Chapter 24

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     Okay, so tomorrow is the big day I get to work with Desirae.. God, I'm so nervous and yet so excited. This is such a once in a lifetime opportunity and I cannot mess this up. I really wanna give my all into this. Zara and I have kept a bit of a distance while I prepped this week. Usually our day starts with her dropping me off and then picking me up after i finish homework at the cafe- without Naomi by the way.. She had gotten to be too much to handle and I just had to cut ties. Anywho, Then we don't see each other until bedtime because I'm usually in the kitchen trying out new recipes all night and by the time I'm finished she's in bed already falling asleep when I walk in. It's been hard not spending all my time with her but we both understand that there needs to be some breaks. Which reminds me.. While I'm sitting here at the Cafe I have time to post our pictures.

     I pull out my phone and opened up my app, adding the picture to the post and captioned it "You make me feel like I can do anything <3". Anddddddd... posted! I set my phone down and turned the ringer off, knowing that it's about to blow up with likes. After the shoot i did with Sol my socials have blown up again since I first posted with everyone after our vacation ended. I've been getting a crazy amount of DMs about Zara and random guys asking me out- even a few death threats for taking away what the world apparently sees as 'theirs'. I see why Zara doesn't wanna be so open with our relationship because now neither do I. I like how we are already, the public eye really does change a lot of it. I didn't see it at first, but, Zara goes through a lot in herself and being on her own as someone who's in the public eye. She's a naturally closed off person, but, she doesn't go out as much because of all of the attention she gets when she does and she said it's really annoying and can be overwhelming. If I'm only receiving half of the attention she gets, imagine what she goes through. I checked my phone once more to see a bunch of comments on the photo already, scrolled through them reading every single one but not interacting with them until I saw Zara's. It was just a basic white heart emoji, but still.


     Hours had gone by since i started my assignments. I just finished my last one and logged off of my laptop, heading back into the bedroom where Zara was fast asleep. She looks so peaceful. Even when she's sleeping she's got my mind in a daze. I crawled into bed next to her and laid my head on her chest with my arm wrapped around her. I could feel the butterflies in my stomach when i felt her wrap her arm around my back and place a hand over my arm on her abdomen.

     "Hi.." she mutters out in a groggy, raspy voice.

     "I didn't mean to wake you. I'm sorry."

"It's okay," she rubs one eye and looks down at me, "Are you ready for tomorrow?"

"Yes mistress, I've been prepping practically my entire life for this." I snuggle down into her chest and shut my eyes.

    "You're gonna kill it, princess. Goodnight." She rubs my back lightly.

     "Goodnight."

My hands are shaking at the wheel right now. I honestly don't know how I'm driving properly with all of my nerves in my skin firing. Just to think, I'm less than five minutes away from working with 'THE Desirae Delight'. James told me that she always has the new people re-create one of her special dishes to meet her standards and only then will she consider taking you under her wing and having her work under you. Even if its just being a kitchen assistant, it would help so much in just getting a jump start on my career if I do decide in working in the culinary world. Before i knew it, here i was..

     I take a deep breath as i shut the car door behind me and stand looking up at the building's sign that read 'Desirae Delight's Delights'. I walked up to the double dark glass doors and opened it to see a full house of people waiting or enjoying the food coming out from the kitchen.

     "Hi, welcome in." I'm greeted by a tall scrawny brunette guy- couldn't be older than 16 honestly. "Table for one?"

     "Oh actually.." I paused for a moment to look around to see if i saw her myself or not. "I'm here to see Desirae. My name's Blair."

    "Oh give me a minute." He says running down the hall to the last door in the back. I waited a moment, taking in the overwhelming amount of noise and the sweet smell of desserts and gourmet dinners creating an enticing environment. I watched the boy run back towards me and with a heavy breath said, "You can go ahead back. The office is the last door to the right."

     "Thanks." I waved him off and started walking.

     With every step the door felt like it was getting further and further away until it was so close my legs were frozen in place right infront of the shut door. I chewed the inside of my lip, knowing that this moment alone could change my life in a matter of seconds. I can feel the eyes of the boy watching me a nervous wreck. I guess the anxiety fueling me is projecting on to him by the way he fixed his collar and tilted his head waiting for me to walk in. I breathed in deep, exhaling as slowly as i turned the door knob and there she was- in all of her glory.

