A/N I started naming my chapters now:) I HATE unnamed chapters, I always loose what chapter I'm on when I read, so I hope naming them helped!:D
It was a busy morning at The Shadows Café, but neither Roderich or Elizabeta mined at all. Roderich simply read the paper while Elizabeta watched Madeline go from table to table taking orders and picking up plates.
When she walked past Elizabeta, she grabbed her shirt. "Lizzie, could you please stop doing that?" Madeline said as she turned to Elizabeta.
"Well I apologize Maddie, but I couldn't help but notice all of the work your piling upon yourself. You should slow down."
Madeline sighed. "Lizzie, you worry too much. I'm perfectly fine. Besides, if I slow down now, then I'll never have these orders completed."
"You should still slow down regardless." She said in an authoritative tone.
Madeline scoffed and turned to Roderich. "Roderich, can you please tell Elizabeta that I'm perfectly fine going at the pace I'm at?"
"Madeline listen to Elizabeta." Roderich said without looking up at the paper.
Elizabeta gave a small smirk and looked back up Madeline."Slow down. Besides, today is a special occasion."
"September 16th." Roderich said finally looking up from the paper.
Madeline grinned. "You guys remembered?"
"Of course, today is the day that the new season of my favorite soap opera starts." Elizabeta said with a grin of her own.
Madeline frowned and hung her head. "I'm going back to work."
"And remember to slow down your pace young lady." Elizabeta said after her.
"Ok! Gosh I will! Now you can stop reminding me." Madeline whined like a little teenager as she walked away.
Elizabeta smiled. She loved Madeline as a daughter And she was pretty sure that Roderich felt the same about Madeline also. 'I have a feeling that I would be an amazing mother.' She thought and smiled to herself.
"I must say that Madeline's birthday plan is going quite smoothly." Roderich said folding the newspaper back to its original nodded in agreement.
As Roderich and Elizabeta continued to talk a out Madeline's birthday plan,The front door opened and the bell at the top of the door went off. In walked a tall man with brown mopy hair, olive colored skin, green eyes like Elizabeta's, and the cutest grin on his face.
When he sat down, Madeline walked over to him and politely handed him a menu. "Hello and welcome to The Shadow's Café. I'm Madeline and ill be your waitress for today. As you look over the menu,is there anything you would like to drink?"
The man looked up and smiled at her which made her heart somewhat flutter. "Can I have a cappuccino please?"
Madeline smiled."One cappuccino coming up." And with that, she went of to give the man his coffee with a small blush on her face.
Elizabeta grinned. "Madeline likes him." She said in a dreamy voice.
"How do you even know that?" Roderich asked.
"Well duh. Obviously she likes him because she can't stop blushing every time she looks at him. And he can't stop looking at her with that cute goofy grin of his, So its a definite fact that he likes her too."
Roderich still didn't understand, but tried his best. Do only girls notice little things like this? Why do girls become so...bubbly when they notice things like this? Once again, he ignored the questions swarming in his mind, and went back to Elizabeta who was still talking.
"—so if she actually likes him, she would have to make the first move simply because shes the waitress and it would be kinda weird if he—"
"Aren't you somewhat over thinking this?" Roderich suddenly asked.
Elizabeta giggled. "You may think think I'm over thinking this, but to be honest, every girl gets like this when love is on the air...However, not a lot of girls can see things like this when there going though it."
"So its possible that Madeline doesn't even know that she likes him? That she just think he's attractive?" Elizabeta smiled. "Exactly."
"Well, when will she know that she likes him?"
"If I'm not mistaken, that depends on her. That depends on if she actually wants to get to know him or just him be another costumer at The Shadow's Café...Does that make sense to you?"
"Actually, yes. Yes it does." Roderich said with a small smile.
Madeline came back to the table with a cappuccino in her hand. "One cappuccino." She said smiling.
He mumbled a 'thank you' and drunk some of his cappuccino. "Is there anything else you need?"
"Well if I just have the cute waitress named 'Madeline' then I'll be fine." The man said with a charming smile.
Madeline was red as a tomato. "That was very sweet of you thank you sir."
"Please, call me Antonio."
"Ok, Antonio. Well you can call me Madeline."
"Ok, Madeline." The way he said her name with such an accent made Madeline's heart do backflips.
"You have an amazing accent. May I ask where your from?"
"I'm from Spain touring Hungary for the first time in my life. You also have an accent, where are you from?"
"I'm from France working here for about 4 years now but I've lived in Hungary for 8 years."
The busy morning turned into a slow afternoon. As Madeline and Antonio continued to talk, Roderich and Elizabeta continued to watch.
"Do you think that shes realized that she likes him yet?" Elizabeta nodded.
"I think she has." Madeline enjoyed talking to Antonio. She had already learned so much about him.
"How long have you been playing the guitar?" She asked him.
"Since I was 12. I would love to play you a song one day. Do you play an instrument?" Antonio asked.
"I play the piano. But not a lot of people know that, only my boss does. However, I'm still an armature that only knows one song."
"Can you play it for me?"
"Well I suppose I can." She said getting up and walking over to the piano.
Once she sat down and found the key the song is played in, she started the song. Roderich and Elizabeta mouths dropped at the same time. They looked at Madeline. Then back at each other, and back to Madeline.
Suddenly, Elizabeta grinned."I know this song." She said and started to sing the words.
