"Hurry up, Emilyn." Grandma Lou shouted from the living room.
"I'm coming, I'm coming." Emilyn ran into the living room with a left shoe in her hand.
"We cannot be late. The kids are counting on you." Grandma Lou scold.
"Me?" Emilyn scrunches her eyebrow together. "How am I involved in this? I'm just there to help."
"Of course, they are counting on you. You're bringing the ingredients they need for today's activity." She explains."
"Okay." Emilyn said and dragged the o a little longer. "Why are we still talking? Aren't we going to be late?" She reminds her, placing both of her hands on her hips.
"You're right, let's go." They hail a cab and place everything in the car, and head to the orphanage. Within 10 minutes, they arrive at the orphanage. People are standing outside the building waiting for them.
"Finally, you guys are here." The head of the orphanage said, "The kids are getting restless."
"We bought the ingredients, come help us bring it inside." Grandma Lou told them, and they help to bring the bags of ingredients inside. Once Emilyn steps her foot inside, the kids surround her.
"Emilyn, you are here." All the kids surround her and start talking loudly. "We miss you." The little ones hug her legs. She can barely move if she takes one step; she will fall on top of the kids.
Emilyn stood still and greeted every one of them, "Hi, how are you guys doing? You guys have grown a lot since the last time I saw you guys." She pats the little ones head with a smile.
"Emilyn how come you did not come often to visit us?" They asked.
"I'm sorry. I'm a little busy with work the last few weeks, so that's why I can't come to visit you guys. But, I bought candy for each of you." They cheered when they heard the word candy.
"Okay, everyone please settle down. we are going to start today's activity." The head orphanage, Melissa, announced. "Everyone go wash your hands first."
"But, Emilyn is about to give us some candy." One of the kids whined.
"If all of you cooperate, I'll let Emilyn give each one of you a piece of candy," Melissa said. They finally let go of her legs and race to the bathroom. "Emilyn, you are spoiling them."
"Don't worry Melissa, it's just for today. I haven't made a visit for weeks, I can't just come and not bring anything for them."
Melissa sigh and shake her head, "I know you love these kids, but don't spoil them too much."
"I know, don't worry." Emilyn gave her an assuring smile. "Let me just put these bags in the kitchen." Melissa nods her head.
When she entered the kitchen, she found a familiar face "Kelsea, long time no see." Emilyn places the bags on the table before hugging Kelsea.
"Emilyn." She returns the hug. Kelsea is an 18-year-old girl who she grew pretty close to during her visits.
"How are you?" Emilyn asked once, breaking the hug.
"I'm doing great. I'm almost finishing with my studies." She gave her a bright smile.
"So, what are you going to do in the future?" Emilyn asked.
"I was thinking to do a degree course at the community college with the money I've saved up."
That's great. Do you need any help with it?"
"No, it's fine. You already help me a lot through the years." She smiles. "I don't know how to repay you."
"Just get a degree and find a job that will be enough to repay me," Emilyn chuckles. "And also, maybe a small lunch will do." She joked.
She chuckles, "You never change Emilyn. You're still thinking about food always."
"Hey!" Emilyn punches her lightly on the arm, "Never take the topic of food lightly, they are my life." She chuckles again. "Anyways, if you need a sponsor, you can find me. I'll be grateful to help."
"Thanks for the suggestion, but I think I'm fine."
"Do you need a place to stay?" I ask, knowing the orphanage will let those children who turn 18 to leave the orphanage house.
"No is fine. Melissa said she's letting me stay here until I finish my degree. After all, she needs my help looking after the children."
"That's great. If there's anything just call me, my house is always open for you."
"Thanks, Emilyn." Kelsea hugs her. "Thank you for always being there for me, I owe you."
"Well, not only I got to meet such a lovely girl. I also gain a friend."
"Are you guys done? We need help outside." Melissa said, interrupting their moment.
"Yeah, we are coming," Emilyn reply back.
