Dream - Lip Gallagher

CHAPTER 3

„Allie, table six is looking for their check." Fiona calls out to me from the counter before I nod, and go to table six.

It's not even midday, and my feet are already killing me from walking around all day while my head is about to burst.

Patsy's is overcrowded while today only half the staff is there, so I had to come to work on my day off.

After Sean left Fiona, quite dramatically, she took over management, meaning she's my boss now, and I'm telling you, she's a pain in the ass.

I started working here a few months ago to earn some money, and since Fiona worked here too, I easily got the job.

After graduating from highschool, I first thought about going to college, but I didn't have enough money. Unfortunately, I'm not a super genius like Lip, who gets everything shoved up his ass by one of his professors.

After I'm done with table six, I go back behind the counter, and lean against it for a moment while closing my eyes.

It's like today is the hottest day of the year while the customers are even meaner and ruder than usual.

I've been running around since morning, and this is the first time I can take a deep breath. I'm literally about to just spit in the coffee, and then serve it with a smile. 

These people need to learn to treat others with respect, and not expect us waiters to be their slaves.

My cell phone starts ringing, making me jump before I pull it out of my shorts, and I see that Ian is calling me. My eyebrows furrow since it's weird that he's calling me because he should be at work right now too.

"I'm working." I just say while I wait for him to tell me what he wants. 

Fiona hates it when we're on the phone while we're working, even though she's checking her phone right now too.

But she's the boss, her rules don't count for herself.

"Did you know that Lip is coming back from rehab. He texted me a few minutes ago." Is all I hear in my left ear as my mouth opens even though I don't even know what I could say to him.

I definitely did not know that.

Lip will be back, and since he got kicked out of college for fucking his professor, he's won't go back there. Meaning that he's staying. 

I end the call with a quick 'okay' before I put my phone on the counter in front of me, and take a deep breath.

Lip's been a very, very hot topic since that thing four years ago happened, and it's still giving me goosebumps, just thinking about it.

I finally got over him when I was sixteen, and I had my first boyfriend who made me really happy for a year before he cheated on me. Yeah, wasn't that nice either.

Since I had a boyfriend things between me and Lip have eased up a bit, and we are able to talk normally again, but to this day we haven't talked about the sex we had four years ago.

Veronica and Fiona noticed that too, as did the whole family, but we simply told them a lie, and to this day no one but Ian knows what really happened.

"You're here to work." I hear Fiona yell, causing my head to snap to her while I glare at her in annoyance, making her roll her eyes.

"I don't pay you for doing nothing." She adds before she picks up the coffee pot, and walks around the tables to pour people their coffee.

I roll my eyes and take a deep breath as I run my hands over my makeup-free face.