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"Good evening," he says to Amy while standing at the door. "I hope you're not closed?" Amy looks at him, bewildered. Why was her heart doing jumping jacks??

"Uhm, No, no! we're not closed yet. What can I get you?" She says, gesturing to the counter and walking toward it. She looks at her wristwatch and thinks to herself "Gosh, I need to close soon or the baby sitter leaves!"

"I was hoping to catch you here actually," He says, "My family caused quite a scene this morning and I've come to apologize." Amy's eyes widened. Antonio Russo is apologizing to her?? Was it opposite day? Mercury in retrograde or whatever its called?? 

"Don't worry about it, please. I had forgotten about the whole thing already." She says, flustered. Why was she acting like a little girl? Truth be told, she hadn't. It left a bad taste in her mouth. 

Antonio looks at her and smiles. "No, you haven't. My little brother is quite the hot-head and tends to forget his manners." He says, referring to Luciano. "Although, I must say I have never seen anyone stand up to him as you did this afternoon," Antonio muses and laughs.

Amy blushes. That wasn't usually how she was, but she couldn't stand seeing little Jenny scared. When it came to kids, she had a soft heart. "I didn't mean to offend him, Mr. Russo. He was scaring little Jenny and I couldn't help myself." She blushes and looks down. 

Next thing she feels Antonio pulling her chin up to face him. "Don't look down like that." Amy's breath catches in her throat and heart starts beating fast. "You have the most exquisite hazel eyes I have ever seen." He stares at her intently, "Like pools of honey..." Amy suddenly got lost in his gaze. Suddenly, she gets that static shock feeling again and pulls away, blushing. "Ahem, thank you for the compliment Mr. Russo.." Amy stammers.

"Please, call me Antonio," he says, aware of the effect he had on her. He looks at her name tag and says, "Amy." Upon hearing her name, she snaps out of her daze. Looking at her watch, she suddenly exclaims, "Oh shoot!"

" Mr. Russ- uh, Antonio thank you for dropping by to apologize to me. I do appreciate the sentiment. However, I need to head out soon as I have to lock up and have to get home." She stammers. He looks at her, expression suddenly cold. " Have a good night, Amy," he says and walks out.

"What the fuck was that?!" She says out loud "Talk about a switch, damnit." Referring to his sudden mood change. Hoping she didn't offend him, she decides to forget about what just happened and continues cleaning up. While locking up, she makes a call. "Hi, Judy! I'm on my way, please don't leave yet!" She says and hurries to her car. Sighing as she gets in, she exhales

"Today has been a weird day."