"Good Morning Jade.â Frank, the barista instantly chimes up upon
seeing Jade wake in.
Frank was a chubby man in his early forties, he was one of the barista's
of the Cafe, also one of Scarlett's close friend. He had dark blonde hair
and kind brown eyes, that were always shining brightly and made Jade
feel at home.
"Good Morning to you too Frank, having a good day so far?" Jade asks
back, greeting him.
"Yes yes, you know it" he replies with a smile.
"Ah oh, who is this young man?â Frank suddenly asks playfully, his eyes
on the tiny figure that now seemed to get suddenly shy, hiding behind
his mother's legs while staring at Frank.
"Oh come on kiddo, you don't want this?" Frank holds out a sprinkled
cookie covered in a transparent paper in his hand, of course he knew
about her son's addiction to anything sweet related, and taking the
advantage of his weakness. Jade shakes her head. This was a normal
occurrence for her.
Frank crouches down in front of the small toddler, his one hand
extending the cookie towards the blue green eyes boy who looked at
the cookie like it was a piece of treasure, maybe to him it was indeed
one.
Adonis extends his small hands taking the cookie in his own, and stares
back at Frank who still had a smile on his face.
"What do you say after someone gives you something, Adonis?" Jade
asks as she closely watched them interact with a smile on her face.
"Thankyou" the small boy said, but it mostly came out as thanchu since
he was still learning to pronounce things, and had difficulty in
pronouncing certain words since be was a toddler after all.
Frank pats the little boys head and stands up from his crouched frame.
"Have you seen Scarlett? I haven't seen her around" She asks him, as
Jade looked around the bakery, which was also a part café. She couldn't
spot the brunette haired woman anywhere around here.
"You know her Jade, she's always baking something" Frank says in a
playful tone, with a playful roll of his eyes.
"Of course she would be, see you later Frankâ she says, to which he
replies with a 'see you laterâ.
"Hey" Jade says, walking into the back kitchen only to stop dead in her
tracks when she takes in the scene before her.
Her eyes take in the brunette haired older woman before her, who had
a bit of flour present on her hair and face, while she rolled the dough
probably to bake another batch of cookies Jade had seen people
outside munching away at.
Jade's voice seems to capture Scarlett's attention, making her stop
rolling the dough for a moment. A smile forms on her face, the slight
laugh lines appearing near the sides of her eyes and mouth.
Scarlett was a pleasant woman to be around. She always looked around
others and especially Jade. Scarlett treated her like her own daughter.
Sadly Scarlett didn't have any children of her own but the woman never
seemed down or sad.
"Hey, when did you get here?â
"Just a few minutes ago, and you're still baking to death I seeâ Jade
takes in the sets of cookie laid out in the baking tray.
Scarlett glared at her playfully, her eyes move down and immediately
lights up as she takes in Adonis, as he munched on the cookie Frank
had offered him.
As soon as Adonis takes notice of the older woman, an ear splitting
smile forms on his face, running upto the older woman he gives her a
hug, which she returns careful not to rub off the dough on him.
"Aww, that's my grandsonâ Scarlett cooes at him as she takes in the
small toddler. Caressing his face lovingly and placing a soft kiss on his
forehead. Jade smiles at their interaction, her heart melts at their sweet
interaction.
Seeing them both interact with eachother reminded her of her own
parents, thinking how happy they would've been to see and play with
their grandson, sadly they were taken away from this world too soon
Scarlett considered Adonis as her own grandson and treated him like
one too. Scarlett and her husband Joe, spoiled the boy every chance
they got.
"Scarlett, I'll be working outside. Call me if you need anything" Jade
says as she pulls on her apron over her dress, removing her jacket in
the process. Leaving Adonis with the older woman since he was used to
Jade's work routine.
Jade walks towards one of the tables situated at the corner of the café
with a notepad and pen clutched in her hands.
She approached the table where one man seemed to sit, dressed in a
suit.
"Hello, Good morning sir. What would you like to order?" She asks him
politely, with a smile on her face.
Grayson looks up from his newspaper, his eyes widens a fraction as he
looks at the woman that stood infront of him.
Jade's face scrunches a bit when he doesn't replies to her question.
Now that she notices it, he was a werewolf. It wasn't uncommon for
wolfs to be spotted around the small town. Many people crossed
through to get to the city, often bringing in new people at the Cafe,
who stop by to drink coffee or have some snacks during the day time.
His presence didn't make her feel threatened or anything, she was used
to being a werewolves presence by now.
A clearing of the throat catches her attention.
"A black coffee pleaseâ he says and Jade nods her head.
"Anything else? Any pastries, cakes, croissants, cookies?" Jade lists off
the items from the menu by heart.
"A croissant would do" he replies with a small smile after thinking about
it for a few moments.
"Sure, I'll be back in a moment with your coffee and croissantâ with that
said she leaves him to get his order.
What she failed to notice was how his eyes followed her through out
the room.