Okay guys this is BY FAR the LONGEST chap ive EVER written so you had better enjoy it!
Ivoryyy
The sun's rays seeped through the crack in my red and gold curtains, heating up my bed. I didn't want to open my eyes and ruin the perfect dreamy haze I was in, so I pulled my pillow over my head and flipped over onto my stomach. I was dreaming about silky bows and laughter and-
Oh my God. I sat bolt upright.
"Happy Birthday, Cammie!" Nick said as he came into my room.
"No, no, no." I ran up to my calendar. "It can't be." I checked the date. Yes, today was my birthday. And I had forgotten about it. I plastered a smile on my face and turned to Nick. "Thank you."
He blew one of those party horns right in my face and I snatched it out of his mouth with a smirk. Then I blew it in his face and said. "Now we're even."
He smiled. "Yeah, sure." Suddenly, he grabbed me around the waist so I was hanging over his shoulder and led me to the kitchen.
He plopped me down on one of the bar stools where a huge plate of cupcakes was waiting. I put my hands over my mouth. "Thank you so much, Nick!"
"I, uh, I hope they're edible." He scratched his head with a dubious expression on his face. Nick wasn't much of a cook. He was more of a buy-a-packet-and-heat-it-up kind of cook.
"Well, we'll see. If I die then it's not. Man, that would be sad if your birthday was also your death-day." I plucked up a cupcake and bit a piece off. The pink frosting was just vanilla with colouring. I looked at Nick and said. "You succeeded."
He looked relieved. "Thank God. I screwed up the whole first batch so I just sat there watching this one."
I got up and hugged him. "Well, they're good."
"A good way to start off being 21." He responded, and held me tighter.
"Happy Birthday!" Bex and Liz yelled as soon as I entered the restaurant at 6. They both took turns giving me a hug and Bex said. "Okay, so do you want your presents now, or later?"
A couple came into the restaurant and another girl named Macey (whom I hated, and who hated me back because I might've slept with her boyfriend…), led them to their table. "Uh, how about later, okay?"
"Got it." Bex said.
I was a bit late but thankfully I didn't have to serve anyone yet. I rushed to the bathroom and quickly dressed into my uniform. It consisted of a black corset over a white off the shoulder blouse that I carefully eased over my hair, which was braided with multi-coloured strings, and a sort of poofy black skirt. Last, I put on multi-coloured pumps, dangly colourful earrings, and bangles.
Macey stuck her head into the bathroom as I was applying make up. "Bitch, you've got 3 guys at table 6."
Before I could return a snappy comment she left. I made sure that everything looked okay then grabbed my notepad and a pen.
"Damn, Cam, you are so lucky. Those guys are hot." Liz said in a singsong voice.
I laughed and made my way to the table. My eyes widened when I saw who it was. "Hi guys." I said to Zach, Grant, and Jonas.
"Cammie! I didn't know you worked here!" Zach exclaimed.
I smiled. "Yeah well, we didn't exactly talk much yesterday. Anyway, I'm Cammie," I ignored a smirk from him since they obviously knew my name. "And I'll be your waitress for tonight. So, do you know what you'd like to order?"
"I'll have the… Barbecue Ribs and a Coke." Jonas said as he examined the menu.
"I'll have the same as Jonas, just instead of Coke I'll have a beer." Grant said, placing down his menu.
I turned to Zach but he was already looking at me. "I'll have a Caesar salad and a Sprite, please." He said, clearly an intention to the other boys to be polite.
I grinned at him. "Is that all?"
They all nodded and I took their menus.
I left their table and gave the order to the cooks.
Macey had swapped jobs with Liz so now she was leaning against a counter. She gave me a death glare and inspected her manicured nails.
"Get your claws sharpened?" I said nonchalantly.
She didn't even look over at me. "You're one to talk pinky."
I glanced down at my polished pink nails. "Why are you here?" I said, meaning why was she lazing about instead of working.
"Why are you here? Don't you have more STDs to hoard?" She responded.
"Look, Macey, it's my birthday, can you town down the comments?" I asked.
This time she looked at me. "Like what? Like, I hate you? 'Cause news flash. I do."
"Don't worry, the feeling is mutual, snob." I simply say.
"Skank."
"Bitch." I raise my voice accidentally.
"Whore." She does as well.
A few people looked over at us. This restaurant wasn't really for kids so we were fine. Macey hopped off the counter and swapped jobs with Liz again.
When the food was ready I took it to the table. First the salad was ready so I gave it to Zach who thanked me politely. Later I brought the ribs to the other two.
Bex approached me and said. "Cam, you've got a regular at table 8." She was smirking as though hiding something.
I gave her a mock suspicious look and went to the table. I squealed and bounced on my feet happily before hurling myself into my boyfriend Josh's arms.
He planted a long kiss on my lips and lifted me off the ground. Between kisses he said "Happy Birthday." I smiled against his lips and pulled myself away from him.
"I didn't know you were coming back from London today."
He smiled. "That's because it was a surprise for your birthday." He gave me another quick kiss. "I got you a present. Do you want to have it now?"
I sighed, but definitely not sadly. I was anything but depressed now. "Josh, I don't need any gifts. The only gift I need is you here."
"God I've missed you. I haven't seen you for two weeks."
I giggled. "That's our new record."
He pulled out a tiny bag and handed it to me.
I loosened the strings and pulled out a beautiful, flowery necklace. I gasped. "Oh my God, Josh, I love it! Here, help me put it on." I turned around and held the ends to him. He clasped it on took it in.
