Chapter 3
" Have a great day." Kelley said with the biggest smile she could muster. "smooth Kelley real smooth, that poor woman won't be coming back, thanks to your lame attempt to flirt with her, I think you scared her away." a voice behind her said, Kelley turned around to see the evil smirk her boss Tim was giving her.
"Hey I wasn't flirting, I was just being nice." Keleey said her smile never leaving her face. "Oh really? so why are you still smiling like the cherisee cat? he said.
"Whatever!, soo whats her name do you know her? is she a regular here?" Kelley asks, and Tim gives Kelley a knowing look.
"Oh my god you know her tell me tell me what her name is? please!! .." she gets out with excitement
" I don't know Kelley maybe I just just let you figure that out yourself." he says with a serious face.
" Oh come on." Kelley pouts. " Just tell me her name please I need to put name to that gorgeous face, I just know she's going to be someone real special" she winks at Tim and gives him her signature smile.
" oh Kelley, I wouldn't get my hopes up. That woman is very much taken,Sorry girl" he said with an apologetic face towards Kelley. Kelley's face falls at this but then she recovers right away.
"I mean could you at least tell me her name?" Kelley says .
"Hope her name is Hope." Tim says and examines her new employee. He just meet the girl but can't help but feel sorry for her. She was very excited about meeting Hope, she seem really interested and he felt bad for crushing that little ball of excitement.
"Hope..." Kelley mumbled to herself. Finally putting a name to the face she makes up her mind to at least try and make friends with this person she just cant shake off her head.
" Does she come in every morning?" Kelley asks. "Kelley did you not just hear what I said....she has a boyfriend." he frowns at her. "No no I'm not one to try and get in someone elses relationship, I ....I just really need new friends and she seems interesting to say the least. Being in a new city not knowing people really sucks you know." she says. " Ok I'm sorry, I'm just looking out for you girl. But to answer your question, she doesn't come in every day but she is a regular here, she maybe comes in twice a week or so." he says and all Kelley can do is smile at him. Soon people start to pile in for their morning coffee. Kelley's mind kept drifting off to that woman, she was beyond intrigued by her, by those icy blue eyes. That smile that would not reach her eyes for some reason. All Kelley wanted to do was get to know her, she made a mental note to introduce herself to her when she came back. After that she just smiled and started to get her first day of work out of the way. She was beyond excited to start her summer in Seattle. Sure moving to the other side of the state wasn't what she was planning but her brother needed her here and she wasn't one to say no specially when it came to family.
By the time she got off work it was almost dark. She had to stay a little longer when the place got crowed by people. And Kelley wanted to make sure to keep her job so she stayed and helped with the unexpected rush. She walked out the Bean grabbed her bike from where she had it, unlocked it and headed home. When she got home, she found her brother sitting in front of the fire place. She walked up to him and noticed he had a bottle of whiskey in his hand and noticed he had been crying. "Oh Jerry.." she said her eyes starting to water at the sight of her brother. About a month ago she had received a call from him, crying over the phone. His wife had been in a car accident and died at the hospital. He was heartbroken and left alone to take care of his two kids. Kelley made the decision right there and then to do whatever it took to help him thru this difficult time and made the decision to put a hold on her life and school and move to Seattle to help him out. He was having a really hard time and Kelley was happy that his kids weren't here yet to see their dad go thru this stage. The kids have been staying in Georgia with Kelley and Jerry's parents. After the accident and the funeral they decided to take them with them so that Jerry could have a little time to settle down and be able to take care of his own children. In a week the kids would be coming home to him and Kelley wanted to make sure he was put together a little bit at least so he got him up and took him to bed. Making note to talk to him tomorrow, this needed to stop. Kelley knew it must not be easy to loose the love of your life but he still had two kids that needed him and she wasn't about to let his brother ruin that relationship with his own children.
back in her room she went on to take a shower. after getting ready for bed she laid down emotionally and physically tired. What a day it had been today.
"Hope.." she mumbled a smile creeping up on her face a the name. She was really really hoping the woman she meet today would stop by tomorrow morning. She needed to see her again, she wanted to see her. Little did she know Hope had already made it her mission to find out why that freckled face girl made her feel weird things she had never felt. What was it about Kelley that made Hope want to look at that face again at those beautiful hazel eyes, those freckles or that smile. All she knew it was that tomorrow she would go back and meet that girl again and find out why.