THE GAY BARTENDER

Chapter thirty one

Mr .Beetle had it coming for him. Laura and I told him countless times to leave us alone but he didn’t want to hear it.

Archer did the right thing if you ask me. I wasn’t ready to stay terrified of him all my life. The bakery was doing okay so far thanks to Archer . He brought so many clients to the bakery . I needed a man who was like in my life.

That morning I woke up earlier than usual, I was in an unusually happy mood. As usual I had to pre-heat my shower before getting in , well at least I had the chance to pre-heat it since I wasn’t running late like how I had been for the past three days. The water running from the showers to my skin gave me dejavu of how Archer’s hands would run through my body oh so warm. I loathed up my shower sponge as lumps of foams came out. All I could think of was how he made me cream . My mind was only thinking of Archer. I knew I had to see him today. I am sure Laura wouldn’t mind taking the last shift for some extra coin. I wore my favourite, small, Mexican body-con dress, with some black shinny red-bottomed heels. I wore my black opal scent and some light lipstick. 

Traffic was smooth it being the crack of dawn. I enjoyed the sun rays hit my windscreen, I was enjoying the slight touch of the now rising sun. I was mesmerized of how the city looked . 

‘’So this is love, ‘’ was playing on my radio. I was just in a good space at this time. I arrived at the bakery earlier than Laura ofcourse and I was not mad about it. I was humming my way into the kitchen as I lit up the store. There were scrums of bread on the kitchen counter and some powdered milk residues on the floor.

‘’I’m in the mood for some chocolate chip cookies . Some vanilla milkshakes and dark chocolate brownies.’’ I had come up with a system where I would prepare something special on the special’s menu .unlike the previous days where I just had one common menu. 

I took a bag of sugar from the top shelf, Some potato chrips from the walk-in pantry , a bag of Baking flour , Some olive oil,butter,a bag of raising flour, Some nuts , Vanilla essence , a gallon of milk, some strawberry syrup and a few bars of dark chocolate. I started by creating the bakers mix. I whipped the milk in a glass bowl as I added a bar of butter as I was whipping the mix. I kept humming the love song that was now stuck in my mind.I just wanted to see him, and be with him. I loved the way the mix was coming up. The consistency was there, just the way I liked it. I then put the flour into it as I mixed it up. Laura came in lamenting on how she was mad at one of her very many boyfriends.

‘’I think these men just hurt us on purpose sometimes.’’ She said as she was putting her bag back in her bag.

‘’Why , what is it this time.’’

‘’Can you imagine, James has been cheating on me for the past three months.’’

‘’ Are you sure about that,’’

‘’ Yeah , I’m very sure about it. I saw the text messages , He couldn’t even do me the courtesy of letting me know to my face that he wasn’t into me anymore.’’

‘’To be fair Laura, you gave the man no choice , he was always so invested into your life and everything you do,but no, Miss Laura always had to have her way with everything.’’ I retorted back as I handed her the newly made dough.

I loved how she made her dough , it was never too sticky , nor was it too light. It was just the right amount.

‘’I know Maya , but still that doesn’t make it right for him to do that to me, I mean.’’

‘’Yeah ,I know.’’ I told her as I was preheating the oven. 

She then cut the dough into small circles and put some nuts in and some bits of chocolate. She then put it in the oven.

‘’When you finish, get started with the milkshakes. Strawberry to be precise. I want to make some brownies too.’’

‘’Yeah sure, but don’t overwork me today too, I have a date later in the day.’’

‘’What do you mean you have a date and I want you over today for extra hours you know.’’

‘’Uuum, why is that , I don’t get why I should stay over.’’

‘’And how comes you have a date later today and you just broke up with your boyfriend, really Laura , you just something else.’’

I said laughing with her as the doorbell rang and our first customer walked in.

‘’Hey , how may I help you.’’

‘’ I see you have a specials menu’’

‘’ yeah we do. Want anything from there?’’

‘’Yes I do , actually.Can I have a milkshake, two brownies and two chocolate chip cookies.’’

‘’ Coming right up.’’

‘’ You have a nice place here.’’

‘’Yeah, you think’’

‘’Yeah, it is . Strategically placed too. In the heart of downtown.’’

‘’Yeah , well, we just try sometimes you know.’’

‘’Here you go, ‘’

‘’Can I have ,a to-go bag too.’’

‘’Yeah sure .You Can. You like them already, and you haven’t even tried them.’’

‘’I just know I’ll regret it if I don’t take a second order.’’

‘’Oh , wow .Thanks for believing in me like that,Means a lot you know.’’

‘’Yeah sure, no problem.’’

‘’Ill see you ‘’

‘’Yeah , bye.’’

I couldn’t help but stare at him as he left. I had never met someone who was so into my shop like that, Well Archer was , but this was different . He was genuinely into the design and everything.