"What are you doing here? This early in the morning? Do you still have a class?"
She asked one day. I just arrived here at the shop from school and then she asked me that question? Isn't it like 'Have you eaten?'. Like that! I sat down and picked up the bread I had bought earlier before I went here. I looked at my sister who was also looking at the bread. I gave it to her and she immediately took it.
"Honestly, there are no more classes because it's students sembreak," I told her then took a bite of the bread I was holding.
"Is that so?" I nodded at her. "Do you have nothing else to do then?" She asked again.
I looked away as I frowned and there I wondered if I had anything else to do. And in a few seconds of thinking, I realized I had nothing to do so I looked at claire again and shook my head.
"None! I'm sure of it," I said before stood up and greeted the new customer who had just entered.
"Good day, madam! What can I help you?" I smiled and asked the lady.
I frowned a little because she looks rude and had no manners. I’m not judgmental, I’m just saying what I see.
"I want you to sew the best gown for my daughter's debut. Do you have any gown designs?" She said as she walked around our shop and looked at the dresses and gowns on display.
I smiled. "Of course madam, we have that! Just a moment and I'll take it out." I went to claire and asked for the clear book which contained the designs of the gowns and dresses.
"These are the designs, madam! Just choose and we'll take care of everything." I gave her the clear book and let her choose.
She sat on the couch so I decided to leave her for a while. I go back next to Claire and grab some bread. Claire and I just watched the lady knit her forehead with each page turn from the clear book.
I wonder if this lady doesn’t like our designs or she just can’t really choose.
When the lady closed the clear book, I quickly stood up and enthusiastically approached her. I smiled when she looked at me.
"Have you made a choice yet?" I asked her.
She raised an eyebrow at me and looked at me from head to toe. My brows furrowed when he looked at me again. "It's not just the designs that are cheap here, it's also the people here." Then she laughed insultingly.
What the hell?
"I'm sorry?" I asked unbelievably.
The side of her lips rose at me. "I'm sorry. I didn't choose any of your designs, it's all hideous!" She said before leave our shop.
I was about to follow that lady when Claire stopped me She grabbed my arm so I looked at her and she shook her head as if she was saying 'just let her go'. I took a deep breath then went to the desk and sat down. Claire followed me.
"You see that? She seemed uneducated. She even insulted our designs, including us!" I told her. That old lady really annoyed me.
"Let her go! Anyway, can you go to our rest house in Tagaytay?" She asked so I suddenly frowned.
"What? Why?" I asked. "What am I going to do there?" I asked an extra question.
"Well, because the engineer assigned there called me earlier and asked what to do in the remaining space upstairs." She smiled at me.
"What?"
I was wondering earlier why she would send me to our rest house. I still don’t quite get it! What did they do there? Why is there an engineer there?
I looked at her. "Why is there an engineer there? What did you do in the rest house?" I asked her.
She frowned. "Don't you know?" She asked me why I frowned even more.
"Which one? Would I ask if I knew? Huh?" I ask for an answer.
She chuckled a little. "We are renovating the rest house. They decided that so I just agreed with them. I thought you already knew about it." She shrugged.
I just scratched my forehead. Why didn't they tell me that they planned to renovate the rest house in Tagaytay? It doesn't seem like that rest house came from me. Psh! It's really annoying.
But what else can I do? They have already started.
"Anyway, why do I even need to be there? Shouldn't the engineer take care of that?" I asked, confusion got into me.
"Yes but... Anne said last time that if that rest house has still more space, the engineer should ask me, that's why."
I slowly nodded. "I see."
I left there and told claire that I was just going there because I didn’t want to stress her out more about it. Also, I have no choice.
Once I was in the car, I didn’t leave first. I want to talk to my friends about it first. They need to explain this to me. I called them all through video call and they immediately answered as if they had been waiting for my call for a while.
One of them was about to speak when I suddenly spoke. "Why you guys didn't tell me?" I immediately asked.
["Which one?"] Roxie asked.
"Why didn't you tell me that you were renovating our rest house? Am I the only one who doesn't know about it?"
["Ahh... Because... What... Because blaire..."] They all said in pieces.
"Because what? Tsk! You guys really annoying. You always have secrets and you always don't tell me. I don't think I'm your friend," I told them made them laughed.
["Don't be like that! We have our reasons why we didn't tell you but we werr about to tell you today,"] Roxie said while eating something yellow.
["We just can't really tell you then,"] Anne also said to me.
["But you are my friend, of course. We love you. So please, don't be mad at us,"] Alice said while raising her index and middle finger.
Peace sign! Yes! That was a peace sign.
["Yeah! That's right! So please, you take care of the rest house first. We will visit there when we are not busy."] Lev said.
I took a deep breath and looked at them and smiled. "Fine! It's now okay. Besides, I don't have anything else to do."
["But be careful there! don't go home if–"]
"Okay, okay! I got it a long time ago. I'm not a kid, treize!" I laughed after I cut off what he was saying.
["I'm just telling you. "] I just rolled my eyes at the screen. I said goodbye to them because it was a waste of time and then I ended the call.
The trip was long because of the traffic and the time it took for the vehicles to move, but I also got to where I was supposed to go. At the rest house here in Tagaytay! I quickly got out of the car when I arrived, and I immediately saw Allen and Clayton talking.
"Hi! It's nice to see you again, guys." I smiled at them as I approached and waved as well. They seemed surprised to see me here because it was obvious on their faces.
"Hi! Blaire! You're here!" Allen said that so loudly that I frowned.
"How are you? Oh, wait! Is one of you the engineer?" I asked them.
They chuckled. "We're fine! What are you doing here?" Allen asked. "Anyway, we are both engineers."
I chuckled. "I know! I mean, the one assigned for the renovation of this rest house."
