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is just taking the characters out for a while.
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Sarah Reeves Marin was in for another long day at the job she hated. She began working at the dinner a little over a year ago in order to make ends meet. When she moved from San Francisco, to New York City she had no idea how expensive things were. Finally, she resorted to waitress at this diner in order to pay the bills and keep food on the table.
Things weren't how Sarah envisioned it when she left about two years ago. In her head there was this fantasy, that she would all of a sudden meet her birth father and all of her unanswered questions would no longer be open ended. However, she did find her birth father after a year and half of searching. But he did not provide much comfort for her. He slammed the door in her face and wanted nothing to with her.
She glanced down at the plastic digital watch that was on her right wrist and got excited. Only an hour until closing and then I am free of this place until tomorrow. However, a big group of people had just walked in. Ordinarily, she would have reveled in this opportunity for a big tip especially after a slow night like this but she just wanted to go home.
Sarah approached the table. There was eight people there who were very well dressed. Sarah assumed that they had just came from Carnegie Hall. She glanced up and noticed that the girl at the head of the table looked familiar. In fact, so familiar it was unsettling. She had to know this girl from somewhere.
Then two men who were leaning underneath the table came up. Sarah immediately knew who they were. The man on the right with the dark hair was Justin, he used to date her friend Julia back in San Francisco and the man with the fiery red hair was Will who was her ex boyfriend's best friend. Suddenly she realized who the girl was at the other end of the table. She couldn't believe that she didn't recognize her. It was Claudia Salinger, who was Bailey's her ex boyfriend's younger sister.
Sarah wasn't really sure what her reaction should be. Part of her wanted to go grab Debbie out of the back room before anyone could see her and pass the table off to her. But then they were closer to her than her adopted family for many years and she was curious why they were all in New York.
Hesitantly, Sarah approached the table and broke the ice with "May I take your order?"
Almost immediately, the man who was sitting at the other end of the table with his back turned to Sarah turned around. Sarah was surprised at who it was. She was so shocked that her heart skipped a beat and started to beat rapidly. It was Bailey Salinger the man who at one point she considered to be her soul mate. She definitely was not ready to see him again. Bailey's mouth dropped and he turned around and said, "Sarah is that really you??"
She glanced around the table to survey the reactions of everyone. Julia had practically chocked on her water. Will had dropped all of the Sweet n Low that he had in his hands. All of the color had drained out of Claudia's face. Justin and Ross definitely looked shocked and began staring intently at her. The other two men at the table, who Sarah did not know began looking around the table trying to figure out what was going on.
Sarah finally answered Bailey's question. "Yeah, Bailey it's me. What brings you guys to the Big Apple?"
Everyone was too shocked to answer let alone make small talk with her. So Victor answered, "Well, Claudia here was debuting at Carnegie Hall and we couldn't resist the opportunity to surprise her."
"Wow, Claud that's amazing. I had no idea you started to play again. I am sure you were great."
Claudia replied uncertainly, "Umm. Thanks."
There was an awkward silience at the table. No one really knew what to say and everyone continued to stare at Bailey for answers.
And then Julia got up and the whole table watched. "Umm Justin you know what, we should really go to Penn Station and get on the last train to DC before we miss it because I have to umm work tomorrow."
"Julia, since when do you have to work tomorrow. I thought you took the weekend off."
"I did but I was checking my messages and we have to go."
Justin finally got the hint that Julia was trying to get him to leave so that her brother would be able to have alone time with Sarah. "Umm yeah. Now that you mention it I should be going to study for finals and all."
Claudia got the hint and got up next. "Hey, you guys there is a curfew at the dorms and I have to be back at the dorms by eleven or . . . umm...." She stared at the ground. "Or very bad things will happen."
Todd burst out laughing since he was still oblivious to the situation. "Since when?"
"Since now." And she grabbed her violin with her left hand and threw a twenty on the table and grabbed Todd's suit and dragged him out of the restaurant.
