Catching Dreams, Chasing You

CHAPTER 8

"You love your work don't you?" I nodded, not paying attention to them because I am enjoying the food and thinking about something at the same time. It's not usual for our cafeteria to have a perfectly cooked meal.

"Do you enjoy it?" Ricca asked, I gave another nod

Kyle followed another question "It pays well?" I nodded again

"You like your co-worker?" Another question, I nodded.

My eyes widened and I dropped the spoon and fork "Of course not!" I cleared my throat. "You guys were starting it again!"

They laughed at me.

"in denial"

"Liar"

"Coward"

"Stubborn"

"SHUT UP!" I shouted in annoyance, the students around looked at me. I gave them an awkward smile then looked at my friends disgustedly. Due to their annoying attitude and crazy mind I am also being corrupted. Starting to care about my feelings towards someone.

"Your motorcycle is with you. He won't pick you up?"

"Not anymore, you guys were crazy."

After the afternoon class I told Sir Wen that I'll be a little late tonight because I still need to discuss the exposition with my group mates.

We will be selling waffles that come with different flavours. During lunch, I came up with an idea to put random notes or quotations inside the waffles. We searched for quotations that might motivate them to pursue their dreams.

To make it more fun, we added a few sentences about love. One sentence saying "Go on the prom with me". It sounds so cringey to me. Maybe we'll put it only if the customer is those students who's in a relationship. Otherwise they will think that we're silly.

Seb picked me up before dawn and I received 99 plus chats from our group chat in an instant. It didn't occur to me that this would happen. Even Antoine chatted me asking if I got a boyfriend.

"Something is wrong, students were talking about us. They said the nerd was dating a handsome guy." I whispered to him after he finished delivering orders.

"Oh. So what's wrong?"

I paused for a moment "I'm not a nerd!" I bit my lower lip in irritation.

He rolled his eyes at me while wiping his hands on his apron. "Childish! "Just help me brew coffee for the orders. They will pick it up by 9." He said so I turned my phone off and got back to work.

The day had finally come. We've been preparing for it. It's exposition day.

"2 Waffles please, chocolate." I wrote down her order and her name. My groupmate Ely whispered to me that the girl was in a relationship so I drew a heart on the note. The assigned cook knows what to do next. Cheesy lines on the way.

"You're the one for me." I heard students shout as one of the guys read the message from the waffle. I covered my mouth to hide my laughs seeing how the girl was smiling like crazy. It's all planned but it drives her crazy.

After an hour, we have met our target sales so we're done. Teachers were also done grading us. Our products sold faster than I expected. Jana then decided to cook for us.

"I'll put these notes randomly. It's all fate now" She winked as she mixed all the notes in one jar and cooked the first side.

After all the first side was cooked, they put the random notes in the middle then put another mixture on the other side to lock the notes inside. Next, she asked Ely to switch the positions of each waffle without her looking. Then Jana numbered it and let Mia spin the wheel to decide who gets the 1, 2, 3, and 4. They go through all that trouble just to make sure that what we'll get was all fate. I just get along with their ideas. I got the number 2 waffle.