Chapter 3-Too much work
Tea could feel the warm sunshine on her skin and the softness of her blanket. She could hear giggling angels all around her. Giggling angels? Wait a second what? The girl opened her eyes in shock. Where am I? She looked around very confused and slowly remembered that she was a maid now and worked at this place. Speaking of work…what time is it? She looked at her cell phone and realized it was already 11 a.m. "Shit!" she screamed, she was too late. She was so tired last night that she forgot to set a timer for the next morning.
She knew she was definitely in trouble now. Kaiba was already bossing her around and she couldn't stand it. Now she was even late…..what would his reaction be? "Oh no, not that he fires me!" complained the brunette while trying to lift her body from the bed. She took a quick shower and brushed her teeth. At least she wouldn't be smelly while being kicked out. She dressed up and went down to the maid's room with hair that was still dripping wet. On her way down, she was trying to find excuses but was ashamed of lying. "What should I do now? I am so dead…stupid Tea"
She entered the room full of giggling girls but couldn't care less about the reason. She saw Diana who was busy giving orders and headed straight to her.
"I am so sorry! I worked till midnight yesterday and was so tired and"
"Oh, don't worry the girls and I took care of your tasks this morning. The master won't know" the blonde said with a cheerful face.
"Really? Thank you! I definitely owe you guys!" she said while hugging Diana.
"Haha no problem dear" Diana said while trying to push her away from her.
Two other girls one with blond the other with raven hair rushed to them.
"Oh Diana can we take today off? Please, please, please?" said the raven-haired girl with a demanding expression on her face. She took Diana's hands and looked her straight to the eyes.
"No! At least not the whole day…but if you finish earlier you may have a bit more time to spend on your shopping lists." announced Diana and pushed her hands back.
"Thanks Diana!" said the other girl while jumping and turning in happiness. The two girls then rushed to the cleaning agents and disappeared out of the room.
"What is that all about?" asked Tea who remembered all the giggling from earlier.
"Well, this morning the master announced the KC-anniversary ball in four weeks. It is a ball organized by him every year mostly to show of his success and to thank his employees. All his employees are invited as guests to show that Kaibacorp treats his employees like family. And to underline the -weareallafamily- it is always celebrated in his mansion. Of course, a lot of prominent people and other CEOs are invited too."
"I see, but why are the people here so excited about it? I mean it just sounds like a lot of work to me." Tea asked with one eyebrow raised feeling smart.
"Because we are guests too. We work for him too you know. Even if we don't work at Kaibacorp directly we are seen as members of the Kaibacorp-family. These girls saved up all their money from the last year in order to be able to buy the cutest dresses. They hope that maybe a rich CEO will fall in love with them and that they will rise up from rags to riches." explained Diana.
"Maybe that is my way out of this…" mumbled the brunette not realizing she was actually saying it.
"What…?" asked Diana a bit scared by the girl's reaction.
"Oh nothing...hahaha" said Tea feeling embarrassed again. "Great now she must think I am a gold digger…why am I like this?" thought the young girl.
"Well, whatever…you have to help in the kitchen with the lunch preparations. Follow me!" demanded the blonde while leaving the room with the new maid following her.
"Today's lunch is fairly easy so don't worry. We will have to roast meat and prepare some vegetables. Plus, some cake for desert." stated Diana.
They entered the kitchen that was pretty big. Tea looked around and was stunned by all the gadgets. This kitchen had everything one could think of. But where was the cook?
As if Diana could read her mind she looked at her and started laughing.
"Are you afraid of cooking?"
"No, I just wondered that such a big kitchen doesn't have a cook that's all. I enjoy cooking" answered Tea feeling as if it was way to obvious that she was lying.
"The cooks wife gave birth yesterday and the master gave him the week off. So, we have to do all the cooking. But don't worry I am very good at it. Just do what I tell you and we will be just fine. The master is very strict when it comes to his food and he only accepts the best. We mustn't do the slightest mistake because he realizes it right away. Mokuba on the other hand eats everything as long as it is tasty."
"Speaking of Mokuba, where is he?" asked Tea a bit surprised that she hadn't seen him around.
"He is now living in Australia for a year because of a school project. He is not allowed to travel back or telephone with his home till he is back. And that won't happen that soon because he travelled just 4 days ago."
"Oh, I see."
"Let's get started! First, we need fresh vegetables. I ordered them this morning, so they will arrive every second. Can you go get them? Just wait outside till the driver arrives and hands them to you. I will roast the meat till you are back." ordered Diana and took some meat out of the fridge.
