Made In You
As Joelle got off the subway and walked towards her favorite cafe. She couldn’t help but think, when was it going to be her turn to be in the spotlight?
Joelle had been composing music for a long time and nothing seemed to stick. And she was really tired of listening to her music on commercials. Well, that is something but not the something she wanted.
Upon entering the cafe, She noticed Joonmy on the television.
“He is so talented and has such an incredible voice.” Joelle thought and smiled.
“Maybe I can write something for him one day.” Joelle said to herself.
“Good morning! Welcome to Tokki’s. How are you this morning?” Kaia greeted.
“Oh I’m great! Living the dream and you?” Joelle replied in a joking manner.
“The cafe has gotten a lot of business lately so I’m doing good. Always busy.” Kaia said excitedly.
“That’s awesome! Your pastries are great!” Joelle said with a smile.
“You think so?” Kaia gushed.
“Oh yeah, especially your chocolate croissants.” Joelle complimented.
Kaia giggled as her handed me the Frappuccino.
“I’ll see you later.” Joelle said as she made her way to work.
Working for a corporation was ok but Joelle wanted her 1st big break. She had always worked so hard and nothing. She was always told she needed to be more aggressive because its a tough business but that just wasn’t the way she was.
Joelle scanned the room as she entered. She turned on her equipment and began composing for her next great hit jingle. As she looked down Lani appeared at her desk.
“Good Morning.” Lani sang with a weird grin.
“Hey good morning Lani.” Joelle replied as she continued to work.
“Did you hear? We got a huge contract with XO bath products. They need 4 different jingles a.s.a.p.” She whispered.
“Oh really?” Joelle replied not excited.
“I hope I don’t get the toilet paper jingle.” Lani said as she laughed.
Joelle smiled.
“No because I will probably get stuck with it.” Joelle thought to herself.
“Meeting is at 8, lets go.” Lani said as she skipped her way to the conference room.
As Joelle walked into the room she smiled at everyone. Shortly after, our boss Gabby entered the room.
“Good morning everyone.” She greeted.
Everyone greeted her.
“I have some great news.” She announced.
She rustled her papers until she found the one she wanted to read aloud.
“We are contracted to create 4 commercial jingles for XO products.” She said with a huge smile.
Joelle had never seen Gabby smile like that. It was so strange.
“It’s the biggest contract we have and we need to create greatness.” Gabby added.
“We got this boss!” Lani interrupted.
Gabby nodded and smiled.
“Now I have to choose the best. You all are great though, so it makes my decision really hard.” Gabby added.
Joelle looked away and Lani looked at her and smiled.
“Ok. I have thought a lot about this from the moment we received the contract. Dave, Cami, Lani and...” She announced scanning the room for the last partner.
“… you.” She pointed at Joelle and ended.
The room clapped for us. Surely they clapped because they didn’t want to write toilet paper jingles.
“I expect our first drafts tomorrow morning.” Gabby explained.
“Joelle, I’m passing the makeup ad you were working on to Daisy ok, so don’t worry about it, just start on this ad campaign.” She said as she handed Joelle a paper.
Joelle was happy because she hadn’t even started on that other ad yet. She was kind of like a procrastinator. She left everything until the last minute.
That worked for her.
As Joelle walked back to her desk, her cell phone rang.
“Hello?” Joelle answered.
“Hey Girl.” The voice said.
“Hey Ezra baby.” Joelle replied.
Ezra was her best friend. She was the most animated person you could ever meet. She owned the cafe Kaia works at, down the street from my place of work.
“Oh My God, guess who’s coming through the cafe tomorrow?” She asked with a giggle.
“The president of the republic?” Joelle replied giggling.
“Ok, I know you have a crush on him but sorry to disappoint you but that’s the wrong answer!” Ezra replied jokingly disappointed.
“Ah really? Who then?” Joelle replied as she looked through my notebook for something she could use for this new jingle.
“Joonmy!” She whispered.
“Joonmy? My Joonmy?” Joelle replied.
“Oh yeah!” Ezra said with a sigh.
“No freaken way! I can’t believe it.”Joelle responded skeptical.
“Yes, believe it. Now the question is what do I wear?” Ezra joked.
Joelle giggled.
“His management called and asked me what time did my cafe have the least customers and I said 7am so they asked if Joonmy could visit the cafe tomorrow. And you know I said Of course yes.” She said excitedly.
“Oh wow, but what is he coming to your cafe for?”Joelle asked.
“For my famous coffee smart ass. He’ll be doing an interview live from here.” She replied excitedly.
