Valentine for Summer

”Of course, you know him! How can you not? You see each other here every day! Im telling you, that lady you saw definitely knows what shes talking about… ”

”Carol… ”

”Hey, do you think you can take me there? I REALLY want to meet her and have her read my hand too! ”

”CAROL! Carol…honey… I can take you there for sure! But I think what we should do right now is prioritize, right? My lifespan that is getting shorter by the passing minute is in more need of our joint effort, hm? ” Summer squeezed her friends hands a bit too hard.

”Yes, of course, ” Carol sounded dejected, inwardly, she thought that both things can just go in parallel lines, but since it was a matter of life and death, she decided to keep her mouth shut.

”So? You were saying that I know him? Who is he? ” Summer asked with an eager tone.

”Andy! He asked me about you just the other day… what a twist of fate! Fate is not to be ignored…I tell y-, ” Carol couldn finish her thought, the light in Summers eyes dimmed significantly.

”Whats wrong? I know you don like him, but Im sure he has some feelings for you! You were the one to highlight my experience and your lack of it… ”

”…Andy, as in Andrew Wilson? ” Summer said a minute later as images of red slicked-back hair and a set of reddish brown eyes popped into the front of her vision, she desperately hoped to see a head shake, but instead, Carol nodded vigorously.

Andrew Wilson not only happened to be a team leader like Summer but for a rival team, but he also happened to openly bully her on many occasions.

”What is this expression? ” Carol asked disappointedly, ”Andy might be blunt at times, but is it so bad? I mean you and I get along just fine and Im a lot like him… ”

Andrew and Carol were distant cousins, but they grew up like siblings, and so, it hurt Carol that Summer would dismiss her suggestion without even trying to go out on a date with the guy and see if he was the one the Gipsy was talking about.

Summer peeked around to make sure that no one was listening to their conversation and then leaned forward, ”…You do realize that at one point, he ate the lunch that I brought and placed inside the shared refrigerator for almost two weeks straight, right? ” her words were just above a whisper.

”You
e right, that was strange before all this, but don you see that it all makes sense now? ”

NO! Summer really didn see it.

”He mustve been eating your food because its YOUR food, get it? ”

The look on Summers face let Carol know that she still didn get it.

”He likes your cooking! Honey! Hes definitely your true love whos right around the corner! ”

More like a devil sent straight from hell to torture me, Summer held her breath as she paused and tried to think about the position of the refrigerator in the kitchen on her departments floor, she sighed in relief remembering how it was placed in the middle of the shared kitchen against a completely flat wall behind it, she took another greedy breath. Definitely not him.

Summer never thought that taking a rue love candidate out of the list of possibilities would make her feel this good.