Hastily leaving the scene, John didn’t even realize that he had arrived at a small house. A place that really made him question before if he really was even on the same Earth, and like a fateful coincidence, a somewhat familiar Latin woman was seen coming out of the house just as he arrived.
And like a startled cat, John pretended to be busy picking up the trash from the ground.
“Good morning John”
“Good morning Sofia”
When John heard the footsteps coming closer towards him, he immediately looked up and quickly greeted the woman, but was surprised when they greeted each other simultaneously.
“Haha, it really is you. I only recognized that it was you when you looked up” Sofia laughed while standing a meter away from John.
Looking at things in his hands, Sofia couldn’t help but become curious, “Did you land yourself into trouble? Why are you doing community service?”
“Community service? No, no, no, I’m just..uhh..helping the environment..by picking up trash since I didn’t have anything to do during my day off” John chuckled while scratching his cheek, and while he’s looking at those gorgeous pair of eyes staring at him, his heartbeat couldn’t help but quicken up.
Sofia stared at him for a couple of seconds before saying, “Ohh, anyway, I gotta go now. Goodluck with what you’re doing!”
“Yeah, be careful..on your way to work!”
“Thanks, you too!” Sofia replied while walking away.
Watching her walk away, John hesitated for a few seconds and finally gathered up his courage and called out to her, “Sofia!”
Sofia halted in her steps and turned around to look at John, “Yeah?”
Scratching the back of his head while looking at her, John said, “Tonight, I uhh..was wondering..if you would like to join me for dinner tonight?”
After saying those words, John felt himself slowly calming down, and then he noticed that Sofia was just staring at him with a raised eyebrow, and he immediately laughed inside as he prepared himself for the rejection.
“It’s fine if yo-” John wanted to say that it was okay if she didn’t want to since it wasn’t even that long since they knew each other, but before he could say the rest, she interrupted him.
“Sure, why not. I’ll be home at 7. So, let’s meet at 8?” Sofia said with a shrug of her shoulders while slightly smiling.
“Yeah!? Then…then I’ll come pick you up at 8! Be careful on the road, I’ll see you later tonight!” John immediately brightened up and happily waved goodbye!
“Yes!”
John performed a victorious fist pump and immediately made his way back home and picking up trash can only be temporarily postponed at a later date.
Arriving home, John immediately went inside before hastily stuffing the trash he had collected in the [Recycle] box. After doing that, he quickly walked past through the door leading to the garage, and in the middle of it was an outline of a car hidden under the covers.
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John slowly pulled the covers down as he didn’t want dust to be flying everywhere like they do in the movies just to look cool.
“Why hello there, sunshine~”
It was a red Ford F-series truck with a large white stripe going around the middle.
He actually had a car, but why did he always take the bus going to work all this time?
It was simple really, John had just forgotten that this truck even existed because the former owner had kept it hidden away after his parents passed away since the truck reminded him of his parents every time he saw it.
“Only on the way back did I remember that this truck had been sitting inside this garage for three years. It’s a pity to keep this beauty hidden away, so from now on, you’ll be my sidekick on bringing that beauty back home” John said with a smile on his face while tracing his fingers on its hood.
John made a short maintenance of the truck by checking its oil if it's still okay and checking if the tires need a new pump of air.
Vroom!
“Nice!” John let out a shout of joy seeing that the truck is still fine and running even after years of neglect from its owner
Following that, he quickly checked on the headlights, the honk, brake light and the signal lights if they were still working, and everything was fine.
He immediately got down from the truck and quickly rolled up the garage door and slowly drove the truck on the driveway and made preparations to wash it.
An hour later, the truck was finally given its first wash in three years!
On the other hand, while John was busy preparing for the dinner appointment.
Sofia arrived at her workplace, a modeling agency.
The door opened to her room and a woman in a suit came in and asked, “Sofia, are you ready?”
While getting her makeup done, Sofia didn’t answer her and instead looked at the woman giving her a make up.
“5 more minutes” answered the makeup artis.
Sofia smiled looking at herself in the mirror, “What she said”
The woman in a suit just chuckled and stuck her head out the door and yelled, “Five more minutes!”
The woman, possibly her agent, went and grabbed a chair and sat down next to her and said, “Sofia, do you remember that guy we bumped into last night in that restaurant?”
“Are you talking about that guy who introduced himself as a director of TriStar Pictures?” Sofia asked with a dubious expression on her face.
“Yeah, he’s inviting you to have dinner with him tonight and probably talk about acting on a TV show that he’s gonna direct soon, what do you think?” The woman casually said with no expectation on her face whatsoever.
“I’m not interested. Besides, I also have plans tonight” Sofia said.
Her agent raised an eyebrow and asked, “Plans? How come I’m just hearing about this now?”
“Someone invited me to have dinner with him a while ago, and now you know, Joan” answered Sofia with a chuckle.
“Who is he? Is it someone who works in the same industry?” Her agent asked, genuinely curious and not even angry that Sofia is only telling her now.
“No, I just met him a few days ago at the restaurant he works at. Surprisingly, he also lives in the same neighborhood as me. And listen to this, he invited me while doing community service. Though I’m not sure if he really was doing community service or was just lying earlier” Sofia said.
Shocked, her agent said, “And you agreed? You, who have been invited numerous times by producers, directors and even the CEO of this agency. You all rejected them, and now you agreed to go on a date with a boy who works in a pink collar job?”
“Come on, you know I don’t lack money since my family back home is well off. Besides, I’m curious where he got his confidence from to invite me for dinner while picking up trash in the streets, though I think that’s confidence on his part and I prefer guys who are at least sincere” Sofia answered with a chuckle.
Growing in a well off family back in Colombia, and with an appearance and body such as hers, Sofia had seen and met, probably all kinds of men already, and a lot of those men only approached her for the sex.
‘Sincere? You’re only 21, and you’re already looking for a man you can go stable with? I think I was having multiple boyfriends when I was her age. The only fortunate thing is that I didn’t sleep around like a whore even though I was such a flirt back then’ Her agent thought with a sigh.
5 minutes later, the photoshoot began with Sofia trying on various clothes that the brand advertiser had prepared for her.