What people don't know

Chapter 9

When my alarm goes off at 5.30 am I sigh, I really don't wanna get out of my warm and safe bed. I slept really good those last few hours, I always sleep good when Corbs sleeps next to me. I get out of bed and I quietly walk out of the room. I put on some jeans and a simple t-shirt. I'll get my work clothes there so I don't need to look really good or something. I put some bread in the toaster and I grab some peanut butter. When my toast is done I put on the peanut butter, I sit down at our little table and I look outside. It looks beautiful, the sun is rising.

When I ate everything I walk to the bathroom to brush my teeth and to wash my face, I put on some concealer to hide my breakout. I put my long hair in a high ponytail. I look in the mirror one more time, I sigh, I wish I looked as beautiful as those girls who were making fun of me in the store. They were beautiful, plus they had boobs! I have them too but they're so small.

I shake my head and I walk out of the bathroom, I really need to go now. I look at Corbs, he's sleeping in my room. He looks so peaceful, I hope that everything will be okey. I quickly write a note for him and then I close the front door behind me. I walk to our rusty old car, I open the door and I sit down.

When I arrive at the restaurant it's 6.45, I thought that being a bit earlier is better than being late, I'm listening to Corbs for once.

I take a deep breath and I get out of the car, I grab my little backpack and I enter the restaurant. There are 2 woman sitting at a table and I walk up to them, they're wearing work clothes so I'm guessing they work here. "Hi!" I say and they both look up. "Hello dear, are you Elle Besson?" the woman with black hair says, I nod. "Okey well follow me" the woman with the black hair says while she gets up from her chair. "My name is Carla by the way, and she's Greta" I nod, I walk into the same direction as Carla. We enter the kitchen, she opens a door and I see a small room with clothes. "You can change in here, what's your size?" Carla asks, "Uh an S" I say. I am really short and small, an S is usually a bit to big too. "Here you go" Carla says while she hands me some clothes, "I'll give you the apron when you're changed" I nod and Carla walks away. The uniform is a black skirt, which reaches till just above my knees. The upper part is a black blouse. It's not the most flattering outfit but I had worse. I open the door and walk back to the restaurant where Carla and Greta are. "Ah I see you changed" Carla says while she gets up from her seat again, "Here's your apron" she says while she hands me the apron. "You're taking all of this home and you make sure it's clean when you work here" Carla says and I nod. I haven't said much since I arrived here. "Okey so you're gonna start behind the coffee bar" "Okey!" I say and I follow Carla to the coffee bar. This is something I can do! I worked at a coffee shop before so I know how to make coffee. "Do you have any experience?" Carla asks. "Yes I do, I worked at a coffee shop before" I say and Carla smiles, "Good!" I smile too. Carla's pretty nice!

She explains me how their machine works and I get it pretty quick! At 7.15 am we open and the first customers enter the restaurant. This morning I need to stand behind the coffee bar and when that goes good I can serve too in the afternoon!