The Moments With You

SATURDAY

That Friday, that tiring day Alec had to carry two ton of body weight home, the day he caught Mel’s look alike,

He slept that night while thinking of who that guy was, if he was related to Mel somehow and why he was in the area, and also, he was really close to Milford University,

“Is that where he’s headed”

He’s head was filled with thought, as he laid on, he’s bed in his room staring at the gentle moon, through he’s window. For a while, he was having some trouble sleeping, but as soon as he decided to close his eyes, he was fast asleep in the next five minutes; he forgot he’s frail body was completely stressed out.

So, he had to forget about it, seeing as tomorrow is the day, he starts his part time job, so he needs to rest well and rest early,

Just like closing your eyes and opening it in less than a second, morning came and it is Saturday, I means work starts today, Alec needs some extra cash and he doesn’t want to trouble anybody about it, he just hates the thought of leaching of someone and he has Fourteen years’ worth of memories to regret from,

Alec, was on his soft bed sleeping, when the sunlight fell on his face from his window, he squeezed his face, then used his hand to cove his face, in order to block the sun’s rays from meeting his face so he could sleep more,

He was about to fall into a deep sleep, when the alarm rang and the loud noise made him jump out of his bed, he couldn’t sleep anymore so he checked what the time on the digital alarm clock, on the table by his bed says,

And of course, he was so close to being late on the first day of his job,

The other day, he passed by the “Pleasure is Pretty café” on his way back from school, the day he closed early, he saw a sign board outside that notified him that the café had a vacancy  and he needs some extra cash, he saw no reason why he shouldn’t apply,

So he walked in, and talked to the owner of the café, and luckily for him, it turns out that  the owner didn’t have any specific requirements for his employees, and most of all Alec had a pretty face, so they though it was bound to attract female customers, and the does female customers are gonna attract male customers, meaning he was a good for the café so the owner employed him right away.

And now, Alec was about to be late for a job he jus got and that easy, where is he gonna get a job as easy as he got this one, and this one was of more convenience for him, because oy was closer to his apartment, where he stayed.

“like seriously, I gatta stop being so late for important things!”  

Alec was furious at himself as he rushed out of his room and into the living room, then he remembered he had to bathe first, so he raced back into his room to bathe, but when he got to his bathroom, he realized he had no soap, and obviously he didn’t have the luxury of time to buy one, so he ran out, wearing noting but a short towel wrapped around his waist, down to his knee level,

He knocked on Andrew’s room door, which was just opposite he’s, but Andrew was still sleeping so he didn’t hear the knock, so Alec knocked again, this time increasing his force, but Andrew still didn’t wake up,

“s**t, I’m done for… that guy sleeps like a f*****g dead chuck of wood”

 Alec became more and more anxious by every passing minute he, and banged even harder at the door, then after 3 minutes of ruthlessly banging the door, Andrew finally woke up with a shout,

“what the heck man!”

He stood up from his bed and walked straight to the door, “what is Lec, what do you need that you had to put an instant end to my nap… and like that?” Andrew was sorely disturbed

Alec took one look at Andrew and knew he’s body is here but he’s mind, he’s consciousness was very far away from here, he had huge dark circles underneath he’s eyes, he eyes looked like they were in a daze, he even had drool all over he’s face,

“you call that a nap, that’s a freaking bear hibernation, a freaking eternal sleep, the difference is you’re still breathing” Alec was bewildered “you know what… I really don’t have your time now, just get me some bathing soap”

“is that all, you should have just saved me the stress and had just taken it yourself, you know”

Andrew walked to his bathroom, got his soap and handed it to him “you’re still serious about this, you really gonna pull through with it” Andrew became serious and concerned all of a sudden

“like I said drew, I really don’t have you time right now” Alec dashed back into his room and headed to his bathroom

“You know, you really… don’t have to do this” he reminded Alec once again as he ran into, he’s room.

“yeah…. Yeah, I really have to do this” Alec muttered underneath his breath with a look of sullen resentment, “you wouldn’t remember any of this conversation anyway”, alec knew the whole conversation he just had with Andrew will just be like a dream to him, he was just so much in a daze.

