Getting By

Chapter 4 part two

I heard a thud in the living room, so I creeped around the corner to eavesdrop. I saw my mother on the floor  and and a man that I didn't know, standing over her. She was holding her face with one hand, and triyng to get up with the other.

"Please, I need this house. I have nothing left except for it." At the time, age seven, I didn't even relize that she was forgetting about me.

"Thats not my problem, you should have payed your dues."

"Im sorry.. I-I just couldn't help it.. I didn't mean to use it all up..im sorry"

"Sorry ain't gonna get me more flake, now is it? No. So you best figure out how to get more or you ain't gettin this money."

"Mcrea!"

I jumped out of my daze "Sorry Mrs. Johnson." Back then, my mom wasn't so 'addicted' to the 'flake' whatever that is. After my dad left, it got much worse. See at first she was just giving men money instead of paying the bills, just so she could have the stuff. Then he left, and she was left to pay everything on her own. So she started giving other men pleasure so she could get the stuff and sell it to other people. The thing is, everytime she got dope or crack, or any other drug, and this 'flake' shit, she would take half of her rewards. So people didn't really have much to buy from, which ment she didn't really get much money.

"Don't appologize Mcrea, just get back to work."

"Yes ma'am." I tied on my appron and got my pen and check book, and appoched my first table.

"Hi." I faked a smile. I've become quite good at that. "I am Lilith, and I will be your waitress this evening. Are we all ready to order?" I looked at the family of four. They looked happy.

"I am."

I looked at what I assumed to be the father of the family.

"I'll have the country fried steak with a baked potato and loose corn."

"Anything to drink with that?"

"A Coke please."

"Okay and for you?"

I looked at the wife sitting accross from him.

"Um well I guess i'll have the chef salad with Italian dressing and could i get a iced tea with that?"

"Of course, and for the children?"

One was maybe about four and the other about ten.

"I want McNuggets." Said the youngest.

"No Jamie, this isn't McDonalds. They don't have those. She will have a mini corndog kidy dinner, and he will have the hotdog with fries. Both with a water to drink." The mom seemed to know exactly what the kids wanted, or more of what they needed.

"Alright, your order will be ready soon." Thats what a family should look and act like. Not mine. I shouldn't have a mom who loves drugs more than her daughter, and I should have a dad in the picture, not a missing shadow. I deffinatly shouldn't be getting rapped for my moms benifit.. I obviously hadn't forgotten what happend not to long ago. I had my free will stolen from me, and the one thing that I had that was mine, was now gone. My virginity, had been forceably taken away from me. I pushed those thoughts out of my head, I had work to do.

Approching my next table it was a family of three this time. A father, a little daughter, and from what I could see from the back of this strangers head, maybe an older brother or a friend or the dads?

I got closer and.. nope.  

It was Christopher. Figures right?

"Hey you."

There was that smile I loved.

"You two know eachother?"

"Yeah dad this is Lilith, we go to the same school."

"Oh, well thats good, making friends. Thats good."

"Ha well trying to, but some people run away when I try to introduce myself." He is very good a being sarcastic. I almost believed he wasn't talking about me, or maybe im just that gulible?

"Daddy I want ice cream."

"After your dinner Sophie. Well, Lilith, i'd like the t-bone steak with fries and corn on the side and a Coke."

"Okay and for little, uh Sophie?"

"Yeah she orders her own."

"Im a big gil."

"Girl, Sophie, girl."

"I want pancakes."

"Pancakes?" I looked at her dad to see if he approved, he did. "Um and what would you like to drink with that?"

 "Pepsi!"

"We only carrie Coke products sweetie."

"Apple juice!"

"Alright and for you?"

"Call me Cristopher, and i'll have the spaghetti special with garlic toast and a Mr. Pibb."

"Is that all?"

"Yep."

"Your order will be ready soon." 

Christophers POV:

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"So, dad, what do you think?"

 "Well son, she's pretty i'll give her that, but don't you think it's a little to soon to be worring about girls right now?"

A moment of silence before we exploded with laughter. People staired and whisperd amungst themselves.

"Gitter done son. Gitter done. So how'd you meet her?"

"Ran into eachother in the halls."

"Hah hah figures, thats how me and your mamma met. I do miss that woman.. But anywho, what do you know about her?"

"Not much, I think she's shy, or hideing something. I tryed to introduce myself today and she ran away."

"Maybe she's never talked to a guy before."

"Maybe, it doesn't seem like it though."

"Or maybe she's never talked to an actual guy before." He chuckled, amussing himself.

Our food had arived and I smiled up at Lilith, she was kinda cute when she blushed.

Obviously my father notcied

"Hey Chris, next time give her the wink and see what she does."

"Thanks for the, uh, advice. dad." Here she comes again, and with our food. yum.

"Is there any thing else you guys need?" I was tempted to wink.

"No, thank you honey." 

"Okay just let me know."

"Did you wink Chris?"

"No dad, I forgot." Hopefully my lie wasn't to obvious.

"Alright well im ready. Im gonna go pay the bill, why don't you set the tip."

And I did.

Along with my number.

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