Guarded Heart

Chapter 3

Ethan looks toward the door and he saw Jacob walk in with the group of guys and girls.

"Hey man, how are you today?" Jacob asked walking toward Ethan.

"Let me get back to you on that later. Why are you here so soon after last night?"

"Oh I told some friends about this place and we were hungry so figured we would check out the food menu this time around."

"Alright, y'all can sit anywhere and I'll bring some menus out." Jacob looked around and noticed that some of the chairs weren't down off the tables yet and that the bar looked empty from how it looked last night and that half the lights were still off.

"Are you even open man?" Jacob asked a little loud so Ethan can hear him in the back.

"Ah yea I'm open, just hadn't had time to really get ready yet. Had one hell of a morning." Jacob looked worried.

"Someone from my past who I thought was gone came back into my life, let's just say I have no idea what the hell to do right now."

"Someone you were romantically involved with perhaps?"

"Yea you could say that, we were together for a long time and some things separated us which was fine cuz it was their job but things happened while they was gone that everyone who knew them thought they were dead after like ten years they were gone and all of a sudden six months ago this person whom I loved dearly came back and I had no idea till this morning."

"Wow that's rough, were you happy to see them?"

"Well yea of course, after ten years wouldn't you be happy to see the person you had loved for a lot of your life when they come back after being 'dead' for so long?"

"Well yea I guess that was a stupid question. So let me ask you this, what are you planning on doing since they are back?" Ethan sighs and just smiles and gets the menus to the people sitting at the booths.

"Got it, you don't have to answer." Jacob said and he took a seat at the booth.

Ethan took their drink orders and went and made them their soda drinks and took them and gave them their drinks and they placed orders for wings and cheese sticks with fried pickles.

He went back into the small kitchen and started making the food. He's back there for a little bit before he hears someone calling out to him.

"Ethan, where are you?"He walks out and sees his good friend Emma standing there. He walked around the bar and gave her a hug.

"Hi Emma, how are you"

"Fine, I heard about Marcus, is it true? He's back?"

"He's back, I saw him this morning. Here put your stuff behind the bar and come to the kitchen, I have food cooking."

They walk back behind the bar and she puts her purse and jacket down and walked to the kitchen with him.

"So how did he look? How is he, what happened to him?"

"He looks amazing, still so handsome as ever and he's doing good, been back for six months."

"Six months?!" She shouted making everyone look toward them.

"Shh yes six months. He didn't want to disrupt my life as he says so he kept his distance."

"That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard! You were the love of his life and he doesn't let you know he's back and for six damn months?! What is wrong with him?!" She said loudly again.

"Emma you need to keep your voice down, I have people out there who can hear you you know."

"I'm sorry, so what happened to him?" Ethan gets the food out of the fryers and puts it on dishes and takes it out to them.