The sound of a super hyper two and a half year old toddler filled the house screaming, "Auntie!" I couldn't help but laugh at my over excited nephew. He came flying out of the hallway and strait to me. He tackle-hugged my leg and impatiently said, "Auntie! Up, up!"

"So impatient," I muttered while reaching down for him. He weighed about 25 pounds now, still pretty light for me. That's when Kristin came into view holding a napping little Emma. Jacob was right behind her with our luggage a put it in the guest room, "Hey. I'm guessing you had to stop to feed the kids?" I asked my tired looking sister.

She just glared at me and said, "No shit, Sherlock," Well someone didn't get any sleep while driving here. But I just give her slack now. I mean how would you feel being a single mom raising two kids? I didn't think so- so shut your mouths. We're supposed to go to work at 11. She can't work this tired… Oh, light bulb moment. So I grabbed Seth's hand, who's recovered from his 'little incident' from me.

"Jacob. Do the introductions. I need to talk to Seth. Thanks, sweetie," I called over my shoulder while dragging Seth outside and onto the porch.

"Okay. What do you need to talk to me about?" he asked a little irritated but also interested like this was major gossip. Oh, yeah- we're going to be great friends.

"I need a favor," I said bluntly.

"Okay. What do you need?"

"Can you get your mom to let Kristin start in a couple of days, so she can get rested?" I asked almost desperate.

"Why?"

I groaned, "Because, I will do you a favor and she needs her rest. She hasn't slept since we last stopped at the motel. And she has to deal with two screaming toddlers! Got it?" I said while grabbing his hair and pulling him closer to my face to glare at him and seem more intimidating. I learned how to deal with his type when I started high school.

He gulped loudly and squeaked out a, "'Kay," Then I smiled and let him go.

"Thank you, Seth,"

"Yeah, yeah. But I'm gong to say this now. You scare me more than my mom, sister, and Sam. Combined,"

"But I have great, juicy gossip," I said in gossipy voice.

"Damn you. But I want to here this now,"

"Later," I said, "right now I have to get ready for work.

"Damn," Then he got a frantic look on his face, "Oh shit. What time is it?" ha asked panicked.

"Um…10:45," I said. Then it dawned on me. I have work at 11, "Shit,"

We ran inside then and I went strait for the guest room and quickly pulled off my jeans, top and converse and replaced them with a plain white v-neck short sleeve shirt and black skinny jeans with my black wedges that strapped around my ankle. Now I know what your thinking, Damn girl. You be insane to wear wedges waitressing. Well I shall have you know that I wore these when I waitressed at Stake 'N Shake and thy were just fine. Who says you can't be fashionable and waitress? That's what I thought. Then I stuffed my phone, keys, and wallet and the other crap into my purse and headed for the door grabbing my black and white checkered hip-length side zipper coat on the way out. I said my goodbyes to everyone on my way out.

When I got to the driver side of the car someone yelled a, "Hold it! Can you give us a ride?" I looked up to see Seth and Quil outside of Seth's house. They had the same thing going as me- white shirts and black bottoms. But I would need to help them with shoes- cause those things are falling apart just looking at them.

"Sure. Hop in," I called over to them.

On the way there I told Seth his favor was repaid and he agreed with no protest. But Quil wasn't as lucky. He owed me for this, so the rest of the drive we blasted Atreyu while Quil pouted in the backseat. Stop moping already, really.

We made it to the diner in no time. When we walked in I got a blast of warm air. It was about the size of a Stake 'N Shake. On the far side from the door on the left was the bar and what led to the kitchen and probably the office. Not many people are in here eating, but I don't think it gets good until the lunch rush comes in. There was even a place where you prepare the drinks. Seth and Quil guided me back there. Turns out that's where we also punch-in and set our stuff.

Then Seth and Quil turned to me and said, "Welcome to hell's boot camp training," With an evil grin and laugh. I just looked at them like they were crazy with a raised eyebrow.

That's when three russet skinned girls came around the corner and smacked both on the back of the head with dishtowels. The one that hit Quil came up to me and said, "Hi. I'm Claire. Quil's girl. You must be one of the newbie's. Kate or Kris?" Well she already had a nickname for me.

"Um… Kate," I stated simply. She smiled at me and I couldn't help but smile back.

Then the one that just stood there came up to me, "I'm Kim. Jared's girlfriend. So I take it you've done this before? Cause no one wears those kinds of shoes in this kind of job without knowing how to walk, stand, jog, and serve in them," She said with an incredulous look on her face while pointing to my rockin feet.

I just laughed, "You have no idea what I can do in these shoes. And yeah, I've done this before. I worked at Stake 'N Shake before I worked at Hot Topic. You get used to serving in them after a while," I said winking at her. She just walked next to the other girl.

