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"No sir, we do not offer peanut butter crackers with chocolate sprinkles." I sighed. This man had been bothering me all week. He always came here, asking for something completely ridiculous. At first, I wondered if he was joking. Now I know that he was totally serious, though. "Maybe you should try the restaurant down the block, sir. Perhaps they can offer you the meals you've been asking for this week." I tried to be polite, but now I was way too tired and I wasn't sure how much longer I was going to hold up.
I thought about the night Edward had been in our apartment, talking to me as if he hadn't just been on a date with my best friend. Of course, there wasn't anything romantic between me and Edward, and I was absolutely sure we couldn't be able to talk like that again. Tanya's look had assured me of that fact.
So now today, I was at the restaurant, working as always. Tanya had faked an illness, so she didn't have to go. I didn't really know why she did that all the time. Also, I wondered why she hasn't already been fired. Probably because she's so gorgeous, and she attracts a lot of customers. I had only been here for a while, but I didn't like it. Tanya wasn't here and Jacob had the day off. I didn't really have anyone to talk to. Sometimes I talked with Seth, who was the other bartender. He was very nice, but I couldn't really talk to him the way I could talk to Jacob or Tanya. I couldn't laugh with him the way I could with my real friends.
I missed Tanya. Of course she'd been nice to me, making small talk and pretending as if nothing was wrong. We both knew she was only pretending, though. I didn't know where all the hostility came from. I mean, I really hadn't done anything wrong. She was the one who was wrong here! I mean, she totally stole Edward away from me, well, not really.
But, as I was talking to Alice the other day, I found out about something that made me rather happy. I figured, knowing Tanya, that they had already slept together. Boy, that was a relief when Alice told me they didn't. I had absolutely no clue as to how she found out, but I'm glad that she did, because the wondering about them made me feel miserable.
The man I was serving turned out to not like my comment. I mean, I wasn't that rude, and he couldn't actually be serious thinking we'd have that kind of meals. He thought differently, I suppose, since he started talking to me and raising his voice, as if he wanted everyone to hear. All I could do was just to stand there, listen to him, and apologize. But hey, he caught me on a bad day. I didn't feel like apologizing at all. So I basically told him to leave. But trust me, I said it a little differently and maybe a teensy bit more rude. Okay, a lot more rude.
I let out a deep sigh and walked towards the bar, where Seth was standing. I slipped behind it and poured myself a drink. "Hey Seth." I said, enjoying my five minutes of peace and quiet. Seth nodded at me while he was serving a customer. Not just any costumer, a drop-dead-gorgeous lady, who was definitely flirting with Seth. It felt strange to see Seth flirt back, I saw him as a boy, still, because he looked really young and vulnerable. I know he wasn't like that anymore, he was a man now. I grinned to myself as I was thinking these words. I looked like his mother, proudly saying that her son is an adult now, that he's finally a man.
I put my glass away, enjoying the refreshment it had given me. There weren't a lot of nice people out here today, and not a lot of happy, cheerful conversations either. Those were the highlights of my day; enjoying the conversations with my costumers. I wasn't a bartender in a club or something, I mean, people didn't tell me their deepest secrets or trusted me to give them advise. It was mostly Smalltalk. But I noticed that no one ever made Smalltalk to Tanya, they were probably to intimidated by her looks. Seriously, you shouldn't judge people on their appearances. I wouldn't come off looking very good.
After another hour or so, the hostess came to me, telling me there had arrived a new customer at table six, asking for me to be his waitress. I had to admit, I was honoured to hear that. But seeing who the customer was, that feeling quickly passed. Or actually, it was more like I pressed it away.
What was he doing here? Surely, he must know Tanya doesn't work today. Actually, I had been thinking they were together, going out or something like that. I figured Tanya had called in sick, to spend time with her new found love. Okay, probably not her love since she is obviously incapable of feeling such strong emotions.
I mentally slapped myself in the head for thinking that. Ugh, what kind of a friend did this guy turn me into. I mean, was I going to risk my friendship with Tanya, just for a man who obviously didn't like me, but Tanya. And someone who obviously would choose Tanya, so I would be all by myself, no friends anymore. Alice. I though. Alice would choose my side. She didn't like Tanya at all. But really, I had only met her a couple of days ago.
"Bella." He smiled at me as if I was his reason to live. Okay, not so much, I was just fantasizing about that. I wished dreams really did come true, and he would finally notice me and say that he made a huge mistake to date, and even kiss, Tanya. That he would never forgive himself for what he did, and that he now realized I was his one true love. Then he would kiss me, and beg me to give him another chance, promising me he wouldn't blow it this time. And after a long night of begging and pleading, I would say that I forgave him for his bad choices and I would finally kiss him back.
Yeah, so not going to happen.
I looked him in the eye and gave him my polite, working smile. I showed him that I was working now, and that this wasn't personal. "Hello Edward." I said, because really, I couldn't call him sir. Come on, how awful would that sound? I handed him a menu. "Are you eating alone, or are you expecting someone?" I was still polite, still showing him I could be professional. Plus, I really wanted to know if he would be eating alone and not with someone else. I figured, more alone time for me and Edward. I mean, he did ask for me to be his waitress. That was really nice of him, but I couldn't help but hope that there was more to it.
"Actually." He said, looking a bit nervous, though I couldn't find a reason he should be nervous. He played with his hands, his eyes down. Was he… shy? That was so adorable! Could he really be this perfect? There had to be a flaw somewhere.. "I'm alone." He said, as if he regretted that fact.
I grinned. "Oh, you poor thing.." I said. "Did no one want to join you?" Luckily, he saw that I was joking. Sometimes, I had a hard time when I wasn't serious and people didn't notice that.
