Café Q

Chapter Three

I walked into the café it was completely empty. Everyone must be in the lounge. I walked in and everyone was talking about something. In there was the twins, Winnie, Jemmie, Mrs. Cheryl, Toru, Nobuo, and another person. They all looked very serious. Ray was the first to notice me. "Hey Zach, did you hear the news?" He asked me. I just shook my head.
"On there way home, Rhett and Ember were jumped by five men. They were able to push through and run somewhere safe, but did get a few hits" Mrs. Cheryl spoke
"Did you give them the day off?" The boy, that's I believe is Caspian asked.

"Yeah, but they insisted on coming," Mrs. Cheryl said.
"You could've forced them" Nobuo jumped in.
"I don't know, why this happened" Fin sighed.
"Who would do that?" Ray asked.
"I hope they feel better soon," Winnie said.
"Yeah..." Jemmie sighed.
I had a clue about who it could be. Janice and Cindy were really mad yesterday and this must be their way of revenge. Toru was really quiet during the whole entire thing. "Everyone time to get ready for work," Mrs. Cheryl said as she stood up. I went into the boy's changing room and put my bag in my locker. I also taped a note to my locker to remind, myself that I have to go to the grocery store after work.

I walked to the kitchen to find Fin and Ray dancing for some odd reason. They were doing some sort of chicken dance ritual. I awkwardly walked pass them into the dining hall. Winnie stayed at the desk to greet customers, I just stood next to her waiting. The first person to walk in was Clifton, so we didn't serve him.

Someone else walked in and it was a couple. "Welcome to Café Q, my friend will show you to your seat," Winnie said. I lead the couple to their seats and gave them their menus. Slowly more people came in and I did my best to get everyone.

Right now, I was waiting for some of the food to serve to some of the customers. "Hey, oh. Is that the newbie?" I turned around to see a boy holding a book. "He sure is," said Ray.
"I'm Zach" I greeted him.
"I'm Pike, the performing chef," said the boy.

"It's nice to meet you," I said.
"Yeah, yeah" he sighed as he set his book on the counter and rolled up his sleeves. He sat down on the stool and spoke, "Twins, get all of the ingredients set up."
"On it, sir," they said in unison as they jolted to the kitchen. I heard the bell rang and turned to see Caspian setting two plates at the counter.
"Pike, I don't want to say this again but get your book out of here," Caspian said as he poked at his book.
"I'll get on it" Pike murmured as he adjusted his sat.