Chapter 2

I walked around serving tables when suddenly I hear my name, I look at my right and there they are on a table in the corner Tool, Yang, Toll Road and I think his name was Hale.

I smile and say as I walk to them:"Hi"

Tool:"I thought we would give you a ride home"

Me:"My shift will be over in five. Get you guys a beer or something ?"

They all say at the same time:"Sure" I nod counting them

Me:"I'll be back in a few" I get the order I have to its table then go get the guys the beer

Tool:"You do remember Toll, Hale and Yang ?"

Me:"Of course" I say with the same smile that have been printed on my face since my shift started

Tool:"Will these are Lee Christmas and his girlfriend Lacy. Gunner Jensen and Barney Ross"

Me:"H..."

Jerry:"Nikki no talking with the Customers go back to work" He yells "And you're working for extra 10 minutes" without even glancing behind my back I give him the middle finger

Jerry:"Now 20"

Me:"Bastard" I say to my self but it was loud enough for them on the table to hear me "you guys don't mind waiting for more 20 minutes, do you ?"

Barney:"Not at all"

Tool:"Take your time"

Me:"OK then I will see in 20" and I walk away

I get out of the car and I go to the back to get my stuff but every one of the guys offered to take one. Maybe they got nothing to do with their looks. Don't judge a book from the cover, but no. One thing I learned from this life is trust no one.

Tool:"You didn't have dinner, did you ?"

Me:"No"

Tool:"We will order pizza if you want"

Me:"Actually I will cook"

Toll:"Homemade food ? I miss that so much" I hear him as soon as I enter the house

Hale:"It's not like she invited you"

Before Toll managed to answer I throw in:"I wouldn't mind some company"

Toll:"Seeee"

Me:"OK then I will have a shower get the dinner ready then I will call you" they all nodded and left me alone in my new home.

I listened to the sizzling and enjoyed the smell. Hell yeah I'm the best cooker in the world. I hear the door knocking and I go to see who is it. To my surprise it's everyone.

Toll:"Is it ready yet ?" He says looking past me. Gunner closes his eyes and enhance the smell

Me:"More 10 minutes, but you can get the table ready until then" I say not sure if it was rude to ask them that or not

Lee:"Sure"

Me:"OK" I smile and take a step to the side.

We all sat around the table and without another word we dug in. I get a lot of complements on the food.

Me:"No problem guys. You know if anyone of you missed a meal so much just tell and I'll cook it for you" They all looked at me

Hale:"Really ?" I smile

Me:"Yes, I love cooking" Yang was about to say something but Gunner talked first.

Gunner:"Lee does Lacy know how to cook like that ?"

Lee:"No" he said with a sign

Barney:"I'll tell you why ? It's because she is a cheater"

Toll:"Lee you should leave her man seriously"

Lee:"Can we not talk about that" He seemed really upset and like he just wanted to get the hell out of here, and to be honest they really shouldn't have mention that she cheated on him in front of me after all I'm a stranger.

Me:"Lee I now it's non of my business but if you love her and sure she loves you back, Then you should stay with her no matter what any idiot says"

Hale:"Hey we are not idiot we are just advising him"

Me:"Will it's his girlfriend and he is the one spending his life with her so it's non of your business"

Tool:"OK let's come down and finish our food"

I glanced at Lee and he mouthed "thank you" I just smile and shrug. I know I didn't say anything wrong so I'm not a fried if I upset someone. I'm the type that says what's on my mind, sometimes without thinking and the bad thing is that I can hurt people, but I'm trying to control my self especially if I'm sure I will hurt someone.

As I was about to start cleaning the table

Barney:"No Nikki you made the dinner. We will take care of the dishes"

Me:"It's fine really" I insist

Lee:"No you go sit"

Yang:"Yeah it's the lest we do after this so good dinner"

Will since they Insisted:"OK" but I still joined them in the kitchen and kept them company as they were taking turns on the sink to clean their dishes. It's really weird. I mean they are so nice though they look like the kind you will turn around and walk the other way if you saw them, but again I can't help but feel suspicious of their behavior, But a part of me is telling me they are just nice. Will too bad it's the part I never listen to or forced to never listen to.

Tool:"Thank you Nikki"

Me:"No problem" He just turned around and left. I close the door and make my way to my room since I already took a shower I just changed to my PJs and went to bed

I thought about every one of them. Yang is so nice and easy to talk to, Lee and Toll Road are the same. Hale is a little defensive but it's probably because he doesn't know well yet or at lest that's what Tool told me. Tool is kind and he seems like he just enjoys watching his friends talking and joking and I think Barney is the same.

