Hey guys! So here's chapter two! Thank you all SO much for reviewing, i've never gotten that many reviews on the first chapter alone! I'm so happy people think this idea is cool! Anyway, if you guys have ideas for what Cagalli can talk about in her posts in later chapters let me know! Alright, Athrun is in this chapter, so please enjoy! and remember to review!! i don't own Gundam or Nerds to go, which i believe is an actual computer company? lol whatever, enjoy!
Nerds To Go
Athrun Zala had a very specific routine in the morning, but it was only able to work if he beat his roommate, Nicol Almalfi to the shower. If Nicol took a shower first, he took extra long and Athrun wouldn't be able to eat at the time where he enjoyed to eat most. This particular he and Nicol had literally raced to the bathroom. Athrun had been the victor and he was now contently eating his bagel with cream cheese. Nicol walked out of his own room after getting dressed. He stretched.
"You won fair and square, " he said grabbing a muffin and sitting down at the table. "Are we going on that house call this morning?" he asked.
"Yeah," Athrun nodded. "But I thought that we should stop by the office first," he suggested.
"Good point," Nicol agreed. He threw his plate into the dishwasher. "Let's get going!"
"Well if it isn't my two favorite nerds," Lunamaria Hawke the regional manager said. She pushed her plastic framed glasses up her nose.
"I really wish you wouldn't call us that," Athrun sighed.
"Well you're computer technicians, who work for Nerds to go!" Luna teased. She folded her arms and Nicol couldn't help but chuckled a bit. He shrugged.
"That's the truth," he said.
"Alright, alright, whatever," Athrun said and walked towards his desk to pick up the days schedule. "Good morning, Meyrin," he said to the red-haired secretary. Meyrin Hawke was Athrun and Nicol's personal secretary and Lunamaria's younger sister. She controlled Athrun and Nicol's house call schedule and helped people to set up appointments.
"Good m…morning, Athrun…" she said quietly. She blushed and coughed a bit. Athrun grabbed the schedule and handed it to Nicol.
"We'll be back," he said quickly waved to Meyrin.
"Oh…ok, bye," she said. The "nerds" made their way to their van.
"You know," Nicol began. "Meyrin only acts like that when you're around," he said as he climbed into the truck.
"Really?" Athrun said obliviously.
"Yeah. Look, Athrun, I'm no ladies man, but it's obvious she has feelings for you," Nicol said almost sadly. Athrun blushed.
"Well…I mean…what do you think?"
"It's summer, just got for it," he said leaning back. Athrun raised his eye brows.
"Do you ever read that new popular blog written by Precious Rose?" Athrun asked. Nicol sat up.
"No. I'm really into blogs. Why?" he asked. It was true when Nicol sat on his computer he was usually composing with his piano or browsing the web for new classical music for inspiration.
"I don't know, it's just that what you said is almost exactly what was discussed in the post last night," he said shrugging. "Maybe the world is trying to tell me something." Nicol laughed.
"Yeah it's telling you to get a life," Nicol teased.
"I don't see you going out everynight," Athrun retorted. Nicol sighed dramatically.
"Gee thanks for pointing out that my life is equally as boring," he said. Athrun rolled his eyes as he stopped the car.
"Alright let's go this job with," Athrun said as he rang the doorbell. The door was quickly answered by a girl with long pink hair. She was wearing a short pink nightgown, with white fuzz around the neck. Nicol shifted his feet awkwardly. "Are you a…Ms. Meer Campbell?" Athrun asked.
"Yes!" she said happily. "You must be the guys from Nerds To Go to fix my computer," she said. "That's such a cute name and they even make you guys look the part," she cooed and led them to the computer room. Nicol frowned.
"But I normally…ow!" Nicol began but Athrun elbowed him. Nicol frowned.
"So basically I just can't get it to turn on," she shrugged. "I even tried to plug it in and turn it on, but it won't turn on," she said sadly as she ran her fingers over the top of the screen. Her small laptop was pink as well as the majority of the items in her house.
