[ 2 Months Earlier ]
I saw him- when I was leaving my house and he was across the land standing outside the black SUV. I was on my way to my car when he caught my eye. I looked away as if I didn't really notice him, and then looked up once I was in my car and he was.. gone.
In that 15 second spam of time? He was gone. Now, where this man was, was in the field in front of the forest opening. So it's not like I wouldn't have seen him drive off the land, plus it was only 15 seconds. I looked around and he was no where to be found. It was as if he was never even there to begin with.
I found that very... odd. Maybe I'm just really, really tired and need a nap.
Anyways, I'm arriving to work and say hello to all my favorite co-workers, and not so favorite. Sigh. I go to the boss man, Brantley, and say hello and see what my night is going to consist of. He gives me the update on what has happened over the weekend, and how we hired a new guy I needed to train.
I took the weekend off because it was my 21st birthday. In the restaurant world, you don't want to take the weekend off. The weekend is the big money days.
I begged my boss to make someone else train the new guy, I HATE training new people.
"Sweetheart, you are one of the best we have, we want him to be trained properly."
I do a mega eye roll and pout with my arms crossed like a 5 year old throwing a fit.
"What I don't understand is why one of the Others don't do it? They have more experience than me and plus, I'm probably still hungover from the weekend."
My boss laughed and stood up, he was tall and built. Since I'm 5'4" I always look up when we talk. You could tell he worked out. He had this laugh that made others want to laugh and he always wanted the best out of everyone. He had confidence and always made the angry tables, happy. You'd think he had magic or something.
The guests and servers always flirted with him and didn't care to hide it. Something I've learned working in this restaurant world, is people show they like you with NO filter. The cooks will flirt with any waitress, or waiter if they get the opportunity.
He has a fiancé, and she sure makes herself known at our restaurant. She's of course, beautiful and curvy. She is very sweet and soft spoken, but we all knew why she came up there almost every single day. We know she's checking up on him and the females that are around.
I was told there are rumors about me and him. Obviously I laughed that off because uh, no way. I don't do that stuff with my boss and he's got a fiancé at that. We just, have a lot of common interests and learn new things from each other.
"Isabelle, you are training him. You will be fine. Take your time and have confidence. I wouldn't give you this task if I knew you couldn't handle it." He smirked at me, and I knew I wasn't getting out of this one.
"How long do I have him for and what do we do tonight?" I couldn't help but sigh loudly and roll my eyes.
"Now until about 8. Everything is in the Trainer Book. Make sure the food gets put in before 8 okay. It should be a slow night and I wanna cut early."
"And now you want me to take more time to stop and RREAAAAD? In the middle of a rush? Oh come on, why torture me?" I said while crossing my arms and making a sad face.
He just laughed and said he'd be there if I needed him.
As we walk around the corner of the kitchen, we stop at the bar area in the alley. My boss is next to me talking about a party coming in tonight and who will be taking it.
"Count me OUT. I already told you where I'm at. You're at strike two before my first table." I smiled mischievously. I wasn't going to let him live this down.
My boss introduced our next victim to me and we went over some basic stuff.
As I look over, I see two guys being sat in my section.
The host nods to me and I nod back as she held up two fingers. Meaning, it's a two top. I look at my trainee and say "It's Go Tiiiimmmmmmme" while bouncing to get straws.