Chapter 2

The next morning I woke up in a soft bed, when I opened my eyes I got up with a start, because I knew I was not in my room, I got out of bed in a single jump and I heard noises that came from the kitchen, I went to the bathroom, I washed my face and brushed my teeth, I left the room saddened and to my bad luck the kitchen was just down the stairs.

"Good morning," Matt said to me with a cup of coffee in his hand, "did you sleep well?" 

"Good morning, yes, thank you," I replied with great embarrassment, "when did I fall asleep?"

"Well, I went upstairs to leave Luisa in her crib and when I came back you were already asleep. I didn't want to wake you up, that's why I decided to take you to the guest room so you wouldn't have to sleep uncomfortably on that sofa."

 I blushed a lot because I think my cheeks were like a tomato, because I was sorry, he offered me to sit down for a cup of coffee and eat a sandwich that he had already prepared, I ate it without realizing that it was too late, I looked up and I could see a wall clock that was in the living room, when I saw it was 8 in the morning, I opened my eyes wide and Matt of course noticed it.

- What's the matter? —I wonder Matt— why did you get like that?

"It's very late, I have to go to work."

"Wait, if you want I can take you."

"No thanks, I can take the bus and I really have to hurry."

"Well, with more reason I have to take you, besides it was my fault that you fell asleep here very late, let me go for Luisa and we will go." He turned around and went up the stairs in a hurry. arms and we left the house, we got in the car and we got out — really excuse me.

—It's nothing, it's the first time that I'm late, I don't think that's why they're going to fire me, many girls have already been late and haven't been fired, I don't think I'm so unlucky and they're going to fire me fairly to me.

"Well, I hope so, I don't want you to lose your job because of us."

 We got to the restaurant and Alejandra was there, she saw when I got out of Matt's car and saw how his eyes widened from the shock, I went directly to change and followed behind me Ale went and since I know her so well, she was going to question me.

"Hi Abby, and did you have a lot of fun last night?" "My friend said, moving her eyebrows up and down with a mischievous face," you have to tell me.

- Oh no Alejandra! You are coming with your interrogations, I did not go to "have fun" last night as you think, I was helping Matt by giving him a tutorial on how to take care of his daughter, just that.

—Yes, you are going to come and cut me with that cardboard knife, you arrive in such a car, very late and also with the same clothes from yesterday, it shows that you did not sleep at home.

—Don't think bad friend, I'll tell you later, I'm late and I have to get to work, if they find me talking to you here, they'll kick me out.

"Well, you tell me at lunchtime, I want to know everything."

 I went out and there was my boss with her arms crossed in front of me.

"Good morning Miss Abby, this is not the time to arrive," he says, pointing to his wristwatch with his index finger, "I hope you have a good excuse for being late."

—Good morning Mrs. Benson, I really don't have any excuse, I just fell asleep, I hope you'll excuse me, it won't happen again.

—I hope so, just for today I'm going to let you pass, you're late again and you're fired, I hope it's been clear to you, what happens if you always arrive early and never miss? You are the example I give you. to all the girls and now he comes and is late, now what example am I going to give you? My boss says, raising an eyebrow.

"Excuse me, it really won't happen again," I say, lowering my face.

"Okay, go to work, you have people at the tables."

 I left and got ready to wait at the tables, the day was busy as always, we hardly even had time to have lunch, which was a relief for me, so I didn't have time for the interrogation with my friend, who refused to believe me that I didn't go out to have fun at night as she thought, that's how seven at night arrived, I went to change in a hurry before Alejandra caught up with me, the truth is I spent the day dodging her because when an idea pops into her head It gets unbearable, I leave the restaurant in a hurry and my efforts were worthless, Ale immediately caught up with me and again began to bother me.

- Where are you going friend? She tells me raising her eyebrows, "you're going on a date right, hey, you've been avoiding me all day, what did I do to you?"

- I dodge you? of course not - I lied to him - it's just that there was a lot of work, see that we barely had lunch.

"Yes, of course, what a cheap excuse, well now if we have time, are you going to tell me?"

"I already told you that nothing happened, I just fell asleep on his bed ..." He didn't even let me finish when he heard a deafening scream from my side, "what's wrong with you crazy?" you're going to make me deaf.

"I already knew, you slept with him, tell me, tell me," she tells me very excited, I just roll my eyes and cross my arms.

