The human luna

It was a stressful day as usual for Laura as she walked towards a bar not far from her house. She went there everyday after school not to get herself a drink but to resume duty as a steward. She had to take the job because she needed it to sustain herself in school as she was an orphan. Her parents died to a car accident when she was fifteen and she had been by herself since then as she was the only child of her parents. No family members, no siblings to turn up to so she had to take care of herself by herself.

She had been doing this for five years now and it seemed as though she had gotten used to it. She got to her work place late as usual. Thank goodness her boss was a very nice and understanding man. Kevin was a man in his 50's who also had a daughter around the same age as Laura which had made him to be nice and considerate towards Laura. He was a very strict man but with Laura, he was always different. He took Laura as his daughter and was always there for her whenever she needed his help even though Laura would never ask. Laura herself was a very hardworking girl who doesn't joke with her job which had earned her so much love from her boss, her coworkers and even some of her customers who couldn't do without tipping her everyday. Laura entered the bar through the back door and quickly changed into her uniform in the changing room. She slightly opened the door of the room next to the changing room and put her head in with a smile on her face.

"Hi Kevin" She greeted her boss.

"Oh hi Laura. How was school today?" Kevin answered looking up from the laptop on his desk.

"Yeah great. I'm sorry for coming to work late, it won't happen again" Laura said to him with a sad face.

"Well, you always say that." Kevin said to her and they both bursted into laughter.

"I'll see you later. I need to get to work" She said.

"Sure" Kevin said as Laura closed the door and went away.

Laura went through the balcony towards the bar to start her work for the day. She greeted her coworkers with a smile and then started attending to customers.

"Hey" one customer called and Laura quickly went over to him.

"Hi. What will you like to have?" She asked politely.

"What's your name?" The stranger asked.

"What?!!!" Laura asked perplexed. None of the customers had ever asked for her name, they just got to know with time. Looking at this stranger, she never thought she had seen him before. ''He's definitely here for the first time'' She thought.

"I'm Alex. What's your name?" The stranger asked again.

"My name is Laura. What will you like to have?" She told him her name regardless, also asking him what he would like to have a second time. She suddenly felt the need to assess the guy and she realized how handsome he was. She looked at him guessing what his height could be even though he was sitting down. He was very muscular and strong, more like a bodybuilder. Laura suddenly found herself drooling over this stranger before she quickly called herself to order.

"Wine" he finally answered with a smile while his eyes were fixed on Laura.

"Oh! Okay. Give me a minute" She said as she turned to leave.

"Your hair"

"What?" Laura asked again confused.

"The color of your hair. It's wine." He said, his gaze still fixed on her.

"Oh! Yeah, my hair. It's wine" Laura said smiling uncomfortably. "So, what should I get for you now?"