The following Monday morning I had the lovely task of getting my little niece ready for school...She sat quietly as she munched on her toast that I made her. I smiled as I sat down across from her on the floor, with my hat still on her dark brown hair fell loosely to her shoulders.
"So you excited about starting school?" I asked
She looked up at me and just shook her head "Not really," I heard her whisper...
I sighed "I know you're nervous but you'll make lots of friends in no time."
So after finishing our breakfast I walked her to the bus stop and waited until the bus arrived...we said our goodbyes when the bus came into view. I stepped back and watched her slowly get on to the bus and find her seat, a quick wave and then the bus pulled away. With Amy off on her way to school it was now my turn to get to work and fast.
I rushed to my bus stop only to see my bus pulling away..."Shit," I said under my breath as I tried to wave the driver down but he just ignored me and drove off. I had to wait almost twenty minutes until the next damn bus arrived. As I got on I swore under my breath about how I hope I wasn't going to be late. And wouldn't you know the bus had to stop at nearly every single Goddamn stop. I pinched the bridge of my nose as I looked down at my watch and saw that I had to be clocked in at work in ten minutes and was at least a fifteen minutes away.
Finally it was my stop and I hurried off the bus and towards my job...I quickly clocked in and rushed to the kitchen to start work...I opened the door to the back of the house and went straight to the aprons and placed one on.
I had just settled into the dish pit when Chef Sid came over..."So why were you late MArsh?" he asked
"I missed my bus..." I explained "it came a few minutes early."
He nodded before replying "Well maybe next you should you should your house a few minutes earlier."
"I would but I have to make sure my niece gets onto the bus for school."
"She's not old enough to wait by herself?" he asked with a raised eyebrow.
"She's only six," I said "and I don't feel comfortable leaving her on the side of the road by herself."
"Well let's make a habit of it..okay?"
"Yes sir," I said lowering my head knowing that he wasn't going to be understanding...
I quickly rushed through the morning dishes and proceeded to ready myself for the afternoon rush. While I waited I swept and mopped the dish area and just about done when Alex came rushing over and "tripping" or so he says... over a mat and dumping some greasy liquid all over my clean floor.
"Sorry," he smirked
"Asshole," I said in my head as I rolled my eyes and proceeded to clean up his mess.
"What a loser," I heard him say as he walked off all smiles."
"What a dick," I whispered under my breath thinking that just a few weeks ago he was no better then me...but when I think about I was actually better then him. I may be the lowest person in the kitchen but someday I would work my way up or possible more on to bigger and better things. Well my punishment for being late this morning was having to work an extra ten minutes even though I tried to explain I had to be at the bus stop to pick up niece at a certain time. When I was released from work I ran to my bus stop and thank God I made the damn thing. By the time Amy's stop came into view I could breath a sigh of relief because she was not there yet. I got off my bus and went to go wait for her.
No less then five minutes after I got there did her bus pull...She hopped off the bus and skipped over to me all smiled..."So how was your day?" I asked taking her backpack in my hands and swining it over my shoulder.
"Good," she replied shyly
"That's good," I smiled "so did you make any friends?"
"Yes," she nodded before holding up her index finger "just one."
"Really?" I asked "That's cool!"
She smiled up at me "Yeah..her name is Bailey."
"Bailey..huh," I said nodding along "that's cool."
xoxoxoxoxo
I thought that after that first day of school for Amy the rest of the week would get easier for me at work. I mean I was getting to work on time but Alex was being a real dickwad to me... Wether it was dumping black grease on my clean dish counter or closing me into the hard to open freezer...and I know it was him because he was the only one around when it happened. I told Sid but he just laughed and waved it off as just a playful prank but I knew it was more. I know deep down that Alex did not like me and hell I really could not stand him, so I guess we are even.
I sucked up my pride and worked my hardest until Friday came and I decided to surprise Amy with a night out at the movies.
"Really!" she exclaimed "Can we go see Wreck-It-Ralph?"
"Sure," replied not really excited about her movie choice buy hey what do you expect from a little kid. I picked out an outfit for her to wear and then I went to go change from my uniform to something comfortable.
On our way to the movies we kinda bypassed the theater,,,,"Hey Uncle Stan..where are we going?" she asked gently pulling on my hand.
"Well I thought that maybe we should get something to eat first,,,you know like some pizza from Carlino's."
"YAY!" she cheered...
So after dinner we went to go see the movie and it was an okay movie but knowing that she really enjoyed it made worth it. After a hard week at work I only hoped that Monday would be better and everything was going to be alright. I tucked Amy in for the night and gave her a gentle kiss on her forehead...
"I love you," she whispered as I walked away
"Love you, too." I whispered back..
Okay here is the next chapter...sorry it took so long to update..I have been really depressed, I hate to put my beloved dog to sleep and I really miss him. So any way please leave a review and I will try to update this story as fast as I can or if I don't get any reviews for this just quiet writing it...your choice ;D
