"Bring a salad and two chocolate milkshakes",someone ordered hurriedly when I was busy writing it all.

   "Okay, Sir I'll be back with your stuff in a minute." I replied without laying an eye on who was ordering.

  And there I was . Pouring nothing but the drinks out of the coffee machine when I should have been pouring the sadness out of my sis.

  I poured two chocolate milkshakes and got a plate of salad from the kitchen and rushed towards the table. Just then I saw a couple sitting there really close. And believe me when I say really close I mean really close.

   When I was placing their stuff on the red wooden table, the girl wisphered something into the boy's ear. And then the boy pushed her apart, a look of shock and disgust spreading on his face.

     "Can I get you anything else, Sir? "

   I asked calmy, avoiding the tense atmosphere between the couple.Just doing my job.

     "Wait ", was all he managed to say indefinitely taking out a second from yelling at the girl. So,I did what I was ordered to.

   Let me tell you, I'm not the kind of person who follows and let others lead .But again,I'm in waiter mode right now, my Mike mode switched off.

    "How can you do that. How can you just quit .Are you ma...."

  The girl cut him short and replied with a shock, "What? Can't you understand Bennett? How can you just...  it's unbelievable. "

   The boy frowned. She frowned in return and continued," For God sake, I was being harassed there....How on Earth would I be able to work there..."

   "Couldn't you just have ignored him completely " the boy said with his face getting visibly red with the anger.

   "When I applied there,I never knew in the first place that my ex ,Declan, would be in my office let alone being my boss "

    The boy was still glaring at her with a tomato red face. She Continued,

   "I was okay. Totally okay with the fact that my ex was my BOSS. But then you know what happened everyday.He turned out to be more of a rascal than he was at the time he ditched me.What he did today was..... "

   A tear escaped her eyes. How can any man on Earth let her girl cry. That's ridiculous.

     "He didn't even work. He had his dirty eyes on me the whole time.He called me to his office just to stare at me and all I could do was to let him stare.And why?"

   Before the boy could answer her, she answered her own question,

    " Because Declan gave me a couple of extra bucks for that. Yeah pretty much worth it. No Bennett?" she said sarcastically ,letting out a sigh,like she had given up on him.

      She should.

     Bennett shrugged like she was telling him about a chick-flick she just watched or about the 11th episode of the 11th season of One Tree Hill.

    "I am  happy to survive it all as long as you are by my side. "

    But just then something hit her mind. Her mood suddenly changed and she snorted,

    "Let me rephrase that darling.....Until you were by my side."

   The girl was now confindent and Bennett's confidence disappeared just like that.

    "What do you mean by were?  "

  Bennett replied nervously, visibly stammering.

This time he didn't shrug.His face went pale like a ghost and his face showed a fusion of fear, horror and disbelief.

     You people will be wondering how I could hear all of that. Obviously I was standing there the whole time.Hey! Don't accuss me of eavesdropping. I was just doing just what I was ordered to .Wink  ;)

  The girl replied to him,this time confidently,her words firm and sharp like a bow which was meant to split something ,maybe his heart (only if he had one. Ha Ha.)

  " Okay. So you want to know what do I mean.I doubt if you really want to hear that, from now on you'll have to get your lazy butt off the couch and work it off. Earn YOUR bucks. Live YOUR life. I'M out of energy to feed a coward like you. "

    She got up like she had dropped a mountain off her back. She opened her wallet and smashed a 10 $ bill on the table. (WOW!A lot of tip)  She muttered "desperate" under her breath and slammed the exit door.

     OH YEAH!  THIS IS HOW WE ROLL !!!!!

    Bennett was speechless and pissed off at the same time.

    He looked around in search of something to hit. Instead he found someone. I just then noticed that I was still standing there, smiling stupidly to myself.

     "Why are you standing here like a dumb ass.Get lost and get your errrends done! "

     What?!?!?!????

   "You asked for me to wait here ...Sir",let me admit the word Sir came out after a lot of trying,literally.
   
