Chapter 27------The Plan
"Thank you all for coming! We are gathered here today to mark the 6th –"
Suddenly! The doors flew open and gun shots were heard throughout the ball room.
-BANG!-
-BANG!-
"AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Everywhere, people dunked under their tables, waiters and waitresses ran for cover, nervous whispers elicited from mouths…
"NOBODY MOVE! –BANG!-" The raven-haired girl sent another shot into the air while her female counter part marched up to the chairman.
"WAHAHAHA! HAND OVER ALL THE FOOD OR FATSO HERE GETS IT!" The girl drove the gun barrel into the back of the chairman.
"P-p-please! Have –"
-twink-
"HEY! I was watching that!" Tyson protested.
"Sorry Tyson, but we've gotta go. The girls are ready." Max nodded his head towards the hallway.
The bluenette opened his mouth to say something but completely forgot all about it when he caught sight of the girls.
They were stunning! Hilary had her hair pulled back into a neat knot which was held up by a black pin with a pink cherry blossom. (blu: I don't know what it's called but its one of those long sticks which you insert into your hair and it stays up and now they come with fancy decorations or dangly stuff to make it more fashionable. Sigh, I seriously need to read more magazines…) She wore a black spaghetti-strap dress which had black sequins sewn across the neck line and had a light pink shawl over her shoulders to complete the look. Her make up was light and a pair of thin silver rectangle-block earrings dangled from her ears.
Mariah, on the other hand, wore an oriental-looking dress. The neck line was an inverted V and you had to tie the two strings which held the dress up to the back of your neck. The dress was white at the top but slowly blended into a baby pink then to a light plum colour as you went down and ended in a diagonal cut across the legs. Mariah let her hair down but it was curled in some places to give the wavy-look. She wore a pair of white high heels on her feet and carried a small pink handbag. As for jewellery, a silver bangle in the shape or a dragon with two small rubies for eyes curled across her wrist.
"W-wow! You girls look… look great!" Tyson was impressed. He had a pretty date to show off tonight.
"You think?" Hilary examined her look. "Is it too much?"
"No! It's perfect." He stepped up to her to take her hand. "You're perfect."
Hil blushed "Thanks", and allowed Tyson to walk her out the door.
"Ready to go Mariah?" Rei held out his hand.
"Yeah." She smiled warmly and took his hand.
'Hurry it up already…' Kai stared at the ceiling. He couldn't stand watching this lovey-dovey stuff… and he had to lock the hotel room! Can't they move any faster?
The Russian hurriedly locked up, Max was waiting for him and the two of them formed the back line of the group as they walked towards the lobby…
-Kitchen of hotel-
"She'll be here tonight so don't mess things up."
"Yeah yeah…" Chace replied off handed-ly.
"You're tie isn't even straight." Liz spun Chace around so that she could straighten out his outfit.
Britten gave a chuckle.
"What?"
"Haha, it's just that you guys look like you're married doing that."
The two of them blushed. "On second thought, you can fix it yourself." Liz dropped the tie and headed off to do something. She didn't care what she did, so long as it saved her the embarrassment being around those two.
Chace couldn't stop grinning to himself.
"Pervert." Britten nudged him in the ribs, receiving a scowl form his partner.
"Listen, we can't afford to screw up. There's gonna be a lot of people tonight, singling her out won't be easy…" Britten commented as he watched the other waiters and waitresses prepare the ball room for the Opening ceremony.
Just then, two figures walked into the kitchen wearing the waitress's uniform which consisted of a white long-sleeved shirt, black dress pants and a thin black satin ribbon tied around the collar to hold it up.
"I think our job just got a little easier." Chace whispered into Brit's ear and went back into the kitchen.
"Don't do anything funny Chace!"
The light blue-haired teen, without turning back, lifted his hand in a casual wave.
"How much do you think we'll get paid doing this?" Mai unbuttoned the top button of her shirt to loosen the collar.
"Dunno, but hey? I'd do this any day then wear a dress."
"Hahahaha." The two friends hi-fived each other.
"I need people at the reception…" The manager scurried about, "You two! You'll be stationed at the reception table!"
"Gotcha boss!" Mai pretended to act all military-style and saluted the manager only to receive a no-fooling-around look.
"Kechi. (Meanie)" Mai commented as the manager walked away.
"C'mon, stop playing. We've got work to do." Copellia dragged her friend towards the reception table.
