Love is the Sunshine

"Carla Ji! Where the hell are you? Have you been slacking off? You're running behind with all of the deliveries. The customers have been calling and are complaining that they haven't received their orders yet!"

Karen was the owner of the diner where Carla Ji was working as a delivery girl. The many complaints that she received over the phone from angry customers overwhelmed her and she vented it out on Carla.

"I'm sorry, Karen, for the delay with the deliveries.

I had a problem with my scooter and couldn't find a repair shop to fix it. But I tried fixing it myself and it seems to be working now. I promise I'll deliver all the orders.

I'll be there in 10 minutes. I have to go now, Karen. I'll talk to you later." Carla Ji had just delivered an order to a customer and quickly hopped back on the scooter to go to the next. She was in such a hurry to make up for lost time that she forgot to put her helmet on. She turned the throttle to maximum speed, blinked uncomfortably in the cold wind that was blowing in her face, while stewing on the abuse that Karen had unfairly flung at her on the phone.

The scooter that she was riding was a cherry red color and had little details. After speaking with Karen on the phone, Carla felt a little nervous about facing her.

'What a bad day!' Carla Ji thought to herself as she was driving to the next delivery. Her scooter had broken down and there were no repair shops available, so it wasn't her fault. 'Everything is going to be all right. Just take a deep breath and smile!'

Determined to finish all her deliveries for the day, she put her phone inside her pocket and concentrated on the road.

The strong wind blew in her face and whistled in her ears. She had to focus on her driving and not to think about Karen.

Finally, she had caught up to all of the deliveries that she had to do for the day. There was just one more delivery left and she was excited about finishing so she could go home and rest.

Delivery played an important role in the food industry. It allowed customers to choose what they wanted to eat without the hassle of getting it themselves. But for the delivery person, it was a very demanding job. Deliveries were all over the city and it took a lot of traveling to and from each customer which was all time-consuming. Carla Ji would start work early in the morning and usually finished late at night.

It was nearly nine in the evening and had become dark. The street lights had been lit up for a while now and there were very few people walking in the streets. Most were already in their warm homes with their families.

Carla Ji had almost arrived at her last destination, which was just around the corner about two or three minutes away. She was so relieved that her working day was nearly over.

After the stressful day that she had with her scooter breaking down and then being abused by Karen for being behind on her deliveries, all she could think about was delivering her last order as quickly as possible and going home to relax and let this terrible day be behind her.

Distracted by her thoughts and driving fast, she didn't notice that someone was in the middle of the road until the last minute.

"Hey! Get out of there! Hey! Get out of my way!"

She yelled at the person to move as she was fast approaching.

The man wasn't moving out of the way. He just stood there slightly hunched over as if he was hurt and looked at her with a cold and defensive glare. She tried to brake but the scooter wasn't responding. She let go off the throttle and kept squeezing the brakes desperately trying to stop in time, while yelling at him at the top of her lungs,"Hey! Get out of there! Get out of my way!"

The scooter wasn't working properly, ever since it broke down earlier that day. Even if she did manage to brake, she was too close and would surely hit him if he didn't move.

about to hit the man, Carla Ji held on tightly and squeezed her eyes shut at the last moment and waited for the inevitable, thud! But instead of the 'thud', Carla felt the scooter ease

in surprise and saw two strong hands holding on firmly to the handlebars of

process

up and down that was standing in front of her to make sure that he was okay. She noticed that he had muscular arms and a strong robust body. 'With

looked at her questionably and asked as he winced in pain,"Are you okay? Can I let go of

seemed tense and uneasy, and kept looking around.

there was something about this man that Carla Ji liked. She had an earnest and sincere feeling

stopped the scooter when Carla Ji had lost control even though he was injured, was

to steady herself, and then remembered why

contents were all scattered about and ruined. She frowned at the sight and it was then that

"I can't! The orders!"

deliver and how it was just one big mess now. She worried about what Karen was going to

How will I explain this to her?' Carla Ji didn't know

was suddenly jolted out of her

her so tightly that she felt like her slim waist would break because of the strength

"I'll pay you ten

sound of stomping feet. And as she

"There he is!"

"Hurry! Get him!"

man that was sitting on the back of her scooter, holding tightly on to her. She didn't have much

with full throttle raced off as fast as the scooter would go. 'My life is more important than this food for delivery, ' she told herself as she concentrated on putting

the man on the scooter with her was just a large order that she needed to deliver.

It had been a very long day. In her mind, she told herself as soon as she dropped the man off she could go home and

to go home, Carla sighed and just kept repeating to herself that soon all of this would

are just a

a 'huge' order.

delivered, ' she

eased off on the throttle.

that no one was following them. Finally, she felt more at

herself. It was difficult driving the scooter with him

only a petite girl. Otherwise, they both wouldn't have been able to fit

to let go, just in case, she tried to do something stupid against him. It was awkward for her since she didn't know who this man was. A short time ago, she nearly

take your hands off my waist and just hold onto the