Sorry for once again being late with the updates, it was a busy week and I am still trying to dish out chapters.
Chapter 14: Embarrassment.
"So many delicious food choices." Christina claps her hands together happily look over the dinner items; burgers, pizza, salad, or pasta. She decided to get pasta as well as myself, I got a side salad while she got steamed vegetables and fruit. I got cake and a fountain drink while she got cupcakes, cookies, and a fountain drink. We both go to the soft drink machine and I stare at her as if she has grown two heads. I know that even though Christina is a small girl she can eat, I know she stores it in her butt. "What?" She asks balancing the tray as we go to a table.
"All those sweets, don't tell me your pregnant." I shiver at the thought of her having a child. That would be horrible, that is one of the main reasons why I am not ready to be intimate. What if the condom breaks? What if his pullout game is weak? What if he puts the condom on wrong? What if I shift a certain way some will fall out of the condom? So many possible reasons!
"What?" She looks taken back, "No, sweetie. I am about to come on my period. I do those things. I eat more food that I usually do." She says with a shrug of her shoulders like she is so used to talking about this everyday. My face would be red. . . like it is now. We both take our seats at the large round table and soon Lynn and Marlene join us with their dinners. I can't even look them in the eye because it feels like they would pick up on what I have did this afternoon. I shiver subconsciously at the thought of it, it wasn't a pleasure shiver either.
"What's wrong with you Tris?" Marlene questions placing her burger down on her tray only to place a handful of fries in her hand getting grease and salt on them. I expected Jeanine to put elegant foods on the menu like; Eggplant Parmesan, crusted salmon (which is hella delicious), ratatouille something extravagant. But, it is all the stuff that we like which is a bonus.
"Nothing." I squeak picking over my baked ziti. Christina clears her throat and shifts in her seat, placing her hand on my thigh making me look up to her. She nods her head at me, basically telling me that it will be alright. I nod my head at her and she removes her hand. This is the relationship with Christina that I love, we can be weird around each other and talk through only facial expressions. She is a true friend. My friends back home would probably have been blurted it out let alone told the whole school.
"So," Marlene ignores out encounter and goes talking back to Christina about all of the fun things she does on Thanksgiving with her family. I am excited but not to go home to see my parents. It would be nice to have a home cooked dinner with them and fill them in on life but I still feel some type of way since they sent me to boarding school. Like, that wasn't fair nor was it cool at all.
"Hey Tris." A deep voice breaks me out of my thoughts making me turn my head to see Four standing there. My face turns beet red and I fight the urge to fan myself. Why must I talk to him! It feels like I just dissapointed him. If I feel like this with my own friends, then how am I going to feel when I talk to my parents and brother? Oh, just kill me now. "You look flustered, you okay?" He questions and I nod my head.
"I'm fine, it's just warm in here." I lie and he nods his head, giving me one of those delicious half smirks and walks away to his table with his friends.
"Tris! You about ready?" Christina asks from the living room as I put on my work uniform. I grunt letting her know that I heard her. I put my large winter coat on and leave the bedroom to see her standing there waiting on me. "Last day." She smiles at me, I nod my head at her. This is the last day that we work at the Pit because Thanksgiving is in two days so we are leaving tomorrow, barely anyone will be on campus. I open the door and as I do I see Jack. My heart hammers in my chest at the thought of yesterday. Man, it felt like all eyes were on me today while I was holding Jack's hand.
"Hey," I tell him, "What are you doing here?" I question pecking his lips briefly.
"I knew that you were going to work, so I was coming to see if you ladies needed a ride." He asks and Christina gushes pinching his cheeks making him laugh and brush her off. "I can take Marlene, Lynn, and Christina too."
"Uh yeah!" Christina exclaims laughing, "I am apart of ladies." She says and I can't help but to laugh.
"That works out perfectly since Shauna has a car." I say and peck his lips again, "You are so sweet." I tell him grabbing his hand. I shoot a text to Marlene and Lynn as we all make our way down to the front of the building. Lynn said that she is riding with her sister so Marlene would be the only one with Christina and I. We get into the comfortable car and Jack warms it up. Soon, we are out of the parking lot on our way to the Pit.
"Thank you babe, we don't get out until later. So, we might call a cab." I say and he tries to protest but I press a kiss to his lips silencing him. Christina and Marlene already went inside so that leaves me in the car alone with my boyfriend. He deepens the kiss running his hands through my hair and I pull away from him, "I've got to go." I unbuckle my seat belt.
"Alright, just let me know if you are going to go get coffee again." He says and I roll my eyes at him, frowning.
"I thought we moved pass that already." I say still with a frown on my face.
"We did, it's just me telling you that. I would love if you texted me."
I take a deep breath, "Alright Jack, bye." I tell him and get out of the warm car into the cold air. I shut the door and walk inside the restaurant going to the locker room to put up my coat and other personal belongings. I walk out with my work books and put it down all the way at the end of the bar table where I sit at and finish up some homework. I seat a few people and leave the ordering to Shauna and go back to my work. . . how can Jack be like that? I freaking answered all of his questions and gave him a blowjob under pressure yet he brings that up like I am the wrong person. F*ck out of here!
"I have cramps, I have a reason to be upset. But, why you?" Christina smiles walking past me with a tray of food, she gives it to her people and then walks back to me. "Don't tell me that you are about to come on too! I mean, someway to celebrate Thanksgiving! Geez-"
"It's not that." I snap, "Its Jack, he still brought up the Four situation even after we talked about it. I have to walk around embarrassed for you know what and try to ignore Nita's antics all day yet he brings something that was already solved back up." I roll my eyes.
Christina gives me a look, "Well Tris, believe me or not. You are super hot, I'm sure he doesn't want to loose you to anyone else. If it gets worse than talk to him about it." She says and I nod my head thanking her as a group of girls walk in-ugh, Nita's with them. For once she doesn't look like the 'leader' of the group. Instead, she is trailing behind the girl with her embarrassment and anger on her face. Too bad Lynn set them down in my section.
I excuse myself from the conversation and take out my notepad, "Welcome to the Pit, how can I take your order?" I deadpan pulling out my pen. I don't tell them about the specials and deals, I just keep working.
"Do you have margaritas?" One girl with long brown hair and green eyes asks me. She looks me up and down and before I could answer her she waves her hand in front of me waiting for me to answer her, "Hello?!" She says like I wasn't listening. I take in a deep breath and let it out through my nose.
"Does this look like a margarita place? No. We don't have margaritas, also we don't give out liquor other than beers during the day. You would have to come at night." I say.
"Fine then, Nita I don't know why you chose this place. The staff is horrible and they don't even sell alcohol. What exactly do you sell?" Another snobby girl asks me.
"Well, we have the best fries, burgers, and shakes in town and we are new. What are you thinking about having?"
"Nita- what in the hell. All of these carbs on here!" Another girl shrieks at Nita who rolls her eyes at the other girl looking over her perfect cuticles.
"What else do you think I would choose? Order a salad, that is the best choice. All of the other restaurants are filled. It is lunch time." Nita says placing her hand on the table and then grabs her phone and starts looking on it. So, all of the hoes order salads and glasses of water. They ate slowly and gave me a hard time but they finally left and now, it is the end of the shift and we can go home.
"Ready to go?" Christina asks shrugging on her jacket, "I still have to finish packing for tomorrow and the cab is here."
"Yeah, I'm ready." I nod my head and we tell everyone goodnight before we are out of the door.
Please forgive me.
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