- You see! That is why I did not want to tell you anything, because you were going to go somewhere else, I did not sleep with him, I am going to tell you, and do not go to think other things that are not, just listen to me, you know that you I said I was going to go buy something at the supermarket, well if I went, when I came in Matt was there in the baby area ...

"Wait who is Matt?"

"Matt is the guy who walked into the restaurant yesterday morning, remember?" the one with the baby ...

—Aaaah already, if I remember, so he was the one with whom you spent the night, ah itchy, whoever saw you ...

"You see, that's why I didn't want to tell you anything, you always go the wrong way, I'm not going to tell you anything else."

—Oh my friend, finish telling me, I promise you that I will not interrupt you and I will not think badly.

"I hope so," she raises her little finger, "what are you doing?"

—A promise like when you were a child, that we made promises with little friends like that.

"Hey come on, we're not a girl anymore," she continues with her little finger raised "ok" I joined my little finger with hers.

"Promise," she says with a smile that I reciprocated.

—Well, as I was saying, Matt was in the baby area observing some diapers, I was going to turn around when he called me, he has a good memory, he asked me to help him buy some things for his baby. .. -— Ale interrupts me again.

- And the girl's mother because she did not go out with him to buy them or at least a list was made for her? What a bad mu ... "Now I was the one who interrupted her.

—You promised me that you weren't going to interrupt me, you already broke the promise ...

—Ufss friend I'm sorry, you know how I am, I can't stand it.

"Well let me finish telling you or else we'll just leave it there."

—No friend, tell me, now if I'm not going to interrupt you seriously.

—As I was telling you, I asked her the baby's age and she told me that she was 5 months old and in her hands there were size XG diapers, I told her that those were very big, and that's when she asked me to help her buy other things. and I asked him what he needed, but he didn't even have the slightest idea, I asked him where the baby was at that time, I thought that maybe he had a babysitter to take care of her, because the girl was not in his car, I told him that she could suffocate locked there and came out like a bullet to look for her, the truth is that baby is very beautiful, I think I fell in love with her ...

- From her or from daddy? Alejandra tells me with a smile.

"From her, you already broke the promise again huh."

"Oh I'm sorry friend, I don't think this kind of promise is given to me," she says, putting a hand to her head.

- Really? I hadn't noticed - I say sarcastically and we laugh together - I keep telling you and this time don't interrupt me, you know that I also asked the same thing that you told me a moment ago and then I regretted having done it.

- What thing? Why?

—What about his mother, he told me that he had died in a car accident on his way home, as a joke he was able to save the baby who was still carrying her in her womb, I was very sad to see him there remembering that, he even cried in front of him from me, when does a man do that? and less in front of a stranger.

—Ay friend, don't let him go, there are very few such men left.

 We got to the supermarket and we kept talking, I kept telling her everything that had happened at night and she listened to me attentively, from time to time she interrupted me, but what was she going to do? She realized when we entered the market, she was going to make an inappropriate comment when I interrupted her.

—Ssshiii, there it is again, shut up I can hear you.

- Where? I want to detail it - he began to look instead of turning around to go to another corridor - ah, is that it? —He says aloud to me almost shouting, at that moment Matthew looks up and sees us, I just wanted the earth to open up and swallow me— come friend, let's say hello — I was going to turn around believing that I had not yet met. seen, but it was not.

"Hey Abby," he called me and walked very smiling towards us with Luisa in a car, "how was your work?" I hope you haven't gotten into trouble.

"It went well for me, it just can't happen to me again," I say with a smile, "and what are you doing here?"

—I come to buy what Luisa needs, although I still don't know what to buy, there are so many varieties.

"But my friend can help you," says Alejandra next to me. "She knows a lot about these things, and she is also very delicate when it comes to babies," she says smiling.

"Oh Matthew, this is my friend," I say, pointing to Ale who is next to me.

"Matthew," he says, smiling and extending his hand, "nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you, Alejandra, although my friends call me Ale." He shakes her hand.

"Ok Ale," he said, then turned to me, "what if you can help me Abby?" _ he asks me with a smile.

"Yes, of course, since I'm here, I can help you."

"By the way, friend," Ale tells me, "to all of those, why did we come here?"

"Oh, I left my purchases in Matthew's car last night, and as I said, I need them."

"Oh yes," says Matt, "sorry that was my fault, to make it up to you I'll buy you something today."

"Don't worry about it, I can buy it."

"Of course not, you're going to spend more money and you didn't even use the other thing, I'm going to do your shopping today, and I owe it to you, for the favors you've done me."