I cupped his face and kissed him. "Thank you."
"Morgan! Stop flirting with your boyfriend and get to work!" I heard someone yell. A few people laughed and I blushed.
Josh sat down and I took out my notepad and pen. "So, what would you like to order?"
He didn't even look at the menu. "A chicken fajita and a vanilla milkshake."
"Coming right up."
I walked back to the kitchen, gave the order and came back. The song Dreamscape by 009 Sound System came on. This song always played at 7:30, when the dancing and singing began on the stage in the front of the restaurant. The song was paused halfway through and I frowned. "What's going on?" I asked Bex.
She shrugged innocently. Way too innocently. She knew what was going on.
The lights were dimmed and someone in the kitchen began to sing Happy Birthday. Soon enough the whole restaurant joined in. A huge cake was brought out with 20 candles and I knew they were singing for me.
"Happy Birthday to Cammie, Happy Birthday to you!"
"Make a wish, Cammie!" Bex said.
I wished for everything to be better. For my mother to come out of her coma, for my dad to stop drinking, for my brother and I to stop having money issues, and for me to be able to live out my dreams.
I blew out the candles and everyone clapped.
My boss said that I could have the day off. I decided to stay in the restaurant seeing as I was already in my uniform and everything.
My boss' name was Wilbur and was African. He was a plump man with a kind face, someone you could trust from the second you met him.
The cake was sliced and shared between the people in the restaurant. I of course, got the first piece.
I left it on the counter and took three plates to Zach, Grant, and Jonas.
They all congratulated me. Zach apologized for not knowing earlier. I waved it off and then brought a piece to Josh and my own.
I straddled his lap as he cut a piece of cake from his plate and he placed it in my mouth.
Music started playing and Macey, Bex, and Liz started to sing Remedy by Little Boots. They were in these shimmery gold outfits with their hair up in ponytails.
When they ended Bex jumped off the stage and grabbed my by the hand. She pulled me to the bathroom where the other girls were and handed me an outfit. She snapped her fingers at me. "Put it on." She had another outfit in her hands.
I put on the black stretch dress, black and white peep-toe pumps with an ankle strap, a long silver necklace, and a white and black top hat. Bex knocked on my stall door. "You done yet?"
I opened the door. "Yep."
"Good. Now you know the song we're going to sing and the dance doesn't matter, we can have fun with it. So don't freak out." She glanced at me and swore. "Shit, okay, turn around." I did and she unraveled my braided hair then puffed it up a bit. "There, perfect."
We went on stage as the song started. It was Morning After Dark. I almost laughed when I saw Wilbur on stage who was going to be taking Timbaland's part. I got Nelly Furtado's and Bex got SoShy's.
We all went crazy with the dancing. I sometimes would dance around Wilbur to get him into the song. It was fun watching him imitate Timbaland. I'd do all these bouncy moves and I was hoping they were sexy in a stupid kind of way.
Bex and I would occasionally copy eachother's moves, trying to remember the moves we came up with a few months ago.
Next, Bex, Macey, and I sang Wear My Kiss. We'd practiced the moves to this song about a hundred times so we all knew what to do. I took Amelle's part.
The song ended and I hopped off the stage. I searched for Josh but he wasn't at his table.
I asked another waitress if she'd seen him but she said no. I scowled. Where could he be?
Someone tapped my shoulder and I spun around. It was Zach. "Hey, are you looking for someone?"
"Yeah, I can't find my boyfriend anywhere." I explained. "Have you seen him?"
"Brown hair, blue eyes?" He described.
I nodded. "That's him."
"Yeah, I saw him. I heard him say to someone that he'd be right back."
"Where'd he go?"
"He went out the back door."
I thanked him and headed to the hallway where we kept all our uniforms that led to the backdoor.
I pushed the door open and when I did I wished I hadn't. My boyfriend, Josh, was pressing himself up against some other slut. I gaped at him. I couldn't believe it, I'd thought he'd come back for me but apparently I was wrong.
"Josh?!" I exclaimed.
He tore himself away from the girl. I recognized her. She also worked at the restaurant, her name was Ashlee I think. "Cammie, I-"
I backed up, tears stinging my eyes. "Save it. I don't want to hear your bullshit." I went back into the restaurant and he grabbed my arm.
"Cammie, wait, I can explain."
"Explain what?!" I cried. "That you're cheating on me? For how long?"
He looked down. "A month."
I unhooked my necklace and shoved it into his palm. "Get out. I never want to see you again."
"Cammie-"
"Leave me alone!" I quickly walked away from him grabbing my bag and clothes. With my face down, I made my way around the tables and towards the exit.
I wouldn't cry. There was no way I was going to cry over that asshole.
The wind whipped my loose hair around once I got outside. It was about 8 and already dark. The moon was up and the stars were twinkling, unaware of what a horrible night it was.
A car pulled up and my brother came out. He saw me. "Hey, birthday girl!"
I ran up to him and threw my arms around his neck. And started to cry.
Happy Birthday indeed.
Main song:
Dreamscape- 009 Sound System
http://www. youtube. com/watch?v=2WPCLda_erI
Other songs:
Morning After Dark- Timbaland ft Nelly Furtado and SoShy
http://www. youtube. com/watch?v=25LBTSUEU0A
Wear My Kiss- Sugababes
http://www. youtube. com/watch?v=68D4GB6zJFc