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"Can we go in now?"
"Ok sure"
Nikki and Scott walking into Hideaways'' café as the man behind the door swung it open.
Inside Nikki was sunned by the atmosphere of the place.
Chapter 7
'This place looked like a shack!' thought Nikki as she looked around Hideaways' café.
There were about twenty tables, sixteen were full of people between the ages 12-29, the other four tables were empty but, it was obvious that they were reserved for people. The place look very busy, waiters and waitress running all over the place, carry trays full of food and drink that looked quite delicious, all different colours. The tables were bamboo and the chairs were bamboo as well from what Nikki could see.
'Tiki furniture?' Nikki wondered 'Hey isn't it warmer in here? Humid? It's like I'm in a Rainforest! From what I can tell, I've never been to a rainforest, well except for that one time when….never mind that Nikki!' Nikki mentally slapped herself for that as she continued to admire the café.
The waitress and waiters were running around so fast it was making Nikki dizzy, she focused her attention elsewhere 'This place is like it is out of a housing magazine or where celebrities hang out.
"Wow this place is amazing! How does my brother work here?" wondered Nikki out loud.
Scott mocked a hurt looked, then stocked off to the staff room to get ready for work.
"So where is the table my friends and I will be seated?" She asked the Host.
"Right this way, uh friend of Sophie and younger sister of Scott so, that would make you Nilie Barton?" Said the host.
"No no no! My name is Nic—you can call me Nikki." Nikki didn't want to confuse this poor man so she skipped over her real name and just told him her nickname.
"Then where did I get Nilie from?" pondered the host.
"Um... well... I don't know. Maybe? My sister is Lily maybe you squished, her and my name together." Stated Nikki, wondering how um how do put this nicely, how intellectually challenged this host was.
"Ah! That would seem like something I would do." Nikki was making a crazing sign at this host. "Now to move on to more oppressing matters this is your table you and your friends will be seated at."
Nikki sat down on a green cushion with a bamboo frame (AN: Sorry I've obsessing over the Sims 2 season! This Tiki style is the Sims, so yeah. "Thank you and have a great time, here at hideaways' café."
Later
Sophie was the first to arrive with Tala slouching behind her. She was wearing a green tank top with light blue jeans, her hair braided.
Tala was wearing a white hoodie with black jeans. Some parts of his hair were framing his face while other parts were sticking up. Needlessly saying Sophie had dragged him out of bed or just out of shower style; only hot guys could get away with.
Nikki POV
"Hey" announced Sophie when she turned my way.
"Hey" I replied back. I briefly wonder about when someone says a greeting do the recipient always say the same greeting back?
"Yo" I roll my eyes at the boyish response that broke me from my thoughts.
Sophie sat down beside me and asked: "What happened yesterday?"
Ahh the most unwanted question of the time, what to say what to say. Do I need the pity? Do I want her to worry? Do I want her to call the kids help phone? Decisions Decisions.
"Oh nothing much," I say as a see Tala not-so-secretly staring at the waitress appointed to our table, her name was Abby it think. Abby blushed when she saw the flirtatious stare Tala was giving her. I roll my eyes as I see Sophie doing the same.
'Whore' she mouths to me. "Stop the act Nikki I'm not as dense as my brother here." Her brother not paying any attention to her just nodded. Was he looking at the door? Why would he being doing th—
"HELLO YA'LL" yelled Meko, completely stunning me. My focus was no on Meko, Rei, Max, and Hilary.
Meko was, well herself. She was wearing a purple and silver stripped shirt and poky dotted orange and yellow skirt with stockings that were red and blue with mix matched shoes to complete the look.
Rei was wearing a read button up shirt with blank pants. His longs hair rapped up in a long pony tail that swayed behind him as he shook him head at this girlfriend's antics.
Max was wearing an orange and yellow t-shirt with jeans. Laughing out loud at my face. Making Sophie fidget with her napkin. 'I really need to get those two together, hey! I've only been here what four days and I've already get to play match maker? Life is good, well except for my parents getting divorced and having siblings.'