Will stood up not sure of what to stay. "You know what. I think I left my sunglasses across the street so I better go back and ask an usher if he has seen them." A smirk quickly grew across his face because he was proud of the white lie he had just told.
Ross got up now. "You know what we (signaling towards Victor, who was watching this whole situation and desperately was trying not to laugh) should go with you Will you have no idea how mean those ushers can be the more men the better."
Victor had finally lost it he had no idea what was going on and began to laugh hysterically and decided to play along with it. "Yeah, come on men. We have a mission. See you later Bay."
Out side the restaurant everyone met up after feeding Bailey there lame excuses on why they have to leave.
Todd finally broke the laughter, "Umm. Claud like this may be a stupid question or something but who was that waitress?"
Claudia said, "That was Sarah Reeves. She dated my brother for like five years on and off. Bailey had even wanted to marry her but she claimed that she wasn't ready and she was the one who finally got Bailey to stop drinking the first time he fell off the wagon. But, I guess, she wasn't ready for all of the responsibilities that Bay had in his life like Owen because one day she said she was going to New York for like two weeks or something to find her birth father and she never came back. It took Bailey a long time to get over her."
Victor exclaimed, "You mean that was Sarah. Bailey's Sarah. Whoa. Out of all the places in the city we could of chosen to eat we picked there." Victor's mind wondered to a time when he first started working with the Salingers and he remembered that Bailey had a girlfriend who was on vacation but eventually ended up dumping him. He remembered a lot of nights where Bailey waited with his hand on the receiver wishing that she would call.
"Yeah, I can't believe that it was her. I didn't recognize her with her hair cut so short and she must have dyed it blond or something." Claudia said as the group ventured down the street.
"I can't believe that we ran into her. It took Bay such a long time to get over her and he is finally in a good place in life. You know back at school. I don't want Bay to drop everything and follow her here because he is finally starting to act his age and live for himself." Will said quietly.
"Yeah and she hasn't tried to contact him in all this time. I remember he was calling her everyday and she wasn't calling him back and like any one would he just moved on." Julia said
Meanwhile back at the diner. Bailey and Sarah continued to stare at each other neither one of them had said a word.
Finally, Bailey broke the ice, "I guess my family thought that we should be alone or something because they sure went out of their way to get out of here fast."
"So you mean Claudia really doesn't have a curfew, Julia doesn't have to work, Will didn't lose his sunglasses?"
"Yeah, well they mean well I hope you don't mind."
"Mind? Why would I mind. It felt so good to see everyone again. You guys were my family for so long. I can't believe that I didn't recognize Claud. She's so grown up. Was that her boyfriend with her?"
"Yup. He's name is Todd. I am trying my best to hate him like every big brother should hate his little sisters boyfriend but I can't he's been really good for her and they have been dating for over a year."
"Wow, last time I saw her she was afraid to talk to boys."
"Yeah a lot has changed since you have left."
Both laugh uncomfortably.
There was another period of awkward silence. Neither Bailey or Sarah really knew what to say to each to each other after all this time nor their relationship hadn't exactly ended on good terms.
Bailey stood up from his chair because he couldn't take the silence anymore. "Umm. Sarah I really should be going. You know. It's like Claudia's night and I should go see her and I haven't really seen anyone in a while and Will and I have to get back to Philadelphia for exams tomorrow and I haven't really started studying."
Sarah saw that he was just making excuses that he really just wanted to get out of the diner. "Yeah you know its okay I really should be closing the place up if I have any prayer of getting out of here by one." She said her voice barely audible.
Bailey grabbed his sports jacket and the Victor's video camera, which he had left at the table and walked slowly and unsteadily to the door as if he had forgotten how to walk. He turned around and cleared his throat. "Sarah, you know it was really good seeing you again. We ought to do it again sometime."
And then he left before she had even processed her thoughts. It was at that moment that Sarah broke down and cried.
To Be Continued??????????
I have ideas for this story, I promise it will get better I am just trying to set it up still and hopefully I will have the next chapter up. That is if I get enough reviews. Lol.
Please read and review.
