Holly dragged me along, out in the hall the teacher spoke again, "I will not be made a fool of in front of my students now explain yourselves'."
"Sir my sister has a mental disorder that causes her to be like this it is not her fault. She is like this a lot of the time even on her meds." Holly explained exasperated.
He nodded then told us to go back inside and meet the new teacher. The student teacher stood at the front of the desk waiting for us. Holly pushed me in to my seat as she seated herself.
"Good Morning Class I am Lucas Deer but you can all call me Mr. Deer." Holly wrote a sticky note of the teacher's name to later stick in my locker and on my binders. The rest of the day blew by.
At the end of the day Holly pulled me to her trying to get a hug out of me. I pushed her away trying to free myself. Sighing she undid the two braids mommy let me have she braided into a single long braid down my back.
"You have a job interview and you have to look your best hopefully your meds. will keep you together."
We walked to the address that Loreto had given Holly. On the corner of Nightingale Lane was a cafe with a sign designating it as Cafe Claret. A claret door stood before us. It looked like an ordinary fancy cafe with fancy sweets that I already knew how to make.
Inside we were greeted by a blonde waitress, "Good afternoon! How may I help you?"
"Um.." I tried to remember why we happened to be here Holly whispered a trigger word to me, "Job interview."
"I am sorry but I think you have the wrong place because we are looking for professionals not little school girls who are going to spend their paychecks on makeup and clothes. Plus you seem to be tardy on the day of your interview. You're clearly not qualified to be here" She had not held my attention very long so I had not heard all of the words she had said.
"Look envelope is addressed here not somewhere else."
"What can you even do? All the employees here have at least a basic knowledge in cuisines. Can you even make tea from scratch?" She smirked at me as if she thought she had hit home.
"You just watch." I could have bit her head off. I started making my favorite mint tea. I pulled the leaves off the plant and washed them then placed them on the counter letting them dry. I looked down at the book of mine with all of my handwritten notes so I could remember what I was doing.I crushed the leaves.
Placing the crushed leaves into a big bowl of hot water I stirred and repeated the stirring watching the color change. I poured her a cup and pushed down the thought of spitting into it. She picked up the cup and swirled it around probably expecting to see some tea leaves.
She took a sip then said, "Not bad but that still does not mean you get a job interview here. You see it is not about what you can do that matters it is what you are made of."
"What seems to be the problem here, Ada?" A man close to his thirties with auburn hair came out from behind the scarlet curtains carrying a glass of red wine.
The blonde waitress, Ada, answered back with a smirk and giggle, "This girl here thought she had a job interview here but I resolved that problem and was just about to show her the way out."
I spoke out of pure agitation for this Ada, "I'll just leave. I am sorry." I turned to Holly and said, "Come on." Grabbing her hand I started to walk out.
"Wait!" the mysterious man called out reaching for my free hand.
My thoughts were on trying not to mimic this man so I had missed the first few words he had said.
"...forgetting you have a job interview here." Ada look so devastated after she heard him. "Sorry for the late introduction I am James Russell the owner and manager of Cafe Claret. Who are you?"
"Cat… Cat Greendale."
"Is that your full name?" He questioned the fact that my true first name was Cat.
"Can't remember what it is."
He nodded but then Holly stated, "Cascata."
"Excuse me?" He must of thought Holly did not speak because she had stayed silent during the whole "interview".
"Cascata is her full first name. But because of her horrible memory we started calling her Cat."
His face seemed to glow with triumph after hearing my full name but then he continued the interview, "Well Cat have you ever worked at a restaurant before? In waiting?"
"No and yes."
He asked another question, "Um have you ever had a job before this one that you held for more than one month?"
"Yes Sous chef at Perenelle's Diner and I have my resume here."
He looked over my resume then asked, "How did you go from being a pantry chef to being a Sous Chef?"
"Oh one day Mrs. Flamel accidentally ate some food I had made and liked it."
He stared shocked then said, "Well I think Will has complained enough about not having a Sous chef so you can be his."
"But Sir….." He shot Ada the coldest stare I have ever seen.