked amused, I dropped my shoulders in defeat and sat down on the nearest seat in the room "you're going home now?" I asked here, "yes, my shift is over and I have a date with my boyfriend, George" she turned and smiled at me "do you mind tagging along?" She asked wriggling her brow "no way" I shot back, "come on, it's going to be nice, meanwhile he's coming with a friend. We can go on a double date like in high school" she pouted making me laugh a little, "fine I will tag along, what time?" I asked and she did a fist bump in the air "by 8pm, I promise you, it will be fun" I guess she's right, maybe I will use that time to get away from Jasmine's obsession and sweet talks about JN.

We left the restaurant together and grabbed ice cream before going our separate ways. I entered the house and walked straight to my room falling on top of bed tiredly, I recalled what transpired between I and JN in the morning and felt extreme hatred for him. I began to think of things I could do to him as a payback for making me loose my job" he won't even know what hit him" I said with an evil glint in my eyes. I set an alarm for the date and snuggled into the bed to rest my head before the date when Jasmine barged into my room and jumped on me almost suffocating me.

JN

I walked into my studio with smiles because I couldn't stop thinking about the crazy lady I met earlier, Ariel, that's her name, I saw it written in bold letters on the shirt she was wearing. I recalled how cute her face was as she yelled at me, somehow I enjoyed pissing her off but that didn't end well as she gave me a slap, she got the nerves, I like her boldness. I know I shouldn't have been so mean and arrogant to her but like I said I enjoyed pissing her off, I thought of apologizing to her but on the second thought, I decided against it. I picked my pen and a book and began to write.