"I can't wait to see Mariah's face when she sees me wearing this. She'll have a fit!" The ashen-haired girl took a peanut and popped it into her mouth as she passed one of the tables.
-Fast forward-
"Name please."
"Duero Maxwell."
Mai ran down the llloooooooonnnnnnnggggg list of names, 'Stupid piece of paper!' She gathered the paper together so that it was shorter and finally ticked off 'Duero Maxwell'.
"May I see you invitation sir?"
Copellia took a look at the champagne-coloured card and checked if it was genuine. "You may go in sir." She gave a nice big smile.
Copellia made sure he was out of earshot before turning to Mai, "If I have to smile any longer, my mouth is seriously gonna crack!" She whispered into the girl's ear, making her laugh.
"At least you got the easy job; I'm stuck with this ancient-scroll of a paper!" Mai held up the once crease-free paper which was now crumpled from head to toe. The two girls laughed to themselves.
"Urh-hem!"
"Oh, sorry sir! Name please?"
"Ryan Tandiono."
It carried on like this for 30 minutes…
BUT! Not without it's share of funny moments, difficult guests and umm... oh well, just read for yourselves:
Scenario 1
"May I see your invitation please? –looks carefully at card- I'm sorry miss but your invitation is a fake."
"No! It's real! –jabs finger at golden letters- See? That's my name! Konda Natsumi!"
"Um, I don't have you name on the list. Please kindly step aside." Mai tried to reason with her.
"No! It's there! I'm a beyblader! I'm part of team…team V3!"
"Security!" Copellia called.
"NOO! YOU CAN'T DO THIS! –struggles against security- KAI! KAI I'M YOUR BIGGEST FAN! Kaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiii!"
O.o? "Okkkaaay…that was weird." Mai rolled her eyes…
"Wow…Kai has a lot of admirers huh? That's the 7th time…" Copellia commented while arranging the invitations in a neat pile.
Scenario 2
"Name please?" Mai looked up at the purple-haired teen.
"Anything you wish to call me." The boy grinned.
"Ok, in that case I'll call you slime ball. –pretends to shuffle through paper- Oh sorry, slime ball isn't on the list but you can always check the dumpster. It's on the first floor." Mai gave her sweetest smile. 'Jerk.'
The boy's face changed into a look of reluctance. "Um, it's Kayden, Kayden Lacrosse." He stared at the table, obviously embarrassed by his unsuccessful attempt at wooing the cute waitress.
Scenario 3
blu: I want you guys to read the names ok? It's really funny if you read them and say them out loud. Lol!
"Name please?"
"Racha M. Totthefagbemyliang."
"Huh? Come again?"
"Racha M. Totthefagbemyliang." The Thai girl replied.
"What does the M stand for?" Copellia asked, curious.
"Mahhathenmughunmadijehok."
Mai and Copellia tried to suppress their laughter, "Sorry, didn't catch that. Mind saying your full name?"
"Racha Mahhathenmughunmadijehok Totthefagbemyliang!" The girl replied quickly, irritated by the fact that she had to repeat her many so many times.
"Ahah –receives nudge from Mai- Um, please go…go— AHAHAHAHAHHA!" Copellia couldn't take it anymore. "AHAHAHAH! Ow, my stomach… But did you hear her? Racha Mahhathemu— HAHAHHAH!"
blu: ok, that's enough fun for now. Back to the present situation…
"Name please…" Mai supported her head with one hand while the other rapped the pen on the table.
"Mai? What're you doing?"
"Huh?" She looked up to see Tyson and gang crowding around the table. "Oh, hi guys!"
"OH MY GOSH! WHAT'RE YOU WEARING?" Mariah went round the table and took hold of Mai's shirt.
"Hehe, told you she'd freak."
"Haha. Looks that way." Copellia chuckled.
"So! Name please?" Mai resumed her working pace.
"Don't play dumb, you know our names. And you're supposed to be at the ceremony!" Hilary huffed.
"I AM at the ceremony. Copellia and I are waitresses." Mai smiled as thought she was so proud to be one.
"May I ask what the hold up is?" Drex popped his head in between the group. Then he spotted Mai and Copellia. "You guys! You're supposed to be in there with the rest of us!"
"Hey, Drex! Where's Mit-chan?" Copellia peered over their heads to try and catch a glimpse of her friend. 'Mit-chan in a dress. This I gotta see!'