"Katelyn, this is Leah Clearwater. Sethies big sissy. And sues daughter," Kim introduced her. We were both inspecting each other.

She spoke first, "So," She started, "what's the pathetic life story?" she asked in a totally bitchy tone. Looks like it's that time of month. I thought to myself.

So when I answered her I had no emotion or feeling to the question. But still gave her a bit of a bitchy tone, "Well, lets see. My so-called 'boyfriend' cheated on me with a total skank- oh don't forget that it was right in front of me. Then told me to let it go. I give him two days to decide who he wants and ends up dumping me for the slut. Oh… and I forgot that he want to get back together. That any good of a life story?" I said with air quotes. Okay that came out bitchier than I intended but when she responded I didn't expect it.

"Well then we have a common broken heart syndrome here. My so-called boyfriend did the same thing to me but with my cousin and he doesn't want to get back together. Instead he's going to marry her."

"Well that sucks ass. So we have an understanding then?" I asked.

She stuck out her hand, "We do. Never to mention the relationships around others. But bitch about it to each other."

I took her hand, "Agreed," I said with a smirk and we shook. I was always good at making friends with people but bitches were really had to do. So I call this a success.

Kim and Claire then dragged me over to the bar since apparently their tables were taken care of. I sat on a stool that spun and they walked to the other side, "So," Claire started, "see any guys your interested in yet?" she asked all to innocent.

I smirked at her, "Did seriously not just here the conversation that I had with Leah over there?" I asked pointing to behind the drink stand, "I just got out of a bad relationship. But I did date his best friend after," I said with a satisfied smile.

"Ohhh... what's his name? Is he cute?" They started firing off questions right and left.

I sighed and then giggled, "His names Jared and he was Josh's best friend. But I wouldn't call him cute cause our relationship was more of to help me get over Josh. It never went past holding hands and a kiss on the cheek. He was just being a friend in my time of need. None of my other guy friends did that for me. He was there for me, that's it," I said dreamily as I thought of how sweet he to me. He was just what the doctor ordered. We had agreed at the beginning to keep it as much of a friend relationship than any. Our friend said we weren't really dating but we didn't care, it was like that until I was ready to let Josh go. And it's so confusing now cause Josh wants to get back together.

"That's so sweet," They both cooed, "Anyway at noon to one the guys come to have lunch so Sue closes for that time. And don't be scared at the amount of food they eat. It's unbelievable," Kim warned

"I don't know. I mean my friend Brittany can shovel food for a while. Just give her time. She'll kick their Asses in a contest to see who can eat the most with no time limit,"

"Damn," Was all they said, "But Paul's not here till about a couple days. He's visiting a relative in Goldendale. So you can meet him then," Claire said happily, "Be careful though, cause he has a bit of a temper-"

She was cut off by Quil scoffing and saying, "A bit of a temper? Are you serious? That guy needs anger management. Bad,"

Seth then joined in, "Please! He needs a strait jacket." Then he mimicked a guy struggling in a strait jacket.

We all laughed but I felt bad. I mean these were supposed to be his friends and they act like this when he's not around. I couldn't handle it so I decided to defend him, "Hey. Guys some on. He can't be that bad."

They looked at me like I just sprouted two more head and one was speaking French and the other started reciting Shakespeare. Quil then said, "You just haven't met Paul yet."

"Well I don't believe in judging a person you haven't met before. So I'm going to ignore you guys and come up with my own thoughts when I do meet him," I said ending the conversation.

"Seven," Claire said.

"Nine," Kim announced.

"Thirteen," Leah said in a bring it tone.

"Nineteen," I stated with a smirk.

Then everyone groaned as I took my well-earned forty dollars. We were counting up the numbers that we got from guys who think they have a chance at us from over an hour of work. I was right around 11:20 it got really busy. But this one old pervert smacked my ass as I cleaned one of my tables across from his booth. I smacked it away and get this the guy was like, "Oh don't be like that sugar. Now come here and give papa some lovin," Ewwwwwwww. I know right, totally creepy. But thanks to Seth and Quil he had to leave or be thrown out. And on his way out he smiled and winked at me. I almost vomited on the spot it was to disgusting. And he gave me a $60 tip and his number (I threw that one out.). It was the creepiest customer I have ever had! But it was 2 past 12 so the guys were going to be here soon, so we were seeing ho got the most numbers- for fun of course. Easiest hundred bucks I ever made.

Then the bell on the door rang and in walked Sam and the gang with Billy and some other people I don't know. Jared went immediately to Kim's side and kissed her. I had to turn my head from that; I couldn't stand to see couples kiss. It reminded me about Josh now cause he wants me back. Leah sensed this and put a hand on my shoulder, "How about later we go to the library after our shift ends and we talk about our piece of shit exes?" She asked. She was getting less bitchy to me and I liked it.

