Assassination of Memories
Chapter IX- Bad Luck Comes With Glares
Shadows' POV
Tale might say thank god it's Friday but it wasn't any different for me. I had to work on Fridays and weekends at the diner just in town, sometimes the manager would have me sing for dinner shows. Right now I was at work, in my black t-shirt and sand brown pants of the waiters and waitresses trying to finish some of my homework. "Hey Amber, take this order to table three!" The head chef, Josh, snapped placing the food on the round serving tray. Closing my book I took the tray quickly walking to table three giving them the orders they had told me earlier. It was slow going business tonight and I need to get me homework done but had to put it away when Josh snapped at me this wasn't school. Okay now I had to wait around for customers. I glanced at my only table to see if they needed anything, I got up asking if they'd like refills. Alexis and Taylor were regular customers, always wanted the same thing so it wasn't difficult to remember their order. Alexis always had Diet Coke and Taylor had Root beer never was it different. I got back to the L shaped section that was for the staff, Ranj told me I had another table to serve.
Thank God, I thought taking my pad of paper and pencil but stopped when I saw who I was serving. The Rides were sitting there minus the emo kid and another older man I had smelled with them that seemed familiar. Oh well I thought coming up. "May it take your order?" I asked Max almost jumped out of her seat her eyes widening when she saw me. "Hi to you too." I said sarcastically. The one I believe was Angel blinked up at me then smiled, "I'm ready." She said. I raised an eyebrow then nodded. Whoa this girl had an appetite, two Cokes to start, two salads and a whole rack of ribs with almost a pound of mashed potatoes. "Anything else?" She shook her head smiling... well angelically at me. The older the kids got the more they had except for a black haired girl who had about the same of an average person along with the person who seemed to be the mother. "There's someone else coming we're not so sure when he'll get here though." The woman said I nodded leaving to give the chef the orders.
"How many people are there?" Josh asked his eyes widening. "Seven, an eighth on the way." I reported getting the drinks on a tray. "Okay but get ready to tell them we've run out of something." Josh said a little breathless disappearing from the window to the kitchen. I quickly dropped off the drinks leaving, not wanting to be near Max for too long at work.
"You were there for quite a while." Ranj observed when his table left, "why's that." "They eat like ancient Egyptians. Just hope they don't upchuck after stuffing themselves." I told him. "Dude don't talk about that in a restaurant." Ranj warned me. I rolled my eyes remembering Josh had blown up on me when I did on my first day here. At the diner, people weren't as afraid of me, Ranj was one grade higher than me yet he kept his distance at school, here he just talked to me. "Hey there's a new club opening up just a couple blocks down, you should go for opening. They're looking for a singer." I shook my head to his suggestion. "I was just thinking." Ranj said with a shrug. "About half the orders are on the tray Amber, the rest will come soon." Josh barked from the kitchen I took the plates going back to the Rides' table. I had Angel's, Gazzy's, Nudge's and the black haired girl's meals, giving them their food I said the rest would be here shortly. "Thank you very much." The mother commented, I left without a nod or 'thank you'.
I stopped quite a distance away from the table, "Whaddya want Max?" I asked coldly turning around. She glared at me angrily. "I don't want to hear that, why did you leave school?" she demanded. Like hell I'm going to tell someone like you, I narrowed my eyes behind my glasses. "Another thing, what you said to me in class, where'd you hear that?" Max snapped. "Ooh you're scary." I said dousing my voice in sarcasm, Max growled angrily. "Don't follow me Max. You could get yourself hurt." I told her uncaringly. "Is that a threat?" Max growled. "Don't push me Ride." I hissed turning on my heel leaving her to glower after me. "I hate her." I rumbled Ranj gave me a sideways glance. "Yeah, whatever. I think the rest of the meals will be out soon." He told me. "Hope as hell they won't." I crossly snarled Ranj rolled his eyes. "You hate everyone what's so different about Max?" He must have been listening to us. I shut my mouth not wanting to talk to him anymore. "Never mind." Ranj sighed. It didn't take long but I had to go back to Max's table dropping off the rest of the meals and had to take four refills. Max glared at me when I was there, it wasn't until I came back with the refills that the mother spoke up. "Max that's rude, Amberlynn's being very kind to get our meals." the mother said. "She stares at me during class." Max blurted out like she had done in the washroom. I put the drink down a little more forcefully glaring at the girl.
That's when the windows imploded at the front of the diner, wood shattering everywhere, the wall and tables rolled like a wave and I was pushed over. At first I could see colours, then shadows until my vision went completely black as I was pulled into darkness.