Hilary was wearing a pink top with a brown skirt. Totally ignoring the other brunette. Her brown hair clipped back in a neat bun.
I mumble to myself in disbelieve, "Is she colour blind?"
Sophie whispers, "She is colour blind and don't say anything," noticing my weird stare she continues. "She likes to embarrass people when they make comments about her clothing, and likes the attention. She really is one of a kind."
"Oh" I mumbled. I knew it had to be something like that cause of the strange way she talked about colours when at school.
"SOOOO guys what's up? Max said happily.
'Who gave him sugar? Oh wait he is always like this. Silly me' I slap myself mentally. "Nothing"
"Nothing man" Tala's response was so out there. So daring.
"I was just asking Nikki here about yesterday." Blurted Sophie.
I stare at her 'I needed that as much as I needed a new sibling, oh wait I have a new sibling, but what is up with her? Oh she is talking to Max silly me.'
"Oh oh oh! I want to know!" Meko's face dropped after a second then said. "What happened yesterday?"
Everyone sweat dropped except Hilary.
"Hey where's Kai? And for that matter where is that idiot?" Asked Tala speaking for the first time on his own after sitting down, not including greetings.
"His name is Tyson, Tala," Hissed Hilary.
Pointedly ignoring Hilary he waited for one of the boy to answer him.
"Yeah ummm…aren't they at the park?" asked Rei.
"Oh yeah Tyson is mad at Kai for doing better skateboarding so he wants to show Kai he is better," Continued Max.
"Yeah right" Tala, Sophie, and Rei said at the same time answering Max. Hilary obviously liked Tyson and wasn't going to sat anything mean about him behind his back, she only said mean thing about him to his (AN: coughuglycough) face.
Meko was thinking about ice cream totally oblivious to what was going on around her.
"I take it Tyson is not very good?" I guess.
"Well compared to Tala, Kai and I. He's on the same level as Max, Rei, and Meko. Hilary is horrible, and Meko can be horrible if Rei is not there. Kai is the best out of all of us." Stated Sophie not afraid to insult hr friend in front of them.
"Hmm" is all I answer to that. Processing the information, about the mysterious Kai.
"So? When are they gunna be here?" asked Tala.
"Well any min— speak of the devils." Rei said as he saw to finger walk into the café.
Normal POV
Tyson was wearing a blue hoodie with torn jeans and skater shoes. A red hat on backwards, hiding most of his unruly blue hair and a blue skateboard under his arm with a dragon on it.
Kai was slightly behind him wearing a white long sleeve shirt with a blue t-shirt over top and jeans with blue skater shoes. A red skateboard under his arm like Tyson had. He had sunglasses covering his eyes.
They both sat down at the table. Tyson pouted. Kai took off his sunglasses and put them in his jean pockets.
"So who won?" asked Max.
"Which one looks happy?" Sophie questioned Max.
"I've never seen Kai happy so how can I tell?" asked Max.
"Let's try this again which on looks upset?"
"OHH TYSON!" finally getting it, he then asked. "How bad?"
"Bad"
"How bad did he lose? Kai?" asked Sophie.
Hilary said, "Stop teasing him it's my job."
"Well your not doing a very good job of that now are you?" stated Sophie. "How bad Kai?"
"To the ground bad," Kai said in a bored uninterested tone.
Tyson stuck his tongue out at Kai, who in turn just ignored him.
"Oh Kai, Fyson when did you two get here?" asked a bewildered Meko.
Everyone sweat dropped except Kai who was immune and Tyson.
"IT'S TYSON T-Y-S-O-N" his voice growing louder with every passing second.
"What is what I said Fyson."
"Hey now that you done arguing you guys want to order something?" snapped Scott pissed of that the other waitress had to take her break now, and her had to wait on his sister.
"No reason to snap at us Scott."
"Hey he isn't purple anymore!" noted Meko. The innocent got a few giggles and snickers, and Scott's ears turned pink. (AN: I love the Japanese word for ear it is so cute I can't think of it right now)
"So what do you guys want to order?" he asked again this time having more patients for this group of teenagers.
