Chapter 23
Café
I woke up to the sound of rain. I love the rain. It was Saturday, which meant no school. But I still had to go to work. And it was a morning shift. But it wasn't too bad since we didn't have many customers in the morning. All I had in mind was the catching up thing with Harry later on.
We decided to go to a café because it seemed like a great place to you know, talk. I got dressed for work, said goodbye to my parents and drove off to Olive Garden.
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"Good morning Chris"
I said as I walked inside the restaurant. Chris is another of my co-workers. He has the most amazing blue eyes, which reminded me of Niall.
"Oh hey, good morning Veronica"
He smiled and made his way to the kitchen. I like him because he isn't much of a talker.
As I had expected, we only got a few customers during my morning shift. And the majority of them were elderly couples. I got off at 3 in the afternoon which gave me about 2 hours till I had to meet Harry at the café.
My parents loved the idea that Harry and I were going to meet up. They said things like "he's good for you... Zayn isn't" and "he's very nice and looks like he has a bright future ahead of him". Of course these things only annoyed me since I see Harry as a friend.
I drove home and took a warm shower. Rain was still pouring so I dressed in warm clothes as well. I threw on some skinny jeans, a long sleeved v-neck, a cardigan and a scarf. I didn't feel like doing my hair so I just put it up in a ponytail. My makeup was the same as well, foundation and mascara. The whole rain situation made me feel lazy.
I was about to turn on the television when I felt my phone buzz on my bed.
Harry: see you in 30min :)
I smiled and locked my phone. I felt like he didn't expect a reply. The entire day Zayn kept texting me. Telling me to be careful or to be good. It was a little annoying. I mean, I wasn't gonna cheat on him or anything.
I said goodbye to my parents once again after I had watched an episode of some random show. I was about to walk out the door when I heard my dad say "I hope Harry changes your mind Veronica". It did hurt that my parents don't like Zayn but I wasn't going to leave him.
I drove off to the café and sure enough, Harry was already there. I parked and literally ran inside because of the rain. I walked inside and slipped but luckily I didn't fall because I held on to the door handle. Once I got my balance back, I walked to the table where Harry was.
"Hey there sourpuss" he chuckled, I could tell he was laughing because of the whole slipping thing when I walked in.
"Oh shut up Harry" this only made him laugh even harder. I sat down and noticed he had already ordered for me. How nice of him.
“I got you a cappuccino” Harry said, while trying to contain his laughter.
“It wasn’t that funny Harry”
“Okay, I’m sorry, but you have to admit it kind of was” I took a sip of the warm cappuccino.
“It would have been funnier if you did fall though”
“HARREEEH” I gave him a little push as we both laughed. It was nice to hang out with someone outside of school since I don’t have much time because of work and babysitting my brother.
“Talk to me Sourpuss, how’s life?”
“It’s busy, well with work. And you?”
“It’s busy as well with soccer, just three more games for the season and we're done!” That made me remember the last game they had and how Zayn's attitude resulted in their loss.
“Are you and Zayn still not talking to each other?” Harry took another sip of his coffee.
“He hasn’t spoken to me.”
“I feel like it’s my fault that you guys aren’t friends anymore”
“No Veronica, it’s not your fault. It’s between Zayn and I, I’ll talk to him soon before our next game. Don’t worry about it.” Harry gave me a warm smile, I still felt like I’m the reason their friendship broke. I really need to fix it before they lose another game and not make it to the CIF’s.
“I’m sorry”
“Sourpuss there is no need to apologize! You want a cookie or a muffin?” Harry's hand reached mine.
“I’ll take a muffin”
“I’ll be back.” Harry let go of my hand as he stood up and made his way to the cashier. I felt my phone vibrate a couple times. I took it out of my pocket and saw that Zayn had left various amounts of messages. He really was worried about Harry and I hanging out. I responded as quickly as I could because I knew if I didn’t, Zayn would get mad.
Time passed by and Harry would find anything to talk about; his adventures with Liam or his family vacation. It was nice to know a little more about Harry’s life and thoughts. I felt my phone vibrate one more time, I checked to see who it was.
Glimmer- Can I come over? It’s really important Xx
“Is it Zayn?” Harry asked checking his watch.
“No its Glimm. Umm I should get going” I said as I began to gather my things.
“Alright, you want me to drive you?”
“No thanks, I can drive now remember. Thanks Harry I had a nice time.”
“No problem we should do it again next week”
“Sounds like a plan. Bye Harry” I gave him a quick hug and rushed out to my car. It was raining harder than earlier today and I needed to get home fast. The rain was pouring. It did not help my driving at all. Luckily nothing bad happened. This whole catching up thing with Harry went really well and I was looking forward to doing it again. And since thanksgiving break was coming up, I had more chances to see him.
I finally got home and locked my car. I was about to take my phone out and text Glimmer back to tell her she could come over when I saw her standing in front of my front door.
“Glimmer?”
“Hey Veronica”.