The day was taking too long and Mary couldn't wait for it to be finished already. Closing her eyes she leaned against the counter in the kitchen and fought the urge to slump over in exhaustion.
Vincent the kitchen cook clicked his tongue at her. "Up late partying?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Something like that." Mary mumbled as she pushed off and grabbed a new notepad. "Got home late."
Vincent shook his head at her and focused on his grill for a moment. "Won't be young forever." he told her. "Need to take care of yourself."
"I take care of myself enough." Mary told him.
"Mary, guy at table 3 needs a refill." one of the other waitresses told her.
Biting back whatever comment she had Mary grabbed the pot of coffee and left the kitchen, going towards the table and freezing when she saw who was sitting there. Scowling she came forward.
"Are you following me?" she demanded, eyes narrowing.
John looked up from the book he had been reading and smiled at her, closing his book. "No but I do like how this turned out."
Mary fought the urge to pour the hot coffee onto his lap. Instead she just poured it into the cup like she was supposed to. She turned to leave and stopped when she felt the tips of his fingers graze over her arm.
"Wait a second." he said. "Can we talk? At least for a bit?"
Mary worked her jaw for a moment before she turned back to face him. "Why?"
"I'm interested in you." John said truthfully. "When I first saw you I thought you were beautiful. Now I just want to get to know you. I want to know the omega that challenged everything and isn't backing down." he smiled at her. "I just want to know who you are."
"I'm Mary Campbell and we are both in the running for the same thing, we can't be anything else at this time." Mary told him through gritted teeth.
"It doesn't have to be anything improper, it doesn't need to be courting." John told her. "It can just be two wolves talking to one another."
"An alpha and an omega? Just talking?" Mary raised an eyebrow. "You know how that's going to look to others."
John raised an eyebrow at her. "And you care about what other people think about you?"
He...had a point at that.
Mary sighed and rubbed at her nose, looking at him tiredly. "I can't." she said. "There is just too much happening right now and I can't deal with anyone else. My parents are-" she stopped herself, not wanting to complain to someone she barely knew.
"Your parents what?" John prodded, smiling softly at her.
Looking around Mary made sure that there weren't any other customers waiting for her she sighed once more and placed her hands on the back of the chair. "My parents aren't exactly agreeing with what I'm doing."
John nodded slowly. "I can imagine." he said, leaning a bit onto the table as he looked up at her. "Its rather unheard of of an omega challenging for the pack leader."
Mary nodded. "I wasn't exactly trying to set a precedent." she said. "I just decided to do it and...I don't think anyone is on my side and its bad enough I have to fight for my life and the position," a sharp pain went up her back at that. "I don't have anyone cheering for me and I'm fine with that but...it would be nice."
"I'm rooting for you." John told her, smiling at her when she looked up at him. "And I know we're both fighting for the same thing right now, but I am honestly rooting for you."
"And if you're the one I have to fight in the last round?" Mary asked raising an eyebrow. "Still going to root for me?"
"Once you and I get to the last round, I am going to give you the fight of your life and I expect the same from you." John told her. "But I will still be rooting for you."
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