CHAPTER 2

It's noon already and we were exhausted. Madam Chloe was yelling non-stop at a girl who had mistakenly broken a glass cup. Becky and Sandy were attending to customers, I bet they were cursing her under their breaths. I slam the tray on the counter.

"A giant pizza and a cup of cappuccino" I say to Nick and huff tiredly.

"Exhausted right?" Nick asks as he place the order on the tray.

"Obviously" I say simply and grab the tray. I turned around and I bumped into another waitress. The contents spill and drops to the floor.

"Oh no!... here goes with my own dose!" I bent and began to pack up the mess. The girl I bumped into quickly walked away. of course no one wants Chloe's yelling. I stand up to see madam Chloe scowling.

"You sure know you're gonna pay for that don't you" she yell. Good, now all the customers are staring.

"I'm.... sorry Chloe, it was a mistake" She scoff angrily and eye me.

"Yeah dumbass it's sure gonna be a mistake!. you're bound to make mistakes with that ugly pair of glasses obstructing your clear sight and sense!" she growl and walk away. I glance at Becky and Sandy and they were holding back their laughter.

"Really!" I mouth at them and turn back to the counter.

"Sorry about that Emilia.... bills on me" He says with a smile. I purse my lips.

"Thanks Nick" He smiles.

"Anything for you" He places the order in another tray. i discard the mess into the bin and took the tray from him. I walk carefully to the customer who had ordered it. I placed it on the table.

"That would be ten dollars sir" I say to the customer politely. He nodded and took out the cash from his wallet.

"How much would it cost to have you on bed sexy?". I eye him in disgust and snatched the money from his grasp. If not for the love of God I would have given him a hard punch on his face. I move towards the counter to attend to other customers.

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I slung my bag over my shoulders as I stare at becky and sandy applying dumb makeup on their face. I glance at my watch impatiently.

"Girls!.... you've been on that for ages now!" I say exasperated. sandy applies a mascara to her lashes and blink severally. she grins at her reflection in the mirror. She pout and blow kisses to the mirror. I blow out a breath.

"Perfect!" she mutter and pack up her makeup. Becky smears her lip with a nude lipstick. I turn to the faucet and turn it on. I washed my face and dabbed it with a towel. They were done.

"Can we go now!?" I ask as I eye them.

"One moment girlfriend" Sandy giggles and reached into her handbag, bringing out her phone. I know what is next, endless selfies. I walk out of the ladies and slam the door. I hear them giggle and the sounds of camera clicking. I need to intensify my prayers for God to change them. we were part timers and the girls for the evening shift were attending to the customers.

I lean against the serving counter. Nick was on the other side of the counter were the kitchen was located.

"Hey pretty" Nick greets as he hands a tray of pizza to a waitress.

"Hey Nick" I fiddle with the strap of my bag.

"Heading home?" I nod. He smiles and slides a cup of cappuccino to me. I shake my head.

"I'm fine thanks".

"Oh come on Emily it's nothing, besides you look stressed." I shrug and took it.

"Thanks Nick" I say and took a sip, welcoming the sweet taste.

"It's nothing emilia, anything for you" I smile and took a gulp. He attended to another customer. The door to the toilet opens and I glare at becky and sandy.

"Bye Nick" I wave at him and walked out of the restaurant without waiting for his reply. I inhale the cool evening breeze and drain the last of the drink. I throw it in a bin and walk down the short steps. I go over to our car and leaned against it, I crossed my arms and watch as they came out smiling and chattering. They walked up to me and stop on seeing my angry expression.

"Oh my gee!.... becky!... we've made mother theresa angry" Becky pouts.

"I'm so sorry Virgin Mary!" I slap her arm and snatched the key from her.

"Its high time I get a car of my own" I turn and open the door, sliding into the driver seat. They got in.

"Jeez... don't tell me you're driving Emilia" Becky asks as she gets into the passenger seat, while sandy seats at the back. I chuckle.

"I don't want the cops flagging our car down okay, and spending two hours at the station like you did the last time." Sandy laughs and Becky pouts.

"For the record, sandy made me go over the normal speed limit." Like I care I scoff and focus on the road. My gaze travels to a small. crowd of people gathered on the side of the road and staring at a large billboard. It was a picture of a guy. "wanted" was clearly written at the top in block letters.

"Fuck he's hot!" Becky squeal

"Oh my gee is got so much hair!". I increased the speed a bit and she fell back into her seat.

"what was that for!" Becky protest.

"For trying to burst my ear drums with your constant swearing" I say with an eye roll and slacken my speed.

"Whatever!" Becky says and reach for the box of chocolates on the dashboard. She tear the wrap open and began to stuff them into her mouth. yeah, she's a chocoholic. Sandy phone rings. I glance at her through rear view mirror and sigh as she blush. Not again! She picked it up and I'm sure she'd put it on speaker

"Hey D!" She squeals and flip her head back.

"Hey sweetheart" I hear him greet on the othe side. I guessed right.

"How you doing today sweetie" Sandy blush.

"With you loving me, I'm always fine" I and Becky exchange glances,. trying to hold back our laughter.

"I just called to listen to your sexy voice" I puff out a breath and shook my head. Now this is what I hate.... I mean how can a vioice be sexy!.

"Awww.... but you called three hours ago".

"Yeah.... but it seemed like forever" She giggles.

"And guess what baby.... I've bought you the dresses you asked for. How about you come over tonight for it?" Sandy gasps.

"Oh my gee!.... really... oh my Dylan, I love you so so much!.... that's why I always say you're the perfect one for me." Becky scoffs and turns up the radio. she turns up the volume drowning Sandy's voice. I giggle and we exchange high fives. Sandy pokes her continuously but she didn't turn it down.

"Okay buy Dylan... see you tonight" She ends the call and jabs Becky on her head.

"Girl!.... why are you acting like a fucked up pain in ma boobs!" Becky itches the spot where sandy had hit and giggles.

"I wanted to listen to some music dearie, pardon me" She says sarcastically and Sandy hit her playfully. I lean back into my seat as I remember the guy in the billboard. I'm never the complimenting type but Nope.... this guy is kinda hot. And he had extremely long hair!, compared to my blonde shoulder length hair. His hair was super long, his pink full lips were visible from a far range and he... wait!. What am I doing?. Thinking of a guy?. A criminal at that!. oh sweet Lord forgive me. I quickly push out the thoughts and focused on my driving....