𝘚𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 | 𝙅𝙤𝙚 𝙟𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙨

0.2

I get up when I feel the light of the cloudy day on my facial features, waking me up. I see that I slept on my desk, reviewing the floor plan of the building that I will present for the last test of my architecture college. After looking at the clock, seeing that I'm late for the presentation, i get off the chair, dropping it on the floor, in a hurry to get up. I end up feeling my back killing me when i run to the bathroom and get my appearance as acceptable as possible.
I walk faster to the subway station, hoping that by some miracle it will become a bullet train.

. . . .

After a long and exhausting morning at college, I'm doing my quiet way to work. I don't really like days like this, cloudy - which are basically every day here in New York - I would prefer a totally clear blue sky, making that refreshing shade on the sidewalks when the sun hits the trees.

Lost in my thoughts, I don't even see that I've arrived at Ballato's. I look at the time on my cell phone and see a million messages from my best friend Anna, some arriving at that same moment. But before I have time to read them, the phone dies. I sigh while putting it in my bag and opening the doors of the restaurant. When I entered, Clare, the receptionist, acted to rush me to the kitchen. I didn't understand it 'cause I had arrived at the right time. And then I see why when I hear the Boss's speech.

"There is a person of great influence having lunch here, so take care of every detail. I don't want to see mistakes or complaints, understood?" - He says looking into the eyes of each one of us.

"Yes, Chief!" - we answered in unison.

I run to change my clothes and punch the clock before they involve me in problems. I'm the Sous-Chief, so I always have to show professionalism in what I do. I love being in the kitchen, so that's not difficult for me.

. . . .

I see Clare enter the kitchen and go towards me. I was washing my hands in the sink, but I turn my face towards her while smiling.

"There are some people wanting to give their compliments to the Chief"- says Clare slapping me lightly on the shoulder. I smile genuinely. After that speech by the Chief, he left. It was only up to me to take over the situation.

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"I love what I do and it fills my heart to do it well for you." I give a handshake to the older italian man who was in front of me, after listening to his speech. Smiling from ear to ear thanking him and his probable wife next to him.

I excuse myself, soon hearing my own voice somewhere in the background, coming from a cell phone, singing one of yesterday's covers. The sound gets closer and closer, until a girl puts her hand in front of me, preventing me from passing by.

"Excuse me, but I need to talk to the Chief here"- says the girl while the music stops. When I look at the blonde's table, I see a man concentrated in his cell phone. He seemed indifferent and tired but focused only on the screen in front of him. Was he listening to me sing?

"Uh, hi? Are you listening to me?" - she asks, raising her voice. The brunette finally looks up from his phone and meets my eyes, and I can swear I have seen him before.

"Yes, ma'am. I'm the chief... is everything ok?"- I ask the blonde, who is now examining her plate and looks at me with disdain.

"No, it's not!"-she says, and I can feel myself tuning out as she continues to complain. -"How am I supposed to eat this... if there's rice? I follow a diet, a costly diet... and I can't simply eat rice, it's not part of my diet and..." - her words start to fade from my mind as she continues to talk. I'm too focused on the man sitting far away next to the blonde, who hasn't said a word but seems embarrassed by her actions. Looking at the table I realize something.

"Ma'am, you ordered risotto."- I point to her plate with my head.

"And?" - she raises her eyebrows in a mocking manner and crosses her arms over her chest.

"And the main ingredient of risotto is rice, isn't?" - I ask, trying to stay calm.

"How dare y—"- She was interrupted by the man who finally speaks up.

"Sophie ..."- he gives her a look-" I apologize, Miss..."-he says, directing an apologetic smile to me. He was very handsome, that's all I could see at the moment. Some of his curls fell on his forehead and his look was charming. The half-yellowish light of the place made him angelic. I had to hold my chin so it wouldn't plummet to the floor - "I think we can order something else without rice for mine..."- did he just? The woman who was looking heinously at me, turned to him quickly when the man got lost in his words.-"wife"- he cleared his throat.

"Of course. I apologize for the misunderstanding. If you allow me?!"- I give a false smile to the woman, who didn't even look at me and then I remove her plate from the table.

When I pass by the man, he looks at me with a face of someone who was apologizing for the rude womanh. How can someone marry a girl like that?!

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Soon in the evening, I arrive home. Throwing my keys on the marble counter in the kitchen i sit on the couch and put my cell phone to charge. When it turns on, my ears are assaulted by thousands of Anna's notifications that I didn't have the chance to see before.

Anna:

"OMG, DID YOU SEE THAT YOUR VIDEO HIT?"

"MAIA WHERE ARE YOU I'M FREAKING OUT"

"HEY, THE JOE FUCKING JONAS LIKED YOUR VIDEO"

After reading these messages I rise swiftly from my seat. What do you mean Joe Jonas had seen my video, and what video was that? I see that Anna sent me the link. It seems that one of the people who was at the pub recorded and posted.
My mouth agape and fingers firmly grasping my face to contain my screams that would come out at any moment. My heart was beating hard and I thought it was going to come out of my mouth.
112k likes and more than 700 thousand views in my so renowned video. In it, I appeared singing "Toothbrush" by DNCE and a little bit of my authorial music.

Me:
"This cant be happening!!!"

Anna:
"Oh you're alive? that's neew!!"

Me:
"Sorry. My phone died when i was at my job."

Anna:
"Anyways, joe jonas liked your video. Now you guys are like, best mates?!"

Me:
"i can't believe, really!!"

I was very thrilled to say something. When I saw the name of Joe's instagram, I searched the same and when I pressed it I almost choke on my own saliva.

It was HIM with the rude blonde at the restaurant earlier?!!

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A/N:

Hi guys, this was the second chapter of this fanfic. It seems slower but I swear the next ones will be better.

Vote and comment, I'll be grateful!