Porches and short stories

LET’S GET STARTED

This begin at Wit-chicca, Texas city. In the morning Saturday, the Lord’s day that bible says “keep the sabbath day holy”. This week get easier since Jane, the owner of the nail salon take over some work day to cover to one of the receptionist on the vacation. Easy week mean here for Porches since she has been dealing with one of co-worker secretly hate one her. It all about feeling so no words can prove beside how Porches continually stress out when that co-worker around. Her name is Pat.

Porches normally forgiving eveytime Pat tries to shut her down, put pressure, intimidation and aggressiveness towards Porches. The more blonded Porches act the more Pat seem no satisfied even the Chinese's mask she tries to wear make things seem so unbothered. In that age, an 40s something year old would know exactly what she does to people. And the way Pat treat and try to control people outcome isn’t cool and specific woman to woman.

Porches was finishing the first builder gel of set the day and moving forward to her next customer, miss Amber, the one inspired Porches to write, continue to write. Amber is one of Porches’s regular customer. The first time Porches meet Amber, she was doing Amber pedicure service and after that we keep meeting each other in random day. Wonder if Amber has been requested Porches to do her services.

Today Porches perform a manicure to Amber and Amber just being Amber. She is sensitive, intuitive, and she does like Porches as Amber younger version of herself. Amber is the only one in the nail shop aware of the dynamic between Porches and Pat and the observation for awhile, Amber choose to be Porches friend.

This service with Amber really grounded Porches. Amber always super calm and cool. Somehow she bring out a sense of long life where Porches would witness all the loving faces come around in the moment to enjoy their relaxing environment, take care of themself, spend the money and surrounded with the community that they feel safe beside the busy life. In this nail salon, not too big, comfortable enough, not too crowded, not take many walk in but appointment recommended. Our nail technician ladies aren’t rushing back to back. All the stories start from here.

It was a Sunday, after church

Mr. Frank with his gentlemen suit pull up to the nail salon. He looks great in his age. The age that need surrounded with stability and community. He has been visit the nails salon every two week since Porches started work here. Sometime to take care if himself, sometime to take care and give love back to his community.

Mr. Frank come in to book appointment ahead with Yuna like usually. He gets all the attentions from all the people in the nail shop beside Porches. She still focused on the customer she has been working on. But then in the moment Porches still decide to give love, she looks up and already see Mr. Franks has been look at her and quickly turned back to the conversation with other women. That moment was beautiful but also a bit sad to Porches. In certain time, the nail salon would be miss him so much but it still a very long time. Let be say a hundred years right. So we live in the moment and Mr. Frank still come around.

And Porches has another regular customer. She is a psychiatrist for children. Let her name be sweet scape. Since she is the doctor for the children mean she always has to be ready and be good. She loves Porches and because Porches is genuinely nice to her. Sweet scape says ‘you take care of me, I take care of you’ and she has been on her third appointment with Porches. So happy since her nails has been growing strong and long with the builder gel products.

LET’S GET STARTED

TONIGHT PORCHES SUDDENLY REWIND

The conversation with Mrs. Sasa, she teaches Porches tough love but also a value lesson ‘ listen to everything and pay attention’

Pat was doing Mrs. Sasa pedicure while Porches work on her nails. Pat lately seem to get more obsessive and angry since Porches reject being her friend after seeing all the thing Pat try to manipulate and monkey fly. Porches stay away form her but this time Mrs. Sasa really bring Porches big awareness. She says what if (Pat) says ‘kill her’ since Porches wasn’t pay attention since Pat was try to avoiding work by tell Mrs. Sasa some untruthful about her toe nails should not be painted since she has been leaves the nails polish too long on the surface. It actually tend to happen but really easy to fix. Just need a little extra work. But rather to say anything, Porches decided to stay in her zone and avoid conflict. Pat already have so much crude on Porches. But then Porches also very forgetful, later on suddenly she asked why Mrs. Sasa doesn’t paint her toe nails and know the untruthful again which makes Mrs. Sasa warning Porches has to pay attention. Pat already give Porches so much bad intentions so when Mrs. Sasa says the what if she says ‘kill her’. It doesn’t really surprising thing.