Read and Review Please.
Enjoy
Sarah Reeves Marin was in for another long day at the job she hated. She began working at the dinner a little over a year ago in order to make ends meet. When she moved from San Francisco, to New York City she had no idea how expensive things were. Finally, she resorted to waitress at this diner in order to pay the bills and keep food on the table.
Things weren't how Sarah envisioned it when she left about two years ago. In her head there was this fantasy, that she would all of a sudden meet her birth father and all of her unanswered questions would no longer be open ended. However, she did find her birth father after a year and half of searching. But he did not provide much comfort for her. He slammed the door in her face and wanted nothing to with her.
She glanced down at the plastic digital watch that was on her right wrist and got excited. Only an hour until closing and then I am free of this place until tomorrow. However, a big group of people had just walked in. Ordinarily, she would have reveled in this opportunity for a big tip especially after a slow night like this but she just wanted to go home.
Sarah approached the table. There was eight people there who were very well dressed. Sarah assumed that they had just came from Carnegie Hall. She glanced up and noticed that the girl at the head of the table looked familiar. In fact, so familiar it was unsettling. She had to know this girl from somewhere.
Then two men who were leaning underneath the table came up. Sarah immediately knew who they were. The man on the right with the dark hair was Justin, he used to date her friend Julia back in San Francisco and the man with the fiery red hair was Will who was her ex boyfriend's best friend. Suddenly she realized who the girl was at the other end of the table. She couldn't believe that she didn't recognize her. It was Claudia Salinger, who was Bailey's her ex boyfriend's younger sister.
Sarah wasn't really sure what her reaction should be. Part of her wanted to go grab Debbie out of the back room before anyone could see her and pass the table off to her. But then they were closer to her than her adopted family for many years and she was curious why they were all in New York.
Hesitantly, Sarah approached the table and broke the ice with "May I take your order?"
Almost immediately, the man who was sitting at the other end of the table with his back turned to Sarah turned around. Sarah was surprised at who it was. She was so shocked that her heart skipped a beat and started to beat rapidly. It was Bailey Salinger the man who at one point she considered to be her soul mate. She definitely was not ready to see him again. Bailey's mouth dropped and he turned around and said, "Sarah is that really you??"
She glanced around the table to survey the reactions of everyone. Julia had practically chocked on her water. Will had dropped all of the Sweet n Low that he had in his hands. All of the color had drained out of Claudia's face. Justin and Ross definitely looked shocked and began staring intently at her. The other two men at the table, who Sarah did not know began looking around the table trying to figure out what was going on.
Sarah finally answered Bailey's question. "Yeah, Bailey it's me. What brings you guys to the Big Apple?"
Everyone was too shocked to answer let alone make small talk with her. So Victor answered, "Well, Claudia here was debuting at Carnegie Hall and we couldn't resist the opportunity to surprise her."
"Wow, Claud that's amazing. I had no idea you started to play again. I am sure you were great."
Claudia replied uncertainly, "Umm. Thanks."
There was an awkward silience at the table. No one really knew what to say and everyone continued to stare at Bailey for answers.
And then Julia got up and the whole table watched. "Umm Justin you know what, we should really go to Penn Station and get on the last train to DC before we miss it because I have to umm work tomorrow."
"Julia, since when do you have to work tomorrow. I thought you took the weekend off."
"I did but I was checking my messages and we have to go."
Justin finally got the hint that Julia was trying to get him to leave so that her brother would be able to have alone time with Sarah. "Umm yeah. Now that you mention it I should be going to study for finals and all."
Claudia got the hint and got up next. "Hey, you guys there is a curfew at the dorms and I have to be back at the dorms by eleven or . . . umm...." She stared at the ground. "Or very bad things will happen."
Todd burst out laughing since he was still oblivious to the situation. "Since when?"
"Since now." And she grabbed her violin with her left hand and threw a twenty on the table and grabbed Todd's suit and dragged him out of the restaurant.
