• HEATHER • Chase Randall

Chapter Five - Factory Reset

• HEATHER •

It's morning in the Dino Bite Cafe. Chase is on the grills as usual, Shelby is waitressing with Riley, and Tyler is cooking with Koda. I had already been at work for an hour or two before the others as my schedule was very full this particular day, many tasks had to be done and I wanted to get it done as soon as possible.

I eventually decided it was time to take a 10-minute break and hang out with my friends at the cafe. I walk into the restaurant and wave politely to the other staff, then hastily approach them.

Chase notices me first, "Hey, Eliott I was just about to come find you."

I'm caught off guard by this, scrambling for a response, "O-oh, oh yeah what's up mate?"

He lowers his voice, "Look, Kendall has me stuck in here all day. There's a very specific board I need for my skateboard but Kendall won't let me go, the skate shop down town have it on sale but it ends today. I really need you to get it for me. In fact, I'll even give you the money." Chase explains while pulling out a wad of cash.

'Oh how nice of him to to not make me buy it myself' I think sarcastically.

"Sure," I take the money and place my morpher and comm on the table, making sure I wasn't seen, noting in my head to pick them up when I get back. Chase immediately left to man the grill again, "I can squeeze in a few minutes." I tell myself, biting my cheek.

Shelby then walks over to me, "Hey Eliott, can you just take this to table 5? That guy was just super rude to me." she pleads, handing him the tray of food.

"No problem."

I take the food to its respective table and almost walk into Tyler after doing so, "Woah!" I exclaim.

"Eliott, I need your help." he urges.

"Sure, what is it?"

"Can you fix my phone? I dropped it into the food and now it won't turn on." Tyler hands me his red-cased phone.

I quickly give it a once-over, "I'll see what I can do, I'll be about an hour." Tyler suddenly hugs me and trots off.

I go to talk to one of the others but Miss Morgan calls me before he could do so, making me sigh.

"Eliott." she catches up to me.

"Yeah?"

"I need to go into the lab to work on something, so I need you to work a bit of extra time and cover for me, ok?" she requests, although it seems like she isn't fully asking.

"Uh- Course." she hurries off, leaving me alone. I check my watch and I've already wasted 10 minutes. I sigh again, rubbing my eyes. I leave in a hurry and don't notice that my pockets were significantly lighter than before.

For the next hour or so, I bury myself in my work, covering for Miss Morgan and doing my own job. Then, I also fix Tyler's phone, he got gravy in his charging port, which I had to clean out. I feel shattered by the end of it, but there was still more to do.

I quickly jog back to the cafe and return Tyler's phone, which earns me a tight hug as thanks when he successfully turns it on.