This night, Arya had an exceptionally good sleep.
The next morning, on her way to work while sitting on the bus, she could not help but send a text message to Jack.
~ Good morning. A new day had begun. Dr. Jack must work hard to save the dying, take care of the injured and heal the sick.
After sending off the text message, she did not get a reply from Jack. She did not mind and looked at the time. Jack should be in his wards doing his rounds. When she thought of him in his big white coat, she could not control herself from smiling.
It was a bit boring sitting on the bus. Outside the bus were the familiar scenes that she always saw and on the bus, there was nothing interesting about the crowd of people. She sat distractedly for a while and then pulled out a small book she always kept with her. She wrote down yesterday’s date and then wrote ~ Mr. poison tongue was lost for words, not as sharp as previously – there is change.
Um…..she read through and felt satisfied. It is better to write it down than keeping it in her memory. She thought for a while and then remembered ~ Hanging up the phone without saying anything, impolite – there is no change.
At this very moment, she received a reply from Jack.
~ Miss, are you trying to start a conversation?
Arya smiled to herself and for the moment, did not know what to reply, so she kept silent.
After a while, Jack sent another text message.
~ Are you thinking to date me? It’s not so easy to set up a date with me.
She burst into laughter and thought for a while before writing another line in her small book again ~ Arrogant, too much self-importance – there is no change.
Looking it over, she added today’s date in front of the line.
Thinking for a while, she came to the conclusion that it was time to have a date so that she could have more contact with him to make observations. And also, she needed to discuss with him about things between them and their future. .
After sitting on the bus for a little longer, she had reached her destination. Just as she was getting off the bus, she heard her cell phone rang with a text message alert. Stopping at a place with fewer people, she pulled out her phone to look and found it was Jack again. The message read.
~ Such a big shot? Not replying to my text message? Acting dignified today? Ignoring me after giving instructions?
She laughed out loud and after thinking for a long time, she replied.
~ Young man, work hard.
After pressing the send button, she regretted it. She should have paid more attention to the expression and tone of that sentence. She wondered whether the serious look and tone of her voice in her mind could be expressed through that sentence into his head.
If he did not understand the meaning, then it would not be interesting..
she should have given it more thought before sending it off. It will be ineffective to correct that sentence now. She chewed on her lip and was annoyed with herself.
Jack did not reply. Along the way to her office, Arya was wondering what interesting things she could say to tease him.
When she reached the office, she sat down, put her bag away and poured herself a glass of water. Then she switched on her computer and she had yet to get into working mood when the text message alert sounded on her cell phone again.
Quickly she picked up the phone and took a look. He wrote.
~ I should be able to get off work early today.
She smiled and thought about her work schedule today. Well, in fact, it is alright for her to visit those two retail stores tomorrow instead of today. She really had not seen him for a long time.
She calmed down and thought and thought and could not come up with any brilliant words, so she just gave a simple reply.
~ Me too.
She should have successfully expressed her meaning concisely and eloquently this time, did she?
Throughout the day, Arya was unable to concentrate on her work and was inefficient. From time to time, she would take out her cell phone for a look and Jack did not send any text message to her neither did he give her a call. When she thought of their appointment for the evening, she felt a little happy, a little anxious with some anticipation.
She was looking forward to going off work soon..
She also thought……should she go home to change her clothes?
In the end, she decided not to do anything.
If she wants to have a love relationship with him, then it is best to let him get used to her lack of beauty.
In the evening, when it was time to get off work, Arya was unable to sit still. She gave the excuse to the manager that she had to meet a client and left the company early. She felt a little excited and blushed. She hopped on the bus and went straight to the hospital. After work, if Jack sees her waiting for him downstairs, will he jump with fright?
When she imagined his expression, she felt extremely spirited.
When she reached the hospital, she went to the lobby on the first floor of the surgical ward building and sat down. She looked at her watch. It was two minutes to six and Jack would be leaving his office..
She took a deep breath and was glad her timing was just right.
She waited for a while before she realized that she could only see only one elevator door from where she was sitting. What if he took the other elevator which was on the opposite side?
So she moved to another sitting position and this time she could see the elevators on both sides. However, she still could not see the innermost elevator and she had to stretch her neck every time she looked. .
As Arya was straining her neck to look, suddenly she saw Nurse Rita and two familiar-looking nurses had come down. She was startled and shrank back, jerking her neck and she hissed with pain.
In the building, there were a lot of people coming and going. This was usually the time when it was most crowded with changing shifts, visiting hours, patients coming down for strolls, patients’ families delivering food……….
Large crowds of people gathered in front of the elevators.
