3 September 2012
(my 200th post! Yey! Thanks everyone on here for being so kind and supportive of my work, really appreciate it :)
Chapter 8:
I got a call from Maggie asking if I could come in on Wednesday and luckily I had plenty of frees that day so I could make it.
I couldn't decide what to wear; the thought of Matt coming in crossed my mind a few times even though he had said it was his dad who would be visiting. I had been wearing my black jeans and a shirt of some sort most of the time and decided I would put a bit more effort in today. I wore a white dress with black tights and a leather jacket and my trusted heeled booties that were pretty painful to wear but did great things for my calves!
They were expecting snow this week and the temperature had dropped drastically. I shivered as I briskly walked to the store from the car park round the back and seeing the sight of the crisp fire crackling below the shelf warmed me up inside.
I sat there for a few minutes to warm myself up and double checked that I had brought everything. I made a mental note before leaving to remember a few of my designs that I had neatly sorted into a black portfolio just incase Chris Parker came in today.
Cindy came bubbling out the kitchen with a tea set and some biscuits. She knew I was here already and kindly thought of bringing a small blanket out to warm me up. She told me that there were no fittings today but Mr Parker would be paying us a visit. I felt some butterflies buzz around in my tummy and all of a sudden became very nervous. I thought whilst we were sitting here drinking our tea I would show Cindy the designs and see what she thought before I showed them to a top notch designer.
"oh, Cindy, I hope you don't mind, well you see I've been drawing out some dresses in my spare time, it really calms me down and my mum really likes them and said that I should get some opinions on them, so I was just wondering would you mind if I showed them to Chris? I know he's coming on business but..." Cindy stopped me mid sentence whilst trying to swallow her tea quickly, "oh show me! Show me! Of course I don't mind dear! If you're mum thinks you've got potential then of course show them to him! So let's have a look." I quickly got the portfolio out for her and as she began to look I felt so grateful my boss was so kind and understanding. She didn't say anything just looked through them slowly. After the third one she closed the booklet and looked up at me. "Sophia, these are beautiful! really stunning, how long have you been keeping this quiet for?!" "oh well I've been drawing them for a while but didn't think they were any good compared to some of the dresses here." "oh Soph, you really are a jem. I love having you here and so does Maggie. We've actually been talking a lot and we know you're busy with school work and things but we'd actually like you to work up front on a Saturday and do our fittings; our cousins daughter says she can come in and do the office work for experience so the 'big' job as we call it is all yours, if you're happy to do it?" "oh I would be delighted! Thank you so much! I wont let you down I promise." "I know you won't sweetheart, that's exactly why I asked you."
I gave Cindy a big hug and asked after Maggie but Cindy explained she was visiting a friend. Just at that moment Chris walked in; he had such poise about him I could tell exactly who he was as soon as I saw him. He was so upbeat and I could see where Matt got his good looks from, although he had a much more mature face whereas Matt was quite cute and innocent looking, but they were both very tall.
"hello my lovely lady! How are we?" "hi Chris how are you?" They kissed each other's cheeks and sat down. "oh and I take it you're the beautiful Sophia my sons been telling me about." I giggled slightly and could feel my cheeks fluster. "hi Mr Parker, may I just say your work is amazing. I love all of your gowns." "well thank you Sophia that means a lot." "I'll go make some tea, shall I?" Cindy scurried off and I was left alone with Chris. "so, you enjoying working here? It's a lovely place, I really enjoy visiting." "oh yes it is very special. I've wanted to work here for a long time and was so pleased to get the job." Mr Parker had such a warm face and was so easy to talk to. "if you dot mind, i've brought some of my designs with me and I was hoping maybe you could take a look at some of them? Just you know for an opinion." I asked him timidly, I couldn't believe I was having a discussion with my new found favourite designer. "oh sure I'd love to." Like Cindy he carefully looked through each design and nodded his head occasionally. He looked through the whole book and closed it with a grin. "wow. I mean WOW! For someone who's never had any experience, I gather, you are really, very talented!" I smiled at him feeling proud of myself that a top bridal designer liked my work. "here, this is my card. I'd like you to come in sometime this week and bring all your designs with you. Is that ok?" "um ok! I'd love to! thank you."
I felt like so much good luck had come my way recently and I was living the life I had always dreamed of; I had the perfect job working with people I loved, my family were one hundred percent behind me, no matter what and now I had been giving this amazing opportunity. And the best thing was, this was only the beginning.
by vera©
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