KADENI wanted to caress Storm’s soft cheeks but the fear of being shouted at and thrown away was stronger than the urge to feel her softness. I still haven't forgotten how she had sent me away in front of her friends, especially the male one which I wasn't yet sure of his real feelings about her. But when I heard the gulping sound of her swallowing her spittle, I thought I had a chance. A chance to feel her again. Slowly, I lifted up my right hand to touch her cheek, but hee next statement stopped me short just like I had imagined earlier. I must have been kidding myself thinking I had a chance.“Don’t you dare, Kaden. Unless you want the neighborhood to know that such a gentleman like you sneaks into people’s rooms at night.” She stated, her beautiful dark brown eyes not wavering from its cold state. So much for thinking that she had been bothered in a good way by my presence. “You really have the guts barging into my room anytime you like.” She continued, scoffing whilst stepping
STORMKaden looked so hurt when I called him pathetic, and for a moment I regretted my choice of words but when the imagery of him kissing his girlfriend or ex, whichever, passionately, I shrugged the guilty feeling away.No way was I feeling guilty for a scumbag. He deserved everything that I had called him now.“Is that all the explanations you have to render?” I asked him rather. “Is there any other story you want to tell me?” He shook his head slowly, probably still hurt. “Well, if that is all. Then you can leave” I pronounced, stepping away from the window ledge and going to the other side of my bed closest to the window.“Storm..” he called, probably about to state another case but I was having none of it. “Just leave.” I said, pointing at the window, refusing to back down from my resolve of staying away from him.He looked at me for a short moment before exhaling like one who had given up on life, and walking toward the window from which he expertly scaled through its ledge
STORM“Storm! Table 4 needs attending. Stop zoning out for god's sake. We don’t have time for this.” Jess literally shouted, her face clouding in annoyance, and then she eyed me badly for taking time to collect orders. I wanted to cuss at her for letting me work this morning when the doctor had tasked me with at least four days of bed rest. In her words, she had said; ‘since you have the strength to club and dance, then you should be more than healthy to work at the restaurant.’ Those were her words this morning when she had knocked consistently and noisily on my door. I had asked her about Miranda, who was supposed to help since she hadn’t gone back to college. The woman had said that her daughter needed some rest after being out all night. Her daughter needed rest and I didn’t? I mused and scoffed, collecting the notepad from the kitchen counter, heading to table five. All the while my thoughts ran all over the place, uninhibited. After Jess had woken me up to open the restaurant
STORMJustin came to the restaurant around thirty minutes past two in the afternoon, looking quite tired even though he had managed to clean up alright. He waved at me when he saw that I had already seen him before trudging to the seventh table and collapsing on one of the chairs like he was carrying the weight of the world on his head. Quickly, I left my working post since the other servers were around and the customers had drastically reduced. I stalked toward him, holding a cupcake in my hand. Justin loved cupcakes to a fault.“Here, friend.” I said, dropping the cupcake right in front of him before sitting down on one of the light orange chairs. “Storm, you are always a life saver.” He muttered, before taking a bite of the cupcake, holding his head while he did so, as if he was in pain. “Are you okay?” I asked him, tapping him slightly on the arm. “Yes, just a wicked headache that has chosen to stay with me for life.” He answered, whining in satisfaction when he took another
STORMJustin’s face took a detour down the sad side when he heard my last statement. What? Had I been wrong in making that statement? I thought, taking my lips in. But I never want to burden anyone with my troubles. What was so bad about that? I wondered, deciding to keep quiet and wait for him to speak after he collected his thoughts, whatever it was that he was ruminating on. “Whenever it seems we are making a headway in our friendship, you just come up with things like this. What exactly is your problem, Storm?” he asked me, taking off his hands from the table and folding them across his chest, his face anything but happy. Nice on, Storm. You pissed off someone that could help you escape the clutches of your stepmother. “What do you mean Justin? You know this is the way I am, the way I am wired…” I was still explaining but Mr man thought it wise to cut me off. “Stop talking. Just stop. The way you are wired? Storm, you don’t even see it but living with your step family has rea
STORM Lucy darted glances between I and Justin after Justin ‘s statement. Her gaze lingering on me the more. She was obviously waiting for any one of us to tell that it was all a joke. Well, it was not. “Are you both serious? Storm has really woken up to her senses?” Lucy asked, causing me to groan. Like seriously, girl? Must you throw me under the bus too? I thought, gawking when she high fived Justin. When did the two begin to shake hands?The duo were usually on opposite sides, for reasons I’ve never been able to decipher. I had met Lucy before Justin, and so when I had incorporated Justin into the friendship circle, she had actually taken it the wrong way, a bit jealous that her position would be taken no matter how much I had tried to convince her that it wasn’t so. It had taken a long while before she had even allowed him to eat on our table in high school. Justin was good and patient to have endured all her shortcomings. Seeing their interactions now was a huge relief even t
STORM“Who do we have here?” Justin said, looking behind me again, causing me and Lucy to turn around. Kaden, Lent, with Casper, just walked into the restaurant, and behind them was Mr Tim who had caused me the misfortune of meeting Kaden in the first place. I haven’t seen the older man since he had eaten in our restaurant and disappeared. What were the trio doing here? They never ate here, not that I kept records or knew where they ate. But I haven’t seen them around before.They strolled past us, without looking aside to acknowledge our presence, except Lent of course, who smiled at me before walking past. Kaden just acted like he didn’t know of my existence. “What just happened? Did he just behave like he didn’t see us? Was it because you sent him away from your room when he had come to see you two days ago?” Lucy asked, her eyes still on Kaden who sat on a nearby table with Lent and Casper, while Mr Tim went to place their orders at the counter. Shouldn’t they wait for a waite
STORMI almost took up Justin’s offer. For a minute after he had asked the question, I had nearly said yes. It was enticing, you know, to know about the man that had somehow, in a short time frame held the reins of my heart. “Don’t bother about it. Nothing is truly hidden under the sun. If he is the one, that would be revealed soon.” I muttered, while internally I was shouting and clamouring that Justin would ignore my answer and go ahead to dig up information on Kaden. This was another fact that you should know about Justin. He was very good with computers. As I had pointed out before, he is so good at many things that he could decide whatever he wanted. He was favored by nature that way to the detriment of others who would unfortunately be on his bad side. I thought. But of course, I was happy that he was so talented, for on more than many occasions he had come through for I and Lucy with his so many talents. “You sure?” Lucy asked, winking at me, causing me to chuckle and look aw