Disclaimer: I do not own Sky High...sadly...but I do own this beautiful plot and this beautiful OC.
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Chapter Seven
Day One
----- Warren -----
I walked into the Paper Lantern. I looked around the restaurant. There were three good things about it at the moment.
Krys wasn't here.
It was nice and quiet and the owner wasn't screaming at me.
Krys wasn't here…at least not yet.
I pulled on my apron and tied my hair into a ponytail and grabbed a tub. I headed over to table two and threw all the dirty dishes and glasses into it.
Then I heard the bell ring, which meant someone had walked in. "I'll see you later, Magenta." I heard a squeaky voice say. I didn't have to look to see who it was to know who it was. Krystal. I looked over my shoulder to find Krystal walking into the door and Magenta there walking away. I sighed.
Day one.
----- Krystal -----
I walked in, saying good-bye to Krystal. And who happened to be the first worker I saw? Yup, you guessed it, Mr. Smuggy Smug. Luckily he wasn't looking my way because I was now trying to avoid him completely since he thought I was a stalker. Pssh. And Layla helped me with it…NOT.
I quickly ran to the kitchen as quietly as I can. I made it and I am pretty sure that Warren didn't see me running like a total weirdo. So I took off my hoodie and pulled my new and official apron over my white tee. I stuffed my messenger bag and all my other stuff into the closet and headed out there. I quickly headed over to the other side of the restaurant, although the Paper Lantern wasn't that big…and found a table that was waiting to be…waited. I walked over to them with my purple pen and my white pad. "Hi and welcome to the Paper Lantern, may I take your order?"
No, I had never worked at a restaurant before, but I watch a lot of movies!
----- Warren -----
The rest of the day Krys kept avoiding me. It somewhat annoyed me, but it was nice to know that she wasn't following me anywhere anymore.
We both have the exact same shifts. So our shifts both ended at 10. I checked my watch that sat on my wrist, 9:45. Only fifteen more minutes until I could head home and read a few more chapters of my book. I looked around the place. It was nearly empty. Then I spotted Krys sitting at a booth, her face in her hands.
I decided to walk over there. Besides, what was there to lose? I slid into the both rather quietly and sat there staring at the girl. She sat there, just…sitting. I coughed. She quickly looked up to find me. The expression on her face was shocked yet somber. We started at each other for a moment until Krystal spoke. "If you're going to tease me, don't both, I won't even be paying attention." She mumbled. Krys stuffed her face back into her hands. I sighed. I wanted to say something…but I didn't know what. I sighed and out came, "You did a good job today, Calloway."
Nothing was even supposed to come out, but it had been said and there was utterly nothing I could do.
----- Krystal -----
"You did a good job today, Calloway." The gruff voice muttered. My eyes widened as I looked up, but Warren was gone. Now I could only see his back, walking farther and farther away from me. I sighed. But did he actually say that? Or was I just dreaming? I shook it off and got up. My shift was over in ten and I decided to grab some leftovers from the kitchen.
After my shift was over I pulled off my apron and grabbed my stuff. I wanted to get out of there as fast as I could and as far away I could get from Mr. Smuggy Smug.
I walked all the way back to Aunt Katie and Uncle Joe's. It felt so long…but I finally got there. I walked into the kitchen to find Aunt Katie there. She looked up from her magazine and smiled. "Hey, Sweetie," She greeted me.
"Hi," I mumbled as I grabbed a soda from the fridge.
She put the magazine down and spun around in her stool seat so that she was facing my back. "So…how was your first day?" She asked.
"It was ok." I told her, not turning around to look at her. I could feel her smile. I was in no mood to converse with Aunt Katie. I was way too tired to do that. A large yawn escaped my lips. "I'm going to be in my room," I said, walking up the stairs. Aunt Katie nodded.
I slowly climbed up the stairs and into my dark room. I search the right of my wall for the switch. I finally found it and flipped it on. I sauntered to my bed and plopped onto it. I shut my eyes for a moment. Oh my god, I was so tired!
RING RING RING
I quickly sat up. I felt my…butt vibrating. I pulled my blue flip cell phone out of my back pocket and checked the caller ID. I sighed and rolled my eyes. It was Layla. I flipped it open and placed it to my ear. "Hello," I muttered flatly.
"Hey!" I heard from the other end. Ugh. Layla was officially meddling with my life. "How was your first day?" She asked in a very obnoxious and preppy way. I rolled my eyes.
"It was fine," I muttered. I was in no frame of mind to tell her the details.
"Anything else?" Layla asked hopefully.
I shook my head, even though she couldn't see it. "Nope, that's about it."
I could tell Layla wasn't pleased. "Come on, there had to be something special!"
"It's none of your business, Layla."
"Oh, so there was!"
"Layla!"
"Ok, ok, fine. Don't tell me. I'll see you tomorrow on the bus, k?"
"Mmk. Bye." I shut my phone.
Short, simple, but annoying. I sighed and fell back onto my bed. Ugh. I couldn't help it anymore. My eyelids felt like 3 ton weights. I shut them and the very next moment I was fast asleep.
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Short and icky. I know. But I am really tired but I wanted to update it...
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