Lucy sat behind the counter at work, bored. All the customers were taken care of so her and Mirajane stood behind the counter talking. Exams were coming up and they made plans to study together.
"Oh my gosh."
Mirajane said as she ducked down. Lucy looked at her confused. "What's wrong?" she asked as she got off the stool. Mirajane peeked over the counter. Looking in that direction her heart dropped.
There stood Gray, Natsu, Loke, and even Bixslow. Lucy ducked behind the counter too. The two hid themselves as they watched them sit down in a booth in the corner of the restaurant.
"I'm not serving them!"
"What?! I'm not either!"
They both groaned in unison. Lucy put her head down. Why? Why of all places to eat here? Lucy picked this restaurant since she knew they wouldn't eat here. And maybe since the pay was good and it was close by.
"If we go over there they'll tell everyone we work here. And I don't want people to see me in this clothing." Mirajane sighed as she went even lower. "Where's Juvia?" Lucy asked as she lifted her head. to peek over a bit. "Swimming practice." Mirajane said as Lucy groaned. Juvia wouldn't mind. Plus her crush was sitting over there, if she were here she'd skip over there in a heartbeat with food ready.
The four sat there laughing already. Lucy sighed and looked around the restaurant for other workers. Just her and Mirajane were working, crap. Thinking, she clenched her hands and breathed in.
"I-I'll do it."
Lucy got up and grabbed her pad. "What? Are you sure? I can do it if you want." Mirajane stood up. Lucy held the pen in her hand, nervous. She nodded before walking around the counter. Heading towards them her heart started to beat faster and faster.
Natsu looked up and waved at her, the other three looked at her as well and started to snicker. She gulped before standing at the edge of the table. Getting her waitress voice on she tried to speak.
"Woah Lucy what's with the get-up?"
Gray said and raised an eyebrow, smirking. She looked down at her uniform. "Um-" she said before getting interrupted by the three of them. Loke looked up at her and smirked.
"Hey baby come and sit down with us, there's room." Loke winked and scooted over. He patted the little area beside him. "Or you can sit on my lap" She blushed "I'm working." Lucy said as she held the pad tightly in her hands.
"C'mon it won't take long. Please? For me?"
Natsu pushed his face away. "Fuck off you sleaze." Bixslow started to laugh. "Hey!" Loke exclaimed before falling to the side. "What can I-" She stopped since she was interrupted again. "Wanna go you punk?!" Loke got up. "Bring it." Natsu grinned as Loke stood up. Natsu slammed his hands on the table. Lucy felt a rush of panic. They can't fight here!
"WhatcanIgetyouguystodrink?"
She said in one breath before they said anything. The two looked at her before realising. "Oh!" Loke sat down and looked in the menu. They all went quiet for a moment as they decided what to drink. Lucy blew out a small breath of relief.
"Coke."
"Same here."
"I think I'll have a Iced Tea."
"You sell any beer here?"
Gray leaned back as he waited. "I know you're under age Gray." Lucy scoffed as she wrote down the drinks. "Fine I'll have a ice water." she wrote that down.
Lucy turned on her heel and walked away. "Baby come back!" Loke shouted. Lucy felt her shoulders go tense as she practically ran away. Getting behind the counter she cowered.
Mirajane shook her head. "I don't get why Lisanna likes to hang out with them. They're so loud." Mirajane said as she crossed her arms, dissapointed. "They're disturbing the other customers." Lucy looked over the counter. And the people surrounding them kept looking back.
Once she got the drinks and gave it to them she crossed her arms. "Keep it down." They looked at her confused. "W'atcha mean by that?" Bixslow said. "I mean that you're getting loud." She was starting to get annoyed with them.
"Was that a threat?"
Lucy sighed and held the tray in her hands tightly. "It's obviously not a threat." She said. " All I'm saying is can you please calm down, there are other people are trying to eat." They all raised an eyebrow at her. Lucy felt as if they were getting more annoying now.
"It's not a library." Bixslow argued. She straightened her self out. "Still." Lucy clicked her pen. Pointing it at her pad.
"Now what do you want to eat?"
Getting their orders down next she rushed behind the counter again before any of them can breathe. "Are you sure you can handle them?" Mirajane asked as she put a hand on her back. "Yes." she replied. But all she wanted to say was no, she couldn't. But she didn't want to cause Mirajane any problems.
It was bad enough in school having them around. Lucy sighed and brushed her hair back from her face.
A couple minutes later when they food was ready they started getting rowdy again.
"Is the food coming?!"
Bixslow shouted as he stood up in his seat. The people around them kept staring and whispering. She flinched as she piled the food on the tray. Okay now they were being plain out rude.
Their voices echoed in the restaurant. Their laughter was even more louder. He tolerance for them kept getting lower each minute.
Slamming their food on the table she crossed her arms again. "Enough!" she exclaimed. They all stared up at her. "It was okay with the flirting and interruptions but now you're all being a real inconvienience." Now her hand were on her hips.
