She gets it wrong!

Let’s see…. Here I am, sitting in a Porsche with a totally cute guy beside me named Jeremy Easton. The time shows me that it’s almost 10 p.m. but who cares? Especially when you can be with a cute guy like Jeremy.


The roads are still busy and people just haven’t come home. I wonder where they wanna go. Anyway, do you know the song titled “Her Most Beautiful Smile” ? It’s a soundtrack of an anime movie ‘Rurouni Kenshin’. If you never heard of it, well, maybe you should download it, for only one reason: that song plays in this cool Porsche and it’s really soothing and somehow, romantic.

“Where are we goin?” I ask after some time we don’t talk.

“To my favorite snack place. It’s just 2 blocks away now.” He replies.

I still can’t believe this. This is too good to be true! And luckily, I think I deserve this kind of thing after suffering from hunger and pay a lot of money for this dress. God, it’s like a dream come true! I got slimmer, got a new pretty dress, and now….sitting in a Porsche with Jeremy.

Suddenly the car stops in front of a café with a big board and big letters that spelled “Mush Room”. The interiors are bright and there are some mothers and their kids inside. This is not like how I thought the “snack place” will be! I thought it would be a cool pub with cool people inside and we both will get drunk and then….

“Here we are!” Jeremy suddenly says.

“Oh… yes we are.” I open the car door and join him entering the Mush Room. A couple of friendly waiters greet us as we walk in and they offer us some of their most delicious food. I read the menu card and get really confuse now, is he a real socialite guy? Coz some of the menu listed:

~Chocolate Muffin ~ Fish and chip

~Glazed Donut ~ Powerpuff girls (wth is that?)

~ Milk tart ~ Chocolate puddings

~Rolled sausages ~ Yummy pizza (err?)


“Our specialities are the Powerpuff girls, Exotic Noodle, and Milk Tart.” The waiter with a name tag written “Jamie” says.

“I want 2 Milk Tarts and 1 glass of cappuccino.” Jeremy says. “What do you want to eat Sugar?”

“Um….chocolate muffin and mineral water, please.” I say.

“Aren’t you hungry?” Jeremy asks

“No. we ate just now, aren’t we? At The Goddess.”

“But the foods are not as delicious as they have here. The event’s foods are suck really.”

Oh, but I find it delicious?! So I just laugh…

After the waiter repeat our orders and left to the kitchen, we start to talk.

“So, have you ever worked?” he asks.

“Yes. I work actually.” I modestly answer.

“In your parent’s new company?” he looks confuse.

My parent’s new company? What does this guy mean? And I’m sure I look confuse too right now.

“No. it’s not my parent’s.”

“But…how? If that’s not your parent’s then whose company? I mean, if that’s not your parents company you aren’t allowed to go to meetings and arranging business flight, isn’t it?” Ok, now I’m really lost.

Oh wait, wait….what he means is not actually “work” …What he means by work is more like “leading the company”. Yes it is! How could I be so stupid?

“Oh yeah. Actually, I don’t lead the company anymore. I actually work as a shop keeper right now..” I say.

“A shop-keeper?!” he asks me in such horror as if I said ‘I’m pregnant’.

“Yeah. You know, I want to be closer to the customers. Leaders are nothing if they don’t know anything about working their sweats out and really get your hands into the dirtier part, isn’t it?” wow! How could I talk so fast and smooth and really meaningful like that?

“Wow! You’re right! I just realize that!” He says. Me too!

The waiter comes out again, bringing us plates of milk tarts and chocolate muffins and a cup of cappuccino with a glassful of mineral water. They all look delicious and warm. Jeremy takes his cappuccino and slurp it, “you know, I usually did this with my ex girlfriend. She always order the same menu all the time, rolled sausages..” he says.

“Oh really? What’s her name?” I ask, taking my chocolate muffin and give it a bite.

“Hayley, Hayley Manson.” He replies.

It’s like someone turns on a light bulb inside my head, suddenly my mind starts to work, trying to connect and put things together. Hayley? Manson? The owner of Sanctuary? The picture of a girl in Mrs. Manson’s office? The one who went to London and be back in July? No wonder I thought I knew that name!

“….Sugar?” I come to a jolt as Jeremy calls my name “are you alright?”

“Oh yes I am.. I was just wondering…”

“What?”

“Umm…just wondering, maybe you could describe what she’s like.” I say, taking another bite of chocolate muffin.

“Well, she’s quite tall and white. Her hair is curly and her lips are read. She’s really smart and that’s why she got this scholarship to London. And she’s really nice, especially to the poor…” he suddenly stops “…I’m sorry. I’m a bit too carried about her..”

“Oh, that’s fine. Just want to know..” I say. Then there’s this short pause before he says, “Let’s talk about you then! Like, what you like to do and what’s your middle name?” he asks, trying to avoid the topic about Hayley. What’s wrong?

“Well, I love traveling! I love making friends, I love going shopping, hanging out, singing, eating popcorn, that sort of thing. And about my middle name, it’s Neige, a French word which means snow. My dad loves winter.” I explain.

“Sugar Neige Dale…” he spells my name, “It’s pretty somehow.” He takes a slurp of cappuccino and for the next 5 minutes we don’t talk at all, busy with our own delicious food. I wonder how much this yummy muffin would cost.

“do you have a boyfriend?” he asks again after some awkward pause.

“er.. nop..”

“Sugar!!” I turn my head to see Diane has just came in. She wears a black long coat and a tied hair. “Oh hi Diane!” I reply

“What are you doing here?” then her gaze fall to Jeremy, “Oh..” she says, as if she understands something.

My mind finds something’s wrong, OMG! That can’t be happenin! She thought Jeremy is my boyfriend! omg! Dammit! Stupid me! I told her that I have a boyfriend and now she thinks Jeremy is my boyfriend!

“Diane, it’s not like what you think it is.” I say quietly.

“That’s ok Sugar. One milk tart please and two hot glazed donut..” she says to Jamie

“of course madame.” Then Jamie scoops a slice of milk tart and 2 donuts and put it in a small box. I have raised from my seat to get closer to her.

“No Diane. He’s my friend!” I whisper. But she pretends like I’m not there! She gives Jamie a $20 and Jamie gives her the change.

“That’s Ok Sugar. Anyway, he’s hot!” Diane says, then she pushes the door open and disappears through the pedestrians crowd.

I return to my seat to find Jeremy seems confuse. “She’s a friend of mine. Can we please go home now?” I suddenly feel uneasy and just wanna go home. Diane’s got everything wrong! She might tell Ian about this!

“Sure!” Jeremy quickly drains his cappuccino and takes out his car keys.