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Untold Love
By Joe Bruder
There’s a love so deep, that no one dares talk about it. We’ve all felt it. This story starts when this girl met this boy.
It was another busy day at Mario’s, a little Italian restaurant in the middle of Bellnest. Chris was in the middle of an order. He weaved his way through the tables, making sure not to bump any of the customers as they clinked and clanged on their plates and glasses. He was on his way back to the kitchen to put his order in for his table. As he cleared the dining room he let out a sigh. Happy that he didn’t bump anyone on this trip, just as he was walking into the kitchen the door swung the wrong way and he got smacked in the face with the door. He stumbled back quickly putting his hand up to his face to make sure his nose wasn’t bleeding. The girl that had come out the wrong door was standing inside the doorway, with the shocked ‘I’m sorry’ look on her face. She couldn’t help stare at Chris. It wasn’t the fact that she had just hit him with the door, no, there was something else there.
“I am soo sorry.” She said to Chris with her arm out as if she would help him somehow, though she was afraid to touch him because she didn’t know if he was a touchy kind of person.
“Yeah it’s alright.” Chris muffled through his hand. He squeezed past her, and made his way to the computer to put his order in.
She stood there for another moment, and then was met up by one of the head waitresses. “Hey Sydney, that’s the in door. You have to make sure you always exit through the out door. Otherwise you might-“
“Hurt someone?” Sydney answered. “Yeah I know. It just kinda happened. Hey who was that guy that just walked in here?”
“Who, Chris?” The head waitress pointed to Chris at the computer.
“Yeah. Him.” Sydney smiled. “Is he cool?”
“Yeah, he’s been here for about a year or so. He gets along with everyone here, though he can be a klutz sometimes. Now come on, we have a lot to get through today.” With that the head waitress walked out into the dining room, going out the ‘in’ door.
Sydney stood there for another moment, looked back at Chris, then walked to the door and stopped. She turned around and went to the other door and out.
Sydney and Chris got along after the door incident, they ended being pretty good friends. The only thing was, Sydney wanted to be more than friends with Chris, and he had no idea. The more they would hang out, the more Sydney liked Chris. Chris found himself alone with one of Sydney’s best friends and they started to talk.
“You know, Sydney really likes you.” Francie said practically out of nowhere. “It’s all she ever talks about when her and I do stuff.”
Chris was stunned when he heard this out of Francie. “I like her too.” Chris said more to himself than to Francie.
“Huh?” She asked because she didn’t hear his reply “Do you like her?”
“Yeah, I like her. But I just don’t know if I like her like that. We’ve only really known each other for a couple weeks now.” Chris started to fumble around with his fork. Feeling how pointy each of the points where on his fingers and then the palm of him hand. He started looking around the restaurant they were in to see if Sydney was on her way back from the bathroom yet. He almost wished he had his license so he could have ran out of the restaurant and drove away forever and ever, just so he didn’t have to continue on with this conversation. “I guess I just want to get to know her first…”
Francie had just taken a sip of her water and was putting the glass back on the table. “Yeah I understand that, but she really does like you.”
Chris’ face was starting to turn red and he could feel the sweat beads forming at his hair line. He had no idea how to get out of this one. He did like Sydney, but just not like that, not in the sense of actually liking her. They were friends. He wanted to get to know this girl before he dove off of the cliff known as relationship. He wanted to have the safety precautions there for him, the parachute, the second parachute, and if all else failed he wanted to have the ocean underneath him, so that when he couldn’t stop falling he would fall, splash, into the water and be unhurt from the relationship. She probably thinks I’m really uncomfortable right now, since I haven’t said anything, in what seems like forever. Finally he let some words out. “Maybe in some time, right now, I’m just not sure I’m ready for a relationship.” As he finished the words, Sydney made her way back to the table.
Francie broke the silence quickly with, “So Syd, what do you want to do when we are done here?”
The subject never came up again. Chris was the only one that was thinking about the issue at hand. He didn’t want to throw away the chance of being happy, but at the same time he just didn’t want to get into a relationship right now. The thought always occurred to him when he would see Sydney at work. He’d watch her fluid movements through the tables. Her hair followed behind her only to lay back around her shoulders and back when she stopped at a table to check on her customers. He found it hard to concentrate on work, much less anything else. He had to make a decision.
“Excuse me?! Waiter!” an irritated customer calling for Chris’ attention. Chris heard the voice but didn’t check to see where it came from. He was lost in concentration. Sydney was with a table across the dining room taking their order. Chris had stopped what he was doing and was just staring at Sydney’s face. Every time someone would tell her what they wanted she would pensively write down their order and smile. She got along well with everyone, but she was having a really good time at this table. She started to make jokes; at least from where Chris stood that’s what it looked like. She would say something and the entire table would roar with laughter. He noticed that she was looking back at him now. He snapped out of his blank stare and lifted his arm up some and waved a tiny wave. She grinned at him, finished the order, and stuck her order pad into her back pocket. He knew what he had to do. “Excuse me?!” the impatient customer exclaimed again.
