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Cover up with make up in the mirror

tell yourself it's never gonna happen again

you cry alone and then he swears he loves you

I picked myself off the floor. I winced at the throb in my side. daddy had one of his moments. sometimes when he drinks it gets physical. i know he loves me and he doesn't mean to ever sense mom left he hasn't been the same.

I walked slowly up the stairs to my room. looking in the mirror i could see a bruise forming on my eye. I used my cover up to blend it away for the night. I put on my uniform, another night at patch's diner. i crept down the stairs careful not to wake daddy up. walking past the living room i saw him lying on the couch.

I put a blanket over him. his eyes flutter open looking at me with a glazed off expression.

"I'm sorry Nikky. I love you. You will always be my little girl." my dad, Bruce, said before dozing off again

"I know daddy. I love you to daddy." I say whisper picking up another empty bottle of liquor. I threw it in the trash on my way out the door. The night air was chilly it felt more like November not September. I drew my coat closer around me.

The diner was slightly empty. I could see my best friend Hailey reading a vogue magazine, Caiden and his followers playing pool like every other night. There wasn't much to do in are small Podunk town.

"Why is it so quiet?" I yell shrugging my jacket off and throwing it on a coat hook.

"Because Nikky we didn't have your bright life here with us!" Hailey responded jumping up to give me a hug.

"More like we didn't have your face to laugh at." I head paisley mumble under her breath.

"What was that paisley all drinks on your tab?" I asked flipping her off.

I've known Hailey sense 5th grade when Jackson pulled her hair during nap time. I punched him in the face. Ever sense we all shared detention together we've been best friends. And paisley let's just say we don't get along at all.

"Where's Jackson at?" I asked Hailey over my shoulder walking over to the juke box.

" He went on a date with betty Lou over at the drive in!" Hailey said before walking away to another customer.

"Betty Lou she's so sweet!" I say selecting a slow, but sweet song. I swayed to the music closing my eyes and just for a second I forgot about my dad, my mom, and how my life was going nowhere.

"Do you want to dance Nikky?" Someone asked timidly. I opened my eyes to see Morty. Morty use to be my best friend before he went off and joined Caidens group. I missed him so much even though I saw him almost every night. It never was the same.

"Sure Morty!" I say grabbing his had we twirled and laughed all through the diner. The diner is where I always felt happy. It wasn't always like that my home used to be the safest but it's not the same without mommy.

"Keep it down out there your scaring away the customers!" patch's gruff voice came from the kitchen.

"What customers patch!" I yelled back while Morty dipped me.

"Don't drop me Morty!" I giggled.

" I've missed you Nikky a lot. We should hang at the water tower sometime soon." Morty said bringing be back up as the song ended .

"That would be fun now leave me alone I have customers!" I say softly patting my hands on his stomach.

"Hi welcome to patch's I'll be your waitress for the night you can call me Nikky!" I say grabbing menus before I looked into their faces. They were beautiful, but they looked dangerous.

"uh...table for 5?" I asked uncertain.

"Yeah table for 5 please." A guy with soft brown hair answer me.

"booth or table?" I asked leading the way to my section.

"Booth!" another guy said in a hurry. The guy sounded like he was paranoid. The diner was quiet I looked up to see Caiden and the rest of them besides Hailey staring at the guys.

"Why don't you take a picture it will last longer quit being rude, and get back to your game!" I snapped at Caiden.

"What can I get yall to drink?" I asked looking at them. As they contemplated I study them. They looked like they've been on the road all night just now stopping to rest. I wrote down their drinks, and with a smile I walked behind the bar to fix them.

"They are hot!" Hailey whispered in my ear as she got A re-fill of coffee.

"Don't go stalking them again like last time!" i said poking her in the stomach. The last time some hot guys showed up in the diner she followed them to the drive in and watched them forever.

"Okay that was one time, and they were hot too" she said winking at me as she walked away.

With a warning glance at Caiden who was currently glaring at the new guys I walked to give them their drinks."

"Okay here you go guys. Do you know what you want?" I asked with a smile.

"I know what I want." a dark blonde boy said slowly looking me up and down.

"I was talking about food!" I said giving him an ugly look.

"so was...Ow!" the boy said glaring at the one across from him. With another look around the table I raised my eye brows. A few minutes later I had their orders. Walking away shook my head they was something strange about them.

"Here you go patch. It's a big order." I said handing patch the list of food.

"Hey, ask them what they're doing here." Hailey said coming up behind me.

"That's so rude! Its none of our business!" I say lightly punching her in the shoulder.

"You want to come over tonight?" Hailey asked nibbling on one of patch's delicious chocolate cookies.

"Not tonight I have to do some stuff for my dad. How about some other time?" I asked walking out of the kitchen and sitting down on the bar. The truth was I couldn't risk her seeing the bruises.

"Sure babe!" Hailey said walking back to her customer.

"So what do you know about them?" Caiden's voice rumbled behind me.

"If you're so curious ask them yourself." I responded playing with a salt and pepper shaker.

"Maybe I will." He whispered against the back of my neck.

"Don't!" I said swiveling around to grab his wrist.

" On one condition." he said stepping in close to me.

"and what is that?" I asked starring into his brown eyes.

"Don't get to close...there not your type." I was shocked that wasn't what I expected

"And what exactly is my type?" I asked raising an eyebrow

"Me." he replied walking back to his pool table. Typical mine and Caiden's relationship is hard to explain we bad mouth, flirt, and annoy each other all at the same time. We use to be close before high school started. Now I really don't know.

Rolling my eyes I glanced at the newcomers to see the brown haired boy studying me with a wink I turned around back to the kitchen to get there food.

"Yo, Hailey a little help!" I called over my shoulder.

"Sure one sec!" she yelled back.

"Anything else?"I asked looking at all them except the blonde.

"No thanks Nikky." The brown haired boy replied.

"Okay if you need anything let me know." I said with a wink.

"I guess I'll see you around?" I asked pointedly to the brown haired one.

"I guess you will." he said with a grin.

Spinning on my heal I saw Caiden and his followers glaring at me. Oh great here comes the questions. With a dreadful sigh I attended my other customers.

Okay guys the song in the beginning is called Face down by Red jumpsuit apparatus

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