"Well…" Nicol began. "It could mean a few things, your battery could be dead, which is highly likely. But it could also mean something might be wrong with the hard drive." Meer looked sad and confused.
"Is that bad?" she asked.
"Not exactly, it's nothing you can't fix," Athrun said.
"Oh great! So you guys can do that?" she asked.
"Athrun nodded.
"That's what we're here for."
(Line Break)
"You ready, Stellar?" Cagalli asked. The girl nodded quietly. "Have you ever done this before?" Cagalli questioned. Stellar stayed quiet and shook her head no. Cagalli nodded. Yzak folded his arms.
"The only thing you need to remember is that the costumer is always right. No matter what. They could say their meal is cold and even if you can see steam coming from their plate…you assume that they're right," Yzak stated.
"Yeah that's basically the golden rule. Oh and smile always be friendly!" Cagalli said putting on her best grin. She paused and looked at Yzak. "How are you good at this? You're not friendly and you hate being wrong? Do you just die a little inside everyday?" Cagalli teased.
"Shut it Athha! C'mon girl, you're following me this morning. I'll show you how to set up for breakfast."
"You're following me around lunch and hopefully by dinner you'll be ready to try a few table on your own," Cagalli explained. Stellar continued to nod and followed Yzak into the kitchen. Cagalli wondered how this girl planned to be a good waitress without talking. After they took down all the chairs off the tables and set up utensils, Lacus opened the door and the crew eagerly awaited their morning costumers.
"Good morning, Mr. Waltfeld," Lacus said. "It's nice to see you again."
"It's always good to see you Ms. Lacus." Walfeld said. Lacus seated him in Cagalli's area. Andrew Waltfeld was one of the morning regualars.
"Morning Andrew," Cagalli said cheerfully.
"Morning Cagalli. We seem extra cheerful today," he commented.
"Yeah well we got a new girl today, so the work won't be so bad," she said.
"That's always good. I know you guys have been busy lately." Cagalli nodded agreeing.
"I'm guessing you're ordering the regular?" she asked.
"Yup coffee extra cream and one packet of sugar," he said.
"It's summer Andy, can't I at least get you to TRY iced coffee. I'll give you a discount!" she offered, knowing he would never accept her offer.
"You know the answer to that question," he said.
"Right… be right back," she said shaking her head. The morning went on smoothly. Morning's were never busy and the restaurant never actually started to get intense until lunch. Cagalli laughed as Yzak gradually got more and more upset with being followed. By the time it was time for Stellar to follow Cagalli, Yzak was more than happy to be rid of her.
"It's just annoying, " he stated.
"You know Yzak…they announce employee of the month next week," Cagalli pointed out. "How about this," she said glancing at Shiho. "If I win you ask Shiho on a date," she said. Yzak blushed furiously.
"Forget it…" he began.
"Quiet Joule, you know you like her and she probably has some feelings for you. Will you just shut your mouth and do it?"
"Fine," he snapped. "But what if win?" he said.
"You won't." Cagalli walked away closely followed by Stellar. Stellar was very good at watching and following. She did everything Cagalli told her and she was never disobedient. Cagalli allowed her to try a few orders on her own and she did everything almost flawlessly. "You're amazing at this," she said.
"My mother…was a waitress. She loved it," Stellar said. Cagalli was certain that was the longest sentence she had ever said to her.
"Really? Is that why you're trying to become a waitress?" she asked. Stellar nodded.
"Well I think you're ready to try by yourself," Cagalli said. "So go show us what you can do." Stellar smiled.
"Thank you, you've been very helpful. I'm going to do my best to be the best."
'That's the type of attitude we like to hear," Cagalli said and sent the girl on her way. Stellar was absolutely, well, stellar at being a waitress. She quick and was able to fill peoples orders efficiently she was always smiling for them.
"Unbelievable…simple unbelievable," Yzak snarled as he watched her.
"Oh you're just jealous," Cagalli teased. Everyone was talking about the great skills of Stellar.
"New girl is fast," Shiho said handing Cagalli the two beers Cagalli had asked for.
