Anika POV
I arrived at work with a minute to a spear. Not like anyone cared; no one had expected me,so they'd asked someone else to come in.
My usual tables were empty, except for one.
The only person who never missed a day. Mr. Zayn Malik
His a regular, who if I've read him correctly, has a crush on me.
I sigh in and walk sluggishly over to him.
"Hi, I'm Anika. Would you like to try our Curly Fries combo today?" I ask,my voice lacking it's usual enthusiasm.
He chuckles. " Do they force you to read that every time?" He shakes his head." so what's got you down, Lemon Frown?" he asked cracking a handsome smile.
" You can't be serious. Don't you own a TV? Or watch the news, or read the paper? And who says Lemon Frown?!" I ask, my voice raised.
"whoo. Calm down, A,"he says palms up. " I just got back from a hiking trip this morning,and your the first person who's said anything. Why don't you put on the news?" he suggests,waving his hand toward the tv on the other side of the almost empty dinner.
"Sure. Are you gonna order something?" I say as I grab the remote from the counter beside him.
"Yeah, want to share something? You pick." he said, handing me his menu. I scribble down an order of fries and a lemonade as I put on the news.
I went and placed the order and was back in minutes.
I arrived just in time to hear 'they'd found that the cameras had caught a man and a women driving away after snatching young Violet.'
I looked up at the screen and nearly screamed.
The plate slipped out of my hand and on to the floor.
I ran for my jacket and was in my car driving to Em's before anyone even knew what had happened.
I pounded on Em's door until he answered.
" I thought you were at work!" he said, as he hugged me. He smelled like a meadow. So calming.
" I was but then I saw the news and Alec was there and-"I was crying again, but that's not what stopped me.
"Alec was where?" Embry said pulling me closer, i could hear the alarm in his voice.
" The news. At Mercy. With Vi." He sighed in relief and pulled to the small tv in his living room/ bedroom.
We sat on the love seat and I allowed him to watch the video in silence. I sat there and watched my ex-boyfriend and his twin sister drag away my best friend...
AUTHOR NOTE: OK, so i know my writing style is suckish and confusing as well as my grammar but once you get past that i promise the story is good. Please i beg you to read farther as well as view. Thanks for making this far!