The crowds of people kept on moving wave after wave and Arya did not see any sign of Jack. She was a little worried and wondered whether she had missed him. She waited and waited and finally decided to call him. Just as she pulled out her cell phone, it rang.
The call was from Jack.
"Arya, are you getting off work?”
"Have you gotten off work?”.
The two people spoke in unison.
"Yes……what about you? Are you on your way home?” Jack asked first.
"Have you come downstairs?” Instead of answering, Arya asked..
"Downstairs?” Jack’s tone seemed to be surprised. Then he asked. "Are you in the hospital?”.
"No……No…… I just asked casually.” Arya subconsciously shrank back into her seat. She still wanted to give him a surprise.
"When will you reach home?” He did not continue to ask but he sounded like he wanted to date her. Is this considered having telepathy? She felt a little happy.
"In a little while, I will reach home.” She smiled to herself. She stood up and brazenly stared at the elevators on both sides. "After work, you should go home quickly and rest.” She said that on purpose. She wanted to give him a surprise..
"Okay, then you also should go home and rest.” He actually said the same words.
"Good-bye!” She stuck out her tongue and happily hung up the phone first. He should be coming down soon and she felt a little excited.
On both sides, the elevators went up and down, the doors opened and closed, opened and closed but still, she did not see any sign of Jack. Arya frowned suspiciously. What happened to this guy? Does he intend to remain upstairs?.
Just as she was hesitating whether to give Jack a call, Jack had called her again.
"Are you downstairs at the hospital?”.
"Ah?” Had he discovered her? Arya looked around. "Did you see me? But where are you? I didn’t see you.”
"You are stupid.”
"You are the one who is stupid.” She felt slightly unhappy and looked around to search for him. "Where are you hiding?”.
"Ai!” Jack let out a heavy sigh at the other end of the line. "I’m downstairs at your house.”
"Ah?......” She was dumbstruck.
"You are stupid. Just now when I asked you, why did you lie and said you were not at the hospital? If I had not felt something was wrong and call you again, I don’t know how long we have to wait for each other.”
"What are you doing downstairs at my house? And just now you didn’t even tell me you were there!”
"Did you ask?” Jack sounded very angry. "I asked you when you will be reaching home and you said in just a while. Then I followed up with saying quickly go home, so what did I say wrong?”
"Anyway, what is wrong with me waiting for you here in the hospital? When I reached here, it was obviously two minutes before you were supposed to go off work. How did you disappear so quickly?”
"There was nothing else to do, so I left early.”
"Why did you leave so early? I purposely left work early to come here and wait for you so that I can give you a surprise!”.
"Me too!” His voice sounded loud and strong. Arya suddenly blushed.
He also did the same thing! She feels so happy!
"Then…….then…….” They have missed each other. What to do?
"Then, then……What? You’re so stupid! Wait there! No more running around again!” Jack finished speaking and hung up the phone.
Arya put away her phone and could not stop smiling. She felt really happy and even after being scolded she still felt very happy.
Although she knew that it would take some time before Jack will arrive, she still sprinted all the way to the hospital entrance.
At this time, it was the peak hour after work and the traffic was heavy. She counted the cars passing by on the road and thought that it would take him a long time to arrive.
But she was not in a hurry and she was in a good mood, so she started to sing..
We were both young when I first saw you
I close my eyes and the flashback starts:
I'm standing there
On a balcony in summer air
See the lights, see the party, the ball gowns
See you make your way through the crowd
And say, "Hello."
Little did I know
That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles
And my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet."
And I was crying on the staircase
Begging you, "Please don't go."
And I said
"Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone
I'll be waiting. All there's left to do is run
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story. Baby, just say 'Yes'."
She sang this song ‘Love Story sung by Taylor Swif. She decided to ask Jack to sing this song for her to show his sincerity for her.
She felt happy and snickered in mischief and then she heard the sound of a car horn.
She raised her head and look…….Jack had arrived.
Happily, she flew towards the car, opened the door and sat in. Her movements were smooth and unrestrained as if floating on clouds. Jack looked at her suspiciously and asked. "What happened?”
"Something good!”
"Why do I have an ominous premonition?”
"How do I know?” Arya shrugged.
Jack looked at her for a long time before he asked. "What do you want to eat?”
Arya tilted her head and said “Take me to the place that you took me last time, the small restaurant where they serve wine, satay and all”.
She felt the was the place where her relationship with him had made an important change. It was also the first place where they had the most enjoyable talk and the most memorable.
Since today is their first official date and it is only right that they should go there.
Moreover, the point is, she needed to drink some wine to boost up her courage, then only will she be able to teach him to sing that love Song.