Happy End II
Tori walked into the diner the next year after starting University, Hailey changed and moved in with Tori anyways, even though it was quite cramped. She took her brother's old room. Tori was getting paid a bit more since the new girl began her work. Hailey was given Tori's old job and Tori was promoted to Manager's Assistant. Rhonda lowered the prices of most of the food seeing as she liked the diner for the people, not the money. When the prices went down, the customers went up.
After classes when Tori and Hailey walked up to the front counter, and pulled on her blue apron, Rhonda changed the colour scheme, pink was not on her good side those days, the boys walked in, laughing and joking around with Dustin's new girlfriend Bridget. The workers voted on blue but they didn't have to wear it if they didn't want to.
"What can I get you guys for today?" Tori smiled as she walked over to the counter, dragging her feet part of the way.
"Water, no carbs, no fat and no sugar." Bridget joked she heard every possible story Tori ever went through.
"Now that I can put on the house." Tori joked back. "I think."
"I remember that day." Shane stated as Hailey joined the talking group.
"Yeah, the day you broke Mel's nose." Hailey high-fived Tori.
"That was you?" Hunter asked with a shocked expression.
"Oh yeah, guess she never told you." Dustin smiled.
"Yeah, guess my aim was better than I thought." Tori grinned. "Way better."
"And you didn't even try." Hailey laughed.
"That I did." Tori looked at her, with a smirk.
"Man, why couldn't you have taught me these skills when I needed them?" Dustin whined.
"You knew." Hailey interrupted.
"Bro, way to hold out on me." Hunter whined.
"Oh yeah, so much for that." Shane joked.
Tori looked away and Hailey looked with her. They whispered to each other and started to laugh. Bridget laughed too, having a feeling she knew what they were saying. The guys just looked at them clueless, having no idea what they were talking about. They all looked back to the table and waited for the next move. Hailey threw out her change from tips, just the coins. Tori was soon to follow and Bridget threw out her pocket full of change.
"What's this for?" Shane asked.
"Rhonda's birthday is tomorrow and we were putting our money together to get her something really nice." Hailey answered.
"Alright, let's see, what's in my pocket today?" Hunter asked himself.
"Is this like a game, what's in the pocket, reach in to find out?" Dustin joked.
"I got a paperclip, a button, a stick of gum-"
"Thanks." Dustin grabbed it and Hunter continued.
"A picture of...my girlfriend, a fuzz ball, piece of lint and about ten bucks in change."
"Shane, Dustin?" Hailey evil eyed them.
"This is good if you don't have anything." Tori added.
"Hold on, I got about seven something in change, you bro?" Dustin asked.
"Five." Shane laughed a bit.
Tori gathered it up and threw it in her pocket. She returned behind the counter and then walked back over with the drinks. She sat on the edge of the booth, beside Bridget and Hailey sat on the other edge of the booth, beside Dustin.
"Now, what to buy." Tori smiled deviously.
"How about a new diner girl?" Hunter joked.
"Why?"
"It was a joke, I'm sure you're the best waitress this place has ever had." Hunter lied.
"I am but I think it's time I found a real job, like after I graduate."
"You're just going to leave me here all alone. With no food or shelter?" Hailey whined.
"I provide that, I could be like the halfway house of the neighbourhood, I've got a misplaced pro rider who's too sissy to stand up to his dad and a girl who's too afraid to go to Michigan for fear of being alone. I used to be just like that and now look who I am." Tori smiled.
"A waitress in a diner that likes the people more than making money?" Shane asked.
"Yeah, always was and always will be." Tori stated proudly.
She went back to work, Hailey following her. She worked in the diner until she graduated, then she found a job in the field that she had as her major. Her and Hunter still lived in her house but Hailey moved out and down the street. Dustin and Bridget were on the verge of breaking-up at one point but they worked it out and then moved into a house on the other side of town. Shane lived in Hailey's basement for a while until he found a room upstairs he fixed up. They all stayed friends, forever and always but now you can fill in the rest of the divets yourself.
