by Ms. Bam
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20.The Fans
Mia landed in San Antonio without incident. Her entire trip had been smooth too bad she hadn't at least been able to take a nap. Though she had to admit it felt damn good to be in Texas. Damn I never thought I'd ever say I missed this place but I did. Despite everything that had gone down it was home. Mia grabbed her luggage and made her why to the car rental booth. It was late afternoon and luckily the lines weren't too bad.
“ Can I help you ma'am?” the young man behind the counter asked.
Mia removed the large sunglasses from her face and smiled.
“ Yes please. I just need a small car,nothing too fancy for a few days...,”
“ Oh my God!Aren't you Mia the singer?! Oh my GOD! It is you!” the young man shrieked loudly. Several people in the area turned to see what was going on.
Lord I love a fan but I don't need this now! Mia leaned forward to read the young mans name. He now appeared to be hyperventilating.
“ Daniel? You're correct but ssshhh...I kinda need to get in and out of here but if you want to take some pictures or something before I go that would be cool.” Mia said sweetly smiling at him. Hey...she'd been told her smile could stop a man in his tracks,may as well try it now! Even though it was clearly evident by the looks of Daniel he had no interest in women at all. His eyes were damn near arched better than hers and his lip gloss ? Oh yeah. It was definitely poppin'.
“ YAAAASSSS!!! Girlfriend you already know I'm giving you an upgrade!”he said grinning from ear to ear. “ Ohh honey!You are giving me LIFE right now! I can barely get this done I'm so excited to see you in the flesh! What in the world are you doing here of all places?” Daniel asked his fingers clicking quickly over the keyboard completing her transaction.
Daniel leaned to the side to speak to someone behind her.
“ Excuse me sir... right now I'm checking out our last car. We wont have anymore rentals until six this evening. I'm sure Hertz can help you! Thank you!” Daniel said pointing his french manicured nails to the right of him.
“ Damn y'all busy up in here huh? I got the last car.”
“ Chile boo! We have a fleet of cars up in this muthafucka but as soon as we're done I'm personally escorting you to get this car!! Aint nobody got time for that!” Daniel said laughing.
Mia burst out laughing.
“ Look Daniel don't lose your job now!”
“ Please if I did it would be well worth it! I LOVE YOU!” Daniel looped arms with her as they walked to get the car.
“ No I do think I'm your number one fan so PLEASE let me do a quick interview for my vlog and Youtube channel! You would make my life if you said yes.”
The reason she was in Texas sucked but if her fan needed a quick impromptu to make his life. Goddamn it she was going to give it to him!
“ You got it Daniel. I don't look too bad do I? You know I just got off a flight from New York.”
“ You look beautiful! Let's go.”
For the next 15 minutes Daniel grilled her on what seemed like 50 questions. Mia was shocked at how much he was able to pack into such a short interview.
Her car arrived and they took several pictures before Mia jumped in the car and took off. It was as if she hadn't been gone a day. Mia headed straight to Chachos her favorite Mexican food spot. Mia made a point not to take her shades off this time. Only because she was exhausted. By the time she checked into the Hilton,called home...her new home to her loved ones she couldn't keep her eyes open.