"Ariel Peterson"
"Sara Parker"
"Yes ma'am."
Sara stood up from her seat in the shelter's large auditorium and went to collect her breakfast from the head chef who was sharing this morning.
Every weekend, breakfast was served as early as 8:00 clock am, and then the kids from the shelter were allowed to go out for any important daily activity they had and return before 4:00 clock pm.
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Sara had a very busy day ahead of her today, after failing to look for a stable part-time job these past few days, she and Ariel had decided to scout through the city today, being Saturday they had enough spare time, and look for other stable jobs.
Carrying her tray to her table, she was approached by Dinah and her gang.
Labelled as the mean trio group of the shelter, they never ceased to stop bothering children and collecting their little things, most especially food items mainly snacks, and other finger licking appetizers.
Having just two months to leave the shelter as the leader of the group Dinah was clocking 18, she and her friends had stepped up a notch in their bullying habits.
Everyday reports kept circling, in the shelter of their mean tricks and wicked antics, that Sara was surprised as to why she had not been approached yet.
Now it seemed today was her D-Day and in as much as she didn't want to start the weekend with bad things or troubles, it seemed trouble had come to look for her already.
"Hey little bitch, watch your fucking step!? Dinah shouted.
"Oh hello, morning to you too, as you can see I'm just trying to take my breakfast to my table." Sara said calmly and patiently, trying not to invoke trouble,
"And can't you see you are on our path, or are you blind, you don't have any shades on so?" said Miranda.
Another part of the gang and Dinah's best friend in the shelter home, Miranda was a chubby, average heighted girl, who loved eating so much and derived joy from collecting kids snacks also and so on.
"I wasn't blocking your path, I was just heading to my table to eat my breakfast, anyways sorry." Sara replied.
"Anyways sorry, oh my, you really have some nerves now, talking to me like this, you are so lucky thet I'm just in a good mood today, I would have collected this your so called garbage breakfast, you are so bent on eating and dump the contents all over your smelly ugly face, hmmmpph girls lets go, I don't have time to waste here any longer." Dinah snickered as she made her way past the hall.
"You're so lucky today." Miranda and Tessa gloated as they walked past her.
Sara quietly took her food down to her seat, and immediately she got there, Ariel gave her a questioning stare as she asked, "And what were those useless bunch of humans talking to you about?"
Sara knew that if she did not clear the doubt or whatever Ariel was thinking now, she knew her friend would take it up.upon herself to.go confront them. Sitting down on the chair and arranging her meal she looked at her friend and said, "Oh please, it's nothing of importance."
Raising her hands in mockery, Ariel inquired....
"Nothing of importance, oh spare me all those damn selfless talks girl."
"You know how troublesome and attention seeking those girls always are, they just began their normal silly tantrums, that's all, let's just eat our breakfast and set out for the day, we have a long long day ahead of us and we can't waste our time here okay." Sara said and stopped talking, silencing her best friend with a wave of her hand.
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"Damn bro, get over here." Daniel called out to Christian.
Working at a supermarket during the weekends and at the construction site on weekdays, Christian really was the jack of all trades.
Collecting a meagre pay of 20 dollars per hour, Christian through the help of his close friend had gotten this job just last month, and had been promoted already to being the store's manager due to his selflessness, hard-working spirit and competence.
"What's the matter, man, I'm damn busy!" He replied while going over to meet his friend at the store's reception desk to collect the inventory book he normally used for record keeping.
"You need to see this two gorgeous girls, damn bro, they really pretty, God!" Daniel exclaimed.
Christian laughed it off not minding his friend, he turned to resume his duty, when he caught sight of a familiar curly brunnete tress packed into a signature bun.
Trying not to believe his eyes, blinking twice and turning to get a proper look, he was met with the utmost shock of his life.
Lo and behold, she was here, he stopped short at the sight of her, the beautiful caramel skinned girl he had met that day on his way to work, the girl he couldn't stop thinking about, the girl who had been the cause of his sleepless nights, these past few days.
"Fuck me!" He cursed and couldn't take his eyes of her.