     He gave me an angry glare and barked,"Just get lost already."

    I cursed under my breath and did what I was told.I got lost.

    I would have killed him if:

• He was not my customer.
•I wanted to be jobless.

     Today was the worst day ever even it was  just 3 on the clock.Today,

•Claire yelled at me.
•Boss yelled at me.
•Even a desperate customer yelled at me.

   Let me explain to you another theory of mine I just made up now,

     "THE NUMBER OF YELLS AND SHOUTS YOU RECEIVE FROM OTHERS IS DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL TO TWICE THE NICENESS AND SINCERITY YOU TREAT THEM WITH,GIVEN THAT YOUR OPTIMISM REMAINS CONSTANT. "

So I simply fought the urge and went back to work.While I was serving the other customers I glanced to his side to see if he had gone or not.

    But my jaw dropped when I saw him digging in the salad hungrily.He left the plate spotless. Then he drank a glass of milkshake until it was completely empty.He then gulped the other glass and emptied it down his throat until not even a drop was left, literally.

    With that he left the café without another word or bill.Oh,the girl had already paid.

      He IS desperate.

   I can imagine myself looking at him with such a disgusting face that people could've easily mistaken me for someone witnessing live cannibalism. I was feeling like I could puke right now.

        PUKE! 

    That's awesome.Finally I got a plan.Thanks for the idea Bennett!

   As I was already feeling like puking it didn't take MUch in me to really puke. I just tickled on the inside of my neck just above the Adam's Apple. And there I was, ready to puke .

   Admit it.I'm a genius for......  ahem ahem..... puking. Just ignore the last part lads.

   When I was just going to throw up I opened the door of my Boss' office. And guess what ? I puked right in front of him. In his office.On his perfectly spotless tiled floor.

     "What did you just.... "
 
   He looked at me disgustingly unable to complete his sentence as he was busy taking in what just happened.

    " Sorry Sir,  I was just not feeling well...." was all I said with a pathetic look on my face .

    "Just get yourself outta here right now.....  after cleaning up your thrown up chewed food." ,he said with giving me a mortified look.

    I came forward towards his table ,jumping over my own mess. I stood gripping the table weakly and uttered,  " Sir, I came here to ask if I can split up my duty with Jack today.I've been puking like this for one hour now and I don't think so I'll be able to hold up to it completely. Can I just..."

  "What?  Do you mean to say that you've been throwing up on my café floor for one entire hour.

   I just shrugged weakly.

"Oh my God!  Couldn't you just have told me in the morning.

    "Sir, I tried to but you just.... "

     "You said your sister's husband or someone died... whatever.... it was a lame excuse.Wasn't it?"

   "I said that because.... that's so embarrassing to tell someone that you got food poisoning over the night due to eating loads of..... junk food.... "

   I wore a pathetic smile on my face, full of fake pain to win him.

    He came to me.He patted me on the back and said lost in his own thoughts,

    " I know this pain boy. "

    I was going to burst out laughing. It took all in me not to. Obviously, all these things come with obesity.

    "Now you should go home ....you need some rest."

   " But Sir.... "

    " Just go. I'll not cut it from your pay." He said seriously still remembering memories of his youth, probably.

   " Thanks a lot Sir... "

  I smiled ear to ear but not before I closed the door weakly behind me. I just did it. I'm free to go.Now I gotta hurry back to her.

  I got on my motorbike. On my way back my mind got clouded with Claire's thoughts .What will be she doing there alone all this time I was at the café? 

   Thankfully there was not much traffic so,it took a couple of minutes until I was on my own porch steps.

  I knocked at the door.

   Knock!
   Knock!
   Knock!

  Nobody answered.I knocked again. No reply.My head grew heavier. Probably she'll be sleeping.

   I got the keys out of my pocket and I noticed my own hands shivering while searching for the right key. It made hard for me to open the damn door.

   I pushed it open nervously,hoping for the best.

   But then I saw.......

                    To be continued.....