𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐝; 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐲 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐨

꒰ 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐢𝐱 ; 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟 ꒱

After the whole 'Richie selling coke' everyone got back to business, everyone started to do what they were assigned to. Grace was cutting up fruit and vegetables, everything was going fine until the lights blew out. "hey what the fuck man?" She said confused and put her knife down. "Everyone grab the ice from the back!" Carmen shouted, everyone grabbed a bag of ice.

Grace grabbed two bags of ice and handed it to Carmen "this place is shit." She said and walked away. "Change of plans. we're going to take everything. Just take it outside, alright?" Carmen shouted, Grace grabbed the packs of sausages and walked outside.  

Carmen left with Richie and went to his sisters house to put some meat in the freezer until the lights came back on "we got one more hour to service chefs!" Sydney reminded "chef there's no light out front" "there's no more space" Tina told Sydney. "Okay that's fine, uh. Angel. I want you to take every single stock pot we have and put it on the stove" Grace picked up a tray with vegetables inside of it

"Ebra get all the beef, put it in gravy, cover it, warm it up for service" Sydney orders Ebra "okay" He shouted at her and did what the chef told him to do. "Manny and Grace, take all the vegetables that don't fit in the lowboy, all of the chicken, put em in the pots, cover em. Stock it all." 

Manny and Grace grabbed the vegetables and went back into the kitchen "where do we put them at? There's still no room." Grace turned around to look at Manny "Chef told us to put them in a separate pot" Manny told Levine. She grabbed a pot and threw in the carrots inside of it. "How are we doing?" Sydney asked while carrying a tray with chicken "doing good so far" Tina started to yell in Spanish "english.." "the pilot lights is out." Tina said, this time in english like Sydney had asked.

"how the fuck are we going to open now?" Grace said and facepalmed herself, she ran her hands through her hair and tried to keep her cool. "FAK!" Sydney called out "what now?" He asked and came over to see what the problem is "the stupid light wont work." Grace explained to him, the man groaned and laid on his stomach to put a fire on the oven, which didn't work so that meant the oven wasn't available. 

"Chef we can't open." Tina told her, disappointed  "It's very greasy in here." Fak said while keeping the lighter on "Yes Fak, it's an oven." "are they still building across the street?" Sydney said and looked at the clock that was hanging on the wall

"Um, not that I know of, why?" Grace answered her question since no one else did "We can't close down service. We're going to build a grill outside, come on." Everyone walked outside of the building, and went outside. Grace unfortunately had the role to carry or drag the cement blocks, which hurt her back. She grabbed the heavy object and dragged it to where it was supposed to be "Ugh, Sydney can I please do the tables? This shit is hurting me psychically and mentally" She complained and put her foot on the block "Okay, yeah sure." Sydney nodded her head. 

Grace grabbed the white table that was folded, and brought it outside, she unfolded it and placed it down. She grabbed the table cloth and spread it all over the table, it was red and white checkered. After a few minutes of struggling and lifting heavy things, it was finally completed. The handmade grill looked great and came along really well, the table clothes weren't blowing away from the wind, and they did it all in time for the service to start.

A black car parked, to reveal Carmen and Richie coming out "yo, what's going on?" "The lights are still out and the gas line is shit." Grace explained to them "Okay cool, looks good. Let me grab something and i'll give you a hand."  Carmen walked away to grab something "I'm going to go and annoy him, be back." Grace followed after him.

Carmen went into his office and got his blue apron "Hey there" Grace leaned on the door frame with her elbows "oh hey there" He said while tying his apron "was Pete being... Pete?" She asked him. Pete being Pete meant him being talkative and talk about random things. "He didn't talk to me but he did to Richie" 

Grace let out a laugh and walked inside his office "I hate working outside." She admitted, mainly because it was hot and she hated sweating. "Fak needs to work on the gas line" he told her. Hopefully the electric comes on soon so everyone can work inside... with the air condition.

"Can we talk about something?" Grace asked him "mhm sure"  He looked up from his apron to pay attention to her. "Why'd you kiss me?" Carmen felt the Earth stopped moving for a second, he remembered him kissing her but he was afraid to answer her question. "Carm." He stopped thinking and answered her question.

"Because I wanted to" He blurted out "I kinda want to kiss you now." Grace told him, she looked down at her fingers with a small blush laying on her cheeks. Carmen put his index finger under her chin and brought her lips to his, they both shared a loving kiss. Once they both pulled away, they both smiled at each other. "We should get back to work." Grace told him "I forgot about it." He admitted, Grace kissed his cheek and went back outside with a huge smile on her face.

TIME SKIP

"Bye everyone!" Sydney shouted after she walked out of the front door, everyone left beside Grace, Carmen, Richie, Marcus and Faz. Fak was sitting on a chair trying out Marcus's donut that he freshly made and Richie was doing Richie things, like arguing with Fak.

Grace untied her apron and grabbed her bags "Carmen, want to come over? You promised me dinner." She reminded him "Yeah, let me get my things." Grace nodded and walked to the door "Hey Grace, you should come and try this" Fak said and held the donut in the air "I'm good, thanks though" 

Carmen walked by the door and opened it, he held it open for Grace to walk out. She heard Richie whistle "Don't have too much fun!" He shouted with a laugh "Fuck off Richie!" Carmen yelled back at Cousin and shut the door behind them. "Where do you live?" He asked her, Grace never told him where her apartment was. Grace told him where as they both got in the car.

Carmen opened her apartment door and led her inside "very organized" Carmen said while looking at her rooms, everything was put together and neat. "I try to be" She put her bag on the floor, near the couch and took her hair out of her ponytail "I'll cook" Grace volunteered "No, I will. You just sit back and watch" 

Grace sat on the wooden chair  and waited for the man to make the steak. She could smell the delicious meat that was cooking.   "dinner is served!" Carmen brought the glass plates on the table and gave it to her, she grabbed the silver fork and knife and cut it. The meat was a perfect medium-rare, just the way she liked it. "You remembered?" She asked him. They both used to cook food with each other when they spent the day together, and she always reminded Carmen that her favorite was medium-rare.

"of course" He chewed his food. Grace brought the fort up to her mouth and took a bite, she chewed it carefully so the flavor could last longer. "This is amazing!" She smiled and took another, and another. 

After they ate their food, Grace grabbed the dishes and decided to clean them up. She grabbed the yellow sponge and poured the soap on the sponge, she started to scrub the plates off. Carmen came back from using the bathroom and wrapped his hands on Grace's waist. "I told you I would clean it" He put his head on her shoulder "Too late. You can't clean the dishes well" 

She turned the sink off and wiped her hands on the cloth,drying them. She turned around and faced Carmen, his hands still on her waist. "hello there" She smiled "hi" He kissed her without saying anything else. Grace smiled into the kiss and put her arms over his shoulder. He pulled away but she kissed him back but more aggressive and rough.

Carmen lifted her up and placed her firmly on the counter, his hands grabbing her clothed thighs. He moved his left hand onto the back of her neck, bring her closer to him. As they kissed full of lust, Carmen moved his lips down to her jaw, causing Grace to get butterflies. He slowly made his way down to her soft neck, slightly sucking on it. 

"Carmen..." She sighed "Hm?" he hummed in response, stopping. "Do you really want to do this on the kitchen counter?" She questioned with a hint of playfulness "Not really-" He turned his head towards the bedroom before he carried her off of the counter.

A/N

Get robbed lol 

Published on August, 16th, 2023.

Edited: June 28th 2024