"Sure…."
Tea went outside to the yard and waited in front of the gates for the driver to arrive. Her hair was still wet, and the wheater was a bit windy. She felt her head freez.
"Great! How long does he still need? I am freezing. Why couldn't I just put on a headscarf or something this morning?"
Tea couldn't stand it any longer. She needed to warm her head and that quickly, but she had to wait for the driver. She couldn't afford any more mistakes. She woke up late and couldn't cook and now she couldn't even wait for a driver. How is it possible to fail a task as simple as this one?
She had to think of another solution. She looked at what she was wearing and thought about wrapping her apron around her hair. That would most certainly look stupid, but it was better than freezing. She took of the apron to use it as a towel, but the wind blew it away. It landed on the grass. Tea ran after it but wasn't able to catch it and fell on her knees causing them to bleed. She stood up and took of her apron from the ground to see that it got dirty. "Great" she thought. Just then she heard a car honk. "Are you kidding me?" she mumbled with a deadly glare at the car.
She ran to the car and took the box with the vegetables in it. She entered the kitchen and put the box on the table. Diana looked at her with wide eyes.
"What happened my dear? Why are your knees bleeding and why is your apron dirty?" she asked a bit worried.
"Nothing…I am fine" claimed Tea trying to look as friendly as possible.
She then saw the perfectly roasted meat and a delicious looking cake right in front of her. How could Diana be so blessed with talent? Tea remembered that she hasn't even ate breakfast this morning and that she was very hungry.
"You can go change…I can take care of the rest" suggested the blonde feeling sorry for Tea being a total mess.
Tea just nodded and left. On her way to her room she saw Kaiba entering the mansion.
"Is it so hard for you to wear clean clothing to work? And why is your hair wet? And how come your knees are bleeding? And most importantly please tell me somebody filmed that!"
"Shut up you idiot!"
"Why you gotta be so rude? Don't you know I'm human too? Why "
"Shut the fuck up or I am going to punch right into your face!"
"Don't you like that song?" he asked with a smirk on his face.
"As much as I like talking to you I'm afraid I have to go change. See you later!" she said and headed to her room.
What an idiot she thought. Why does he always have to make fun of her? That bastard! Doesn't he have anything better to do?
She blow-dried her hair, changed her clothes and bandaged her knees. They were definitely still hurting a lot. She sat on her bed and closed her eyes thinking about what it would be like, to not have to go down to work. What it would be like, to not have to worry because of money. It would be so nice.
She opened her eyes and went down to the kitchen to meet Diana for her next task. Lunch was over now and Diana stood there with a mountain of dirty dishes.
"I'm afraid the dishwasher isn't working today…." she said looking directly at Tea.
"What do you mean with that?" Tea asked a bit scared.
"Well….. it is our task now to wash them"
"With our hands?" Tea asked realizing how stupid that question was.
"With what else? Of course with our hands! Stop complaining just start!" Diana said while sounding a bit annoyed.
Tea nodded and started to wash the dirty dishes per hand.
"Don't worry maybe you will rise up in future! You know like in…like in the saying…from rags to riches!" Diana said trying to cheer the girl up.
"You mean the American dream? You know for that I have to work really hard and it will take a while." said Tea with a desperate voice.
"Wonders happen from time to time. Maybe you'll find a prince charming at the ball."
"Yeah sure and why exactly would he fall in love with me?" asked Tea with a sarcastic undertone.
"Oh, don't be like this"
Both of them finished and sat down for a moment. Tea was tired, her knees still hurt and she hadn't eaten all day. She couldn't wait for Kaiba finishing dinner so that she could have dinner after her work too. Diana explained earlier to her that today was their turn to serve dinner and that only after that they were allowed to eat.
Diana stood up and took a food tray.
"It's time to serve so grab one and follow me. Under no circumstance talk to him while he is eating."
Tea nodded, grabbed one and followed Diana. She wasn't in the mood for arguments either, she just wanted that day to end soon.
Both of them stood next to the long table covered with food while Kaiba was eating. Gosh he was a slow eater…he enjoyed every bit of it. Tea smelled all different foods and was feeling more and more hungry and a bit dizzy too.
"You look as pale as a ghost! "announced Kaiba while looking like he enjoyed it.
Tea didn't answer at all. Not because Diana told her earlier but because she passed out. She closed her eyes and felt on the floor.