She was a little taller than me, a little more curvy. Definitely more sophisticated makeup. And she was talking to him. I immediately bristled. Patrick was mine! I suddenly regretted not signaling to him that I wasn't interested. I was very interested...I just couldn't say yes! I wished he could understand. I wasn't like the other girls he knew...he couldn't just invite me out for a weekend at the beach. No matter how badly i wanted to take him up on the offer, i knew i had to say no. And I had said no.Patrick had gotten the message...eventually he stopped hanging around as much, stopped smiling at me from across the room. Boy did I miss it. But i couldn't tell him that...or could I?
Patrick isn't mine, he never was even for a day. If he liked the new girl, why did it matter? But it DID matter-it just did! No matter how hard i tried not to be annoyed, I was. I watched her carefully...did she do anything cuter than me? Did she glance up at him through those ridiculous big mascara eyelashes? I couldn't tell. But they had spoken and she was pretty...and sorta looked like me.
When he came up front to punch out, i looked at him. We hadn't spoken, recently.
"Patrick! You haven't smiled today." i said. "i missed it." there, I got the grin.
"yes i have." he replied.
"well, not at me." i answered. He smiled and reached for the silverware i was folding...YES! He was was off work, but still hanging around. A good sign.
"So how do you do this, anyway?" he asked. I taught him. By the way he was ahead of me, i saw he already knew how. He was just making an excuse to stay. All of a sudden I was beaming. She had nothing on me yet! We chatted like I was familar with, him full of comments on how nar he was. By now, i know nar is surfer slang for awesome. I was ready for it, and smiled back at him. there. Soon enough, the boss shooed him away.
"the owners have been watching you two. they say you're spending too much time together-go date outside of Ledos!" he told me.
"no way, the owners said something! your teasing me!" i gasped. he shook his head.
"no, i swear, they pointed it out to me...said you go out of y'alls way too much to talk." he said. I felt delighted and furious at the same time.
"nu uh! what did you say?"
"i laughed. Told him."
"no you didn't! I'll hate you! don't let anything on!" i gasped at him. he shrugged. "well y'all should get on it and stop bothering us at Ledos." he said. I shook my head. There! That's why he stopped hanging out....the OWNERS had pointed it out! I was so happy I hadn't chased him away. It had been a lousy waitressing day, I had only a few dollars in my pocket. But to heck with you, new girl! That boy's still mine!!
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