Deadly and Dangerous

Chapter 5: The proposal

Ever since I ran into Angelo this morning, I've surprisingly been in a very good mood for the whole day. I got home and got in the shower and after that I actually cleaned my apartment. After I finished up spring cleaning, I decided to watch TV until my shift at the diner starts.

It was now 5pm and I need to be at work in an hour. I quickly showered, and dressed in my uniform and headed off to work.

As I opened the diner door, I was greeted by an exhausted Beth - my good friend as well as another waitress. Her pale blue eyes had huge bags underneath them and her dirty blond hair was falling out of her bun.

"Serena, I need you to me help me here, I'm dying!" I looked around and saw that we were swamped with customers. I ran to the counter and threw my coat underneath it and started pinning my nametag onto my uniform.

"Alright Beth, I'll take the tables 6, 8 and 9, then you and Maria split the rest." Beth nodded and began walking off. I grabbed my notepad and headed over to number 6.

"Hi I'm Serena and I'll be your waitress for this eve - Oh hi Mr Rodgers, sorry I didn't notice you there with the stash," I laughed while pointing to his beard.

"Oh Serena, you always know how to cheer me up!" He mocked as he put a hand to his heart ."Wow, looks like you guys are really busy tonight!"

"Yeah we are. We really have our work cut out for us." I laughed along with him.

"Okay well you know me, I'll take the usual." He winked.

"How would you like your steak done this time?" I laughed as I jotted down his order.

"Hmm.. surprise me!" He grinned. I took his menu and started walking to the kitchen to give the chef his order. I continued waiting on other tables until I heard a bell sound go off from the kitchen. I rushed to the kitchen to grab the customers' food. I handed out the food and my last stop was at Mr Rodgers'.

"Here we go sir, enjoy the food." I smiled warmly at my favorite customer.

"Thank you, I know I will!" He said smiling hungrily at the food while rubbing his hands together. As I began walking away he grabbed my arm.

"Serena, I see that you have a secret admirer." He said while nodding his head in the direction of the counter. I looked to where he was nodding and saw a certain dark-haired man in a very fancy suit staring amusedely at me.

I rolled me eyes and shook my head. " Oh no Mr Rodgers, he's just a friend."

"It sure doesn't seem that way. He hasn't seemed to take his eyes off of you for the whole night,"

I smiled to myself and then looked back at Angelo, only to see him still staring at me. I looked at Mr Rodgers and he smiled warmly at me.

"Go Serena, you clearly need to talk to him about something and judging by that blush, I can see that you feel the same way as he does." He grinned mischeviously.

I started blushing even more and realized that Mr Rodgers is right, I do need to go and talk to him.

"Enjoy your food Mr Rodgers." I chuckled, while gently patting his shoulder and soon started making my way towards the counter where Angelo was sitting. As I walked past him, I made sure that my shoulder gently brushed his and I continued to walk to the opposite end of the counter. I can't believe that I actually had the guts to make physical contact with him!

As I rounded the counter corner, I looked at him and he looked quite serious.

"What's wrong with you?" I asked as I started wiping the counter off.

"You haven't given me an answer about our date." He stated.

"Oh that? I haven't given it much thought, as you can see," I said waving my arms around the shop, "I'm very busy."

"Okay, well I'll just wait here until you finish then." He said as he started taking his suit jacket off.

"What, No!' I said hurriedly.

"Why not?" he asked with a smirk on his face. He now folded his suit jacket and layed it on the chair next to him.

"Because I can't focus with you here!"

"Is it because I make you nervous?" he asked while leaning on his elbows and smiling at me.

'N-no, I just..." I couldn't think of an answer because he in fact did make me nervous. "Fine, just don't bother me!" I said while walking away to check up on the customers.

"Wouldn't dream of it." He winked.  I started walking towards the customers but I heard Angelo call me.

"Serena?" I turned around and raised my eyebrows, "Could I perhaps get a coffee?" He grinned smugly at me.

"Sure thing." I said as cheery as possible, but I made sure to scowl at him before I turned and walked away.

This is going to be a long night.

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