Their lips parted and looked at each other and slowly nodded at the same time. "Ahh! Let's go to the tent first, blaire. You might be hit on the head here by rocks or something, he might scold us."
My brows furrowed and looked at them "Scold you? Who will scold you?" I asked.
"Ahh, it's nothing! I mean, Your parents will scold us. That's right! It is." I just nodded at them.
Clayton and Allen helped me get to the tent because I might stumble over it here because there were a lot of scattered rocks. Allen also gave me a hard hat for my safety, he said that something might fall on me. I just smiled at the two of them.
"What are you doing here?" Clayton asked as we sat in front of someone’s table.
I looked at him. "Uhm, I think the engineer here is asking what to do with the remaining space upstairs. That's what Claire told me so I went here to check and tell what to do in that space."
They slowly nodded. "Ahh! I see."
"So, where's the engineer? Hmm?" I asked them. Maybe they know where I can find or just see that engineer.
"Find him later. He's just there. He’s going to be here soon, too." Clayton said.
"Have you eaten?" Allen asked.
I shook my head. "Not yet."
Allen stood up and he took something out of a bag. "What's that?" I asked.
He pointed to a large plastic he was holding "My fiancée and I cooked it, taste it, you'll enjoy it."
"You have a fiancée, huh? Anyway, can I?" I asked again. For sure I can taste it.
He nodded before opening it and handed me a spoon and fork. I immediately tasted the dishes with rice and I can say I have nothing to say. It was delicious!
"Oh my god! It taste good." I looked at him when I remembered something. "I have something to say, Darcy went to our shop last time with her baby and Luke. And Darcy asked us to sew a wedding gown for her and dresses for her bridesmaids and family."
"What?"
I nodded. "I thought you would stay together until the end. What happened? Why are they the ones getting married?" I asked him but he didn't answer.
"And why are you so affected? Is it because you still love him?"
I frowned and then I rolled my eyes at him. "Of course not! I'm concerned about you, not him. I don't want to be involve to his life again."
I just ate the meal until I was done. Clayton handed me some water and then smiled at me foolishly.
"Have you brought any men here over the years? Just men." Clayton suddenly asked me.
My lips parted. I don't know what to say. I mean, he was the first person to ask me that so I just had to think first. It's not awkward so I'll just answer.
"Uhm, yes!" I smiled. "I brought two men here, including my male friend," I told him and he just nodded.
"And who is the other one?" Allen suddenly added.
"Why did you ask?"
"We just want to know. Maybe, we will know who it is." They gave each other high five. I just shook my head while smiling.
"It's Blue."
"What?" They asked at the same time.
"It's blue!" I said again while shaking my head a bit
"Luke's cousin? Blue?" They asked again at the same time. I just nodded while still smiling.
"What was that sweet smile? Wait! Don't tell me you have a... relationship with Blue?" Allen asked.
I laughed a little. "Are you crazy? Well, Let's just say... I'm not sure?" I laughed again.
"Shit! That was so wrong." They looked at each other and then Clayton looked at me. "Did you two... kiss already?" He asked.
I looked up as if thinking. I was really thinking. I wonder if that has ever happened. Oh! Right! I looked at the both of them and they whispering something to each other while their eyes are closed.
"Hey, guys! What's wrong with you two? You look scared, huh?" I smiled. "Anyway, it's a yes."
"What?! Is it really true?!" They both shouted so I covered both my ears.
I slowly nodded. "Yes! But, it was just a kiss. Actually, we accidentally kissed. We didn't mean it and there's no more other than that."
When I looked at the two of them, I noticed that their faces looked sad. It was as if heaven and earth were covering them. What's wrong with them?
I was surprised when they suddenly stood up together while looking behind me. I was about to stand when a hard hat suddenly fell on the table next to me so I was surprised.
"Damn! Shit!"
My heart beat so fast because of shock so I looked up at that someone and I saw Luke, he was standing at my side while staring at the table. His ear is red now, I don't know why. His jaw also tightened and I think it was because he was angry about something.
I looked away and took a deep breath because I remembered my request. I shouldn't look at him because I'm the one who made that request.
"Hey, engineer! What's up?" Allen at Clayton greeted him.
"Aren't you leaving yet? I still have a lot to do." I heard luke say.
I looked at Allen and Clayton and they were also looking at me so I smiled. "Maybe, later. We were talking to her."
"There's no need to talk about," he said.
"There is! Come on, Luke! It's just Blaire, why do you seem to avoid looking and approaching her?"
"I'm just doing a request by someone. I don't want to do anything 'stupid' so please, leave." He emphasize the word 'stupid'.
But the two is really importunate. They shook their heads at the same time. "No! We all have a lot to talk about."
Luke just heavily sighed because he can't do anything as Allen and Clayton already sat down. Next to me is Allen and in front of me is Clayton and next to clayton that in front of Allen is Luke. Psh!
"Anyway, how's Blue?" Clayton suddenly asked.
I sighed. "I don't know. We also haven't talked in a long time."
"Did you miss him?" He asked again.
I chuckled and simply looked at Luke. "Of course, I miss him so much." I smiled.
"Oh, hope all miss!" Clayton said loudly. "You know, I have a friend. He had a girlfriend and he loved her so much but they broke up and after many years they met again but he didn't know how to approach her."
"What happened next?" I asked.
"I told him to take her again as soon as possible, because like now he found out that his cousin and the woman he loves have a special relationship. I just hope it’s really just a misunderstanding of everything."
And then, Clayton looked at Luke and the side of his lips rose at luke. They staring at each other for minutes. What's going on? Allen touched me and then approached me a little.
"He is the engineer you are looking for, Blaire," Allen whispered to my ear.
My eyes widened and my lips parted a little as well. "W-what?"