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         ~Raregold~
       
                         
        

           ERICA'S  POV(Point Of View)
          
I enter the restaurant and immediately sights Rick from the entrance. He is checking through the menu while sipping a glass of water slowly. He is dressed in a Burgundy suit and it really looks good on him. I guess burgundy is his charm colour as they call it. I take a quick glance at the mirror in my bag and gingerly walk over to him. What is between I and him? I don't know. If I love him, I don't know that too. Why I keep going on dates with him, I don't know that too but the last one is an huge lie. I keep going on dates with him because he is accepting of Clarissa. He sights me when I'm some inches away from the table and he pulls out a chair for me. I mutter a sincere 'thank you' which I don't think he heard but I did not bother to repeat myself.
               
"Thanks for coming. You look loving." He says with a smile.
           
"Thanks. You look good too. I must say burgundy is your charm colour."
           
"I hear that all the time." He hands me a menu and uses his other hand to signify he needs a waiter or waitress and a lady moves over. She looks like a teenager who is not yet 18 so I wonder why she has to do this. She looks at me and her eyes looks familiar. I look down at the menu in my hand because I just realised I've been staring at her for too long.

Every food name seemed delicious so I am having a difficulty making a choice. If my mother was faced with such difficulty when I and Justin, my younger brother were kids, she would order everything and have a taste of them all and stock the leftovers in the fridge for weeks forcing me and Justin to finish it all. So when she is not around, Justin and I would dispose bits of the leftovers each day till we've finally disposed them all. That memory made me laugh inside, then I looked up to see the waitress staring at Rick then I realised why her eyes seemed familiar. She and Rick had the same color of eyes.
        
"Dad!" She called out and I froze in my seat. Did I just hear that correctly. I looked from Rick to the teenage waitress and back to Rick again. Perhaps I heard wrong, Rick can not be lying to me.
           
"What did you just say kiddo?" I asked her.
          
"I'm not speaking to you. Place your orders please."She said and I detected a bit of annoyance in her voice or maybe I was just reading meaning to everything. I glanced at Rick from the corner of my eyes and I wonder if it was only in my eyes that he looked like he was panicking and looking uncomfortable in his seat. He loosened his tie a bit and breathed heavily. He glanced at me and I immediately returned my gaze to the menu.
     
"I want a Caesar salad with a light dressing." I replied with a smile and dropped the menu on the designed table. She scribbled it down and faced Rick.
        
"Chicken avocado sandwich with a salad on the side. Flute champagne would do for the both of us." He said calmly. I tried to read his expression but I could not. The silence is awkward after she leaves our table
          
"Was it only me or did she call you dad?" I asked him not sure if that was the right thing to do.
          
"What? Ooh yeah... I heard that... I think... I think I heard that too." He stammered and I watched him carefully trying to read his face expression but it was difficult maybe because he is a pro at disguising his feelings perfectly. I began to worry and I gulped down the water on the table hurriedly.
          
"I was shocked by that. Do you know any reason why she could have said that. She really gave me goosebumps." He said disgustingly and that really calmed my nervous nerves.
          
"I think she is a psycho. Why would she just call a random person dad? I need to use the restroom! I would be back." He said.

"She is not a psycho rather she looks nice." I was still saying when he stood up.

I tried my best to not read any further meaning into it but it's easier said than done. A random teenage waitress walk up to my date and calls him dad. Who the hell would not freak out?! Even if he has a child there is no problem with that because I have one too but why should he keep it from me? Soon Rick returns and I can see that same waitress coming over.
          
She seems different than before. She is no longer angry instead she is calm and smiling. She gingerly places our food on the table and was about to leave before she faces me and Rick.
          
"I'm sorry for earlier. Your date has the same eyes like my father so I got emotional. This has always been happening. I just can't get him out of my head..." and she breaks down." He stole all our money and abandoned my mum and I."
         
"Oh! Sorry! He is such a jerk!" I said sincerely even though I could not understand her pain. I took a glance at Rick maybe expecting him to feel sympathetic but he seemed angered and I wonder if it only looked that way in my eyes. I returned my eyes to the teenager in front of my head in order to stop thinking of ideas I do not want to think of.
        
"Oh you don't need to be. I know he is a real jerk and wherever he is may he never be comfortable and may he..."She is saying till she is cut short by Rick.
       
"Enough of those words in our space, kid!" Rick rebuked with a clenched jaw.
         
"Please let her be,Rick. Can't you see she is heartbroken."I replied shocked at Rick's cold reply to this heartbroken teenager.
         
"Then she can go to the nearest broadcasting station and express her heart to the whole world but not right here with us when we are about to have a pleasant meal!" Rick said sternly.
           
"Fuck you!" She cursed and hissed before leaving the table. I shrieked back.
          
"And you too!" Rick replied more annoyed with a tightly clenched fist on the table.
            
"What is wrong with you, Rick?!"
            
"She!"
           
"What do you mean?" I ask obviously confused
             
"We all have our problems but we don't go around letting others bear the burden for us!!" Rick shouted has he banged the table occasionally.
           
"This is so unlike you!" I replied giving Rick the disgusted look.
          
I watch closely as Rick rubs his forehead in frustration and looks up.
           
"OK, I'm sorry! I lost my cool, I know. I just didn't want her to ruin the mood for us. I've been really stressed lately and I just wanted to have a good time with you, not let some teenage girl stress you out and ruin your perfectly sculpted face. I'm really sorry." He said calmly.
            
"That is why I'm here, Rick. If you were stressed about something and need someone to talk to, I'm always here, remember?"
           
"I know but I didn't want you to be stressed out like me. I'm sorry, ok?"
            
