GOD IS A WOMAN

rebecca smiled, relieved that gen didn’t mind her barging in on her lunch. “you’re an angel! well, the seam on the back seems to come loose all the time and I was trying to fix it myself but you know me. so I thought I’d bring it straight to you because you can fix anything that I mess up.” she explained with a chuckle. “how about you take it and in return I will take you out to lunch?”

Gen cringed inside when Rebecca said she tired fixing it herself. That meant extra work to fix what she had done along with the initial problem. “that shouldn’t be an issue. It’s a easy fix. You did the right thing coming to me.” she said with a smile, holding her hand out to take the garment from the woman. She had done enough work for the girl that she could do this one pro bono, knowing full well this one wasn’t the last time she’d see the red head. “that sounds like a fair trade.You have a deal.” she said with a sweet smile.

“Well, if I had known it was that simple I would have led with that instead.” He pauses for a second. “Wait, where exactly were you headed?”

“Oh I’m sure you would have.” Gen said, adjusting her purse that hung from her shoulders throwing her keys inside of it. “Just the little restaurant down the street. Can’t go to far because...” she trailed off, making a clicking noise with her tongue as she pointed behind her to her store front. “you coming?” the brunette asked, raising an eyebrow.

His eyebrows still raised, Carter turned his head away from the woman and started to look around the room for maybe another free chair, when she eventually lifted her head again to look at him. Frowning a little as he hadn’t really expected an apology from her, the man finally shrugged his shoulders a little. “It’s ok.. mine actually has been pretty tough as well, so… probably wasn’t really the nicest man around either. Shouldn’t have interrupted you in the first place.”

Gen offered him a half sympathetic smile as he spoke.”i’m sorry to hear that.” she said in regards to him have a tough day as well. “I tend to get a bit bitchy and grouchy when I’m stressed out, I hope you didn’t take it personally.” she added. Gen decided it might be wise to put her sketch book away. She had spent enough working today, It might be nice to unwind and talk to someone who isn’t one of her customers. “I’m Genevieve by the way.” she said, holding her hand out for him to shake.

“I didn’t realize we were on that level, but I guess I can come back in an hour. I’m sure there’s gotta be something I can distract myself with around here.” Even though he’d been in the city for five years now, Johnny’s inability to find his way around the city hadn’t gotten any better.

“Oh hush.” she said playfully rolling her eyes at the male in front of her. “if you’re fishing for an invite to lunch all you have to do is ask, you know that right?”

“hello to you, too!” rebecca said with a chuckle. gen had been her seamstress for quite some time now because the redhead managed to destroy her expensive dresses on a regular basis and she had come to like the young woman. right now, she had one of her favourite pieces slung over her arm, looking at gen pleadingly. “I don’t wanna disturb your lunch at all but I kind of have an emergency here.”

She offered a kind smile to the redheaded woman stand in front of her. Rebecca had always been one of her favorite clients. “sorry, it’s been a crazy day.” she laughed. She looked at the garment hanging off the girls arm, nodding as she spoke. “You’re not disturbing me at all. What seems to be the problem?” 

Slightly raising his eyebrows at her quick and short reply, Carter just nodded. Obviously she didn’t want to talk to him, the annoyance in her voice was pretty obvious. Something that he normally just would have ignored but after a long day at work, that still hadn’t led to any useful results, he was pretty short-tempered as well. “Wow, sorry for asking..”, he mumbled, “I’ll just sit here, drink my pint and be quiet then..” As if to underline his words, he quickly raised his glass before taking another sip.

‘thank you.” she bit back, with a sigh. She spent a few moments, seething with annoyment as she worked, casually sipping her beer. She started to mellow out once the ale and shot started to kick in. Now feeling bad that she snipped at the stranger sitting at her table she looked up, folding her hands over her book. “I’m sorry.” she started. “it’s been a rough day. I didn’t mean to be short with you.” she finally said, breaking the silence between them.

“You mean you don’t have a few minutes to spare for a friend?” said Eden, a small smile on her lips. Then she grinned. “Lunch sounds good. Why don’t we grab something together?” Eve was with a baby-sitter, so for once she didn’t have to be in mommy mode.

Laughing at Eden’s comment, Gen shook her head. “I always have time for you, you know that.” she said, returning the smile. “That sounds lovely. I’m just going down the street to grab a quick bite, you’re more than welcome to tag along.” 

Staring down at the woman, Carter wasn’t even sure if she had heard him at first but when she finally looked up, he tried to give her a little smile. Finally sitting down he took a sip of his beer at first before glancing at the notebook that lay on the table in front of the brunette. Trying to figure out what she was drawing there, he didn’t even realise that he had probably been staring for quite some time. “Hobby or work..?”, the man finally asked, not even thinking about the possibility that she might want to finish whatever it was in peace and without talking to someone she didn’t even know in between.

Gen ignored that he was there. Trying to find some peace in his presence was difficult for her, especially when he was watching her every move. Her eyes looked up from the book when he spoke, her head followed shortly after. “both.” was all she said before taking a drink from her pint. she asked her face almost void of expression with a hint of annoyance in her voice. She typically wasn’t in this bad of a mood and she was sure he was a nice guy but he had caught her on bad day.

Athough he had actually planned on leaving work earlier today, Carter eventually found himself walking out of his office at the same time he usually did. Which was anything but early. As he still didn’t want to get home straight away, he decided to grab a beer at the next bar. Pushing the door open, he walked straight to the counter to order a pint before looking for a free table. The only problem was that there obviously wasn’t one. “Of course not..”, he muttered under his breath while grabbing his glass. Looking around the room again, he finally spotted a woman who was obviously sitting at a table all alone and as those seemed to be the only free places right now, he walked over to her. “Do you mind if I sit down..?”, he asked, nodding at one of the chairs, “Everywhere else is full..”

She had pulled out her notepad from her bag, she began to work on a few sketches while sipping her pint. Even when it came time to play she still found a way to slip work in. She was completely oblivious to the man talking to her. Hearing the ending of question she looked up, trying to gather what he had asked her. piecing together a few words she used context clues to figure out what he said. “oh, sure. Help yourself.” she said, motioning towards to open seat before looking back down to her book, continuing on with her sketch.

Hearing the bell that hung over the door she paid it no mind. She knew her desk girl would handle it. When the young girl came back telling her someone was asking for her she rolled her eyes. “of course they are.” she mumbled to herself. “okay. I’ll be right there, thank you Ellie.” she said, smiling over her shoulder. Finding a nice place to stop she stood up, moving her glasses to the top of her head, walking to the front of the shop, instantly smiling when she saw the familiar face. “Sash! What brings you by?” she asked, hugging her friend, placing a friendly kiss on the woman’s cheek.

Picking her favorite bar a couple blocks from her flat she chose a seat in the middle of the bar, ordering her usual. Whatever ale they had on tap and a shot of whiskey. She threw her shot back, chasing it with the beer before letting out a sigh.