“Huh? Oh Sorry. What did you say you wanted again?” Chris asked pulling out his order pad.
“My food. We ordered over a half hour ago!”
“Oh… Oh! Sorry. I’ll be right back with your food.” Chris pushed his order pad into his back pocket and rushed off to the kitchen.
When Chris made his way through the door into the kitchen he noticed that Sydney was flirting with one of the cooks. His heart felt like it fell into his stomach when he saw this. He was finally going to tell her that he liked her, and that he wanted her to be his girlfriend, but now, now he just wanted to be far away from her.
Weeks went by before, Chris and Sydney saw each other. Chris made sure that he wasn’t scheduled for the same time as Sydney. He didn’t want to see her. It wasn’t that he hated her, because he could never. He just couldn’t stand to see her and know that he was never going to have her by his side. When Sydney and Chris finally worked together again, there was something in the air that Chris picked up on.
“Hey Chris, Haven’t seen you in a long time” Sydney stated. Chris noticed that Sydney had a big smile on her face. She seemed genuinely happy to see him.
“Hey Syd. I know it’s been forever.” He said as he walked past her into the back. He wanted to stay and chat, but still couldn’t stand to look at her, not without picturing her and the cook flirting together. He clocked in and got his apron.
“Is there something wrong?” Sydney startled him.
Chris jumped a little and turned around to see her standing there with a confused look on her face. He tried to tie his apron in the back, but was having trouble getting it tied. “No… why would there be anything wrong?”
“You just seemed like you weren’t too happy to see me. I haven’t seen you since, like, last month. And now all of the sudden I see you again and all you have to say is ‘It’s been forever.’?”
“I was late; I wanted to make sure I was clocked in on time.” Chris came up with the quickest, easiest excuse he could come up with.
“Oh ok.” She knew that Chris wasn’t telling the truth, but just didn’t want to get into with him right now. Chris started to walk away, but she grabbed his shoulder. “Hey, you know, if you have any problems, whether they are with me, or anything else, you can always talk to me about them.”
Chris just nodded his head and touched her hand on his shoulder. He looked up into her eyes and saw the look she gave him. Deep behind her green eyes he could feel the love that she held for him. He shot her a quick smile, but tried to hide it. “Everything is fine. Thanks.” He turned around and walked away, the smile coming back on his face, and he couldn’t get rid of it.
By Joe Bruder
There’s a love so deep, that no one dares talk about it. We’ve all felt it. This story starts when this girl met this boy.
It was another busy day at Mario’s, a little Italian restaurant in the middle of Bellnest. Chris was in the middle of an order. He weaved his way through the tables, making sure not to bump any of the customers as they clinked and clanged on their plates and glasses. He was on his way back to the kitchen to put his order in for his table. As he cleared the dining room he let out a sigh. Happy that he didn’t bump anyone on this trip, just as he was walking into the kitchen the door swung the wrong way and he got smacked in the face with the door. He stumbled back quickly putting his hand up to his face to make sure his nose wasn’t bleeding. The girl that had come out the wrong door was standing inside the doorway, with the shocked ‘I’m sorry’ look on her face. She couldn’t help stare at Chris. It wasn’t the fact that she had just hit him with the door, no, there was something else there.
“I am soo sorry.” She said to Chris with her arm out as if she would help him somehow, though she was afraid to touch him because she didn’t know if he was a touchy kind of person.
“Yeah it’s alright.” Chris muffled through his hand. He squeezed past her, and made his way to the computer to put his order in.
She stood there for another moment, and then was met up by one of the head waitresses. “Hey Sydney, that’s the in door. You have to make sure you always exit through the out door. Otherwise you might-“
“Hurt someone?” Sydney answered. “Yeah I know. It just kinda happened. Hey who was that guy that just walked in here?”
“Who, Chris?” The head waitress pointed to Chris at the computer.
“Yeah. Him.” Sydney smiled. “Is he cool?”
“Yeah, he’s been here for about a year or so. He gets along with everyone here, though he can be a klutz sometimes. Now come on, we have a lot to get through today.” With that the head waitress walked out into the dining room, going out the ‘in’ door.
Sydney stood there for another moment, looked back at Chris, then walked to the door and stopped. She turned around and went to the other door and out.
Sydney and Chris got along after the door incident, they ended being pretty good friends. The only thing was, Sydney wanted to be more than friends with Chris, and he had no idea. The more they would hang out, the more Sydney liked Chris. Chris found himself alone with one of Sydney’s best friends and they started to talk.
“You know, Sydney really likes you.” Francie said practically out of nowhere. “It’s all she ever talks about when her and I do stuff.”
Chris was stunned when he heard this out of Francie. “I like her too.” Chris said more to himself than to Francie.
“Huh?” She asked because she didn’t hear his reply “Do you like her?”