“Oh damn! That is so exciting!” Joelle replied.
Joonmy was a popular singer at the moment.
We were all fans of his. Joelle was a huge fan, so huge that she had a notebook of songs she had written just for him. Joelle thought they were just mediocre lyrics he’d never see but then she always said a girl can dream, right?
“Girl, you must be at work cause if you were home I know you’d be screaming.” Ezra replied with a laugh.
“Shhhh! You know me so well. I’m screaming internally trust me.” Joelle said with a laugh.
“So can I put you on my guest list?” Ezra asked.
“A guest list? Since when?” Joelle joked.
“Since today. Geez! Let me dream. Well? Can I?” Ezra countered.
“Yes, of course. By the way, will you have chocolate croissants later today I forgot to get one this morning?” Joelle responded.
“Yes we will. Kaia is making them as we speak.” Ezra said.
“Save me one or two. I’ll be by there after work. Today I’m working on a toilet paper jingle.” Joelle whispered.
“Toilet paper? Songs about poop, that’s great!” Ezra said with a laugh.
“Yeah, see you later.” Joelle added.
As Joelle scrolled through her notebook, her hand automatically stop on her favorite lyrics. She had written them a few years ago.
She called the lyrics, Made in You.
They were simple lyrics but they had special meaning to her.
~
“Your voice is like the warm sun
Your rays falling upon me
they fill me with hope
It’s a one of a kind feeling
Something so peaceful
Its something so new
I can’t help find myself
Made in you...”
~
She always smiled as she read them because she could actually feel the warmth.
“Hey! HEY! Snap out of it.” Lani yelled.
“What do you need?” Joelle asked surprised.
“Umm, we are supposed to be working on this not daydreaming young lady.” She joked.
Joelle nodded and giggled.
“I was just looking for something I wrote that may work for this contract.” Joelle explained.
“Yeah right, you write toilet paper jingles for fun.” She joked.
Joelle quickly closed my notebook and secured it in her bag.
“Ok then, what do you have?” Joelle asked with a smile.
Joelle was totally impressed by what Lani had written and with a jazzy tune from her, the first jingle was almost done. It took them 6 hours but they did it.
On her way home, Joelle bumped into Ezra who was closing her cafe.
“Long day?” Joelle said as she approached her.
“Yes. We decorated and super cleaned the cafe so it’s ready for Joonmy.” She said with a smile.
“Oh you finally cleaned up?” Joelle joked.
“Don’t be an ass, Joelle. But you know thats true.” Ezra said with a big laugh.
“Here are your chocolate croissants” She said handing Joelle a bag.
“Oh thanks! Its what I needed after a day of hard work.” Joelle said gently hugging the bag.
“Its a super treat made with love.” Ezra replied.
“Yes, definitely.” Joelle replied as she bit into a croissant.
“So I will see you in the morning, right?” Ezra assured.
“Am I on the guest list?” Joelle asked sarcastically.
Ezra gently punched her shoulder as she chewed on a donut.
“Yeah, I’ll be there.” Joelle said with a smile.
As they arrived at the train, they went their different ways.
In a few minutes, Joelle was home and getting ready for bed. She turned on the television as she prepared her bath.
“I really need this.” Joelle said as she poured peach bubble bath into the tub.
She mixed the water with her hand while staring towards the tv.
“Tomorrow we’ll be live at the Tokki Cafe with Joonmy.” She heard the news reporter say.
She leaned back so she can see the television.
“He is so handsome. Imagine seeing him in person.” Joelle said outloud.
When she looked back she had spilled the entire bottle of bubbles into the bath.
“Oh dammit! But it smells soooo good.” Joelle said sniffing the air.
As she soaked in the bath she thought of how cool it would be to write a song for Joonmy. Of course, she then laughed because that would be an impossible feat.
The morning sun rose so fast. Joelle felt as if she had just closed her eyes.
“Oh wow! It is soo bright in here” Joelle said as she stretched then covered her eyes.
She reached for her phone to see the time. She had a message from Ezra.
“Please be here early, it’s already pack here and you don’t want to miss Joonmy, girl.” It read.
As Joelle walked towards the bathroom she smiled.
She prepared herself and headed out.
As she turned the corner, the line to enter the cafe was so long. She knew Joonmy had many fans but this was insane.
Ezra was standing outside and wave at her to come over to her.
“Good morning!” Joelle said.
“Hey girl! Can you believe this craziness?” Ezra said surprised.
“It’s insane! Are all these people buying my coffee too?” Joelle asked.