She stood a bit taller than me- 5'4 I'm guessing. Her hair was dyed red in a tied up bun with chopsticks in her hair holding it up. Her wall caught my attention first. It was a picture of her in traditional Thai clothing sitting down with a matching red pha Nung tied around her waist, and underneath it was the pha nung laid out on the table.

"You must be Blair." She stands up and goes to shake my hand. "It's nice to meet you."

"It's nice to meet you too." I generously accept the handshake as she directs me to take a seat infront of her. "I have to say, you're just as stunning in person as everyone who's ever met you says you are."

She smiles slightly, "You're too kind." She grabs out a piece of paper from her desk and hands me a pen and drags them across the table infront of me. "Now, dear I'm gonna need your information. Fill this out and once you're done we can get started. I'll be back in a moment I just wanna get parts of the kitchen set up for us for when we close down in a few moments."

"Okay." I watch as she walks out and im left alone in her office. I start to finish the paperwork and holy shit was it a lot. By the time she got back though, I was on my last page and she had finished putting away her files in her desk drawer. I handed it to her when I finished, she read over a few things and made sure it looked good before she took me to the kitchen.

After putting on the apron and tying my hair up in a high pony tail, we began. She had me make three dishes. Appetizer, dinner, dessert. for an appetizer i started with a homemade cheese spread I made for my brother all the time. Once, he asked me to make it for him every single day for two months. It started with some cream cheese mixed with an even amount of goat cheese. After i mixed those two up, I cut up some prosciutto and mixed that in as well, but, its just as good without it. Once i felt it was evenly spread out in the mix, I chopped up some green onions and a lighter amount of red and green peppers and put it on the plate with a few crackers and extra cut up meats- classic charcuterie. Then for dinner, i made some Vegan cauliflower and bean tacos and Fettucine Alfredo because i know not everyone is Vegan and I have no idea how her diet is. For dessert i went with something simple- ice cream sandwiches but the ice cream and cookies for the sandwich is homemade as well while letting the other dishes cook thoroughly previously and while Desirae tried each dish. I brought it out to her as I watched her take bits out of the dishes. My heart is racing. She shows no emotion while eating each meal. I can only come to assumptions in my head that are overlapping each other in every thought.

She's instructed me to wait in the kitchen while she finished up and she'd come back to tell me her final thoughts. I took the opportunity to call Zara up while on break- not sure if she'd pick up because she's at a shoot with her friends.

"Hello?" I hear her voice on the line.

"hey!" I nervously mutter out, "Oh my god I'm nervous."

"Why? Is it going well?"

"I dont know, shes about to come in and let me know, I just missed you so much. I needed to hear your voice to calm me down." I take a deep breath in and slowly let it out.

"I'm sure you're doing amazing, princess. I gotta tell you, I've been away from your food for two meals and I already miss it." She reassures me, "You are very talented."

She always knows just what to say. "You're so cute."

"I've been talking about you all day on set. The girls miss you, ya know?"

"If they ever wanna hang out, I'm always around. Let them know." I hear Desirae come in and immediately shut down the conversation. "Oh, shit shes coming. I gotta go. I'll see you at home my love."

Just as i was about to take the phone away from my ear, I hear her say "I love you." And before I could press my ear back onto the phone, she ended the call.

Zara's POV

     Holy shit. Did that just slip out? I tucked my phone away into my bag and looked around to see the other girls busy fixing their outfits and makeup. If they heard that, I'd never hear the end of it. It's been a couple months now and with every day that passes, I've wanted to say it more and more. I was just scared of letting it happen and then.. today it did. I instantly began to sweat as the final word slipped from my lips and I had put the phone away. Shit, I need to sit for a minute. I grabbed the chair behind me and pressed my back against it, feeling my heart race with flashes of memories of her run through my brain. I know that when I get home, this is something we're gonna have to talk about. I'm not letting a conversation like this slip out of my fingers, but, that also means I only have a couple of hours to sort my emotions out before seeing her again.

     I'm at a point where I know I love her. Like really, deeply love her. I think of her even when it has nothing to do with her. I wanna share all of my experiences with her and I know that when I need her shes there. I feel like I don't have to hide when I'm around her. There are things that she sees that I wouldn't tell anyone and living with Blair has just been amazing so far. I think we only had one real argument, but, it was easy to manage between us both. We teach each other communication in different ways. I learned so much just by being with her these past months and all I can really say is, I do love her more than words could ever explain. I love her the way all those cheesy, cliche movies tell you you're supposed to love someone and more.


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