HIS HEARTBEAT

HIS HEARTBEAT

(Love me....Please!)

THEME: I am nothing without you

GENRE: College Romance

By Vera

→→→→ APPLEBEE'S RESTAURANT→→→→

The restaurant was so busy. Customers kept coming in and they only had two waitresses.

Camile was one of them.

She grabbed a tray and rushed to a table dropping it gently.

"Enjoy your meal!" Her cool voice sounded and she gave the couples a smile before going to carry another tray.

She was rushing to a table when the other waitress rushed past her hitting her hard with her elbow. The food poured on the customer's head and he yelled standing up.

"What the hell?!!!"

"I'm so sorry sir!" She said going to get a napkin. She came and tried to clean him up but he pushed her away and she staggered back.

The manager rushed to the scene.

"What happened Sir?" He asked.

"This stupid waitress of yours poured hot food on my head!" The man yelled.

"Sir I need you to calm down. I don't think she did it intentionally!" He said taking Camille's side.

"Do I care if it was intentional? What matter is the fact that she poured hot food on my head!!!!" He yelled.

"So what do you want me to do?" The manager yelled back.

"Fire her!" He said and Camile froze.

The waitress who pushed her smirked.

"That's something I won't do. It wasn't intentional. Right Camile?" He said and asked facing Camile.

"Yes. It wasn't intentional!" She replied calmly.

"Fire her or I'll make sure you shut down this restaurant!" He said.

The manager wanted to speak but Camile held his hand.

"I'll leave!" Camile said.

"You can't. We need you here!" He said facing her.

"I don't want to but I have to. You can't loose your business because of someone like me!" She said and he inhaled angrily.

He looked over at the waitress and she faced her work immediately.

"She pushed you didn't she?" He asked.

"It doesn't matter!" Camile said with a smile.

"It matters to me!" He said and walked over to the waitress.

"Kira!" He called and she faced him.

"Yes boss!"

"You're fired.!" He said and her eyes widened same as Camille's.

"Sir!!"

"I can always hire another so no need to worry!" He said bringing out bundles of cash.

He gave Kira 50 bucks.

"This is too small!!!" She yelled...

"You should have worked harder!" He said and handed Camile 1000 dollars.

"Use this to get you and your sister ready for college.!" He said and her eyes widened.

"How..."

"I have my ways. Just make sure you do well in college alright?!" He said and tears welled up in her eyes.

"Yes sir. Thank you!" She smiled widely and hugged him which he reciprocated.

After a while, they broke the hug and she left.

→→→→ GRAND MALL →→→→

A taxi stopped in front of the huge mall and the twins came out.

"Your boss is the best!!!" Camilla screamed and Camille groaned.

"Can't you stop screaming?" Camille asked.

"Nope!" Camilla said and giggled.

"I'm so happy we'd be going to college in 2 days time!!" She said and Camille smiled.

"Me too!"

They walked into the mall and went to the clothes section.

They got a lot of clothes before going to the show section. Camile got 5 heels, Camilla got 5 sneakers. She's not a slay type of person. They went to the hand bag section and got enough hand bags before going to the receptionist.

After dropping all the things, the receptionist checked.

"Everything is 10,000 dollars!" She said and Camille's eyes widened.

"We only have 5000!" Camille muttered to Camilla's hearing.

She got 4000 from the salary of two of her jobs.

Camilla brought 5000 and Camille's eyes widened.

"I got this from the cleaning job at the hotel.!" She said and Camille smiled.

She collected it and added it to her money giving it to the receptionist.

They took the receipt and went home.

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"I'm so exhausted!!!!" Camilla groaned falling on the couch.

"Me too!" Camille said falling on another couch.

The apartment wasn't big but it was beautiful and a bit spacious.

"Camille!"

"Hm?!" Camille replied with closed eyes..

"Do we have food in the house?" She asked and Camille's eyes opened.

They spent all their money on clothes that they didn't remember food.

"I'll go get some groceries!" Camille said and stood up.

"Please be safe!" She said and Camille nodded leaving.

→→→→ SUPERMARKET →→→→

Camille went into the store and took a basket. She only had a thousand dollar with her so she plan on managing it.

She walked into the food section and met three guys talking and laughing.

She didn't pay attention to them as she picked what she needed. She passed them by and one of them looked back.

She came to the receptionist and dropped the food items. The price was higher than the initial money she brought and she bit her lips.

"Ma'am if you don't have the money for it, kindly return it!" She said.

"Please can you just give it to me. I'll pay you back when I get the money!" Camille pleaded.

"No. Please return it before I call security!" She said and Camille held back her tears.

She turned to go but she bumped into a hard chest and fell to the ground.

She looked up at the hot cutie. The dude has a smug look on his face as he stared down at her.

He squatted to her level and held her hand. She looked at his hand then at his face.

He stood straight before giving the receptionist his debit card.

"Take out the money for her food stuffs!" He said and the receptionist did so before returning his debit card.

Camille stood up and stared at him.

"Than......" She couldn't complete her statement cos he walked past her immediately with his friends behind him.

She just smiled and left with the groceries. She saw the dudes in their car and she walked past them.

She started walking back home since she was out of money for transport.

She suddenly felt someone following her and she inhaled before looking back.

No one was there. She faced front and increased her pace. She felt the person again and she turned but saw no one.

Tears welled up in her eyes immediately.

"Who's there?!!" She yelled.

No one replied and she faced front and started running immediately. She felt the person running after her and she looked back and saw a dark shadow.

"Leave me alone!!!!" She yelled tears escaping her eyes.

She looked forward and kept running. Her legs hit each other and she fell to the ground rolling down the hill.

The groceries fell to the ground and she sniffed trying to pick them up.

The shadow stood in front of her and she looked up. He brought out a knife and was about to stab her when a hand grabbed him from behind giving his neck a hard twist.

The dark man fell to the ground loosing consciousness.

She kept crying as she stared at her hero's face.

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To Be Continued