Ezra nodded yes with excitement.
“Really?” Joelle said with a disgusted face.
“Yeah smart ass. I have already sold as If I were open for 10 days.” Ezra replied happily.
“Oh wow! Thats awesome!” Joelle congratulated.
Joelle followed Ezra inside the cafe. Ezra had received a call so she walked away briefly. Joelle sat at a table near the counter. Everything was set up for Joonmy’s interview. Joelle was so close that she could probably reach out and touch him.
“He’s gonna be a few minutes late I was told.” Ezra said as she approached Joelle and handed her a cup of coffee.
“Oh really? I hope not to long cause I have to get to work.” Joelle replied.
“Call off. Joonmy is more important.” Ezra said with a smirk.
“I wish.” Joelle said sipping her coffee.
Joelle watched as the tv crew prepared for Joonmy. It was so exciting. She had never seen anything like this.
There were so many customers.
Ezra also looked overwhelmed so Joelle put my backpack on the chairback where she was sitting and began to help Ezra.
An hour later and still no Joonmy.
Suddenly Joelle’s cellphone rang.
It was Lani.
“Hello?” Joelle answered.
“Hey Joelle, boss needs you in a.s.a.p. She is tripping about the account.” She said.
“Ok I’ll be there soon.” Joelle replied disappointed.
Joelle turned to Ezra and motioned that she had to go. Ezra was so busy Joelle didn’t think she noticed. Joelle was in such a rush she quickly walked out the cafe and made her way to work.
As she arrived there was a commotion going on in the conference room.
“Who did the shampoo account?” Gabby said as Joelle entered.
“I have no idea. I was the lucky one that got the toilet paper account.” Joelle replied.
“Well that shampoo idea was leaked online and the response is crazy intense.” Gabby said excitedly.
“Crazy Intense?” Joelle said to Lani.
“Yes, Crazy Intense!” Lani mocked.
“Where’s Cami?” Gabby asked.
We shrugged our shoulders.
“This is Cami’s account?” She assured.
“I guess.” Joelle said shrugging her shoulders.
“Cami? What the hell? Why are you making these crazy intense ideas?” Lani said with a laugh.
Cami shrugged her shoulders.
Joelle smiled as she walked towards her desk.
“So, are you ready to do our presentation?’ Lani asked.
“Yeah” Joelle said as she reached for her backpack.
“What’s wrong?” Lani asked.
“Oh damn, Where’s my bag?” Joelle said out loud.
“You didn’t come in with a bag.” Lani replied.
“Are you serious? I probably left it at the cafe. Dammit!” Joelle said anxiously.
“No worries. I have it all on a jump drive. I’ll go get it. Meet me at the conference room.” Lani instructed.
“Ok awesome! I’ll be right there. Let me call the cafe real quick.” Joelle replied.
As she grabbed her cell she saw she had a pending message.
“OMG Joelle, you missed it. He was so dreamy. I got his autograph for you though. Call me when you can.” It read.
As Joelle went to dial, Lani called her over so she put her phone aside. They quickly did their presentation and returned to their offices.
In the background a tv was showing the interview at the cafe. Joelle slowed down to watch.
Ezra was right. He was so dreamy. As the camera panned back to show him completely, Joelle saw her bag just laying across the table where he was sitting at.
“There it is! There’s my bag!” Joelle said excitedly.
To her horror, Joonmy gets up and grabs her bag, throws it over his shoulder, waves at his fans, walks out the cafe, gets into his limo and leaves.
“OMG! NO!” Joelle yelled at the t.v.
“He has to go Joelle.” Lani joked thinking she was upset Joonmy was leaving.
“No.” Joelle whispered disappointed.
She quickly grabbed her cell and called Ezra.
“Tokki Cafe, how can I help you?” Ezra answered.
“Ezra. It’s Joelle, please tell me my bag is still at the table I was sitting at.” Joelle said.
“Ummm no. The tables have been cleaned already sweetheart.” Ezra replied.
“Oh damn.” Joelle whispered.
“Oh Oh, I wanted to tell you Joonmy has the same bag as you. I thought it was so adorable. You’re matching. Couple goals.” Ezra giggled.
“That was my bag not his.” Joelle thought.
“Come by after work, I have some things for you. I got you an autograph.” Ezra taunted.
Joelle couldn’t tell Ezra that she had left her bag behind and Joonmy had it.
It would be too embarrassing.
Joonmy didn’t only have her bag, but he had her special journal.
Yes...
the one with her deepest thoughts...
About him...