"This isn't school. You can't act like some spoiled kids."
Natsu shoved a handful of fries in his mouth. "We aren't spoiled." Gray said through a mouthful of burger. She felt like a ticking time bomb. She sighed and ran a hand over her hair, brushing it back.
"Please just… settle down."
Natsu nodded and grinned. "Rodger." she walked away again. Her heart was beating fastly and she could feel steam coming out of her ears from how annoyed and mad she was.
Next was the bill. She put on the table along with little mints. Before she could run away Gray started to talk.
"Hey Lucy."
She stopped and turned around. "I don't think we have enough money." her face was getting red with anger. "What." she said as she gritted her teeth. "Ooh, yeah, sorry" He shrugged his shoulders and smiled conceitedly. "I was actually wondering.." Gray held the piece of paper in his hands.
"Since you're our friend and all,"
She scoffed as she stood there. Since when have they been friends?
"I was hoping all of this would be free."
Boom.
"What?!" She slammed her hands on the table even louder. Shaking all the plates and glass cups.
"Are you kidding me? No way in hell are you getting this for free! You either pay or I can speak to the manager. And don't try to smooth talk me, I'm not one of your little girlfriends that'll fall for it." she scoffed, turned on her heel and walked away as fast as she could. Even stomping in the process. She threw the tray on the counter as she passed it.
"Take care of it please."
She asked Mirajane before she grabbed her sweater. "Lucy wait." Natsu said as he got up from his seat. Leaving out the back door she grabbed her bike and walked away. She couldn't handle it. Nope. Her tolerance for grown ass men was low.
Natsu rushed out the back door and ran up to her. "Luce." he called out to her. She ignored. "Luce!" He walked beside her. Lucy frowned and walked faster, but he kept up with her pace.
"Look I'm sorry for the way we acted back there."
She scoffed as she shook her head. "You should be." she stopped. "Do you realise I could've lost my job back there if I let you guys not pay?" Natsu looked down. "It was rude of you guys to yell and shout. And I even told you guys to quiet it down but you didn't listen." Lucy felt her face was still red. "And you were disturbing other customers which is not okay!" Steam was practically coming out of her ears at this point.
"I know and I'm sorry! I didn't know they were going to be that loud."
"Eat at a Burger King if you're going to be like that."
Lucy pushed her bike and walked away. "Look- Lucy don't be so mad." Natsu followed her. "Oh I am going to be mad!" Lucy spat. "Lucy." Natsu stopped in his tracks.
"Whatever. Just go back and make sure they pay. I'm blaming you four if I'm out of a job."
Lucy stormed off with her bike as Natsu was left there, with the feeling of guilt.
Natsu got back to the restaurant. And the three of them were just heading out the door. "Woah wait." Natsu said as he ran up to them. "Did you guys pay?" he asked as he looked in the window of the restaurant.
"Yeah we did." Loke sighed. "Dude I didn't know she was going to get that pissed off." Gray sighed too as he scratched the back of his head. "I was just joking around to see if she'd laugh at least. She seemed pretty annoyed at us." Gray said as he looked down at the ground.
"Bad move." Bixslow nudged him the side. "Yeah. You could've made her lose her job you ice head." He pushed him. Gray just sighed again. "Is she that pissed off or what?" He asked him.
"She seemed like it. She got mad at me and stormed off on her bike."
"Maybe I'll go talk to her-"
Loke said as he walked away. All three of them stopping him. "I feel shitty now." Bixslow crossed his arms. "Were we that loud?" Bixslow asked.
"Yeah, you were."
Mirajane stood there behind the four of them. "Look, you guys were acting like jerks." she put a hand on her hips. "She deserves an a apology at least." Natsu sighed as he ran a hand through his hair.
"Seriously though, you guys could've at least toned it down a bit."
"I though she was kidding with all the 'keep it downs'!"
Mirajane started to get even madder. She grumbled, scaring the shit out of all of them. Mirajane was not a happy camper when she got mad. "Sorry!" They all said in unison. "...Whatever. Anyway she does need an a apology." she turned on her heel. "I'm going back inside. I'm still on my shift." she waved and headed back inside like she said. "If she doesn't get an a apology we're going to have a talk" She said in a tone that sent shivers down their spines. The sound of the bell rang and she was gone.
Natsu looked down at the ground. The guilt was still there.
"I'll apologise at school tomorrow." Gray said as he started to walk away. "Same here." Bixslow followed behind him, so did Loke.
They all said their goodbyes and Natsu was left there alone again. He felt bad. He thought it'd be a good idea to go there since he knew Lucy worked there. Like what Gray did, it was a bad move.
"Are you kidding me? No way in hell are you getting this for free! You either pay or I can speak to the manager. And don't try to smooth talk me, I'm not one of your little girlfriends that'll fall for it."
He sighed and turned around, and started to head home.
Lmao sorry I had this ready like 2 nights ago but I either got lazy to upload or I didn't have wifi.
Sorry.
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