CHAPTER 5: MARK

I don’t know why I can’t get Lady out of my head. I feel like I am mesmerized by her smile, by her face, and by the way, she talks, the simplicity that shows her real beauty captures my attention and I can’t forget the beauty of her face no matter what I do. It makes me want to see her and I really want to see her now because I can’t concentrate on my work. I am facing my monitor and physically present at work but my mind is with her and I don’t know why. I put my phone inside my pocket and brought it inside the production floor to check for her reply to my message. I am checking my phone from time to time and she is not accepting my friend request, she is not replying to my messages either and she is not answering my call that bothers me. That makes me think about her more and I don’t know what to do because I can’t get her out of my head. I can’t concentrate on my work and I feel like I am floating with the vision of her inside my head. I feel like I want to shout, I feel like I want to fly to her place just to see her. WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME? IS THIS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT? AM I IN LOVE?  If I am not in love well what is this? I think about her all the time from the first time I saw her and I can’t get her out of my head anymore. It’s weird but Yes, and I wanted to shout because I think I am in love with her and I fell in love with her the first time I saw her. 

“Mark, can I borrow your lighter?” My co-worker asked me but I didn’t mind him because I am thinking of Lady. 

“Hey, Marky, Marky,” He said and he snapped his finger to wake me up from dreaming of Lady. I know he wants to laugh at me because I look stupid right now. I am not with myself but what should I do? I am magically mesmerized and hypnotized by the girl I just met. She is so simple yet so classic, her smile is melting my heart, her lips are inviting me to kiss her and her face is mesmerizing me. By the way, she looked at me that day. She drives me crazy.

“Your lighter please,” He said and I took my lighter from my pocket and gave it to him without even looking at him. I know he is laughing at me now but I don’t care because I can’t help myself thinking about the lady that makes me crazy now. 

“You are out of your mind again, bro,” He said and took my lighter.

“I hope she loves you too” He teases that makes me smile even without looking at him.

Well, not now but I know soon she will be going to love me. All I need is to be friends with her and make her fall in love with me but as of now, I can’t get her out of my head. I want to see her as in… I WANT TO SEE HER NOW!  but I don’t know her address. I remember Rain, my co-worker. Who made an order to Lady’s shop for her girlfriend and I remember that Lady ships her the parcel so she might have Lady’s address. 

“Rain” I called Rain who is sitting beside me. I know she has a call but I need to ask her something important. 

“Yes?” She asked while pulling out the tools that she needed to resolve the customer’s issue.

“Do you have Misty maiden’s address?” I asked while I keep on clicking on the tools that I pulled up on the computer for nothing. I exit the tools and pull it up again, exit it again and pull it up again while waiting for Rain’s answer because she has a call. I received a call from the customer but after my opening spiel. I transferred the call to another department because I am not in the mood to receive calls tonight; I am not in the mood to work because of Lady. 

“I am not sure, let me check, maybe I still have it inside the locker,” She said after assisting the customer and she put her customer on mute just to answer me.

Rain is my buddy. She is just small but smart. They said she is small but terrible because she can outlast people with her smartness. We are close friends because I helped her make up with her girlfriend when their relationship was in a critical situation and she is my teammate too. 

“Yes, please check,” I said to her with excitement that gives me a spark of hope that I might see Lady tonight if I will be given a chance. Rain is my only hope to know Lady’s address.

“Okay,” She said. She put her call on hold and she stood up and went out the production floor and went to her locker to check if she still had Lady’s address or not. 

“Be my lady, yeah girl, come to me and be mine tonight and take my hand to be my lady” I am singing the lyric that just flashes in my head while I am staring at my monitor, waiting for Rain to come back and praying, hoping that she still has the address because I can’t wait for another meet up just to see Lady and Rain is my only hope. After seconds. Rain is back holding a piece of paper with Lady’s address on it and she gave it to me.

“You are lucky bro, I still have the address,” She told me and went back to her station and went back to her call. I checked the paper again and her address was there. She is just living near my office so I can go with her right away. 

“Yes, I owe you lunch,” I said with excitement and I felt like I wanted to scream.

“Thank you so much, Rain”

“You didn’t know how much you save my life now, Rain”

She muted the call again and said, “No problem, bro”

Good thing that Rain still has Lady’s address so I can go to her place now and see her. I keep on looking at the time while shaking my leg because I really want to go to her place now but I need to wait for my lunch break before I can leave my station. I also keep on looking at the piece of paper that Rain gave me. I can’t wait for my lunch break because I still need to wait for five minutes before my lunch break and I will surely go to Lady’s house just to see her. Even just a glimpse of her. I will be happy.

It is already my lunch break and It is time for me to go. I immediately log out and leave my station. I know I only have one hour for lunch but it doesn’t matter because seeing her is my priority now and  I am so excited to go to her just to see her and thanks to Rain. Now that I already have her address. I will not waste time. I hurriedly went to the parking lot and rode in my car and drove to her. Even I am not sure if I will see her. That is fine at least I tried to check on her but I hope she will look out the window for me to see her. I hope she will read my message. I hope I will not scare her. I didn’t take my lunch because seeing her is more important than having my lunch. That is how she drives me crazy.

“Lady… Lady… Lady…” I said to myself while thinking of her. Excited to see her.

“Be my Lady” 

“I am so excited to see you. I am coming for you” I whispered while driving with her inside my head. My car is almost flying because of the excitement to see her. Good thing that there is no police officer around or else I will have a ticket.