The kids are all having fun making sausage rolls and pizza. "Emilyn, would you help me get a few extra tissue paper and some can of tomato sauce at the storage room," Melissa asked.
"No problem," Emilyn said and headed down to the storage to grab the item. "Now, I only need tomato sauce." She looks around the shelves, and she spotted it at the top of the shelves. "Are you kidding me?" She said and huff. The shelves are only four layers, but Emilyn is not even tall enough to grab them. She knows there is a ladder somewhere around the room. Emilyn scans the room, and it stopped when she spotted the small ladder at the side of the shelves.
Placing the ladder near the shelve and begin to climb. She stretched her arms to reach the can and froze when she heard a voice saying, "Do you need help?" A deep voice suddenly sounded through the room. Letting go of her hands from the can, Emilyn turn her head to see who is that person with a deep voice. She stood on the ladder staring at him. "Are you going to say anything?" he question.
She stuttered, "I need the cans of tomato sauce which is at the top of the shelf." Pointing at the shelf, not breaking eye contact. He walks closer towards Emilyn, stretching his arms and easily reaches the sauce. Even though Emilyn is standing on a 3-step ladder, he is still taller than her.
"Here you go." He passes her the can. Emilyn's fingers brush his hand while reaching to grab the sauce, which causes her to jump a little. This made her stumble a little on the ladder, trying to balance her foot, but end up placing her hands on his firm, hard chest, and his hands hold on to her waist. It was like in the movies, where the guy caught the main female lead, and both of their eyes locked with each other.
Emilyn swallowed a lump in her throat, retracting her hands from his chest, "I'm sorry." He also releases his hands on her waist. She climbs down the ladder carefully and placing it back to where it usually is. As she places the ladder, she can feel a burning gaze while her back is facing him. She turned around slowly and met with his eyes.
"Are we going out?" He asked when he notices that she is not moving.
"Yeah." Emilyn pushes back a few loose strands of hair behind her ear. Christopher waits until Emilyn walks past him and follow after her. She closes the door as soon as he is out, and they both head back to the kids with him trailing behind her.
"Finally, the sauce is here." Grandma Lou sigh in relief. " The kids have been waiting, they are not very patient." She said. "Why did you take so long to bring the stuff?" She asked.
"Got a tiny problem of finding and reaching the tomato sauce because is on the top of the shelf," Emilyn told her. She is definitely not telling her grandma about the interaction between her and Christopher in the storage room. She is going to get teased by an older woman.
"Oh, Mr. Evans. I didn't see you there." Grandma Lou spotted Christopher behind Emilyn" Have you met my granddaughter?" She asked. Oh my god, is she really going to do this right now?
"I saw her in the storage room, but didn't introduce myself." He said with a smile. Emilyn looks up at him and scrunches my eyebrow. What is he trying to do? Playing the innocent card or the stranger card?
"This is my granddaughter Emilyn." Grandma Lou introduce. "And Emilyn this is Christopher Evans. He is one of the sponsors for the orphanage." She squints my eyes at him
If he wants to play the stranger card, then she will play along too. "Hi, Mr. Evans. Nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you too, Emilyn." He said her name in a playful tone. Emilyn narrowed her eyes at him, and he raises one eyebrow and a slight raise at the end of his lips. Both of them stare at each other for some time.
"Okay, enough of this chit chat. Let's go and help the kids." Grandma Lou spoke, and they broke their eye contact.
Both of them followed behind Grandma Lou and helped the kids in building their pizza. While helping the kids, Emilyn sneaks a glance at Christopher Evans. He seems to be doing exceptionally well with the kids smiling and laughing with them. You can also see the playfulness and caring behavior showcase on his face.
Emilyn continues to stare and watch every facial expression, and movement Christopher makes. She can't help look at him; the longer she watches him, the more she thinks he is pretty attractive.
"Emilyn," The kid she's helping pulls on her sleeve. This got her to stop staring at Christopher and focus back on the kid.
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