"What are we doing in this store, miss?" Sara asked her friend, already getting impatient, after walking round the city all day in vain looking for jobs, it seemed all the stores, restaurant and bars were unwilling to hire 16 year old girls without a sure guarantor and reasonable resume.She was famished, tired and stressed out from going round all day without any success, she just wanted to go back home to the shelter."Didn't you see the poster sign placed outside , where a job vacancy was advertised?" Ariel asked."If I hear you right, you said job vacancy right, and if I had read the poster correctly, it read job vacancy for just one person, and we don't even match the criteria, and requirements written down....it read and I quote, application for the post of an 18 year old sales boy/girl needed with at least an original high school certificate and recommendable surety that i
He was still as handsome and breathtaking she remembered, looking so hot in his worn out Jean trousers and a blue T-shirt with the store's logo printed atop, Sara couldn't take her blinking eyes off him."Hey love!" he said again and Sara whose mind was far off, shaked her head wearily and cleared her voice."Wait you guys know each other from somewhere or something, ermmmm, Oh my God, Christian is she the girl you have been telling me about, the one you have been going on and on about, the one who has also been the cause of your sleepless nights lately." Daniel asked his face lighting up like a kid being offered his favorite candy."Oh shut up for God's sake!" Christian muttered quietly, his friend was definitely going to put him in trouble."Hey, em how are you doing." Sara said at last, he had feared that she was not going to reply him, and w
Christian was in a trance, he couldn't believe that he was actually talking to the girl of his dreams, the girl he had already mapped out his future with, he could already imagine their future together, her belly swollen with their kids, who were going to have his eyes and her beautiful caramel doused skin color.'What was wrong with him?' He had never had this animal urge to protect someone or something so strongly as he felt now, the enthralling desire to marry her, put a ring on her cute fingers, mark her as he is, love her till eternity, spoil her with gifts and affection and treat her like a queen.All this was just so foreign and strange to him, this was actually the first time he had thought about a girl like this, to the extent of even thinking of marriage at this young age."Man, you've already left this place, what are you thinking about?" Daniel asked waving at him.
Her eyes bulged open, staring right back at him, she replied."What did you just say? I, I should go on a date with you?"To say she was stunned was an understatement, this was the first time a boy, an handsome one at that and one she really liked was asking her out, she was dumbfounded and tempted to accept his request immediately, but something in her compelled her to hold back and give him a tough time.Looking up shyly, she opened her lips to say something when he countered her by raising his large strong hands up in a bid to silence her."Yes, and i am not taking no for an answer, love." he said again cutting her off unexpectedly."And what if I say no, yes I do not want to go on a date with you, what are you going to do about it, ayyyy?"**********&
An hour later, Sara and Ariel were back at the orphanage home after an eventful but stressful day, Sara had told her friend Ariel about the date, and that Christian had already been told her that she could start work, in 2 weeks time and she was delighted.After accepting the date invitation they had exchanged phone numbers, with Christian promising to call or text her the venue of the date.Still giddy and in euphoria, Sara could still not believe the event that led to them meeting that day.After they got back, they had gone straight to their rooms, showered, changed their clothes and had promised to meet each other up at the orphanage's garden for some late evening talks, to relax and to also read for their tests on Monday.Taking her bath, and putting on a white t-shirt and shorts knickers, Sara strolled down the hallway with her bags on cloud nine, as she kept thinking of Christian, and the even
"Mummy, Christian is back!" screamed Kevin, Christian's younger brother and the last born of the house.Christian had worked tirelessly today at work, he had decided to do overtime, cause he wanted to get more cash to take Sara to a very nice place.His budget at hand would only treat them to a cheap dinner at a local restaurant, and he wanted more than that for her.Thinking of her brought happiness and peace to his soul and made him forget about all the stress, he had gone through at the construction site today."Welcome home, son." His mother greeted while collecting his bag. It never stopped to amaze him how doting his mother was, always trying to take care of him as if he was her husband, anytime he came back from work, she would collect his things, serve him food and made sure he took his bath quickly.He
Christian couldn't sleep, he had already gotten enough money to take Sara on a date, he had booked a fancy restaurant just outside of town, and he couldn't wait to tell her he had gotten a venue for their date.Everything was set, they were going to have a romantic candle lit dinner at a restaurant overlooking the beach, go sight seeing, and he had even rented a boat that he was going to ride with her that night, he had gone all out and all well, he wanted to make the night a memorable one, all that was left was to call her and tell her about it.He couldn't wait to see her lovely face again, but there was a minor problem, he had been trying her cell number since in the afternoon at work, but she hadn't been picking up, later having the thought that she might be at school, he stopped and resolved to call her in the evening.After unsuccessfully dialing her number, after taking his dinner without her picking up again, Chr
Christian was shocked by the silence he heard on the side of the line, he said again thinking she hadn't him."Sara love, did you hear me?" he asked."Ummmm, yes, yes I did, I didn't think the date would be so soon, you know, I was just......... ermmmm, never mind." she answered."What is it, tell me, I don't like all this talks that never gets finished, talk to me, you accepted to go on a date with me, and it's up to me to get a suitable place for us to go on a nice date, right? Which i have done, or don't you want to go out with me any longer?" he asked sounding frantic."Christian what do you want from me?" she asked and he was stunned, she had answered his question with a question, this had not been what he had expected her to say in the least, he had thought she would be delighted, and they would have proceeded to know a little bit of themselves this night before the date, but it seemed hi