Alec was all over the place, preparing for his part-time job he was already late for, but soon enough, he was ready. Since he is going to be working at a café, he put on a white sleeveless shirt, the kind that had buttons aligned at its center an some black pants that he  complemented with a pair of black shoes , which he thought was the dressing code, since he always saw the café attendants dressed in such when he frequents visits the

A few minutes later, he got to the coffee shop, he was a little restless because he there and he feared he was too late, but he was shocked at the sight he saw,

The owner, who was a middle-aged woman of around 55 years old, was a woman, who had the thick body type, you could say she was one of those women you had the hour glass shape and looked way younger than her age. She was also just opening up the shop, so Alec walked toward the shop and stopped in front of his boss, standing straight up, his arms folded in front of him with he’s head bowed down as he was getting ready to make a sincere and heartfelt apology,

“Mrs. clouds, I… I’m so sorry for being late, I... I know this is the first day of the job but last night was tiring for me and I slept in, I have no reason to justify myself, I’m just so sorry”

Mrs. Mary clouds who was the owner of Pleasure Is Pretty café, where Alec usually frequented, was so caught up in the lock she was trying so hard to open, that she didn’t hear Alec walk in, or the apology he just said.

So, after a moment of silence between the two of them, Alec who thought his boss was really pieced at him was now thrown into dismay, his facial expression was so sore,

Now, she was finally done with the door’s lock, and after she had successfully open the door, her mind now became one with her surroundings, she looked at her side and she was shocked to the chest when she saw Alec standing beside her with a sad expression on his face and she wondered why,

“pretty face, why are you standing there like that, help me pull up the entrance door”

“what, really, I thought you were mad at me” Alec was remorseful, “I even gave you an apology, but you didn’t reply”

“oh dear, how long have you been standing here for” she asks, while looking up at him with her eyes full of guilt, but Alec didn’t answer, he just dropped his head lower,

“I’m so sorry pretty face, I have a bad habit of getting sucked into whatever I do without paying attention to what’s happening around, it might be a problem between us, but bear with me for now oaky”.

They both opened the entrance to the shop together, and walked in

“you see, my daughter complains about that habit of mine” she continues as they walk into the storage room, “she yells at me all the time to change it, but at this age of mine, habits can be so deep-rooted that you even forget how to live without it”

“it’s okay ma’am, I have high tolerance”

A few minutes in to the time they opened up the shop, they had already cleaned the shop and turned the status board of the shop that was hanging from a hook on the entrance door, from CLOSED to OPEN, then Mary Clouds noticed that Alec was already dressed in the café’s attendant uniform, because she wanted to hand him a white shirt just like the one he was wearing, so instead, she commended him and gave him a brown Apron instead.

“so, I’m gonna be teaching you the ropes pretty face, like how to make the different types coffee and some deserts … you’re gonna make me a lot of money with that pretty face of yours,

So, just as she was teaching him, a female customer came in to buy a coffee for take out, so Alec attended to her with a big smile just as he’s boss told him to and the lady was completely mesmerized and bought six cups,

Mary clouds was at the background thinking she just hit jack pot.

Back at the Alec and Andrew’s apartment, Andrew was still fast asleep when a ringing from his phone woke him in shock, he literally jumped out of the bed and put his guard up, thinking a burglar had broken into he’s house, but he soon realized that it was from  he’s phone,

So, he reached to his side table, picked up his phone and found out the call was from Martina Clouds, that’s when it dawned on him that they had team practice today as well, and thy why Martina is calling him

at first, he didn’t want to answer the call, because he didn’t want to receive an ear full from her,

“she nags like a mom, I’m sure she act’s like a mom to her mom” he let out a deep sigh, but at the same time, he didn’t want to hurt her feelings, so he just answered it,

And like he predicted, she was calling to remind him of their practice and she caught him red handed because she knew he was still sleeping

“Andrew Davis, I know you are still fast sleep even though you know you are super late, so I’m gonna keep it short…” she started in a serious tone with her already dominating voice and Andrew couldn’t deny the fact that, her voice kindda scared him when she stared like that,

“…get your lazy ass up from that bed of yours and down to the court or I’m gonna come get you… choose” she questioned,

“yes ma’am, I’m doing that ma’am” he answered obediently then ended the call.

“seriously, I don’t know why I’m putting up with this… thankfully she didn’t nag me till my ears ache this time” Andrew grumbled,

“Seriously, I might drop dead before it even the festivals” Andrew said to himself as he carried, he’s body off his bed and into the bathroom, then he made himself naked and went directly under the showers so the water touches him better, as the cool water meets his head, it seeped into his hair and touches his scalp, he could feel himself waking up, and as the water streamed down he’s his face, then to his neck, wide shoulder, his broad chest and down the other parts of his body; before finally meting the ground, he could feel the stress and all the fatigue leave  he’s body with the streams of water and into the the drainage system,

 Then he reached to get the soap but he couldn’t fine it, that pieced him out a little so he yelled “Alec, Alec…. Alec! But there was no answer, so he grabbed a towel and walked out of the bathroom, outside his room and into the corridor, where Alec’s room was just opposite of his,

First, he searched for Alec in the living room, knocked on his door several times but there was no answer, just alike Alec had said, he didn’t remember he’s entire conversation he had with Alec few hours ago,

But either way, he realized Alec wasn’t at home, so he figured he’d be at his part-time job already since he already told him and it is a Saturday today.

