Tempest Love

Chapter 2

“Baby your just staring, go on tell me, you know what let me go first ”

I just realized I spaced out for a bit just thinking about how excited she was. She shows me every single one of her new dresses, stuffs she's gotten for me,I mean it's a lot yet people wonder how I get this cool outfits thanks to my mom and pictures this is the part I love the most, the pictures we took of food organized in her little album, I mean that album is like a very good memoir it terms of honoring what she's eaten and where she's been too, that book means a lot to my mother.

I slice my cabbage and other veggies not knowing exactly what I want to make but knowing there's going to be lots of vegetables and I settle for my potatoes. I've become a fan of them, the orange ones especially.

And then comes my turn I narrate how the stranger paid for my meal she says

“uhhhhh was he good looking ?”

I answer so lost in our discussion

“Yes, yes he was “

“ Really? How good looking? What was he dressed in?”

“he wore a suit so I can't give you details but he looked incredible and might I not forget he smelled so manly with a warm, piercing voice”

“Aha, you were ogling at a man”

“No mother I was not” I say over the sizzling pan,

“ok so tell me What colour was the suit he wore ?”

“It seemed to be a midnight blue suit”

“Aha! You even recall him to be wearing a suit and the colour, smelling manly that's so ogling,you never care about how they smell or what they sound like ”

“Well he was invading my space trying to pay for my lunch, and being all polite and fine”

“ Celine I am absolutely certain that you my dear child you like this man”

“Okay I'll let you bask with that thought. I barely know this man but I won't argue with you,you know I'll never argue with you !”

We both giggle knowing she'll bring it back after a brief moment of silence she suddenly asks …

“What are you making?”

“well at first I wasn't sure what I'll make but as we continued talking my hands moved to making Vegetable sauce , spiced fish and potatoes”

“Oooo my gosh that's..” she start about to make a comment before she drops to the ground coughing real hard and uncontrollably

“Mom, mom are you alright” I said panicking and scrambling to my phone, the cough goes on for some time with her wheezing and then she relaxes with a deep breath and

She clears her throat,and wiping her lips with a hankey,pulling back a smile on her lips

“Am alright, it's just the same cough sometime now”

I don't believe her, I just have a feeling she's lying . Same old cough, “SAME OLD COUGH” I say already knowing how well we both hate hospitals she'd never admit anything but just brushing it off with it's just a little headache, just a little cough, just a little body ache you say, come visit sometime, come to my place we'll go to the hospital together,that silly escape trick of hers knowing her very well the moment I agree to go with her she'll either hop on another flight or book a train ticket and run away.

“Fine, we'll go in a couple of weeks my flight for my next trip leaves tomorrow”

“Mother !!!”I know this is how she is dodging the hospital.

“Sorry darling I have to go,love you bye”

“I love you to Mom safe trip”

“Say hi to ginger for me, oh and our Mr hot suits”

With the call being disconnected I round up my cooking, clear the counter and kitchen area, grab my plate dish, put some food and scroll through Netflix and have a blissful evening.

………………………………………………………

*I hate alarms a lot, who even invented alarms * I mumble as I while rolling off the bed

meow ….

Ginger agrees, I heat my food still half asleep and have breakfast cause Tuesday is the second most busy day for me. I head to work after stuffing my belly with enough food and carrying a lunch pack cause today is going to be a busy day. Work starts all pretty and I seem to be halfway done when I realise it's passed lunch time as I've been buried in work and Cassandra's little gossip on the series she's watching that I..,,missed lunch and my departure is arriving,

“We'll see you tomorrow”

“Yeah see ya” I grab my bag and an idea sticks to me why not go grab a quick snack from Steven's so I don't faint of hunger,not like I am on any sort of diet.

Laughter is all over the place and I see two wait three strangers joining me at my spot in the booth cause my usual spot is bring occupied by someone else, I stare at them all and they stare back before the pretty doll face breaks the silent and my eye catch the all to familiar stranger who paid for my meal

“Hi am Isabella”

“i .. hi am Celine”

“Nice name” she said smiling at me

I want to protest or excuse myself cause this is strange more or less cringe sitting with three complete strangers what should I call this,there's no actual harm am just going to eat real quick and head out

“Hi am Preston”

the other stranger dude that looks a bit like Isa I'd say that cause of the eye,hair color, and very very aesthetic looking straight nose, so cool but he's not who draw my attention entirely,

He turned to look at me and deep down I really really wanted to know his name but it felt like time decided to slow down like in the movies and then when he opened his mouth to talk “Am…” the waiter just had to interrupt.