Two Worlds Apart

Chapter 23

"Thank you so much Courtney, you're an angel" Gloria said after trying on her dress

I let out a little chuckle "You're welcome"

She handed me a bag "so these are the fabric Chloe and Brittany want" she tells me

"Oh alright" I placed the bag on the table and pulled out both fabrics

I let out a little gasp

They were beautiful

One of them was in a beautiful yellow colour and the other was a plain pink

"Wow" I whispered and Gloria chuckled

"They have wonderful taste" she admitted

"They really do" I put them back

"You already know it's in 3 months, right?"

I nod

"I trust that you'll get it done"

"Of course I will"

"And um yeah, Chloe said she just realised that she had too much jumpsuits with skirts so she was wondering if you could come up with something else, still a jumpsuit though. Would that be too stressful?"

Well.....

"No no of course not, I can do it" I assure her

Now to figure out two ideas

"Are you sure though?" She asked

"I am" I chuckled "I can do it"

Yeah, I can do it

"Alright no...." she was cut short by the door opening

"Hey Gloria I'm here"

It was...Mr Martinez

I hadn't seen or heard from him in a week, this was the first time I was seeing him after I found him talking to himself outside my shop

And yeah like always, he looks good

"Oh thank you so much for coming" she sighed

"Where's Thomas?" He asked as he walked towards her

"He had to leave for Chicago this morning" she ran her fingers through her hair

"Oh, but how did your car break down though?" He helps her pick up her bag with her dress inside

"I don't know, it's been having a lot of problems lately, although Thomas said i should let him know when I'm ready for him to change it and honestly I think I'm ready" she picks up her purse and her phone

"That's alright, let's get going I have a meeting in 30 minutes" he hurried

"Oh oh I'm so sorry, let's go. Thanks Courtney" and she rushed out

Eric turned to me "Nice seeing you again Courtney" and he walked out

That's it?

What am I saying, of course that's it

But no wait, that's it?

I sighed and picked up both Brittany and Chloe's fabrics and put them back in the bag

Time to sketch.

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I had made almost 7 sketches for just Brittany's dress but I was still not satisfied with the outcome, and to make matters worse, Sophia kept munching on potatoes chips and I couldn't concentrate

"Do you mind?" I finally said

She frowned "But I'm hungry"

"You've been eating from that one bag ever since you got here, finish up and throw it the hell away" my ears were crying

"Meanie" she muttered as she folds the bag and drops it on the table

"Thank you" I go back to sketching

I knew Brittany said she wanted a short dress, but I was confused as to what typed of dress

Was it fled? Was it fitted? Does she want a body hug?

Why on earth didn't I ask all this sooner?

"I'll just go with the best" I whispered and sighed

"Courtney please I need a dress" Sophia said

I slowly looked up at her

"You do see that I'm very occupied, right?"

"I know I know, but Jeffrey and I are having dinner with his mum and I need something good, you know she doesn't really like me" she muttered the finally part

I sighed

Jeffrey's mum has never really like Sophia, she felt and still feels that Jeffrey being in a relationship with someone who's in the same situation as he is, is a stupid thing to do

"But why would you still want to go see her?" I asked in a more calm tone

She shrugged

"She's my boyfriend's mum. Jeffrey and I have been dating for over 5 years now, it's not right that my relationship with his mum is all rocky" she explained

"Did he suggest it?" I asked

She shook her head "you know he's been pretty occupied as Mr Martinez's personal assistant and we really haven't had the time to go out, so he said he'd really like us to go out and I could choose somewhere, so I chose to have dinner with his mum"

I smiled "that's nice"

"He didn't agree to it at first though, but I told him we could go to dinner over and over again, so I'll just sacrifice one to build my relationship with his mum" she smiled

My smile fades a bit

"I'd go out with you over and over again if given the chance"

"Nice seeing you again Courtney"

Why did that come up all of a sudden?

But if I'm being honest he seemed different today

I'm  not saying he owes me much of a conversation because we aren't friends or anything like that but things weren't always so....short with him

"I was on my way to my shop, please excuse me" I walked past him

"I could drop you off" he suggested

"No it's fine" I said without turning around

Or...is it me?

"Courtney?" I wake up from my train of thought

"Yeah?"

"You okay?" She asked

"Of course" I smiled to assure her

What am is saying, we're not friends, our conversations weren't suppose to be longer that a minute and that's why I turned all his proposals down after our last dinner

Thinking about it makes it look like i care

I better do something else

"Let's go have lunch"