He pouted. "No.." He said in a sad voice, as if he was about to cry. I laughed at his face, he looked so adorable and cute. When he saw me laughing he started too.
"Well, if you could wait fifteen minutes, I could join you, then you wouldn't be so alone.." I was joking, but at the same time I wasn't. If he'd say okay, I was absolutely planning on sitting with him. I wasn't going to let that one slip.
His face lit up a little, but I didn't know if he was playing along, or if he really liked it. I'm guessing the first, my imagination is getting really out of hand. "You could?" He asked, intrigued by my question, but he seemed a bit more serious now.
"Sure thing." I said, turning a bit more serious now too. "If you'd just order something, I'll make sure to get it to you and then I could join you for lunch." He quickly obeyed with a grin on his face, deciding what he wanted rather quickly. I wondered if he had been like this with Tanya. Looking at her, then deciding he wanted her. It could be.
I smiled at him as I took back his menu and remembering his order. I didn't need to write it down, it was simple to remember everything he said to me. His voice was so…sexy, or what you want to call it. I could remember everything if he'd just say it to me.
I passed his order through to the kitchen, telling them to put this one first. They looked at me as if I were crazy, but they obeyed. I just didn't want to wait too long to sit with him again. I brought a couple of people they're food, seeing if Edward was looking at me. He didn't, I could see the back of his head every time I looked. It sort of disappointed me a little, although I didn't really expect him to look at me.
I would walk to the kitchen every minute to see if his lunch was ready. I had also asked the kitchen to make my lunch. I really felt like having a grilled cheese sandwich. Since one of the chefs, Tyler, was sort of a friend of mine, occasionally he made me lunch. I thought that was very sweet of him, considering the fact that he didn't get payed for it and he had a lot of other things to do. Tanya always said that he did this because he had a little thing for me. But Tanya didn't know a lot of friendship. I mean, yeah, we were best friends and she was a great friend. But the rest of the girls were way too intimidated, and the guys couldn't say a word when Tanya was around. I think that kind of made her friendless, except for me. Sure, she would hang out with a lot of girls, mostly because they thought she could introduce them to some cute guys she had already dated. Of course they couldn't date someone who Tanya hadn't dated yet, since they all knew the guy would choose her. But, after meeting Rosalie and Alice yesterday, I wasn't too sure anymore. Those two girls were absolutely beautiful, especially Rosalie, and I figured Tanya had a little competition. Of course, we would never see who would win, since Tanya chose their brother. Too bad, it would've been interesting.
"Here you go, Bella. You're grilled cheese sandwich, and the order for table six." Tyler handed me two plates. I smiled at him.
"Thanks Tyler, you're amazing. I definitely owe you one."
Tyler laughed. "You owe me way more than one Bella." He said with a wink. I just grinned at him and turned around, looking at the clock. Yup, it was lunch time. I walked over to the back, where all the waitresses were sitting. Some of them had just returned from their break.
"Hey guys, I'm taking my lunch break now." I told them, they looked at me as if they couldn't care less. Which, you know, they probably meant. "And um, don't bother about table six. I've got it covered." Now they looked at me with a little interest. Also, a lot of curiosity. Of course, I didn't tell them a thing. Not that it was really private or anything. I mean, jeez, he wasn't my boyfriend. He was dating Tanya. Still, I had a hard time to convince myself not to flirt. It was going to be hard. I didn't flirt a lot, but I had to control myself around this guy. They would probably all think I'm a freak.
"Here I am again." I put down his plate and kept standing there. He looked at me with a weird look.
"Well?" He asked, "Aren't you going to sit down?" I looked at him, silently asking with my eyes if he still thought it was okay for me to sit there with him. Apparently, he had nothing against it. "I mean, you promised. Otherwise I'll be all alone."
I laughed a little. "Fine, fine. If you're going to beg for it…" His mouth opened a little, but I winked at him and he smiled.
I seriously liked Tyler right now. He was an amazing chef and it tasted delicious. "So tell me.." I started. "Why are you here all alone?" I took another bite, and looked up at him from underneath my eyelashes. Oh no! I totally forgot the non-flirting thing. Oops. I quickly sat up straight, looking at Edward to answer. Since he didn't reply I continued. "I mean, I'm sure at least someone wanted to come. What about Alice?"
He grinned, probably about some inside joke that I didn't get. "Nah, Alice didn't really want to come. In fact, she was the one who told me to just 'go alone'" He chuckled, again, I missed something.
I didn't want to ask. I really didn't. But the words slipped out before I could control myself. "And what about Tanya?" I asked, regretting the words as soon as they passed my lips. "I mean, she doesn't work today, I thought you would know that." He took another bite, if I didn't know any better, I'd say he did it so it would buy him some more time to think of an answer.
He locked his gaze upon me, his eyes looking very intense. I felt a chill all the way down my spine, all he did was look at me and he already got this reaction out of me. There must be something wrong with me, or him for that matter. "I knew she called in sick.." He replied quietly, as if he was ashamed of it.
"Then why..?" I asked, I had to, the curiosity was killing me. "Why did you come here if you knew she wasn't here?"
He looked down for a second, but when he looked up again, he smiled and acted as if there was nothing wrong. Wow, there was something wrong with him. Those mood-swings, that was weird. I wonder how his family could deal with them all the time. Then again, it might be just me he was having mood swings around. "Well, because somewhere I've heard this was the best restaurant in town, and I hadn't even eaten here."
Good answer. Good liar…
Oh yeah, they're having lunch. Um, I kind of had to stop here, because I was getting really tired, but I really feel like updating. So if you guys just review this chapter as much as possible, I'd be updating sooner! I have lots of inspiration for this story so far, so I'd really love it if you'd love it, too. ;]
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