I smiled at her and replied, "Sure… Yeah I'd like that," and this made her smile warmly at me.

Then Sam walked over to us, "Katelyn…Leah," He said and all she did was nod to him with the bitchy look back and looked out the window, "How's the job treating ya?" he asked but I just ignored it.

Wait! Leah's so is giving Sam the cold shoulder right now. Plus she said her ex dumped her for her cousin and now he's going to marry her. Sam's going to marry his fiancé Emily, whose Seth's cousin, whose Leah's brother. So? Oh. My. God! "Why didn't you tell me that Sam was your ex?" I practically yelled.

She looked at me like it was the most obvious thing in the world, "You just figured that out? Really? Wow your dense," She muttered the last part.

Sam then decided to come in while I scowled her, "You told her about us?" he asked a bit angry.

Then Leah stated simply, "No. She's smarter than you give her credit for, Sam,"

Then Quil and Embry pulled me away from the little 'Battle of the Sexes' or in this case 'Battle of the Exes'. Ha ha. I made a pun. "Alright, Hun. Lets get you in the middle of the group to be interrogated," Said Embry with a mischievous grin. Oh god. What's he got planed?

"I swear to god Embry- if you pull a prank on me I will take away your ability to reproduce," I threatened while taking my seat at the end of the table by Seth and I'm guessing Leah. Then his eyes got wide with fear and slice his hand in front of his throat to signal Jacob to abort. Smart boy. He learns quickly. Then Sue, Claire, Quil, and Kim came out of the kitchen with platters and platters of food. Holy shit! I thought as they set them on the tables that we pushed together. So this would be Brittany's version of heaven. If atheists do go to heaven. Dot they? Huh. Whatever. Then everyone sat down and Sam stood up, "Katelyn, you know all the guys plus Billy. And you've met Leah, Kim, Claire, and Sue. But this is the rest of everyone,"- he gestured to the rest of the table- "This is my fiancé Emily," He said putting a hand on the shoulder of a very beautiful woman, but she had three scars on the left side of her face but it only add to her real beauty. Then he continued, "These are the other elders besides Billy. Quil's grandfather…" and he went on to introduce everyone.

"Hi." Was all I could say. Then we started eating and let me tell you, watching them eat reminded me of how my brother eats. Well at least I'm immune to not losing my appetite by watching them eat. Leah and I tried to se who could eat there burger first- well who could eat one burger cause she had like four. I lost by one bite. All the guys gave me props for my appetite. It was fun until the song Never Again by Kelly Clarkson played. I groaned as I looked at the caller I.D on my phone. Josh. Great now my days going to be ruined I just know it. I said to Leah, "Sorry the ex beckons my presence over the phone,"

"Hey just look strait at me for help if he gets to annoying. I'll just tell him you've gone lesbian. 'Kay?" she said with a wink.

I couldn't help but laugh, "Thanks Leah. Just pay attention to me for the signal," she nodded and I walked to the other side of the diner and answered sure dicks-a-lot call, "Hello?" I sighed exasperated.

"What the hell do you mean 'Hello'?!" He imitated me sighing. Bastard.

"I'm sorry I didn't realize it was 'put up with your asshole of an ex day'. Excuse me Josh while I come up with a better greeting," I cleared my throat, "What the hell do you want Josh?" I asked in a menacing tone.

"Oh stop with the dramatics, babe. Just come back to me. You and I both know you can't get any better than your first time. No guy can satisfy you the way I did. You didn't have to move so far away from me. So why don't you stop being a scared little bitch and come back?" His voice got angrier towards the end. And he was so dumb. He thinks just because he was my first time he thinks he's the best in the world. God gag me.

"Josh, just because you were my first everything doesn't mean you're the best at everything. Plus you just want me back cause you got tired of banging that slut Shannon. Or was it because you found out she had crabs? Was that it Josh?" I said getting more and more irritated at him.

"You are such a bitch! No wonder Jared thought of you as only a friend when you to supposedly dated after us. You scare the shit out of every guy that looks at you! You'll just grow old alone and with no friends," He said in a confident voice like already won this round.

"Don't you dare bring Jared into this! Josh, you act like my sister when say that! And you know it! What the hell happened to the kind sweet boyfriend that used to tell me he loved me everyday?" I asked as the reality that my sweet Josh is gone and now this- this jackass is him now. Tears started to sting my eyes now and one fell.

"What, that Josh? Babe this is the real Josh, so just except it. Oh you must be crying my now. You know what? If you cant even keep your emotions together then this isn't going to workout for us. Sorry. I'm gonna go see if Alyssa price is free. Bye babe," and then he just hung up. I stood there with silent ears falling down my face and the phone still at my ear staring out the window. I can't believe he just said that to me. THAT ASSHOLE! I was so pissed now. I felt warm strong arm wrap around me and I just started balling into Sam's chest.