Will stood up not sure of what to stay. "You know what. I think I left my sunglasses across the street so I better go back and ask an usher if he has seen them." A smirk quickly grew across his face because he was proud of the white lie he had just told.
Ross got up now. "You know what we (signaling towards Victor, who was watching this whole situation and desperately was trying not to laugh) should go with you Will you have no idea how mean those ushers can be the more men the better."
Victor had finally lost it he had no idea what was going on and began to laugh hysterically and decided to play along with it. "Yeah, come on men. We have a mission. See you later Bay."
Out side the restaurant everyone met up after feeding Bailey there lame excuses on why they have to leave.
Todd finally broke the laughter, "Umm. Claud like this may be a stupid question or something but who was that waitress?"
Claudia said, "That was Sarah Reeves. She dated my brother for like five years on and off. Bailey had even wanted to marry her but she claimed that she wasn't ready and she was the one who finally got Bailey to stop drinking the first time he fell off the wagon. But, I guess, she wasn't ready for all of the responsibilities that Bay had in his life like Owen because one day she said she was going to New York for like two weeks or something to find her birth father and she never came back. It took Bailey a long time to get over her."
Victor exclaimed, "You mean that was Sarah. Bailey's Sarah. Whoa. Out of all the places in the city we could of chosen to eat we picked there." Victor's mind wondered to a time when he first started working with the Salingers and he remembered that Bailey had a girlfriend who was on vacation but eventually ended up dumping him. He remembered a lot of nights where Bailey waited with his hand on the receiver wishing that she would call.
"Yeah, I can't believe that it was her. I didn't recognize her with her hair cut so short and she must have dyed it blond or something." Claudia said as the group ventured down the street.
"I can't believe that we ran into her. It took Bay such a long time to get over her and he is finally in a good place in life. You know back at school. I don't want Bay to drop everything and follow her here because he is finally starting to act his age and live for himself." Will said quietly.
"Yeah and she hasn't tried to contact him in all this time. I remember he was calling her everyday and she wasn't calling him back and like any one would he just moved on." Julia said
Meanwhile back at the diner. Bailey and Sarah continued to stare at each other neither one of them had said a word.
Finally, Bailey broke the ice, "I guess my family thought that we should be alone or something because they sure went out of their way to get out of here fast."
"So you mean Claudia really doesn't have a curfew, Julia doesn't have to work, Will didn't lose his sunglasses?"
"Yeah, well they mean well I hope you don't mind."
"Mind? Why would I mind. It felt so good to see everyone again. You guys were my family for so long. I can't believe that I didn't recognize Claud. She's so grown up. Was that her boyfriend with her?"
"Yup. He's name is Todd. I am trying my best to hate him like every big brother should hate his little sisters boyfriend but I can't he's been really good for her and they have been dating for over a year."
"Wow, last time I saw her she was afraid to talk to boys."
"Yeah a lot has changed since you have left."
Both laugh uncomfortably.
There was another period of awkward silence. Neither Bailey or Sarah really knew what to say to each to each other after all this time nor their relationship hadn't exactly ended on good terms.
Bailey stood up from his chair because he couldn't take the silence anymore. "Umm. Sarah I really should be going. You know. It's like Claudia's night and I should go see her and I haven't really seen anyone in a while and Will and I have to get back to Philadelphia for exams tomorrow and I haven't really started studying."
Sarah saw that he was just making excuses that he really just wanted to get out of the diner. "Yeah you know its okay I really should be closing the place up if I have any prayer of getting out of here by one." She said her voice barely audible.
Bailey grabbed his sports jacket and the Victor's video camera, which he had left at the table and walked slowly and unsteadily to the door as if he had forgotten how to walk. He turned around and cleared his throat. "Sarah, you know it was really good seeing you again. We ought to do it again sometime."
And then he left before she had even processed her thoughts. It was at that moment that Sarah broke down and cried.
To Be Continued??????????
I have ideas for this story, I promise it will get better I am just trying to set it up still and hopefully I will have the next chapter up. That is if I get enough reviews. Lol.
Please read and review.