Author: Jessica
Nick�s POV
Another awful morning and it was only 10:30am. I sighed and pushed through the caf� doors. I needed a cup of coffee, a HUGE cup of coffee, with lots of sugar. Maybe I should start by telling you a little about me. I�m Nick Lachey, I moved to LA from Cincinnati OH about 2 years ago when I was 24. For the past 2 years I�ve been working on a music career, I�ve been shipping demos around to tons of people and labels and I keep getting nothing in return. Today was another one of those days. I�d just had another let down, the 3rd one this week. I walked over and ordered my coffee, I was standing there waiting for the lady to make it and I just looked around the coffee shop but my eyes stopped on one of the most beautiful girls I�d ever seen. She was giving the waitress money for her check. She had beautiful hazel eyes and golden blonde hair that fell a little below her shoulders. She had a petite figure, and a guy couldn�t help but notice her busty chest, after all I am a man. She wasn�t extremely skinny but nowhere near fat, she was just right. She had a beaming smile. My attention was brought back to the lady who had made my coffee. I paid and saw the girl walking out the door. �That�s the one,� I thought to myself. �Something about her, I know it. She�s the one.� I left the shop and followed her trying not to give myself away. She couldn�t be more then 19 maybe 20 I thought to myself. She walked two blocks and turned the corner. I watched her go into the Lisa Kline women�s clothing store. I decided to give it a go and walk in. I saw her behind the counter and it dawned on me, �she works here.� I looked around and then walked up to her. I looked at the name tag she had now put on. �Jessica�the name of an angel� I thought.
�Excuse me, I am trying to find something for my sister and you look about her age, I thought maybe you could help me find something.� Truth was I didn�t have a sister but I was at a women�s shop. �I�ll give it to Lea or something.� She smiled and led me over to a section that had tons of cute tops.
�What�s her favorite color?� I stopped to think.
�Umm�blue, light blue.�
�Okay let me see what we�ve got that she might like.� I nodded and just kept my eyes on her the whole time. She picked a few shirts out for me and I chose 2 shirts out of the ones she showed me.
�Thank you, I think I like these two the best.� She smiled and brought them over to the register to ring them up.
�Okay, your total is $120.82�� I took out my credit card, �this is it for excessive spending this week� I thought to myself, �you need to find a record label�FAST!�I paid for the shirts and she put them in a bag.
�Thank you sir, have a good day.� I gave her my million dollar smile.
�Thank you�you too.� I waved and walked out of the door. I couldn�t just ask her out right then and there. So I went to my apartment and saw 2 messages on the phone. I pressed play and put the shirts on the couch. First, was Drew and then my ex girlfriend called�the one who wanted to have dinner with me tonight because she was in town�the SAME one who broke up with me because she couldn�t handle distance�I shook my head and read through my mail. It was still only noon and I had a whole day of doing�nothing. I grabbed the phone book and looked up the number to the store. I called and asked to speak to Jessica. �Here goes nothing.� I thought.
�Hello, this is Jessica�� I smiled; she had such a sweet gentle voice.
�Hi Jessica�this is Nick Lachey, you helped me pick out those shirts for my sister today�remember?� More like you helped me pick them out 20 minutes ago�
�Oh yes hi! Is there something wrong?�
�No, no�I was just wondering, I couldn�t help but notice how beautiful you are and well I wanted to know if maybe, I don�t know maybe you�d like to go for a cup of coffee�?� I was nervous. She was quiet for a minute. �Its okay, I understand you don�t want to.� I started to hang up the phone.
�Wait Nick�I�d love to go for coffee. Just tell me when and where.� I smiled and tried hiding my excitement.
�Well�I have the rest of today off��
�I have to be at class by 3 today.� Class? I�d have to ask later.
�Okay�um��
�I get off her at 1:30, so give me an hour and � and I can meet you at the little caf� about 2 blocks from the store I work at. Padre�s is the name of the caf�.� It was the one we were at this morning but she didn�t know I was there.
�Okay�that sounds like it�d be great. I can�t wait.� She giggled.
�Me either, I�ll see you then. Bye��
�Bye Jessica�� I hung up and let out a huge sigh. �Yes!� I patted myself on the back. �I�m going out with her!� I chanted to myself and went off to the shower to get ready for today�s �coffee date� I got out of the shower and put on some kakis and a light blue button down shirt. I put on my cologne and grabbed my keys. It was 1:15 and it took, about 15-20 minutes to get there with the traffic. I finally made it there at 1:31 and she was just walking in as I was. She had changed�she wasn�t wearing as dressy clothes as she was at work instead she looked even younger�she was wearing hip-hugging jeans and a cute white spaghetti strapped tank top with a gold star on the front, over that she was wearing a white velour hoodie. Her pants were tight and definitely looked good on her and she was wearing ADIDAS sneakers with her hair pulled into a messy pony tail. I smiled and walked over to her.
�Hey�� She looked at me and smile. God was she beautiful. I pulled her chair out for her and then sat across from her. We both ordered a large mocha cappuccino with chocolate swirl. I sat there staring at her and how beautiful she was. �So tell me about Jessica Simpson�� I looked into her glittering eyes.
�Well�I�m pretty boring.� She giggled and I smiled. �I�m 18, I just went into college, UCLA.� I looked at her impressed.
�What are you majoring in?�
�I don�t know, I haven�t picked and I know that�s bad but I�m taking a lot of medical courses. I�d love to be a children�s doctor, or deliver babies, as long as I can work with babies and kids I�m happy.�
�That�s great.�
�Are you from California?�
�No, I moved out here from Texas. That�s where all my family still is actually. What about you?� She looked at me curiously.
�I�m from Cincinnati�I�m out here trying to get into the singing business.� She arched her eyebrow.
�Singing�?� I nodded my head.
�Yeah, I�ve got a few demos out and I�m shipping them to different labels.�
�That�s awesome�� I smiled at her and reached across the table for her hand which she gladly left in mine. �I know this is kind of rude of me but, how old are you?� I sighed, thinking as soon as she found out she�d want nothing to do with me. �I�m 26�� I said kind of softly.
�Oh cool�� Was all she responded with. She didn�t push my hand away, so that was an okay, maybe she didn�t care about my age. We talked for almost 2 hours and then at 3:00 she had to leave in order to make it to her class. I walked her out of the coffee shop after paying and hailed a cab for her. She had her backpack with her and she took out a piece of paper.
�Here�� She wrote her number down on it. �Call me later today maybe�I get out of class at 5, I should be home by 5:30.� I smiled.
�I will�I�ll call at 5:45, how�s that?� She giggled.
�Perfect!� The cab pulled up and I opened the door for her. �Thank you Nick�� I nodded my head and smiled.
�Thanks for letting me take you out�I had fun.�
�Me too!� She hugged me and surprised me by kissing my cheek before she finally got in the cab and drove off to class. I waited til the cab was out of view and got myself a cab and went home. I worked on calling more places about sending my demos to them and I kept a good eye on the clock so I could be sure to call Jessica at 5:45�ah, so far away that seems. I sat back and watched the clock tick, I wanted so bad to call her, I dozed off a little thinking about her�something about her, I just knew�that was her, SHE was it, she was the one.
End of part 1.