The Dad

And So It Starts

Namjoon's POV

I watched helplessly as the women threw her cup of water in the waitress's face. I watched as she held herself together, walking straight to the kitchen. A few moments later, she came out, coming straight to our table.

"Alright, do you guys know what you want to eat or do you need a few more minutes?"

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The waitress set our plates down in front of us and was about to say something when her phone started ringing. Her face immediately held a look of confusion as she pulled her phone from her apron pocket, then fear when she read the caller ID.

"Um, just give me one second, please." She rushed toward the front counter, where I'm guessing was the only quiet spot in this whole diner. I watched as she became more and more distressed the longer she talked to whoever was on the other end of the line. When she finally hung up, she rushed to the kitchen. A few moments later, she came back out and rushed to the only other waitress working. She had a frantic conversation with her before the other went into the kitchen and she started frantically serving tables. I was interrupted when Jin nudged my arm.

"What's up with you?"

"Nothing."

"Oh, come on," Hoseok countered. "There's obviously something bothering you."

"Is it the waitress?" Jungkook teased.

"Ugh, fine. It's the waitress. There's definitely something wrong."

"Hyung," Taehyung started. "You can't help everyone."

"No, but I can try."

"Is everything going ok?" I hadn't even noticed she'd come back to our table. Hopefully she doesn't understand Korean. That would be a bit awkward.

"Um, I think we're doing alright."

"Ok. I'll be back to check on you in a bit."

As she walked away, the other waitress came out of the kitchen and stopped her. After they talked for a second, relief flooded her face and they went back to serving tables.

Vivien's POV

Finally, after an hour of anxious waiting, Jeremy came through the door. I quickly picked up the check from the boys' table and rushed to the counter to process it. As I was finishing, I found an extra piece of paper. It was a note left by one of the boys.

If you need anything, please let me know.

-Namjoon

It contained a phone number as well. I shoved it into my pocket and rushed to the kitchen to grab my purse, running into Jeremy as he was coming out.

"Thank you so much for coming in!"

"Yeah yeah. Hurry up and get home so you can take care if that baby."

I got home as fast as I could, the pouring rain slowing me down a bit. When I finally got home, my mother was freaking out.

"Thank goodness your finally here! Her fever just won't go down and she's started throwing up and I just don't know wha-"

"Mom!" I grabbed her bu the shoulders and looked her straight in the eyes. "I'm here now. Everything's going to be ok, I'm taking her to the ER." She nodded her head and helped me get Violet into the car.