merder mafia leader in love

chapter 1

meredith's pov:
"Hi I'm going to be your waitress today is there anything I can get you all?" I walk up to a table of 5 men in business suits. "Woah I'll take one of you with a side of you" one of the guys said. "That was pathetic" one of the other guys say. "Are you on the menu?" one of the other guys says. "Shut up dickheads, leave her alone" another guy says, chuckling. "Sorry about them" he says. I look at him. Holy shit. He is the most gorgeous guy I've seen in my entire life. He has the nicest eyes, and hair and.. and I'm staring at him. I shake out of my trance.

"Its okay" I smile. "Can I get you anything?" I ask him. "Can I have a croissant and an ice water please" he smiles. And manners too.. god. "Of course.. and the rest of your crew?" I chuckle. They're all laughing and hitting eachother. He looks at them. He chuckles. "Just the same as me please" he says. "Is that it?" I smile. "Yes" he smiles back at me. "Okay" I walk away.

I walk behind the counter. The place I work at is only a little cafe so all the baked things are already out and ready. I stand behind the counter, getting their croissants on plates. The guy from before walks over to the counter. I look up at him. "Do you want something else?" I ask. "Your number" he says. "Really? I thought you were the good one" I say. "I am" he chuckles. I keep putting the croissants onto plates. "Come on please" he smiles. His smile is so dreamy. "I have a boyfriend" I say. "No you don't" he says. "I do" I chuckle. "Liar" he grins. "How do you know? I could have a boyfriend" I chuckle, getting a few bottles of water out of the fridge behind me. "You could.. but you don't" he says. I put some ice into 5 glasses. I start pouring water into all of them. "Now you're ignoring me" he grins. "I'm.. trying to" I giggle. "You shouldn't ignore me" he says. "Why not?" I say. "Because I'm someone you need to get to know to love" he says. "So if I know you I'll love you?" I smile. "Yes" he says. "You really like yourself huh?" I chuckle. "Just hiding my pain" he says. I giggle. He chuckles. "So.. what's your story?" He smiles. "I dont have a story.. I'm just a waitress in a cafe" I chuckle lightly. "And I'm just a customer in a cafe" he says. I look into his eyes. "You wanna help me carry these to your table?" I grin. "Sure" he chuckles. He helps me take everything to his table.

I walk back over to the counter. I grab a cloth, going over to one of the other tables and cleaning it. He walks over to me, sitting on the chair infront of me. "Do you mind?" I chuckle. "You looked lonely I thought I'd keep you company" he says. "I'm not lonely I'm cleaning the table.. and you are in the way" I say. "Why won't you give me your number?" He smiles. "I dont have a phone" I grin. "Lying again" he chuckles. "Can you move?" I laugh. He stands up, moving out of the way so I can clean the other side of the table. Hes really tall. "I think I recognise you from somewhere.. have you come in here before?" I ask. "No" he says "but I might again" he smirks. "How stalkery" I grin. "That is not a word" he chuckles. "Bit of a smartass are we?" I raise my brow. He chuckles. "What's your name?" He asks. "None of your business" I grin. "I'm derek" he says. He holds out his hand. I look at him. He smiles. I chuckle, smiling. "Meredith" I shake his hand. Our hands linger before I finally pull away gently. I try to hide my grin as I go back to cleaning the table. "Boss we gotta go!" One of the other guys say. I look at him. "I'll see you soon meredith" he smiles. "You will?" I say. "You will" he says. "Bye derek" I smile. "Bye" he smiles before walking away. "Honey.. if you dont marry him, I will" an old guy, the table next to where I'm stood says. I chuckle.

THE NEXT DAY:
I have been thinking about derek ever since yesterday. He didnt come to the cafe today. Maybe I should've given him my number. I don't want to date at the moment though, and I definitely don't want a fling. I'm mopping the floors of the cafe. Its 7pm so I'm just closing up. The lights are off so the street lights shining through the windows are the only things lighting the room up. I hear the door open. "Sorry we're closed" I say, not looking up from the mop. "I was hoping you'd make an exception" I hear. I look up. "Derek?" I smile. "Hi" he smiles. I put the mop in the bucket. "What are you doing here?" I ask. "I was actually just going to the bar down the street to get a drink.. but I saw you through the window so I thought I'd come and-" he says. "Stalker" i grin. "I'm not a stalker" he chuckles. "Uhuh" I giggle. "Do you wanna get a drink with me?" He smiles. "Just a drink?" I ask. "Maybe more than one but yeah" he chuckles. "I'm wearing my uniform" I say. "Yeah.." He chuckles. "Can you give me a second to change? I live upstairs" I say. "Sure" he says. I smile, walking up to my apartment. I walk back downstairs in a black dress and some pumps. I smile at him as I walk over to him, grabbing my coat off of the coat hanger. I put it on and take my hair out of the bobble. "You look beautiful" he smiles. "Thankyou" I smile. We walk out of the cafe. I lock the door behind me before we walk down the street to the bar.