Chapter 2.

“Good morning” I greet Mr. Hemsworth, the owner of the coffeehouse I worked in.

“Good morning” he said as he looked up from the papers he was working on, “How was your weekend?” He asks.

“It was just what I needed to relax” I smile

“Good because we need to make as many sales as we can, else we won't be able to keep this place open”

“I'll do my best” I say and walk away to get started for the day.

The bell dings as the first customer walks in, he is light skinned and of average height.

“Can I get two cups of iced cappuccino, pretty lady?” He smiles.

“Good morning, welcome to Jundas coffeehouse, two cups of iced cappuccinos coming right up” I smile dryly at his weak attempt to flirt

“Thank you” he says as I hand it over to him

“That'll be 10 bucks please”

He hands me the money as he leaves the store

Customers after customers and it was finally time for a break.

I decide to take a walk to let the warm air hit my lungs and calm my body that has been taken over by stress, soon after my break was over, and I had to work again.

Minutes passed and then hours, and finally, it was time to close

“We made progress today, if we keep working like this then we would surely be able to save this coffeehouse” Mr. Hemsworth says to me and since I'm too tired to talk, I reply him with a weak smile.

I lock the doors to the coffeehouse and decide to walk home, since I didn't have enough to get an Uber.

“Hey girlfriend." Kendra says, being a little too excited as she goes in for a hug.

“Hey, why so excited?” I ask as I dive into the sofa without caring to take my shoes off.

“Girl I just had the best day ever! But damn you look broken, go take a shower then we can talk about our day, and also I made us dinner, your favorite mashed potatoes with grilled cheese and steak”

“You must have had a really exciting day” I say, getting up from the sofa, walking into my room to take my clothes off and head into the shower

I'm out in few minutes and I put on my nightwear as I head to the sitting room to hear all about Kendra's exciting day.

“Here you go," Kendra says, handing me a plate of food as she sits on the opposite sofa with her plate of food

“Girl you won't believe who just asked me out." She exclaims!

“The guy from the boutique?”

“Well yeah” she says, a bit disappointed at my great memory

"Girl, you've known him for what exactly? Two days?”

“Sometimes Anastasia, you just have to let life lead, and maybe it'll give you someone you would never expect who could heal your heart” she says sternly as she walks out of the sitting room

“I didn't mean to judge, I'm sorry” I whisper yell, but Kendra has already banged the door to her room

I finally let the voice in my head that told me to go apologize to Kendra win and I knock on her door, but there's no reply. So I go ahead to say “I didn't mean to hurt your feelings Kendra, I just don't want you getting hurt by anyone because you think that's who life has given to you, it's a fucked up world sis and I just don't want you being entangled with the wrong people. I really hope you understand where I'm coming from. I didn't mean to sound judgmental. I'm genuinely sorry”

“It's alright Anastasia, I'm fine, but I just need tonight to myself” Kendra says from her room

“Goodnight” I mutter and head to my room which was in the opposite direction.

“Maybe I should let myself heal instead of thinking everyone is fucked up” I say to myself and close my eyes as I finally drift into sleep.

It’s the next morning and I get ready and head to work.

“Hello pretty lady, may I get two iced cups of cappuccinos please” the guy from the other day says, smiling at me

“Good morning Mr. pretty lady, two cups of iced coffee and cappuccinos coming up” I smile dryly at him

“Funny, the name is Stewart”

“Hey Stewart, I'm Anastasia and here are your two cups of iced cappuccino, that would be 10 bucks please” I smile dryly.

Before I could say anything, Stewart brings out 20 bucks and hands it over to me. I'm stunned at the silly mistake that Stewart makes and gives 10 bucks back to him. He smiles and tells me that I should keep the change because I needed to be tipped regularly.

“Thank you, have a nice day Stewart” I say, trying to hide the inner joy in me

“Want to hang out later?”

“Umm, I'll think about what you mean by later” I smile

“Alright see you later” he smiles and walks away

The day runs by slowly, and I fall asleep on my chair due to our lack of customers.

“Excuse me” Kendra says, waking me up

“Yes… yes… I promise I wasn't sleeping, just meditating” I say, rubbing the sleep away from my eyes just to find out that it is Kendra “it's just you” I hiss.

Kendra and I haven't spoken since the event that occurred last night, and I didn't have the balls to meet her since I was the one at fault.

“Well sleeping on duty, don't you think I should tell” Kendra says, smiling mischievously

“Tell me what's brewing in that head of yours” I smile

“I just wanted hot chocolate and decided the perfect place to get one is here, where my sister works”

“You know I didn't mean what I said to you last night, I was being judgmental, and I apologize for it”

“I promise I'm good girlie, don't worry about it”

“You sure?” I ask Kendra after giving her the hot chocolate she asked for “don't worry, let it be my treat to you” I add as I see her opening her bag.

“Trust me girl, I wasn't going to pay for it”

"This bitch” I laugh

“I'll be on my way now, do have a good day, I'll see you in few hours” she says, leaving

“Bye girlie, love you too” I yell

“Love you” she yells back in between giggles.