That why Porches has been observed Pat. She seems like an 40s something year old man rather than a woman. The way she walks, her face structure, the ways she tape in her necks when Pat can’t keep the unbothered face since Porches keep expose her to the environment and few customers notices the dynamic of Porches and Pat. And all lead to the begin when Porches refuse to give Pat a manicure when Pat was friendly asked Porches since Porches was a new girl at work. Pat was the one come around and try to get to know Porches’s life. Pat could be mad because the rejection or could be because Pat has been read Porches wrong. A quiet, isolated naive girl, always in the break room by herself. Easy target?

SUNDAY, MAR 22, 2016

Porches understand now Mrs. Sasa means about the what if. This morning, when Ms Medic come in again to get a new set. She help Porches aware how serious and the intensity that Pat towards her.

Pat doesn’t want Porches to come talk to Ms Medic, that anger obsessive and competitive from Pat shows very clearly this time since Pat being watch by Ms Medic. The healthcare system allow Ms Medic being fair to everyone. Ms Medic has been pay attention as well as Ms Amber. She also try to calm Pat down by keep talking and making the conversation with Pat. Usually Porches and Ms Medic makes very simple conversation, she likes to joke about how she loves spending money on herself and her son and Porches just go long with the joke. Since that everyone does to take care of themselves. Ms Medic show Porches her new tattoo, it is a Japan cartoon cat very cute. And otherwise Porches decided to get the septum piercing in the future.

And Porches was lay low outside the nail shop until 12:40 to wait for the first customer come in. Luckily, in this neighborhood center, a few block on the left side the nail shop. It has an unlead office and the mirror on the door gives a good reflection of Porches , give her the opportunity to have a dance stage outdoor whenever she bored or the vibe is off. Sociaty always say love is love, woman support woman but that is just a haft true of the reality. Pat has been copy the whole Porches’s personality. The smallest detail is when Porches brings her bottle of water and put in the front of the nail’s bar. Pat does the same thing as well which creep in Porches. And this Sunday is the most intensity ever Porches experience from Pat.

Unfortunately, Porches has to work on Pat’s regular customer and it get worst after Ms Medic leave the shop. It was very unpleasant to Porches and it get extremely violent later on when Porches just try to do her work. Pat makes Porches feel like she would harmful Porches if Porches show any sign of friendliness toward her regular customer. Because of that, the whole section of the pedicure service, Porches try to keep space with Pat’s client. Which later on, Pat’s client soon recognized the situation and rushed Porches to finish quickly the pedicure. She makes it easier to Porches leave quick. Even Porches get intimidated by Pat this time, she a bit shaky but still breath through the tension, the lyric play in the background ‘I only want you’ resonate seems calm the event down a bit. Porches laugh it away and she hear the client say ‘ as long as I get my nails done and I walk out of the shop. It’s fine’ out loud. Porches can sense her fear in the comment. Only toe nail paint left, Porches would be done with the pedicure service. And because of that, Pat seems to calm down and mentioned the LQBT event that she went on the weekend. Finally, Pat expose her true self and passive to Porches again and goes extremely hatred again since Pat can’t manipulate Porches.

That is the first time ever, Porches experience the feeling of the what if Mrs, Sasa mentioned. No word has spoken, it all about how Porches feel. Super sensitive, wonder it is really a gift? Porches should always stay away and be aware of Pat even it makes Pat more upset and angry everyday Porches go work. But then Porches also build up a very good friendship with Yuna since she is the only one who talk to Porches and help Porches out when she needed. To gratitude the friendship, Porches give Yuna a Marc Jacob purse, everytime Porches need to paint her toe nails, she give Yuna money without asking for favor like eveyone else. Since then no one really ask Porches to do anything for them.

The end of that Sunday, on the way to leave the nail shop, Pat says goodbye to Sidney, one of the receptionist and random says ‘I’m here than you here’. The awkward raise up in the atmosphere, Sidney laugh it away.