 He observed the whole place that was not very big and we talked for a long time until he left but before leaving he asked me for a phone number but I didn't have one, he was disappointed when he heard that, when he left I went to take a bath. I put my pajamas on and lay down on my bed — I really missed that bed I slept in the night before, it was really soft — I don't know when I fell asleep. The next morning I did the same as always, and I went to work, when I got to the restaurant my friend had already arrived and as always she began to question me.

- AND? What did they do after they took me home? "Alejandra asked me as if I were going to give her an exciting answer," she says.

—Good morning Ale, I woke up well and you? I said sarcastically.

"I'm sorry friend, I still don't understand why you haven't been interested in a boy as handsome as Matt."

—It's that you only think about boys, friend, I'm not like that, I only think about my work.

—Ay friend, you have to have more fun, enjoy your youth, I'm going to a party with Carlos on Saturday, don't you want to go with me?

"No, I'm not going to be a lamp, aren't they supposed to have a date?"

—Yes, but, I want you to go out and have fun, friend, you don't leave that apartment, you spend your time reading there alone, this time I'm going to let you pass, you know that my birthday is coming and I'm going to celebrate it in a big way and I want you there without buts.

—Ok Ale, if I go for your birthday, but it's because it's your birthday, you know I don't like going to parties a lot because I don't drink liquor or dance.

- And that day you can't make the exception? Take even a little bit of liquor, okay? for my friend, and for you too you will see that you will have fun.

—What liquor does is bring problems, friend, people commit a lot of crazy things and the next day they are sorry.

—That's the fun thing, friend, believe it or not, afterwards we go around laughing at the crazy things we do, besides my party is going to be at a club, my parents are going to help me pay for it, since one does not turn twenty-four every day no?

—If I can imagine it, and how are you, surely there will be even a mini-store and liquor for others.

—It seems that you know me very well friend, if it is going to be precisely that way, and it is already close, remember that it is the other Saturday, I will invite Carlos if everything goes well tomorrow, after my appointment, maybe and also I invited Matthew, "says my friend, raising her eyebrows," so that you're not alone.

 The morning passed and when 12 o'clock arrived I saw that Matthew came in and sat at one of the tables that corresponded to Alejandra, she told me to see him but I refused, I told him that those tables corresponded to her, but Later I regretted having refused, because I remembered that she said she was going to invite him to her party and I really did not want that, she approached Matt and I saw that he was talking to him and laughing, I was really curious about Knowing what they were talking about, she came over to where I was and told me that he wanted to talk to me, I had no choice but to go over to see what he wanted.

"Hi Abby," he greeted me with a smile, "Ale invited me to his birthday party, he told me that he didn't want you to be alone, since you didn't even leave your apartment." At that moment I wanted the earth to swallow me, did Ale really? did you say that? She and I were going to discuss that later— and well I think it would be a good opportunity to clear our minds and also to get to know each other better — at that moment my boss approached and caught my attention because she was talking to a client and in a of the tables that did not correspond to me.

"Excuse me," my boss said to Matthew then turned to me. "Abby, we need to talk."

"Yes, of course, Mrs. Benson," I said a little nervous, it was the first time I'd gotten into trouble, "then we'll talk," I said to Matthew and retired to the boss's office.

- What are you supposed to be doing talking to such a distinguished customer and passing through one of the tables that do not correspond to you? You know that it is forbidden to talk to people in this restaurant if it is not to take their orders, just as they are Personal visits are forbidden - my boss said, crossed her arms - I thought we had already been clear about the behavior inside this place and you were warned.

"I know boss, I'm sorry," I said with my head down, "it won't happen again."

"I hope so Abby, this is my last warning."

 I left the office, and I got ready to take care of my tables, Alejandra looked at me and asked me what had happened and what the boss had told me.

- What happened friend? What about the boss?

—Ay friend, tremendous sermon that you gave me, she told me that I could not speak with distinguished clients unless it is to take their orders, that I could not receive visitors, that otherwise I am fired, Ale please tell Matt that I cannot speak with him now.

"Ok friend, the boss is over," he said in a whisper.

 I saw when Alejandra approached Matthew and told him that she could not talk to him, I saw him somewhat surprised and then he left, I continued my work as usual, when I left I went straight home ... Several days passed and Matthew did not I had gone to the restaurant more, it seemed strange to me, but I followed my routine.