I See You

35

"Stupid Junior and Nicola and their conspiracy theories" she whispered; and as she had been talking of the devil, Mr. Morely walked in the shop wearing a suit and looking impeccable and ravishing like he usually did.

"Mr. Morely, hi" smiled Lena, she pushed the thoughts of Junior and Nicola to the back of her head as she sat down straight before the register.

"Lena, hi" smiled the man "Meghan already left?"

"Yes" answered Lena "She had to take her brother to the doctor"

"Yes, she told me something about that" sighed Mr. Morely, he headed to his office when a lightning roared through the sky and water started to pour almost immediately down.

"Oh no" groaned Lena, she passed her left hand over her face and hair as she cursed herself for bringing her bike instead of the car.

"What's wrong?" asked Morely, he turned to look at her "Do you melt under water?" he joked.

"I brought my bike" explained Lena, she turned to look at him "And I'm just twenty minutes away from finishing my shift, I will certainly melt under the rain if I take the bike home"

"What about your boyfriend?" asked Morely, he walked up to Lena and looked down at his watch.

"His in the city with his mom for the day" she explained "Well, let's just hope it stops raining before I have to go home"

"I can take if you want to" explained Morely, he checked his watch once more, as if hours had passed since the last time he had checked it "I'm supposed to meet a friend down town in a few hours, I could drop you home"

Lena looked at Morely, his blue eyes pierced her and Lena wasn't sure that she could decline his offer, she smiled at him and nodded "Sure, thank you"

"Perfect" smiled Morely "I'll fix some things at the office and I'll be back in twenty, if the storm hasn't stopped"

"Thank you again" smiled Lena, she really did appreciate that he was driving her home, but she wasn't sure if her father would approve.

"Or Meghan, or Nicola, or Junior" she added in her mind, she took a deep breath and watched as Mr. Morely walked in his office and closed the door behind himself.

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“Ready to go?” asked Mr. Morely as he walked out of his office, Laurel and Sophia were already at their spots behind the counter and the register, Lena was sitting in silence with them, her back pack over her lap.

“Of course” smiled Lena, the raining had not only continued, but it had gotten worse “Mr. Morely, could I leave my bike here and I promise I’ll take it home tomorrow”

“Sure, of course” smiled Morely “Don’t worry”

Sophia and Laurel looked at each other with questioning eyes, and then turned to look at Morely and Lena, Sophia was shooting daggers out of her eyes as Lena stood up and followed Mr. Morely to the entrance of the store, the man pulled out an umbrella and popped it open.

“See you tomorrow ladies” he called.

“Bye” said Sophia and Laurel at the same time, Laurel turned to look at Sophia.

“What the hell is going on?” she asked.

“I have no idea” snapped Sophia “But I will be damned if it’s not what I think it is”

Lena tried not to invade Mr. Morely’s personal space as they walked under the umbrella, but it was almost impossible, she really didn’t feel like getting wet but her mind kept telling her not to touch Mr. Morely, not even his cloths.