“You are my first customer today, take your time, get warm and I will be back over soon to collect your order.”
I gazed through each word on the menu deciding what to have, I felt the heating round the room soothe my cold muscles, as I gradually got warm I removed my coat, gloves, and hat. Hunnie was good as gold and just laid on the floor rolled up into a ball, then eventually into a snore as she drifted off to sleep. The heat was then interrupted as the front door flew open and entered what I thought was a snowman. Whoever it was brushed the snow off himself to reveal one of the cutest guys I went to school with. It was Adam, I had a crush on him since we started school together those few years ago. The weather was really coming down thick and fast. Adam acknowledged me and sat down at the far side of my table.
“If it carries on like this, you might be stuck in here for the rest of the day,” I heard Matthew call to us from behind the counter.
I just giggled at his comment, but I sort of hoped that would not happen as I wanted to be back home in my nice warm house. I did not live too far away, but the weather looked dreadful and not safe to be heading back home. I gazed out of the window and in such a brief space of time the snow blizzard had completely covered the majority of the glass frame.
“Don’t worry I have a spare room upstairs you can all stay in.” he kindly offered to us.
“Thank you.” I smiled gratefully to him.
Adam had now warmed up, so he gradually removed his coat, gloves and beanie hat and looked down at the menu.
“I’m going to have the New York pancake stack with a luxury hot chocolate.” I mentioned to him. His eyes then moved up to look at me, and he smiled.
“That sounds good, I am going to have the same.”
Matthew had heard us so he went away into the kitchen area to prepare our orders, during this time I had a little catch up with Adam.Iit had been over a week since I last saw him at school and during our final period together we had a brief moment in English. During the class, we were discussing what Christmas and the festive season meant to us, Adam was sat next to me and I felt him gently touch my left hand. I looked round at him and he whispered softly into my ear, ‘Have a wonderful Christmas, Eve. I will miss you.’ His gentle and caring words touched me, these had stayed with me the past week playing that moment over and over in my head. Now the spirit of Christmas had granted me an early wish, which was to see him again.
“I am so glad you are here.” I said to him.
“Me too.” He took my right hand into his. “I have not stopped thinking about you since we finished school.”
This was my eve of Christmas to remember forever.
Her - A Vigilante in the Making.
When the going gets tough, the tough indeed will get going. I may be a woman but I know how to whoop some backside, any villain who approaches me will wish they had not dared to cross my path. Who needs Wonder Woman or Black Widow when you can have….. oh bugger, what could I call myself? Here I was standing in front of my full-length mirror admiring my new found lease of life, recently I had been involved in a vigilante act stopping a pair of bank robbers known as Bob and Frank. Since I had finished in nappies as an infant my parents signed me up to all these different martial arts classes. Karate, Kick Boxing and Taekwondo just to name a few, I had undergone strict regimes from what I eat up to the point of socialising, I barely had a social life apart from when I was in school. Boys.. whoever had time for boys and kissing behind the back of the bike shed. The only bit of eye candy for me was those muscular, toned men during my martial arts classes. One guy I never could keep my eyes off was my sensei, Paul, I loved it when he was topless in the dojo. He was older than me, 24 years old. I had only just finished sixth form. Ok, focus now if I want to get my head into being a vigilante in my local town.
Searching through my wardrobes trying to arrange an outfit that I could easily wear to fight in… erm that is too baggy, no that is too dressy, ah yes this catsuit will do. I gaze and grasp through the leathery material, deciding what to alter. Of course I don’t want to copy the black canary wearing an all in one catsuit. I needed to think fast as the breaking news of today was that Bob and Frank had been released on bail so who knew what they could be planning to do tonight. Perhaps I could cut a bit out on the left hip or waist side, maybe even round the thigh area. I would like to keep my arms fully covered though, I don’t want anyone to see my purple and turquoise butterfly tattoo. Ah yes I know just the thing, I will cut slits up on both sides of the legs and add zips, I need to add a bit of glamour to my appearance. Eye mask at the ready and bright red lip stick, I must remember to not kiss my beaten up villains, can't
