Summer love

Work days and planning

*Remi's p.o.v*

"Hi, what can I get I for you?" I asked the customer who was stood in front of me. "I'll have a carling, double vodka and lemonade and two packets of crisps please." He stated. I nodded, "any particular crisps?" I asked showing him the selection on the shelves behind me.

"Ready salted and cheese and onion, please." He said, I nodded and grabbed the crisps for him before pouring his two drinks. "Is that everything for you?" I asked as I placed the final drink on the bar. He nodded, "brilliant." I smiled tapping away at the till , adding the order on to the account, "that's £14.65 please, is that with cash or card?" I asked, he held up his card, I nodded and sent it over to him. "Amazing that's all gone through for you." I grinned and watched him head back to his table.
I let out a a tired sigh and leant up against the back bar as my manager and best friend Ella approached me, "you alright?" She giggled. I rolled my eyes, "No this shift sucks!! Why did Dan have to hire more staff that are so incompetent" I groaned in frustration. Ella shrugged, "I don't know, but hey at least you are doing your job correctly, and soon this shift will be over." She smiled and patted me on the shoulder. I sighed, and grabbed the clipboard from the side scanning the list of jobs I had to do before we could leave, "Hey Jack once you are done with putting glasses away could you do a bottle up for me please whilst I strip the bar?" I asked softly. He groaned and rolled his eyes at me, "sure, it's not like I always do it." He sassed, I scoffed, seriously? I've been here for almost a year and he's giving me that attitude whilst he's still on probation? The fucking cheek.

"No, don't worry I'll do it. It's not like I do everything around here anyways." I voiced, leaving the bar and walking through the kitchen towards the bottle store to grab our stock. I loaded the basket with different lagers, wines, spirits and snacks before carrying them back out to the bar. "Hey girl, do you really think you should be carrying that?" My other best friend Irem asked as she waited at the bar.

I sighed and approached her, "well if I don't do it, it wouldn't get done or it would be done wrong, I don't care if my wrist hurts. Honestly I need a fucking holiday." I groaned running my hands over my face. Irem gave me a gentle sympathetic smile, "I know but you should be careful, Dan told you not to carry heavy things you don't want to do more bad than good. Anyways I wanted to ask you if you and Ella wanted to come with me to Monaco?" She asked.

My eyes widened, "seriously? When?" I astounded, "May, my dad found an apartment over there for a reasonable price? And I know the three of us definitely need a break, so what do you think?" Irem asked, with hope in her eyes.

"Yeah!! I would love to go, I need to get out of this country, let me quickly grab Ella and see what she says." I stammered excitedly, before rushing off back into the kitchen to grab Ella.
"Hey El, irem is here she wants to ask you something." I grinned, she nodded and followed me back to the bar. "Hello Irem, I heard you needed to ask me something?" Ella asked furrowing her eyebrows. "Yes, how would you like to come to Monaco with me and Remi in May for a girls trip?" Irem squeaked with excitement, I had a massive smile on my face as I awaited for Ella to reply, she stood there in shock for a moment until she gleamed with delight, "obviously, how long is it for?" She asked, "a week, we will leave on the 21st and come back on the 28th, so does that mean you are also up for it?" Irem questioned.

"Hell yeah, that's when the Monaco Grand Prix starts!!" Ella gushed. If you could not tell already Ella is a massive Formula 1 fan, me on the other hand not so much. "I'll see you at home irem." I smiled. She frowned, "your kicking me out." She said with her hand on her heart looking offended. I giggled, " yes I'm trying to work, and if you want me to bring home some food I suggest you piss off back home." I smiled. She scoffed, "Fine, make sure it's the spicy burger I like that one." She said before waving goodbye and leaving. I turned to Ella, "you heard that right?" I asked, she nodded, "yeah I'll put your order in for you now and when your shift ends you can just grab it off the hot plate." She stated. I smiled and started to place my order, "Spicy chicken burger with fries, chicken, bacon and avocado salad, chicken and pineapple slaw burger with fries, bbq wings and two chocolate brownies with ice cream." I read through my head and quickly paid for it with my discount.

I quickly got back to work and started bottling up the fridges making sure everything was in date. I placed all the snack on the shelves, and grabbed all the bar accessories and put them in the dishwasher to clean. I glanced at the time on my watch I had 10 minutes left of my shift, I breathed a sigh of relief and headed back to the bar to serve some more customers before I had to leave.

"Hey Remi, how are you today?" John asked, he was one of the locals and we both got along like a house on fire. "Yeah I'm good I'm just tired, can't wait to go home." I replied whilst pouring his pint, "how's your day been?" He shrugged, "same old boring day, not on a close tonight?" He asked. I shook my head, "nope, first time in ages." I giggled. He laughed and headed over to his chair, I glanced at the time and finally my shift was over.

"Hey Jack, I've finished now...bottling up has been done and I've stripped the bar so you don't have to do that later." I smiled sincerely. He rolled his eyes at me, "Yeah okay." He mumbled before walking away. I shook my head in annoyance and clocked out, I walked into the kitchen and grabbed my order, "Hey Ella I'll see you tomorrow." I smiled, she nodded and gave me a wave before I walked out of the pub towards my car.

My house was only a 5 minute drive from work, so It didn't take me long to finally be in the comfort of my own home. "IREM!!" I yelled as I walked into the house and placed my car keys on the hook. Her head popped out from the living room, "Hey girl, I'm just setting up a movie, I've made some cocktails. So go upstairs and put on your pjs and then we can eat." She said excitedly. I giggled softly and ran up to my room and changed into my pyjamas.

As I walked downstairs and into the living room, Irem had lit candles, had blankets led out on the sofas and set out the food for us. "Thank you, this is exactly what I needed." I told her and collapsed on the sofa, grabbing my plate of food from the table and started to dig in. "No worries, oh I also booked our flights for Monaco, my dad also paid for us to watch the Grand Prix, I know Ella has been dying to watch it." Irem stated, I smiled, "thanks irem, I honestly can't wait." I squealed.

I pressed play on the remote, we watched Step brothers and was in the middle of watching Saw, when I could feel my eyes drifting shut. I glanced at the clock on the wall it was already 1am, "hun I'm going to head to bed I'll see you in the morning." I yawned. "Okay girl, sleep well." She replied not taking her eyes off the screen. I grabbed my phone and vape from the table and headed upstairs. As soon as I got into bed and wrapped my blanket around me I was out like a light.