Waiting For Superman

It had been a few days since Shelbi received her higher position. Now that she was the manager, she could dress a little better, while still following the dress code and the colors. She was excited to be doing this. It rolls in more money, and she doesn’t have to wait on rude people, which was a relief for her.

She stands patiently at the podium that’s just inside the entrance door. She was staring down at the nights reservations. Most people were just walk-ins, but some wanted to be assured they could get a table.

As she’s scanning over the names and the number of people, the bells on the door jingle, a sign that some one walked in. She doesn’t look up at just yet, but she grabs a pen and pops the top off with the tip of her thumb. Now, she’s prepared.

‘’Hi, welcome to-‘’ She stops herself as she sees who stands before her. No other than Harry Styles. ‘’Well hi there, love.’’ He smiles gently. ‘’Hi..’’ she mumbles, blushing like crazy. ‘’You liking your new job position, Miss Tackett?’’ He asks, noticing her nametag that has her first and last name on it. She only nods, nothing more. ‘’I think it suits you well..’’ He smiles at her.

He knew the effect he had on her. The blushing and the light smiling revealed she was fluttered by his appearance and the fact that he actually acknowledges her. ‘’Um.. is it just you?’’ She asks, skipping the introduction of what she’s supposed to say to a customer.

‘’Unfortunately.. yes.’’ He sighs out gently. ‘’Okay, follow me..’’ Shelbi says once she’s gotten a menu in her hand and turns around. She leads Harry into the dining room where she then sits him at a table. He smiles as she sits the menu in front of him.

‘’Your waitress will be right with you.’’ She mumbles as she turns on her heel. But suddenly, out of nowhere, Harry grabs her wrist. She stops, closes her eyes, waits a few seconds before opening them.

She was amazed by him now. His skin was soft, something she’d didn’t expect. ‘’Yes?’’ She asks, looking at him. ‘’Will you be sure to.. check up on me as much as you can?’’ He asks, a smirk lightly on his face. ‘’Yes.. I will.’’ She nods lightly. ‘’Okay..’’ he mumbles back as he lets her wrist go, and she walks away with redness on her cheeks, and a gentle smile on her face.

***

Two hours had gone by, it was going on ten o’clock soon. Shelbi had been doing an excellent job as the hostess, the manager in other words. Everything was going good and everyone was satisfied, unlike before. Alexis had been serving Harry. She tried to meet to his simple needs, in which she succeeded. But then something weird happened. Well, weird to her..

‘’Is there anything I can get you before you leave?’’ Alexis asks him. ‘’Um, yes actually. Can I see the manager?’’ He asks. ‘’Yeah, sure. I’ll go get her.’’ Alexis smiles before walking off in Shelbi’s direction.

‘’Hey, Shelbi..’’ She mumbles. Shelbi turns around and raises her eyebrows. ‘’Um.. some one wants to talk to you.’’ Alexis smirks. ‘’Who?’’ She asks. ‘’Harry Styles.’’ Alexis mumbles the name like it’s a sin to say it any louder. ‘’Oh.. okay.’’ Shelbi nods as she leaves Alexis to take over at the door for a few seconds, she had the authority to do that if she needed to handle some business.

She gets near Harry’s table. He was standing up, the receipt in his hand. He glances up. Once he realized who he saw, he took a double take, smiling gently as she finally reaches him.

‘’Well hi there, Love.’’ He smiles a little. ‘’Hi.. um, you needed to talk to me?’’ She asks him. ‘’Yeah.. um.. I know its.. like.. crazy and all.. to ask you this.. but are free.. tomorrow night?’’ He says nervously. ‘’Um.. well.. I.. I.. uh.. yeah...’’ She says, just as nervous. ‘’Really? Um.. would you.. like to.. maybe.. ya know.. like.. let me take you out?’’ He asks, trying to kept his heart rate down.

Shelbi blushes lightly, nodding a little. ‘’Really? Okay.. Um, do you have a pen?’’ Harry asks her. ‘’Um, yeah.. up front though.’’ Shelbi says. So, they begin the walk to the front. Harry’s palms were sweating like crazy. Shelbi’s cheeks were as red as ever. They were both too nervous to realize anything else.

They get to front, Alexis had just left with a customer to lead them to their table. Shelbi grabs the purple pen and hands it to Harry. He gently grabs her wrist and turns her arm over. She gulps, hoping he wouldn’t notice. But he did.

For a second, just a second, Harry’s eyes stared at the scars on her wrist. He tries to act as if he didn’t see them, but he did. It actually worried him. But, he continues on. On the palm of her hand, he writes down his phone number. And beside it, a little heart followed by his name.

He hands her the pen back and she gladly takes it. ‘’Your turn.’’ He whispers with a wink. She blushes a tad and nods. He holds his palm out to her. She takes the pen and writes her number down, adding a small heart and her name.

“I’ll call you later tonight, after your shift’s over.. if that’s okay with you?’’ Harry says, more like a question than a statement. ‘’Um, yeah.. that’s fine.’’ She nods a little. ‘’Okay, have a nice night.. bye.. Shelbi.’’ He says.

Her heart explodes. The way he said her name just blew her up. Her emotions were running wild, like untamed animals. ‘’Bye.. Harry.’’ She mumbles back, some how pulling herself together. He sends her a sexy little smile before turning and exiting through the door.

Notes

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