“Yeah, I like her. But I just don’t know if I like her like that. We’ve only really known each other for a couple weeks now.” Chris started to fumble around with his fork. Feeling how pointy each of the points where on his fingers and then the palm of him hand. He started looking around the restaurant they were in to see if Sydney was on her way back from the bathroom yet. He almost wished he had his license so he could have ran out of the restaurant and drove away forever and ever, just so he didn’t have to continue on with this conversation. “I guess I just want to get to know her first…”
Francie had just taken a sip of her water and was putting the glass back on the table. “Yeah I understand that, but she really does like you.”
Chris’ face was starting to turn red and he could feel the sweat beads forming at his hair line. He had no idea how to get out of this one. He did like Sydney, but just not like that, not in the sense of actually liking her. They were friends. He wanted to get to know this girl before he dove off of the cliff known as relationship. He wanted to have the safety precautions there for him, the parachute, the second parachute, and if all else failed he wanted to have the ocean underneath him, so that when he couldn’t stop falling he would fall, splash, into the water and be unhurt from the relationship. She probably thinks I’m really uncomfortable right now, since I haven’t said anything, in what seems like forever. Finally he let some words out. “Maybe in some time, right now, I’m just not sure I’m ready for a relationship.” As he finished the words, Sydney made her way back to the table.
Francie broke the silence quickly with, “So Syd, what do you want to do when we are done here?”
The subject never came up again. Chris was the only one that was thinking about the issue at hand. He didn’t want to throw away the chance of being happy, but at the same time he just didn’t want to get into a relationship right now. The thought always occurred to him when he would see Sydney at work. He’d watch her fluid movements through the tables. Her hair followed behind her only to lay back around her shoulders and back when she stopped at a table to check on her customers. He found it hard to concentrate on work, much less anything else. He had to make a decision.
“Excuse me?! Waiter!” an irritated customer calling for Chris’ attention. Chris heard the voice but didn’t check to see where it came from. He was lost in concentration. Sydney was with a table across the dining room taking their order. Chris had stopped what he was doing and was just staring at Sydney’s face. Every time someone would tell her what they wanted she would pensively write down their order and smile. She got along well with everyone, but she was having a really good time at this table. She started to make jokes; at least from where Chris stood that’s what it looked like. She would say something and the entire table would roar with laughter. He noticed that she was looking back at him now. He snapped out of his blank stare and lifted his arm up some and waved a tiny wave. She grinned at him, finished the order, and stuck her order pad into her back pocket. He knew what he had to do. “Excuse me?!” the impatient customer exclaimed again.
“Huh? Oh Sorry. What did you say you wanted again?” Chris asked pulling out his order pad.
“My food. We ordered over a half hour ago!”
“Oh… Oh! Sorry. I’ll be right back with your food.” Chris pushed his order pad into his back pocket and rushed off to the kitchen.
When Chris made his way through the door into the kitchen he noticed that Sydney was flirting with one of the cooks. His heart felt like it fell into his stomach when he saw this. He was finally going to tell her that he liked her, and that he wanted her to be his girlfriend, but now, now he just wanted to be far away from her.
Weeks went by before, Chris and Sydney saw each other. Chris made sure that he wasn’t scheduled for the same time as Sydney. He didn’t want to see her. It wasn’t that he hated her, because he could never. He just couldn’t stand to see her and know that he was never going to have her by his side. When Sydney and Chris finally worked together again, there was something in the air that Chris picked up on.
“Hey Chris, Haven’t seen you in a long time” Sydney stated. Chris noticed that Sydney had a big smile on her face. She seemed genuinely happy to see him.
“Hey Syd. I know it’s been forever.” He said as he walked past her into the back. He wanted to stay and chat, but still couldn’t stand to look at her, not without picturing her and the cook flirting together. He clocked in and got his apron.
“Is there something wrong?” Sydney startled him.
Chris jumped a little and turned around to see her standing there with a confused look on her face. He tried to tie his apron in the back, but was having trouble getting it tied. “No… why would there be anything wrong?”
“You just seemed like you weren’t too happy to see me. I haven’t seen you since, like, last month. And now all of the sudden I see you again and all you have to say is ‘It’s been forever.’?”
“I was late; I wanted to make sure I was clocked in on time.” Chris came up with the quickest, easiest excuse he could come up with.
“Oh ok.” She knew that Chris wasn’t telling the truth, but just didn’t want to get into with him right now. Chris started to walk away, but she grabbed his shoulder. “Hey, you know, if you have any problems, whether they are with me, or anything else, you can always talk to me about them.”
Chris just nodded his head and touched her hand on his shoulder. He looked up into her eyes and saw the look she gave him. Deep behind her green eyes he could feel the love that she held for him. He shot her a quick smile, but tried to hide it. “Everything is fine. Thanks.” He turned around and walked away, the smile coming back on his face, and he couldn’t get rid of it.