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Raquel's POV

I hate this fucking job; the same damn people come in everyday and order the same damn thing. Why I have no idea but it's very boring. The only good thing about this job is they pay well for a waitress and I have met some people that I would consider friends with. You see my parents passed away two years ago and now the only family I have left is my step-brother Iris who is 17 and I have custody of him until his birthday when he turns 18 but that's not for another year so I have to have this job. My father was shot in the line of duty about 4 years ago, it was hard for me because I was living with him at the time, he left everything to me and I lived in the house until I was able to sell it and move into an apartment closer to work. I hate that I had to do it but my truck wouldn't make the drive everyday if I didn't. Now I have my step-brother to take care of, he can take care of himself for the most part but he's still a minor and I am responsible for him. My mom and step-father passed away due to a car accident about 2 years ago now that's how I ended up with Iris.

My shift at Good Eat Diner is just about to start now, oh joy, not! My boss Lauren is a real bitch, I have no idea what I did to her but for some odd reason the women hates my guts but that's ok because I don't really like her either.

"Are you going to punch in today or just stand there like the idiot that I know you are?" See like I said she's a bitch, it takes everything that I have not to roll my eyes at her, but I turn to her and plaster on the fakest smile that I can.

"I still have 2 minutes before my shift starts; I'll be punched in before then so don't worry." She just huffs and walks away.

I'm about half-way threw my shift finally when in walks a bunch of men in black Armani suits, the business type, great. The only good thing is they usually leave nice tips but they can be real assholes to deal with, of course Angela puts them in my area and then winks at me, bitch.

"Hello welcome to Good Eat Diner my name is Raquel can I start you gentleman off with something to drink?"

"Yes we would all like a coke please, if you have it in the pitcher that would be fine also." Said the velvety voice, when I looked up at him he had the most intense candy green eyes I had ever seen. He was Adonis himself, chiseled jaw, coppery colored hair, and looked to be very muscular.

"Sure, I'll be right back with that for you," I turned around and went to get there drinks. When I got to the back Angela was already back there waiting for me, I could feel that my face was on fire.

"Thank you; do you know who they are? I haven't seen them here before."

"No idea, but I thought you could use the extra money especially with having Iris." I gave her a hug in thanks and left to take the drinks to them.

"Here you go, have you decided what you would like to order or do you need a few more minutes yet?"

"No we know what we want; I'll have a mushroom burger with everything on it please." Brown eyes told me, and then looked at the person to his right. I continued to take everyone's order around the table; most of them ordered the same thing that green eyes did. Once there order was ready I took it out to them with the help of Angela, they thanked us and told me to leave the check. I took that as my queue to leave then which was fine because my shift was over in about 15 minutes anyway. Just before I left brown eyes handed me $50.00 and told me that was my tip, I wasn't sure how to respond to that I just told him thank you and left.

The week continued just like that, everyday brown eyes and his men would come in for lunch and leave me a $50.00 tip. It came in handy at the end of the week because rent was due and I was afraid that I was going to be short this month.