THE BEGINNING
NEW YORK CITY
(Phone Ringing…)
“Hello, Thanks for calling Dreams and Creams bakery. It's Jasmine here. How can I help you?” Jasmine answered the phone call with a huge smile on her face.
“Just serve me your famous chocolate pastry with lots of love.” A voice came from behind and from the phone as well, which confused Jasmine. She turned to look at the person standing behind only to be surprised as her best friend, Natalie, was standing there. Natalie was smiling, looking at her. Jasmine put down the phone's receiver and came towards Natalie from behind the counter.
She hugged Natalie. “I am so happy to see you here.”
“Same here. Now remove this apron and handover the bakery to your staff because we are going on a girls' day out.” Natalie smiled in excitement, to which Jasmine took a deep breath, removing her apron. “It’s a lot of work here at the bakery, but I easily surrender to your excitement. Let's go.”
Jasmine hands over the work to her staff and steps out of the bakery with Natalie for their girls' day out. They spent their entire day shopping, watching a movie and playing games in the gaming zone inside a mall.
It was almost dinner time when they came out of the mall. Natalie looked around, and she found a famous restaurant across the street. She pointed towards that restaurant. “I am feeling hungry. Let's go there.”
Jasmine looked at the restaurant and said, “Are you serious? It's the most expensive restaurant in the area, and we have already spent a lot of money today.”
“Oh come on! It's my treat. I promise. It's my dream place to have dinner at and, really, I have been saving for this.” Natalie held Jasmine's arm and started taking her towards that restaurant. Jasmine, left with no choice, had to agree to go inside the restaurant with Natalie.
They entered the restaurant and asked for a table for two, which they luckily got despite the restaurant being full. Natalie happily sat on the table which was near the huge glass window while Jasmine looked around, taking her seat in front of Natalie. The waiter came to their table and handed them the menu after politely greeting them. They placed their orders.
After the waiter left, Jasmine looked at Natalie. “I need to go to the washroom. Please take care of my mobile and handbag.”
Jasmine went towards the washroom. While Natalie was waiting for Jasmine to come back, she saw a group of six boys entering the restaurant and sitting at the table next to hers.
Natalie saw one of them getting up from his chair and going towards the washroom in a hurry. Because of which, he didn't see Jasmine who was coming in his direction and collided with her, which shocked Jasmine. She closed her eyes as she was about to fall, but before she could, that boy's strong arms held her.
Realizing that she did not fall, Jasmine slowly opened her eyes only to be met with a pair of deep brown eyes. Jasmine got lost in that boy's eyes for a moment and only came back to her senses when she heard him asking her, “Miss, Are you okay? I hope you aren't hurt anywhere.”
Jasmine stood straight, leaving his hands. “I am fine. Thanks for saving me.”
“You're welcome but sorry too. You were going to fall because of my hurry,” he said.
Jasmine didn't say anything and went away. He stares at Jasmine's back for a while before turning to go back to the washroom.
When Jasmine returned to her table, Natalie winked her eyes at her. “He was hot, right?”
“Whom are you talking about?” Jasmine looked confused.
“That guy who was holding your waist, and you were staring into his eyes. For a moment I thought I was watching a movie scene in real life, and you are falling in love with him,” Natalie said.
Jasmine remembered that moment. “There's nothing like that. He only saved me from falling.”
Natalie was about to say something when the waiter appeared with their orders. Jasmine was starving so she quickly started eating her dish.
That boy also came back to his table after a few minutes. The boys also ordered their meals, which were the most expensive dishes in the restaurant, along with the most expensive wine.
They all soon finished their meals. Natalie and Jasmine were about to get up to leave when Natalie heard one of the boys from the table next to them. “Dinner was great. Where should we head now? We have to enjoy ourselves all night and it has just started.”
“Why don't you search?” Another boy suggested, but before he could take out his phone, Natalie quickly reached their table. “Sorry to intrude, but I can help you in selecting your next destination.”
“We don't mind a beautiful girl intruding on us,” said one of them. Jasmine was noticing that the boy who collided with her wasn't saying anything. He was looking lost in deep thinking.
“You can go to the hottest club in town, Kismet. We can accompany you if you want.” Natalie winked, looking in the eyes of that boy.
“Sure, we would love to go there as we want to go crazy tonight and having beautiful girls with us will make it more exciting,” the boy said. When Jasmine heard their conversation, she quickly reached out to Natalie and whispered in her ear, “What are you saying? We have to go home. We can't accompany them. Besides, they are just strangers to us.”
“But I need to enjoy it more with you. We aren't going home. We are going with them because the night is still young,” Natalie smiled.
“You can come with us. I promise you will be safe with us,” the boy who collided with Jasmine assured her. Everyone started convincing Jasmine to say yes, so she had to agree to not spoil the night for them.
“So, let's head to the club. You boys please wait for us outside. We will join you in two minutes,” Natalie requested. After the boys left, Natalie turned to Jasmine. “I know it's hard for you to give it another try after your break-up, but I also know you are a hopeless romantic, and it's still your dream to fall in love, so you should give yourself a chance with that hot guy.”