So he just walked into Alec’s room to see if he could find soap and he did, and he knew it was his, so he wondered how his soap got into Alec’s bathroom, but he soon forgot about it as he’s mind was filled with the practice he has to attend and is late for, he also doesn’t want to gat an earful from the coach.

So after some minutes, he was finally done preparing, he wanted to eat but alec didn’t cook and he cant cook as well, even if he could he doesn’t have the luxury of time to do that , so he just randomly did a sandwich of  4 pairs of sliced bread and some cherry flavored jam, would have toasted the bread but, he had no time, so he walked out the house and hurriedly headed to Milford university, where the basketball court was.

It was Already noon and just as Mary had hoped, her café was filled with a lot of females and a few males, drinking at least two cups of coffee each, and all that was because of her new part-timer.  Like she planned, the girls came looking for the pretty face and the guys followed looking for the pretty girls and her shop’s full and she’s making some decent dollars even though she knows her coffees aren’t that great and her cakes are not exactly a hit, that’s why she wanted to make more , so she could hire a someone who could make better coffee and sweeter cakes or something.

So, she sat at the corner of the counter table, observing how her shop was and as well the mood of the atmosphere, and it was like as if she could see pink lights everywhere;

Most of the females there were just fixed their gaze on Alec, both the one of his age group, those who were younger and those who were older, and they giggle as they talked and fantasized about him, then she turned to observe him and was overwhelmed by his appearance

“he is really pretty; he’s looks are to soft to be tagged as just handsome” she mumbled to herself, “if you dressed him up as a girl, you wouldn’t even notice the difference”

“I’m sure some guys might even have their eyes on him”

While almost everyone was admiring Alec, he was completely clueless and oblivious about it as his gaze were fixated on a table at the right corner of the table,

There, he saw a couple of two guys, who sat together enjoying coffee and some cakes together, they were not to obvious, but when he watched as the giggled together over random things while staring only at eachother’s eyes,  anybody who saw them might have thought they were just really close friends or something, but for some reason, he could feel a whole different atmosphere from them,

As he watched them, Mel’s face came to his head and he subconsciously whispered to himself,

“I wish we could be like that”

He’s gut felt tingly all over and he’s heartbeat raced, his head was filled with thought’s of Mel and his face turned red,

The ladies who were observing him were lovestruck as his face at that point was so cute.

So, the day ended, and so did Alec’s shift, he felt a little suffocated as the day ended because a lot of girls were sucking up to him, asking a lot of really random questions like,

“do you have a girlfriend” or “can I get your number” or “what kind of girls do you like” another even asked him if she was pretty,

 He thought it was so absurd but he couldn’t shun them, they were precious customers and he’d probably loose his job if he was the cause of loss of customers  due to lack of manner of approach, so he had no choice but to smile at them and use his wits to answer them without actually answering them, and that’s how the left him, even though they were a bit disappointed.

So, when they had already cleaned the shop, and had locked the shop, Alec’s boss, Mrs. Mary clouds wet ahead in the other direction, which was the way to her home, and Alec was supposed to follow behind, but he heard strange sobbing sounds, just the at back of the shop, so he told his boss he was gonna head somewhere else, to go get some things and bade her goodbye,

So, he walked slowly to the back of the shop, and it was really dark and kind of cold, he couldn’t see, but the sobbing became louder, so he went in deeper,

He found a man sited on the floor, he folded himself and was weeping heavily, he was so out of his surroundings that he didn’t even hear Alec’s footsteps as he walked closer to him, and that made Alec wonder what exactly happed to a grown man like him, to be reduced to such level.

So, he called out to him “excuse me sir… ar… are you okay”

Then, the man answered him as he raised his head and Alec stared at him in bewilderment when he found out it was he’s professors of Architecture, Mr. Sidney Whales,

“ah… Alec… its you”, Sidney let out a deep and heavy sigh, then laughed sheepishly as he was overwhelmed by embarrassment and shame.