"Mai? You're here?" It was Riya's turn to show up.
"And you! You were supposed to bring her back 2 hours ago!" Mariah glared at the brown-haired boy.
"Hey, they just ran off!" The boy raised his hands, showing everyone that he was innocent.
The two parties began squabbling over who should have done what and who was in the wrong.
"QUIET!"
Every one closed their mouths, all eyes fixated on Mai.
"Let me and Copellia explain. Neither of us wanted to wear stupid dresses. Then we thought: How could we attend the ceremony without wearing a dress?"
"So we thought of becoming waitresses. We'd be at the ceremony, no dresses and we get paid. Everyone's happy!" Copellia finished.
"All that fuss… just to escape wearing a dress?" Rei sweat-dropped.
"It WAS necessary!" Mai and Copellia argued. "You lessen your chances of survival wearing those things and those!" Mai pointed an imperious finger at Mariah's high heels while Copellia nodded her head in agreement.
"Ah, forget it. When these two are together, a lot of crazy things happen." Mit-chan emerged from behind. She was wearing a plain green tank top with a white layered skirt which reached her mid-shin.
"Aww, Mit-chan isn't wearing a dress…" Copellia sighed disappointedly.
"Are you crazy? I wouldn't be caught dead in those things!" She proceeded to enter the ball room.
"Hahaha, but Mit-chan, don't tell me!" Copellia pointed to the girl's feet.
The flaxen haired girl lifted her skirt to reveal a pair of black converse shoes. "Never in a million years!" She grinned and went inside.
"You guys can go in you know." Mai turned to face the rest.
"You'll join us later won't you?" Tyson asked.
"I'll be serving you guys."
"No, as in join the party! Don't cha wanna have fun Mai? Please?" Max gave her the puppy-dog eyes.
"Uh…"
"We'll try to knock off before it ends, alright?" Copellia answered for her.
"Great!" And the group walked through the doors.
"Well, I guess that's all the guests." Mai rolled up the name list.
"Wait, there's one more group." Copellia pointed.
Mai turned around to come face to face with—
"You…"
"Well well, if it isn't our old friend. Fancy meeting you here, Mai."
"Mai, you know these people?"
But the Zeelan kept a straight face. "Name please?" she asked coldly.
"Ouzuma."
"Dunga."
"Miriam."
"Joseph."
Copellia checked their invitations but worriedly glanced at Mai.
"You may go in sir."
"See you around, Mai." With that, the Saint Shields headed into the ball room.
"Who were those guys?"
"Some idiots…" Mai replied as she packed up their things.
"Oh…" Copellia settled on her answer but couldn't help feeling that something was up between those two…
-Fast forward-
"Excuse me, hot soup coming through." Mai placed the pot in the centre of the table and lifted the cover. Steam and the smell of Shark's fin soup wafted through the air, making Tyson's mouth drool.
"So you're Drex and she's?" Rei questioned the white-haired pair.
"Mit-chan."
"Her real name's Saya butwe grewup calling her Mit-chan so it kinda stuck there." Mai commented as she served the soup.
"Ah, I see. So the both of you are siblings?"
Mai left them to their chatter and rejoined Copellia in the kitchen. Apparently, her pony-tailed friend was engaged in some friendly chatter with a hazel brown-haired waiter.
"Hey, no slacking!" She playfully interrupted the conversation. "Mind helping me with these? –holds up bamboo steamers-"
"I'll help." A light blue-haired guy took the bamboo steamers from Mai's hand.
"Well at least someone's helpful." Mai made sure Copellia heard her remark and walked out of the kitchen with the blue-haired waiter.
Chace turned around and gave his partner a wink. Everything was going according to plan.
Wooo! I finished this in one day! Actually, 12 hours but that's counting the breaks I had in between XD. Sigh, the holidays are sooo boring! And I'm lazy to do my homework… Oh well, at least I have more time to update which is a major plus plus PLUS for you readers!
blu: sleepy -.-zzzZzZzZzZZZZZ please –yawn- revie—zzzZzzZZZZZZ
Kenny: Oooh boy, looks like blu's too tired to end this. –darts eyes around suspiciously- Oh yeah baby! –starts jumping around and imitating a rock star- Don't wanna be an American Idiot! –jump jump shakes head- Don't wanna live in f—
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