"A coffee black" Kai
"Same" Tala
"Sundae" Sophie
"MILKSHAKE" Max
"Coke" Meko
"Iced Tea" Rei
"Water" Hilary
"Milkshake" Tyson
"Sundae" Nikki
"And could we get nachos. A Cheese, Meat lovers, and a vegetarian pizza, please." Said Kai in his monotone voice, which was clear to the point and polite to an extent.
"Ok will it be separate or together, the bill I mean." Asked the flustered Scott.
"Together" answered Kai bored.
Scott left to fill the order.
"Mmm now that we have that out of the way, why doesn't Nikki tell us about yesterday, we are all friends here right?" Sophie's unarguable attitude was what Nikki needed to tell them about her family well enough courage to do so.
"Well I found out my dad had an affair for ten years, my parents are getting a divorce, and I have step sibling." Nikki said all of this very quickly. When she was done she adverted her eyes from the group not wanting to take in pity from their eyes. When she finally looked at their eyes she was surprised to say the least with looks she was getting: Anger, surprise, blank, and pity. Were most prominent in the group's eyes
(Sophie + Rei Anger
Tala + Max Surprise
Kai + Meko Blank
Tyson + Hilary Pity)
Sophie suddenly stood up and walked from the table to the café door then out. Tear obvious in Nikki's sharp eyes. Kai stood up as well and went to the cashier to pay for the bill before putting on his sunglasses and walking out of the café door to follow Sophie.
"What just happened?" asked Nikki.
"Nothing you need to be concerned with." Tala said coldly, saying the subject should be dropped and not spoken of. He then went to playing with his phone that he and his sister shared.
The food arrived soon afterwards
Nikki could remember much about things after that were blurs.
Tyson ate like a pig and Hilary was complaining she was going to leave if he was going to behave like that. Max was quietly humming to himself along with Tala who was paying some attention to the others.
Nikki noticed Meko hadn't said something embarrassing or stupid; she turned her head to say something about that. Nikki opened her mouth to say something, but the words didn't come out. Nikki's jaw hanging low 'So that's why.' She mused. What she saw was Rei sticking his tongue down Meko's throat giving them both something to do, and make Meko get out of daydream land to come back to reality. Who said reality sucked?
Nikki coughed gaining Rei's attention; well his eyes flickered over to her before putting full attention back on his earlier task.
Tala noticing Nikki's failed attempt to get Rei's attention told her that they would be like that for a while longer.
Hilary and Tyson were fighting about something some incoherent thing that sane people didn't fight about so passionately, Max chirping encouragement to both Tyson and Hilary.
Nikki POV
Tala was now on his phone, checking his nails when suddenly he said "What?" he hushes his voice, anger clear in his voice. He looks over at me, I quickly looks away. And went back to his phone conversation. "Why? Why now?" "Really?!" "You've got to be kidding me right?" "Kate!" Rei, Meko, Hilary, Tyson, and Max looked up form their previous actives when they heard the distress from his voice. "You can't!" "I don't want to!" "Please?" "Forgive me?"
By now even I could guess what was happening. After that he threw his phone at a near by wall and stoked off fingering any one who got in his way.
"Who's Kate?" I asked hoping I'm not right.
"His girlfriend," don't ya hate being right sometimes?
"Well his ex-girlfriend now," Announced Tyson. This got him a kick in the right shin from moi, a kick in the left shin from Meko and a punch in the arm from Hilary.
Rei stood up "I'll keep Tala out of trouble; don't want him getting into alcohol again." He then left. I give the remaining people a questioning glance.
"I've got an English essay to do. Have you finished it Nikki?" asked Meko.
"Shit!! I totally forgot I'm in deep shit. Bye I've got to run."
HEY my internet stopped working TT so I'll have this up when it is up and running again. I'm personally surprised at how long this chappy is. It's like 8 pages review, and tell me any idea that ya have kay?