Next morning...

I woke up feeling tired and sad. I sighed and pushed my self to my feet. It's a Tuesday, I hate Tuesdays. I took a quick shower, wrapped myself in a towel and got out, since there is no carpet and my feet were wet I slipped.

Me:"Fuck" I took a deep breath and I got up. I hate Tuesdays. I searched in my closet and got all what I'm going to wear.

I feel really frustrated today my shift won't start till 4 so I just walked to my bed, throw myself there and stared at the wall. Why I'm alive, I should be dead. Why did they save me. What if I wanted to die they had no right in saving me. Now I have to live in this shitty life with no purpose. I'm a loser. I hate myself just like everyone hates me. Everyone on earth hates me.

I hear a knock on the door, but I don't get up to get it and I just go back to my thoughts only for a few seconds before I got interrupted. "Hey are you OK ?" and now who in earth would care if I'm OK or not ?. I look up only to meet the giant that I hate his attitude.

Me:"How did you get in ?"

Gunner:"Spare key" He knows where my spare key is hidden ? I'll hid it somewhere else later

Me:"What do you want ?" sorry pale I'm in no mood to be nice and he is the last person I want to see

Gunner:"Barney bought some donuts and I was the only one who wasn't already down so I came to call you if you want to have some" He said calmly like I haven't been rude with him seconds ago. A voice in my head, the one I don't listen to, told me "come on Nikki you haven't eaten a thing since you woke up and the last thing you want is fainting in the bar while serving someone" I got to admit she is right.

Gunner:"Hello...you still here Nikki ?"

I spin in the bed and let my self fall, then I get up.

Gunner:"Are you sure you're OK ?"

Me:"Yes" and I pointed to him to go first. Silently he did and I followed also silently. We got out to the next building, to Tool's. The tattoo chair was empty so I just took a donuts and went there and sat.

Someone walked beside me and half sat on the table filled with pictures and tattoo sketch.

Lee:"Hey you OK ?"

Me:"Yeah..sure"

Lee:"If you want to talk, I'm a good listener"

Me:"Thank you Lee I'm fine" Is it that obvious that I'm in such a need for a friend right now ? I'm thinking about dying, for gods sake

Lee:"I wanted to say thank you for sticking with me last night at dinner"

I look up at him:"No problem. I just said what's right. plus I do realize I'm a stranger and they shouldn't have mentioned that she cheated on you in front of me" his face changed when I said cheated but it turn back normal and he offered me a smile and a nod.

After I finished I excused my self and as I was about to exit the shop.

Tool:"Hey Nikki wait" I turn around "Do you have a tattoos ?"

I gave him a confused look. I mean why would he ask me that ? "ummm no I don't. Why ?"

Tool:"Nothing, but if you ever wanted to have a tattoo I would happily do it the honor" I just nodded with a fake smile. God I just want to get back to my bed.

As I was climbing the stares I hear a voice from behind me so I span around fast and Which caused me to almost slip again but that one would have really hurt, thank god who ever caught me was there. I rise my face to see who is it.

Me:"Oh it's you Gunner" God why him ?!

Gunner:"Are you OK ?"

Me:"Oh yeah. Your Sudden footsteps scared me"

Gunner:"Guess I'm sorry then" I didn't know what to say else. His beautiful eyes where about to drive me crazy, and him being that close doesn't really help at all.

Gunner p.o.v

Her wide brown eyes are just so beautiful. She was staring back at my eyes which made me...helpless...What..what am I saying ? Anyway I swear we stayed like that for about a minute or so. I don't think she realized my hand was on her but until she got loss of my grip and left me there staring at her as she walked up stares. I shake my head. What the hell was that ? I walk up stares and to my apartment. I turn on the light and sit on the couch reversing in my mind what happened minutes ago. Her warm skin touching mine. Her eyes meeting mine. No..no Gunner no. Not her...no. My phone goes off. It's Hale.

Me:"What do you want ?" I ask as soon as I pick up

Hale:"I want you to get your ass down here"

Me:"Why ? what do you want with my ass ?" I ask borid

Hale:"I want nothing with your ass but Barney wants your ass to go with mine to get the new Weapons for the next trip" I'm in no mood for this

Me:"Fine I'll be down in seconds"

Hale:"OK" I hang up and head down