Chapter 2: The Butler
"I can't believe you're doing this to me." Lizzy said as I dragged her along with Ciel and Sebastian following.
"We're here." I said stopping at the front door of Miranda's the restaurant I worked at. I opened my bag and took out a pink apron with frills on the bottom. I tied it around my waist and told Lizzy to take them inside while I went and punched in my card.
As I walked in the back kitchen door I saw fat old Miranda sitting on her cheap metal chair smoking her cigarette. I coughed from the smoke filled air and Miranda spoke up in her raspy voice.
"Is it three o'clock already kid?" She asked blowing out more smoke.
"No it's twelve and I have people to serve, do you want to help this time?" I responded sarcastically.
"Shouldn't you be in school and besides I hired you to work for me." She said with a harsh cough.
"Yes I should be in school but you shouldn't care you're not my mother, and you shouldn't be smoking this it's bad for you." I said taking the cigarette and smashing it.
She didn't respond so I went into the kitchen and then to the counter where Lizzy was waiting with Ciel.
"What would you like to eat?" I asked Ciel ignoring my friend.
"Hey ladies first that's the rule."
"You know you're not supposed to eat here!" I yelled at Lizzy."Remember 'she' doesn't like discounts." I whispered.
"I know that's why I want something to eat." Lizzy said, I knew she didn't like my boss so I guess that was expected.
"Ciel! What would you like?" I asked again turning my attention to him.
"Sebastian!" I turned and looked at the butler and he got up and hopped over the counter. He walked back to the kitchen and started cleaning it like a freak.
"Hey Rose he isn't supposed to be back here." Miranda said to me.
"I know this has nothing to do with me, you old witch." I mumbled.
"Sebastian is just making my lunch he is fine." Ciel said.
When Sebastian started cooking it was like magic. Miranda's mouth even dropped open watching him throw all the spices together.
"Why can't you do that?" Miranda coughed at me.
"Cause' I never went to chef school." I shot back.
"I never did either, you see I am simply one..." He was cut off.
"One heck of a butler." Ciel rolled his eyes like Sebastian said a hundred times before.
"Precisely master, you know my to well." Sebastian said with a smile and his hand at his chest and formed a half bow.
"So where are you from exactly?" I asked leaning on the one side of the counter after Ciel had finished eating.
"I am from England, the people dress here differently considering it's the nineteenth century." At that moment Lizzy and I shared our famous glance and repeated at the same time, like many times before.
"What?!" We said confused.
"It's the twenty-first century, you really are weird aren't you?" I said staring into Ciel's eyes.
"Twe twe twenty-first?" Ciel said his face going pale.
"Master... Master!" Sebastian said horrified as Ciel threw up and passed out.
I quickly grabbed Ciel's face and squeezed it trying to wake him up. It didn't work then my friend stepped in.
"You have to kiss him, it's the quickest way to get him conscious again." I pointed to myself asking if it would be me to kiss him.
"Yeah, it's obviously you. I could tell you liked him the first time you saw him." She said shrugging her shoulders. So I grabbed Ciel by the shirt and landed a big one on him, and sadly my friend was right and he woke up immediately. I stared into his eyes and he smiled at me faintly and said, "Green a beautiful color, like the ocean." he was talking about my eyes. Then he passed out again I let go of his shirt and let Sebastian take over.
"What happened?" my friend asked.
"He woke up." I said wringing my hands.
"I saw him say something so why are you so nervous?"
"AHH! He said I had beautiful green eyes the color of the ocean!" I whined leaning my head on my friend's shoulder.
"How is that bad?"
"What if he wakes up and remembers saying it, then things between us are going to be soooo awkward!" I sniffled between tears.
"Ok lets just focus on getting him back. Sebastian what's wrong?" Lizzy asked.
"My master has asthma and since it's winter here it must have taken it's toll on him." Sebastian explained.
"Doesn't he have an inhaler?" I asked.
"I do not think that an inhaler was invented yet in our time." Sebastian said.
"Well we gotta get him to a hospital!" Lizzy said.
"I'll think of an excuse on the way." I said as Sebastian picked up Ciel and carried him out the door.