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"I came over for chocolate milk because we were out, and Mom's watching Shanna's little twins over at the store, and they're making too much noise, and she told me to walk over here and get some chocolate milk from Mister Jim's to see if we can make them quiet down."
"I'll get you some chocolate milk," a waitress said, going around them.
"Thanks, Cindy," Isaac said.
"How much?" she asked, talking to Cal. "Enough for two?"
"Two gallons," he said, nodding and sounding convinced. I couldn't tell how old Cal was. He had some grey hair, so I knew he was older, but he had a childlike way about him. "Cal, I know your mama didn't send you for two gallons of chocolate milk. We don't even have two gallons of the stuff."
"You don't? Why not? That's probably not good. You probably need Mister Jim to buy more chocolate milk. How about one gallon?"
"No, I don't think we can even do that much."
Cindy and Cal continued talking about chocolate milk while Isaac came closer to me.
"That's Cal. His parents own the appliance store next door."
"My Aunt Charmaine went crazy at Christmas and got in a fight with my cousin and her boyfriend, and my dad told us not to let her back in the store after that," Cal said. "And now Mama's got Shanna's little twins over there."
"Well, go take them some chocolate milk," Isaac said to Cal. He patted him on the shoulder. "I don't know if we can spare a whole gallon, but Cindy will hook you up. Are you still coming over later for your burger?"
"Yeah, but I'm already hungry for it now," Cal said, holding his stomach and looking forlorn like he might not make it much longer.
Isaac laughed and then leaned over to refill my coffee. I locked eyes with him when he did that. His eyes were a gorgeous, soft shade of green. He was a nice guy with a charismatic personality, and I loved how he interacted with everyone at this place.
"Where's Miss Rita?" Cal said, causing me to smile.
I took one last bite of the sandwich, which was delicious.
"She's not here," Isaac said. "She had some errands to do."
"Where's Anne and Becca?"
"Becca's here, and Anne's got the day off."
"Oh, well, Becca can take my order when I come back. Or you can. Where's Misty?"
"Misty quit. Remember? She moved to Portland. Friday was her last day."
"Why?"
"I don't know. I think she just wanted to."
"Is that a gallon?" Cal asked, looking at Cindy suspiciously.
"No, but I figured this was enough for the twins, and you can come back and get some more later if you need to."
Cindy had done a good job of securing enough chocolate milk to satisfy Cal. She handed him two large disposable cups that had lids taped to the top. Cal was making the transaction with Cindy when Isaac turned to me.
"You were telling me your name," he said.
"Oh, me? Jordan," I said. "Jordan Matthews."
"That's both boy names," Cal said.
"Cal," Isaac said in a pleading tone.
"It is. Jordan and Matthew are both boy names, and she's a girl."