"I know, she's so much better than Flay…and nicer," Cagalli added. The two girls asked. The night went extremely smoothly and even though the grille was packed with people, (which seemed to be the norm for Saturday evenings) it didn't seem so busy with the extra person.
"I hear you've been slacking…" a familiar voice rang out from behind Cagalli as she was walking towards the kitchen. She turned to face her brother.
"Kira!" she ran and hugged him.
"Hey Cags, how are you?" he asked.
"Wonderful. I'm so happy you're visiting. I know Lacus is too," she winked. Even though Kira did not work with the restaurant crew, he was still accepted as one the team. Cagalli was always a little bit cheerier when he was around, but this visit would be slightly different. He wouldn't be staying with her, he'd be staying with Lacus. She was hoping she would still get to see him. She didn't care that he was staying with Lacus, because she obviously deserved to see him just as much as herself. Plus without Kira around, Cagalli would be able to update her blog freely. She didn't want anyone to know that she was the famous Precious Rose.
Your Corner: Lot's of responses from that last one. Summer must also make people want to respond to posts! Well here were two of my favorites, I'll still make sure to answer the majority of your comments though!
Dear Precious Rose,
So I took your advice and I asked this girl out who I always see when I go for a walk in the park. She was totally up for having dinner with me! I was pleasantly surprised. So I just wanted to thank you and encourage other people to take chances. Sometimes it really does work. Thank you.
Timm
Dear Timm,
I'm glad you took a chance and thanks for sharing your story! Maybe after dinner you two could go for romantic stroll through the park?
Dear PR,
I've been dating my girlfriend for almost a year and a half, I really want to propose, but I don't know if she's ready. But I agree with your summer post and I was wondering if you thought a beach would be a summer-y and romantic place to do something like that?
D
Dear D,
I think that you should definitely go for it. She's probably hoping you'll propose any day. I mean a year and half is a very long time! If you're looking for that perfect summer scene then drag her to the beach at sunset and do it then. You're girl is sure lucky to have a man like you. Makes all us single girls jealous! Right ladies?
Well so today I thought it would be interesting to talk about starting a new job. We've all had that experience and if you haven't…well lucky you, but I doubt you'll stay a job virgin for long. I think it's important to be friendly with the people you work with. If your friends with them then that's even better. So when you're new it's like starting a new school or moving. It's new a scene. So here's what you need to do, three little words: Make The Effort. Try to see if people from your job are going out after work to get a drink or invite people over for a dinner party. This way it gets you in a more social and relaxed scene to get to know people. Don't be that person who sits at the desk or walks around not talking to anybody. While you're at work, strike up a few conversations with people. Make friendly office competitions. Everybody needs friends! I know where I work, we are basically a family! We're always having get together. Bosses or managers or leaders or whatever you call yourself, take it upon yourself to check and see if your employees are happy. Maybe set up a office wide basketball game or softball game. Maybe you have karaoke night at someone's house or maybe you can even have a Sunday barbeque and watch some football on T.V. Just try anything to make your office a fun environment! By the way I know I said office throughout this post, but I'm also talking about anywhere. Offices, restaurants, stores whatever! Use your imagination to come up with fun things to do, besides its summer! Plenty of time for beach cookouts! Next time we'll focus in on Long Distance Relationships! Well till next time…send me messages, comments, questions concerns. Much love
Precious Rose.
Cagalli hit post and checked out her home page, but suddenly her computer screen went black.
"Damn!" she ran to grab her battery pack. The battery must have died while she wasn't looking. She plugged it in and pushed the power button nervously. She was relieved that she had been able to post, but if her computer didn't turn on, that would be a problem. She waited and waited, but there was no response. She'd have to call a technician, tomorrow, seeing as it was almost midnight and no place would be open now.
"This is not good," she groaned.
alright theres chapter 2! I hope you guys enjoyed. Chapter 3 coming soon! Athrun and Cagalli will meet :) Please R&R and put in your suggestions for Cagalli's posts!
