Chapter 3:

Gonna Make A Pie With A Heart In The Middle

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My alarm went off at 4:00 AM. I groaned and reaching my hand to the side to hit the alarm. My hand met air and the force at which I was going to slam into the alarm clock pulled me out of bed. I hit the floor with a loud thud and cursed. The alarm was still beeping and I scrambled to get up, breaking my salt line to get to where my bed had previously resided. Finally the beeping had stopped. Thank God. It took a minute to clean up the mess I had made from falling out of bed, but I didn't mind. It kept me busy. I meandered down the hallway and descended the stairs two at time. I had to have some coffee. I was never a morning person, but Dawn Smink usually came by about 5:30 or 6:00 to pick up the pies. I had to get started quickly and coffee was the only solution.

The pie thing started as an accident. My first night here after I had explored the house I sorta blacked out. I went a bit bat shit crazy and somehow ended up in the custody of Jody. She was very sweet to me. To apologize and make up for what I put her through (still don't remember the whole thing) I made her a pie. She shared it with Dawn, who works at the diner. Before I knew it, I was making pies for the diner. Dawn calls the day before and gives me an order and I make them fresh in the morning. Today I had to make five pies: apple, cherry, strawberry, peach, and chocolate dream (which was my invention). First, I pulled my hair back into a messy bun. Then I put my apron on and tied the strings to make sure that it was tight. I had gotten all of my ingredients ready after I had dinner, so most of my prep work finished. It didn't take long to roll the dough and make my crusts. I started humming and began to work on the filling. If I would have looked out of my window, I would have noticed that Soulless Sam was watching. I didn't even notice he had opened my back door and quietly made his way to the kitchen. It wasn't until I had pulled the pies out of the oven, that I noticed him. I am very grateful that I wasn't holding anything when I turned around, because the sight of him standing there made me jump.

"Doesn't anyone ever knock?" I yelled at him very frustrated.

Soulless Sam didn't say anything, he only looked at me.

"I really hope that you aren't here to kill me." I laughed nervously.

He smiled at me and sat down at the table. "I really appreciate that by the way. Thanks to you they now know that I do not have a soul."

"Bologna!" I shouted. "You don't appreciate shit. Not in your current state anyways. Listen, I really like you and all, but you need to leave now."

He ignored me. "You know, just looking at you makes me want to do bad things. Sure you don't want to go upstairs with me?" He asked me raising from his seat and closing the distance between us. "You won't regret it. I know you find me attractive, just like I'm sure you know how sexy you are." He grabbed the bun my hair was in and yanked it back slightly. He started to kiss my neck and I swallowed hard. It wasn't like I could do anything about it. He was really tall and excessively strong.

"Um. You see...I'm not really sexy...um and...uh-" The doorbell chose that moment to ring. I wasn't sure if I was relieved or not. My face was definitely red. Soulless Sam let me go. "Another time then." he smiled at me and slapped my booty on the way out. I ran to the door and found Dawn smoking a cigarette. She knew that I didn't allow smoking, so I stood outside with her for a minute while she finished.

"Nikki, are you okay?" she asked me face full of concern. I didn't see her all the time, but she and Jody were the closest things to friends that I had.

"I'm fine." I told her pulling my hair down to fix it. "Just had a crazy day or so." I coughed and she looked at her Camel before putting it out.

"Pies ready?" she asked me. I smiled at her.

"I just pulled them out, so they might still be a little hot to box up. You want a cup of coffee?" I asked her walking towards the back of the house where the kitchen was. I heard Dawn behind me.

She really is such a sweet thing. Dawn is 22, slightly overweight with frizzy red hair and green eyes. She didn't really date much, but I don't think that bothered her much. Like me, she spent most of her time alone.

"Coffee'd be great. You know those two that I was telling you about are back in town. They stay with Bobby Singer when they come in. He lives down the road from you." she gossiped.

Dawn loves to talk. She only seems quiet cause she doesn't have very many people to talk to, but you get her going and she never stops.

"Who again honey? I can't keep up with who comes into the diner when I don't go in much myself." I know that playing dumb was in fact a dumb thing to do, but I didn't really want to own up to half of what I actually know. Didn't want to ruin the poor things life.

"I don't know their names but you can't really miss them. One looks like he should be on GQ and the other one is like a tall Greek God." She shook. "It gives me goose bumps." she smiled.

"Have you talked to Wally yet?" I asked her.

Okay so I have never met Wally, but I know almost everything about him. Dawn has been in love with him for a very long time and likes to talk about him non-stop. He works at the diner as the main cook. Dawn and him had gotten drunk together one night and slept together. She hadn't talked about it since.

She blushed at the mention of him. "NO." She took a drink of her coffee. "He's been on vacation recently. I think that he might be mad at me."

"Why in the world would Wally be mad at you?" I asked her. The pies had finally cooled down enough to box them.

"I think he might have a girlfriend now or something and he just doesn't want me around." she was getting upset.

"Bologna! Did Wally tell you that he didn't want to be around you?" I asked her.

"No" she said in a quiet voice. "But he won't want to when he finds out about the baby."

"Baby?" I asked her, my eyes wide with excitement. She touched her belly and started to cry. "Congratulations honey. A baby is a great thing!" I threw my arms around her as she cried. "You know you gotta tell Wally. Maybe this is the push you need to actually ask him out."

She sniffled and pulled away from me. "Yeah. I know I have to tell him. I'm just gonna wait. I don't know how to tell him." Dawn looked at the clock on the wall and sighed. "I gotta get back. Thanks for the pies."

I nodded and helped her carry the pies to the car. As she was driving off I couldn't help but feel a bit jealous. She was having a baby. Maybe one day I would get to become a mommy, maybe not. Sam came to mind, but that was really out of the question. I shook my head and went back inside to clean up. I still had several hours of computer work that needed to be done before I could start anything else.

Today is gonna be a long day.