Making my way downtown
Walking fast
Faces pass
And I'm home bound
Staring blankly ahead
Just making my way
Making a way
Through the crowd
And I need you
And I miss you
And now I wonder...
If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass me by
'Cause you know I'd walk
A thousand miles
If I could
Just see you
Tonight
It's always times like these
When I think of you
And I wonder
If you ever
Think of me
'Cause everything's so wrong
And I don't belong
Living in your
Precious memories
'Cause I need you
And I miss you
And now I wonder...
If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass me by
'Cause you know I'd walk
A thousand miles
If I could
Just see you
Tonight
And I, I
Don't want to let you know
I, I
Drown in your memory
I, I
Don't want to let this go
I, I
Don't...
Making my way downtown
Walking fast
Faces pass
And I'm home bound
Staring blankly ahead
Just making my way
Making a way
Through the crowd
And I still need you
And I still miss you
And now I wonder...
If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass us by
'Cause you know I'd walk
A thousand miles
If I could
Just see you...
If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass me by
'Cause you know I'd walk
A thousand miles
If I could
Just see you
If I could
Just hold you
Tonight
"Oh Lizzie, you sing so beautifully ." Madeline said after she was done playing.
Elizabeta giggled. "Well you play beautifully."
"Sí señorita, that was very well played." Antonio chimed in.
Madeline smiled. "Thank you, Antonio."
"So, you sing?" Roderich said gesturing to Elizabeta.
"A little." She said with a smile.
"And you play the piano?" Roderich said now gesturing to Madeline.
"A little." She replied like Elizabeta, smile and all.
Roderich smiled. 'I must be very lucky considering the fact that I am friends with two beautiful, talented women.' He thought.
Sadness is blue.
It tastes like salt water,
And smells like old clothes,
cold and unworn.
Sadness is a girl, running in the night,
It sounds like sobs of pain.
And feels like ice.
Madeline was upset, you could tell by her poem she said. Even though she seemed happy all day, she really wasn't. 'You would think that Boss, Lizzie and Roderich would remember my birthday.' She thought. There wasn't a single person that told her 'Happy Birthday' all day, and now she was highly upset. Antonio and Elizabeta left shortly before her poetry session and it seemed like forever since she last saw Francis...
Suddenly, the door burst open and in walked Elizabeta with a bouquet of birthday balloons and Antonio right behind her with a bouquet of White Lilies.
"Good evening everyone. Today is a special day because today is our very own Madeline Benoit's birthday, so if you don't mind helping me sing happy birthday to her..."
With that being said, Roderich started playing the 'Happy Birthday' and everyone sung along with the song. While everyone continued to sing, Francis came out of the kitchen with a chocolate cupcake with chocolate frosting, rainbow sprinkles and a pink, lit, candle in the center of it. Madeline took the cupcake off the tray and smiled at him. He smiled back, softly kissed her on the cheek and started to sing with everyone else.
"—Happy Birthday dear Madeline,
happy birthday to you."
"Make a wish sweetheart." Elizabeta whispered.
Madeline closed her eyes and wished, 'I wish Antonio would ask me out on a date, yes that would make me oh so happy.'
After that, she blew out the candle and everyone cheered.
"Happy Birthday señorita." Antonio said and gave her the flowers.
Madeline grinned and held the flowers close to her, White Lilies were her favorite.
As Elizabeta sat her bouquet of balloons on top of the piano, Madeline grabbed the microphone.
I want to tell you "Thank you,"
But it doesn't seem enough.
Words don't seem sufficient-
"Blah, blah" and all that stuff.
Please know I have deep feelings
About your generous act.
I really appreciate you;
You're special, and that's a fact.
When she finished, she blew a small kiss to the crowd.
"I should really get going, it's almost 1 in the morning." Antonio said walking towards the door.
"I'll escort you out." Madeline said right behind him.
"I had a wonderful day today and it was a pleasure meeting you Madeline." Antonio said extending a hand.
Madeline shook his hand and smiled. "It was a pleasure meeting you also."
"Are you doing anything this Saturday? If you don't mind me asking."
"Um, no noting at all."
"Well I was just wondering if you wanted to go out to dinner with me this Saturday."
Madeline's heart sunk and she seemed like a lost for words. Surprisingly she managed to come up with the words, "Yes, I would love to."
"Pick you up here at around 7?"
"Here at seven is fine with me."
Antonio grinned. "Great, I'll see you then Madeline." With that he softly kissed her on the cheek and set off down the stairs.
Madeline touched where Antonio kissed her, and grinned widely. She went back inside and continued to grin.
"What happened?" Elizabeta asked.
"Antonio asked me out on a date this Saturday." Madeline said bouncing up and down like a little kid.
Elizabeta gasped hugged Madeline. Together, they jumped up and down and screamed like two gitty school girls.
Madeline had never been so happy in her life.
A/N I just had Spain in here because if France and Prussia is already in here, why not put Spain in here too? :D Sorry for the lack of AusHun in this chapter, it was a filler anyway. ^_^' Anyway I hope you guys liked it regardless!:D And be prepared for the next chapter because it's about to go down y'all! xD
And another thing: If anyone reading this story is really good at drawing, show me! :D If you guys want to draw your favorite parts of this story, go right ahead, I don't mind one bit. If there's anything I love, it's fanart. ^.^