get the fuck out || matt sturniolo

2 - fuck.

a couple of weeks later, alexis and mandy stand with five other girls in front of mrs cox, the restaurant manager. all of them wear white blouses, black pants and a short apron.

mrs cox claps her hands once. "girls, listen." now she points at mandy, "penelope. please go to the wardrobe, you're responsible for that today.  i'll be there in a minute to explain everthing, alright?" mandy, who's called 'penelope' for today, nods and heads to the counter next to the entrance, where the guests can leave their jackets and stuff during the event. that couldn't go any better, because that's the best opportunity for her to look through the guests stuff.

after mrs cox chose two girls for the buffet service, alexis and the other three girls walk outside, where the actual event, which seems to be a birthday party of youtuber, takes place.

as there is still time left until the host arrives, alexis looks around. the terrace of the restaurant is decorated nicely, black and white themed. there are four big tables with each ten seats. on every plate is a table card placed, so every guest has an assigned seat.

in the middle of the four tables stands a smaller, round table with a huge sculpture made of ice. it looks like a goose, but alexis is sure it's supposed to be some big, fancy bird.

officially, alexis' job for today is serving the people drinks. unofficially, her job is to get them drunk as fuck as fast as possible, so she gets their cash, jewelry or whatever easily.

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the host of the party arrived, now standing next to the sculpture. as alexis approaches him to ask him if he wanted a drink, she notices that he raises an eyebrow while glancing up and down the goose.

„hey", alexis says with a smile on her face, „can i get you something to drink?"

the guy quickly looks to her. „hey", he says in a friendly tone. he points to the sculpture, „isn't it ugly as fuck? it's supposed to be a swan but it kinda looks like-„

„a goose?" alexis laughs softly, as the black haired guy widens his eyes. „exactly!" his eyes wander to her name tag and then back to her eyes, „sooooo, julie. i actually didn't want to drink today, but looking at the goose i changed my mind." he nods his head towards the sculpture and laughs, „can you get me a vodka? with ice please".

„sure", she writes the order down on a small notepad, „good choice by the way".

-

a while later, almost every guest is already there. only three seats are still empty. alexis is busy with taking orders and bringing them back to the people. she kinda likes the work, but maybe only because she's really good at it. she's fast, friendly and remembers almost every order without even looking at her notepad. she's very motivated and in a pretty good mood.

it has only been an hour since the first few guests arrived, but some of them are already tipsy. and the buffet hasn't even started yet!

"hey, julie!", the host of the party waves alexis over, "i need some fancy cocktail. what would you recommend?"

"to be honest, i really don't know", she laughs softly, "i am more of a vodka shot type of girl."

he nods and laughs, "i like you, you're cool. can you get me a vodka again then? and get yourself one too!"

"i don't think i'm supposed to drink. maybe later." alexis smiles, pats him one time on the shoulder and walks to the bar.

she doesn't know his name yet cause he's the only one without a table card, but she likes him already. they are joking around every time she gets his order or walks past him. she genuinely feels bad that she will possibly ruin his friendships by stealing their stuff, even if she didn't do anything yet.

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as alexis is walking around, looking for any work, she notices that two guys sit down on the last seats, leaving only one empty. she walks over to them. "hey, what do you guys wanna drink?" the guy sitting between the empty seat and the other guy that's just arrived is turning around. their eyes meet and she can't do anything but stand still. the guy doesn't seem to notice that and begins to talk, "can i get a coke and... nick what was it? i forgot." "how can you forget a fucking water?"

alexis clears her throat quietly to get herself together. she unobtrusively squints over to the boys' table cards. nick sturniolo and chris sturniolo. "alright", she says, smiling and trying her hardest to act unsuspicious, "anything else?"

chris raises his eyebrows. "actually, make it two cokes, please" he lightly tabs on the table, where the seat is still empty, "he should be coming any second." he smiles at alexis. as she turns around she sighs in relief, cause it seems that he didn't recognize her. that's the guy. the guy who caught her. it's unlikely that he'll recognize her, cause the was wearing that ski mask that night, but the situation is still very uncomfortable for her. the more she thinks about it, the more nervous she gets.

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after the bartender put the drinks on her service tray, she goes back to chris and nick. she notices that the last seat is now taken too. as she stands behind chris and nick again, she places the water that nick ordered in front of him, one coke in front of chris and then walks over to the last guy. he's sitting at the end of the table, so she stands directly next to him. while she's putting his coke on the table, she quickly squints over to his table card. matt sturniolo. "thank you", he says. She turns her head to look at him and as their eyes meet, she freezes immediately. they stare into each others eyes for a solid 10 seconds at least.

"you're welcome." alexis speaks quickly and immediately turns around and walks away.

fuck.