Authors Note: Hi Guys. I am finally back with a new story. I hope you guys like it. This is not Beta-d. So there may be mistakes. Feel free to point them out. I do not own Twilight. I do own the story though. All the names of shops, stores and streets are a coincidence. I have posted the same story with original characters in my livejournal. Enjoy.

Prologue

They say that when it rains, it pours.

When one thing goes wrong in your life, a lot of things keep going wrong in quick successions.

It happened to me too….

Chapter 1

1 year ago…

"Hey Boss! Where do you want me to put these boxes?"

"Just take them to the kitchen. Chef will know what to do with them. Be careful not to drop them. Those lobsters cost me a pretty penny"

"Yes Sir!"

Kimchi and Crepes is a Asian-French Fusion Restaurant that I have been working for, for the past 2 years. The boss is stoic and strict but the staff are friendly and warm. Since my family lives in another country, the staff here have become like a family to me. Emmett, who works as a waiter/bouncer, is the older brother type, always looking out for his "little sisters". He is big and muscular standing at at 6'3" and naturally intimidating.

Then there's Carlisle who is quite older and is like the father figure around here. He works as a maître d'hôtel and is always there to lend a helping hand or an ear to a distressed staff member.

And then there's me. I work as a part time waitress and occasionally as a kitchen helper.

My favourite person in the restaurant is Angela, who is from Taiwan. She is an international student and doing her Masters in Arts and Korean Culture in University of Washington as well as working part time as a waitress. Angela is a petite brunette with a laid back personality. Angela's boyfriend Ben is in law school. Ben is calm and quiet most of the times unless the conversation involves some kind of crime. Then he gets all charged up and there's no stopping him. Angela and Ben such a cute couple that everyone is jealous of them including Tanya.

Have to say that if I mention my favourite person, I should also mention my least favourite one, who happens to be Tanya.

Tanya, who's Russian, works as the hostess. She joined us 6 months back, when Anna, our previous hostess left. Tanya's tall, blonde and very elegant. She is also stuck up, selfish and obsessed with our Head Chef.

The Head Chef! Well that's a whole different story.

Edward Masen has been the Head Chef around here since the past 3 years. He is 35, graduated from Cordon Bleu, France and had worked in some well known restaurants all around the world before coming back to South Korea. He had been one of those celebrity chefs in his late 20s with dashing looks and exceptional skills with the frying pan. God knows, why someone with his credentials would choose to work in someone else's kitchen, when he could have his own restaurant.

He is an extremely quiet person when outside the kitchen though, doesn't hang out with the rest of the staff, leaves as soon as work is done. In the kitchen though it's a whole different matter! It's like some kind of fire lights up under him and he transforms into a lion, roaring at the rest of the chefs and waiters/waitresses, always demanding perfection. He is always yelling at Tanya to stay out of the kitchen. Of course it never phases her. I guess she is too smitten with his looks. As far as we all know, he is single. But he is a very private person. So no one really knows much about him.

Well even if he had a girlfriend/wife, it would not have stopped Tanya.

"Isabella, stop daydreaming and go put down those lobsters in the cold storage!"

"Yes, Sir."

…...

"Hey Bell, go out with us after work for drinks, kay?"

"Not today, Angela. I still need to go back to the apartment building and help out the landlady with her cooking and cleaning. Her son is coming tomorrow after years of staying away from home. Will be too late if I leave it to tomorrow."

"I don't know how you manage to be roped into doing things like this for that woman!"

"Hey, if doing things like this means my rent doesn't increase, then why not?You know the scholarship I receive, and the salary here hardly covers my expenses and tuition fees. I can't afford to have my rent raised."

" Okay, okay you win! Next time though…"

"Ya ya, sure. Next time."

….

"Hey Bell, you sure you don't want to go?"

"I can't even if I wanted to."

"Oh, okay See ya tomorrow 't work late tonight then."

"I will finish this and then go home. Don't worry. See ya."

It's Friday night and I am washing and drying dishes. Such sad life…Just a few more and I'll be done though.

Oh yes, the last batch is done. All I need to do is put them back on the cupboard and then I am FREEEEEEEeeeeee

"yeeeeeeeeeeek…."

*CRASH*

"Oh CHEF! Oh NO! The plates! I didn't mean to… I am so sorry.I didn't see you, Chef!"

I groan as I pick up the pieces of broken utensils.

"That's gonna come off my salary!"

I have to survive on Ramen noodles for a while, I think miserably.

"I'll take care of it."

"WHA...But Chef I was holding them and I dropped them."

"I scared 's fine."

"But Chef…."

"Quiet! Say 'Yes Chef, Thank You, Chef.'"

"Yes Chef, Thank you, Chef."

"Good Girl."

Did he just! No I must have imagined it! He couldn't have!

DID THE HEAD CHEF JUST PAT MY HEAD!

DO I SEEM LIKE A DOG TO HIM?!

WHAT THE…..

…..

Ah home sweet home… well most won't call this room of mine "home sweet home", but however it is, whatever it is, it is mine.

I live in a small room at Mrs. Esme's house which was previously a study but she rents it out to poor struggling students like me. All I need to do is keep the room clean, cook for myself and do my own laundry, and occasionally help out with the house work since Mrs. Esme is getting old and has no one else to help her. Her son has been away from home for years.

Oh man! It's already 1 am! The landlady Mrs. Esme made me cook and clean for 3 hours straight! Thank God I don't have classes early tomorrow. I better call Angela before I go to sleep.

*tring tring*

"Hello, you have reached Angela's phone. Sorry, I am busy at the moment and can't take you call. I will call you back as soon as I am free. Please leave a message after the beep."

*BEEP*

"Hey Angela. I am home now. Mrs Esme finally let me go. Her son will have a feast. The strangest thing happened to me. Call me when you hear this."