Jenny Restic sighed. The new girl at the café she worked at was completely hopeless and it was, of course, Jenny's responsibility to 'show her the ropes' as her boss had said. She had to admit, girl did look kind of cute as she struggled to figure out how to stop the coffee from pouring out of the machine, causing it to spill everywhere, with her eyebrows knitted together in an adorable frown and strands raven black hair escaping from her ponytail. But still, cute didn't make up for all the messes that Jenny was going to have to clean up because of this girl. Don't worry, Jenny reminded herself, it's only temporary.
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Vanessa Korrapati. Even her name sounded sexy. She was 22, second generation Indian, had three brothers, a dog called Rusty, and her every own record player with a complete collection of every record the Beatles ever made. But most importantly, she had a date with Jenny at a very fancy seafood restaurant in an hour. Jenny hadn't liked her at first; she'd proved a challenge to train in the arts of working the coffee machine and toasting the perfect panini. But after a while the two got to talking and as it turned out, they had a lot in common. It had taken a while for Jenny to gather up the courage to ask Vanessa out, but eventually she did and now she was standing in front of the mirror, scrutinising every aspect of her appearance, to ensure she looked perfect for their first date. The butterflies in her stomach were restless and her palms were starting to get sweaty. Jenny wiped her palms on her skirt to dry them. She hated feeling nervous. Don't worry, Jenny reminded herself, it's only temporary.
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It had been over a month since they had officially started dating and they had now reached the first milestone in the relationship; their first fight. Jenny knew it was her fault. She had made a passing comment about how Vanessa didn't know what it was like to struggle to get by, what with her coming from such a rich family and it had just snowballed from there. She hated having all this negativity between them. Don't worry, Jenny reminded herself, it's only temporary.
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Jenny looked back over her shoulder and blew her fiancée one last kiss goodbye before walking swiftly through the doors of the airport terminal. She missed Vanessa already. Since they had first started dating, they hadn't really had to spend too much time apart. Sure, there was a weekend here or there when one of them would go to visit their family or something, but this was this time Jenny would be away for 2 months doing her internship in New York. This meant no early morning kisses or finding post-it notes with terms of endearment written on them scattered around the apartment.fiancée one last kiss goodbye before walking swiftly through the doors of the airport terminal. She missed Vanessa already. Since they had first started dating,vb they hadn't really had to spend too much time apart. Sure, there was a weekend here or there when one of them would go to visit their family or something, but this was this time Jenny would be away for 2 months doing her internship in New York. This meant no early morning kisses or finding post-it notes with terms of endearment written on them scattered around the apartment. Don't worry, Jenny reminded herself, it's only temporary.
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It was her favourite picture of them. It had been taken a week after Vanessa had first stared working at the café, when the manager had demanded they take a staff group photo. Jenny loved looking at how young they both were back then, standing side by side, having no idea that the person next to them would turn out to be the love of their life. She looked down at the girl whose head was resting on her lap and smiled to herself. Don't worry, Jenny reminded herself, it's permanent.
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Permanent
You never know what things in your life are going to become permanent. Most things enter our lives as temporary until one day we look back and realise that this supposedly temporary thing has become a permanent fixture in our lives.
Some things do stay temporary, though, so it is impossible to tell which things are going to last and which aren't. Maybe your new neighbour will only last for a few weeks before selling the house again and moving somewhere new, or maybe you'll be sitting at a neighbourhood barbecue with them in twenty years time. Maybe you'll loose that new watch you bought before the year is up or maybe your child will be passing it down to your grandchild fifty years later. Maybe your new hobby is just a phase or maybe you'll end up being a well paid professional at it later down the line.
And of course to quote Adele; "Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead." So maybe what you have is just summer fling that you'll look back on when your old and grey or maybe you've found your soul-mate, the person you're going to grow old and grey with.
Either way, try to be nice to the people that enter your life and try to take care of the things that you get because you never know who or what might stay with you for the rest of your life.
- T.L.Wizards
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