Just Friends?

Chapter 8

The next day/ a few hours later, Christmas day 1990,

Once they both got ready for the day they made their way to the restaurant and saw Veronica already opened and was inside, checking the tables and making sure they were ready for tonight's Christmas dinner, while also being on the phone at the same time

"Why would you do that!?" Veronica practically yelled into the phone while setting the table she just cleaned

"No I mean who does That!?" Veronica continued and went to the next table to place the plates and everything on it

"No Of course not! Bye!" Veronica finished her call, hung up her phone and angrily shoved it back into her shirt pocket

"Are you ok?" Bailey asked

"The ex begging you to come back?" Michael asked

"No, my parents who invited us, me and my ex for Christmas dinner in Hawaii since they live there now,  but I already told them I can't be there because I've this job and when Nigel, my ex, broke up with me I told them we're over because he cheated on me and got that brunette knocked up too and now they invited both of them since the tickets were already payed for and they'd like to meet her because Nigel was like a son to them since I'm an only child and met Nigel when I was twelve and dated him since I was sixteen, so they love him like a son they never had and apparently they don't give a fuck about the fact he broke my heart, their actual child's heart" Veronica explained "Oh and guess what? Nigel said he'd love to come and have them meet his bitch too" she shook her head

"Damn that's messed up" Michael replied

"You want have breakfast with me and Michael once we close after Christmas dinner? We're closed tomorrow and I planned on to sort of celebrate Christmas but the day after with Michael, I mean it's the first Christmas without Matthew and we both miss him, so what do you say? Want to hang out with us?" Bailey asked, hoping it would cheer her up a little

"Are you sure? I mean I could just get drunk, then cry myself to sleep and use the day off to sleep off my hangover" Veronica answered, shrugging her shoulders

"No that's not happening, you're welcome to stay with us" Bailey told her

"It's gotta be at the Ranch tho, I mean with you not having a guestroom and my Pasadena house being.....well...not being able to use for the next few days" Michael replied, still having the ant problem for a few more days

"You mean your famous Ranch?" Veronica asked

"We could watch a movie at the theatre?" Bailey suggested

"Sure" Michael answered 

------

Veronica helped out the waiting staff, Bailey helped behind the bar and Michael in the kitchen, handling the dishwasher mostly 

----

"Michael!" Veronica gasped joining him in the kitchen at the dishwasher while the chef and his assistants were busy with the maincourse

"What's the emergency?" Michael asked noticing Veronica was obviously on the edge of panicking and put the last plate in the dishwasher before turning it on

"The mayor is here and he just said he'll have all his meetings and important family dinners here from now on, he saw the postive article of the food critic in local and the national paper" Veronica mentioned 

"Food critic? When was he or she here?" Michael asked

"Yesterday" Veronica answered 

"How did it go?" Michael asked