"Apology accepted but you have to also apologize to that innocent teenage girl."
            
"Yes ma'am" Rick said playfully and I chuckled.
              
He always has his way with words that  brings a smile to my face.
             
"Can we now proceed to the food unless we want to eat a cold food?" Rick asked.
          
"Right on to it sir!" I replied with a mock salute and I noticed that Rick smiled. Well, that is good.
                  
                           ¶¶¶¶¶
        
I rush over to the science staff room trying my best to avoid areas that are crowded. When I reached the staff room, I peeped inside to assure myself that it was a bit empty. Luckily, it was only May along with a female teacher whose name I don't remember that was inside. I quickly run inside.
          
"Hey babe, why are you running?" May asked me as she puts a note in one of her drawers.
         
"I'm currently putting on two pairs of unmatched flip-flops. Can you help me out?" I whispered.
       
May looks down and laughs noisily drawing the attention of the other female teacher.
         
"Would you please keep it low! You always have a spare shoe right?"
          
"Did Clarissa not check you out today?" She asked with a low chuckle that did not escape my ear.
           
"MAY!! Would you help me out instead of mocking me. Anyone could enter anytime." I whispered as I leaned towards her desk desperately.
          
"What a pity then!I told Dan to pick some notes over the weekend for me and when he saw the shoes in my drawer he brought them home thinking they were shoes I forgot to bring home. I ought to have brought it today but I forgot, Jack was running a fever earlier in the morning so I was occupied." My heart skipped a beat and I felt it sinking.
          
"My day just got ruined!!! What am I gonna do. I couldn't even attend the morning assembly talk less of attending classes." I said as I tapped May's desk rapidly but silently with my index finger.
          
"Why don't you return home?" She asked.
         
"What about Lewis?"I asked.
         
"I would cover up for you. Now over to the car park." She said and I felt so grateful to this woman who was like no other. I quickly turned and was almost out of the staff room when Adrian entered blocking the doorway.
       
"What are you doing here?" He asks
           
"I should also be asking you that but I don't even have your time, Adrian. Let me be!"
           
"What a pity because I have your time!" He said jokingly. Ooh how much I hate this guy but I know it is a lie because he is one of his kind but not my dating type of guy. I sighed heavily and saw him access my dressing before he starts to laugh loudly drawing the attention of the female teacher in the staff room again.
          
"Adrian, let me pass!!" I said sternly but he did not bulge.
           
"That is no way to ask for something." He said and I hissed silently. I tried to push him away but I knew that is not possible as he is muscular and has a well-built chest. I resigned and stare at him angrily.
             
"You better be quick beauty, I saw the other occupants of the staff room coming. They would soon reach here and I'm sure you don't want to face a group of teachers looking like this." He said swinging his hands up and down. He is right. I look into his eyes and realise that he is deadly serious.
    
I looked over to May using my eyes to beg her to help me out of this quickly.
           
" Leave her alone, Adrian! Or I would kick you at a place I'm sure you don't want me to!" May threatened glaring at Adrian and I thanked her silently in my mind. That really frightened Adrian because he knows May doesn't make a fake threat. He moves his body away and I hissed. Oops! I am too late! The occupants of the staff room were already in my front. Geez! I quickly ran past them hearing chuckles and laughter.
        
"What a great day!!" I exclaimed sarcastically as I kept on running till I bumped into something sorry I meant someone and slipped till a hand held me. I looked up and met a strange face but a very handsome strange face clad in a William Broad stylish magenta suit with a tight fitting white turtle neck blouse, I noticed. He pushes me up and I could not stop staring, I don't know why but I could not.
           
"Cat got your tongue" He teased and I immediately snapped out of my reverie. I refused to reply or maybe I was stunned by his cute face to reply. I attempted to pass by him but he obstructed me with his right hand.
        
"Not even a thank you!" He said with a sneer. Wait did I just say he is handsome? Sure I did, but his behaviour is off the hook! His facial expression changed from a sneer to a mock. I wonder why.
         
"Hey, I love what you are putting on your foot. Is it the latest trend?" He asked mockingly.
           
"Yes!" I shouted. "Now let me go." I tried to pass by his left side but he obstructed me again.
        
"What is with you guys obstructing me today!!" I shouted, obviously frustrated.
           
"Take it easy! I just complimented you on your shoes so I should receive an expression of thanks and also for saving you from falling and probably getting a dislocation." He was obviously mocking me. I feel so mortified and I could feel my cheeks heating up. He is obviously new around here so why should I make a first impression like this on this handsome guy. I hate this! I hate my absentminded self more! I've embarrassed myself already so a little more would not make a difference
           
"If you don't let me be , I'm going to scream at the top of my voice! Believe me when I tell you that!" I said with an hard glare.
         He raises his hands up in surrender. "Fine. I give up! Angry bird!!"
         "What did you just call me?" I asked.
           He just walked off but before he was out of sight, he replied, "Exactly what you heard, A N G R Y  B I R D!!" He spelt out and I sighed as his handsome figure left my sight.
          "Feel free to stare at a god like me!" I heard him say arrogantly and I turned around immediately wondering how he knew I was staring.
            "Huff! What a wonderful day!!" I replied sarcastically and hurried to the garage where bou is parked. As I drove home, the image of that arrogant guy was imprinted in my brain and I promised myself to make him pay the next time I see him, that is if I would. Let me change from this flip-flops first.

Wow! Wow! Wow! What was that? Who is this cute, hot and handsome guy that is disturbing Erica's brain ooh?😄😄😄😄 Ladies in the house you better tell him to not disrupt her system ooh.😂😂😂
            
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