This is partially based on A Cinderella Story.
Alice walked down the street to the diner, where she worked. When she walked through the door, the smell of greasy hamburgers and coffee filled her senses. She tied on her green apron and took out her notepad. Just then, some kids from her school came in. Great she thought. She went over to take their order. Nicole, a popular fake-blonde said to her other fake-blond friends a little louder than necessary, "Did you see that ugly outfit Licey was wearing today?" Then, as if she just noticed Alice, "Oh! I'm sorry, I didn't see you there!"
Alice hated that nickname. Ever since 5th grade, Nicole and her friends called her Licey or ALICE.
"What do you want?" Alice asked, annoyed.
"I want an iced tea, half ice and a lemon wedge on the side." Alice wrote her order down.
"Anything else?"
"Hey, Wonderland, get me a chili cheeseburger!" Her brother, Daniel said, with much protest from his friends. Alice wrote his order down, too. Daniel wasn't her real brother. Her real mom was an alcoholic and her dad was in jail for the third time. When she was 8 she was placed in foster care and adopted by a banker and his wife. Daniel was their son. He didn't call her Licey, but he did call her "Wonderland," hinting to the fact that he thought she was crazy.
"Anything else?" Alice asked, getting more annoyed by their presence.
"Yeah," he said. "Don't get your lice in it!" This got his friends laughing. An elderly couple sitting in a booth behind them looked up, concerned. Alice turned around to the kitchen.
"Iced tea and a chili cheeseburger!" she said. When the cook picked up the order he saw Alice wrote:
(and spit in it!)
He winked at Alice and went to make their "special." Just then, her best friend, Kate came in on roller skates.
"Ali, you got to see this!"
"I can't! I just started my shift!" she answered.
"Go on with your friend," one of the waitresses said. "We'll pay you for the day."
"Are you sure?" Alice asked.
"Yeah, go have fun!" the cook said from the kitchen. Alice smiled and started to untie her apron. "Oh, Alice?" Alice looked at him and saw him lick the lemon for Nicloe's iced tea. She grinned and went to follow her friend.