Hidden Secrets

Chapter 8

I groan as I rub my head and lean against the bar.

"That's what you get for drinking" Tina whispers to me

"I'm never drinking again" I groan

Tina laughs and starts cleaning off her table. Ethan walks by and pauses; he practically gives me a death stare and I go back to my table. It's literally only 6 am and this place is dead I can't keep myself busy with my tables forever.

"Is everything fine?" I ask nicely

The family nods and I nod. I tell the little girl I will get her orange juice before leaving. I go to the drink area and pour more orange juice in a kid cup and carefully walk back to the table. As I help clean off some of the tables the bell on the front door rings and I see Emma run up to me.

"Mommy!" She squeals

"Princess!" I smile and bend down

She runs into my arms and hugs me. I look up and see my mom smiling at us. I pick Emma up and hold her on my hip as I hug my mom.

"Thank you for keeping her last night" I say

"No problem honey. We had a great time! We watched disney movies and ate ice cream before going to bed" She smiles

I smile at her and turn my head towards Emma. I fix her shirt and put her down. She grabs my hand and leads me to her favorite table. It's a booth next to a window that looks out into the pond outside. My mom sits across from her and I hand them menus.

"Do you want chocolate milk Em?" I ask and she nods "What about you mom?"

"I'll just take a coffee with 3 cream and 3 sugars" She says

I smile and go to the drink bar. I pour some chocolate milk in a baby cup for Emma while a pot of coffee brews. I put a mug and a container of cream and sugars on a tray with the chocolate milk. Once the coffee is finished I put it on a tray and take it over to Emma and mom.

"Dank you mommy" Emma says when I sit her milk down

"You're welcome princess" I smile

I decide to sit down next to Emma since I don't have any tables at the moment. I watch as she colors in the picture on the kid's menu. I smile as she scribbles on the paper and giggles. When I see Ethan walk out from the back I quickly stand up.

"So are you guys ready to order?" I ask pulling out my pen and paper

"Yea I want some blueberry waffles with some hash browns on the side" Mom says

"Emma do you want pancakes or waffles?" I ask

"Pancakes!" She squeals

"Ok I'll be back with your food" I say before putting the order in

As I wait for the food to come up Ii sit down on the side totaling the check. Once I total the check, I involuntarily start thinking about Blake. I hope I didn't say anything stupid. As much as I want to deny it, I miss him. I can't help but think how things would be today if we hadn't broken up. If I would've known how much I would've missed him, I wouldn't have ended things. It was just so hard to look at him; every time I looked at his face it reminded me of losing Liam and it killed me. I miss how I was able to tell him anything and everything that was on my mind,but now it's like we're strangers. I always kept myself busy so I wouldn't think of him and I wouldn't miss him, but every time something big happened I wanted to tell him. I tried and tried not to miss him and obviously I'm failing because at the end of the day I still miss him. And it's been worse ever since he came back. I always wonder if he misses me too, but then I see him with Olivia and I know he's happy with her. If only he knew how much he means to me!