Aloha Aloha ✩ Harry Styles (Editing)

Chapter 7

"You are the smiley girl?" Niall asks.
"Yes!" she says, laughing.

She has her wet hair tied in a ponytail and wears a dark blue dress and brown boots like mine as her uniform. She was smiling once again, showing two perfect rows of teeth. But, there is no name tag.

"Wow!" she exclaims, sitting down beside me. "What are you doing here?"
"We all wanted pancakes," Liam says.
"I didn't but..." I say and she laughs.
"Oh yeah," she says, "you want to order. Madison!"

The waitress that before attended us, comes.

"Isn't her name Makikonu?" Niall asks, reading her name tag.
"Makikonu means Madison in Hawaiian," the girl says, making Madison smile and nod.
"Oh," Liam says, surprised.
"Talking about names, what's yours?" I ask.
"Keanna," she says.

I smile, relieved. After a whole night of thinking of her, because the torture didn't only last for the day, I know her name, and it was so easy to get it. Irony hitting me in 3...2...1...

"Does it means something?" I ask.
"Yeah," she says. "It means gracious."
"Gracious like what?" I keep asking.
"Gracious like," Louis says, "you ask many questions."
"Gracious like," she says, thinking and smiling at Louis, "you should find that out yourself."

She laughs and we both smile at each other.

"Hey, gracious," Madison says. "What am I doing here?"
"Can you take their order while I talk with them?" Keanna asks.
"But my turn ended!" she exclaims.
"20 bucks," Keanna adds.
"That means a new dress," Madison says, thinking. "Alright, what would you like to order?"

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"I'd like some blueberry pancakes," Liam says.
"I'd like them too," Louis says.
"I want three medium pancakes," Niall says.
"I want some macadamia nut pancakes," I say.
"Macadamia," Louis says, laughing, making Niall to laugh too.

Just then, Zayn enters the restaurant. The cap he was wearing before is no longer with him. And his sunnies are broken. He searches for us and sighs relieved as he sees my hand waving. He sits besides Niall, which was the last one in the other side of the booth, and takes of his sunnies.

"What happened?" Niall says, patting his arm.
"Fans," he says, drinking from the chocolate milk that Louis offers him.
"A fan broke your sunglasses?" Liam asks, surprised.
"A fan tried to steal my sunglasses," he corrects. "When I tried to take it from her, they broke."
"And your cap?" I ask.
"I think it somebody took it, too," Zayn says.
"Well, they were just some sunnies and a cap," Keanna says.
"These were just sunnies," Zayn says, "but the cap... wait, who are you?"
"She's Keanna, the girl who gave us the muffins and the Van yesterday," Niall says.
"Oh yeah, I remember," Zayn says. "Well, the cap was really expensive, and was signed by Michael Jackson."
"Wait, the Michael Jackson?" Madison asks. "The king of pop?"
"Yeah," Louis says, "Zayn loves his music."
"Wait, Zayn, fans," Madison says, thinking. "I know you!"
"You know them?" Keanna asks.
"Of course!" Madison shouts and then covers her mouth, making Zayn laugh. "They are One Direction."

Keanna looks at us and scans our faces slowly. Then she looks at me and gasps, "Damn! The boyband in the top of every freaking chart and in the top of my bookcase!"

"Hey, so you know us?" I ask, smiling.
"We started hearing your music a week or so ago and bought your discs," she says, laughing. "But I admit I never paid much attention to the covers, and I think Madison neither."
"Me neither," Madison says. She smiles until she cannot contain her laughter anymore, and cracks up laughing along with Keanna. "This is so ironic!"
"So irony is hitting everyone today, huh?" I ask.
"I hate irony!" Madison says.
"Don't say that," Louis whispers, "he could hear you."
"Wait, irony is an he?" Liam asks, whispering.
"I think it's an it," Zayn says.
"Don't treat irony like an object Zayn," Niall whispers. "He's very good at revenge."
"Why are you whispering?" I ask.
"Why are you not whispering?" Louis asks.
"Shh..." Liam says. "It's hearing you!"
"I thought we said that irony was a he!" I say.
"Why the heck are you having a conversation about irony?" Keanna asks and starts laughing again.
"We are weird," Niall says, drinking from his milk.
"You may be weird, I am not," Louis says in a classy way.
"My Directioner friends say that Louis is the weirdest," Madison says. "Who's he?"
"He," Louis says, pointing at me.
"I'm Harry!" I exclaim, laughing.
"Look?" Louis says. "He thinks he's me!"
"Who is who?" Madison asks.
"He is Harry," Liam says, patting my shoulder.
"I am Zayn," Zayn says, "the bullied one."
"You aren't the... okay you are," Niall says. "I am Niall, the selfie king."
"The selfie addict," I whisper.
"Heard that!" he replies.
"I am Harry," I say, "the cool one."
"What?" Louis asks. "I am Louis, the coolest!"
"He's the sassy one," Liam says. "I am Liam, the..."
"Good one," Zayn says.
"The intelligent!" Niall says.
"The handsome," Louis says, "no wait, that's me."
"I think the handsome one is Zayn," Madison says.
"You never say that when you see someone handsome! What have I thought you!" Keanna shouts, laughing again with Madison.

Their laughter was so contagious that we laughed a little too. Keanna leaves her hand in my knee and I feel like blushing, but control before anyone can see it. Madison kicks Keanna below the table, and both try to control. Keanna tries to catch her breathe loudly and her smile fades with ours. She presses her hand against my knee harder and harder. She starts coughing slightly and her eyes widen. She continues breathing aloud until she exhales and inhales correctly.

"Do I..." Madison starts.
"No," Keanna says, exhaling once again and smiling.
"What was that?" I ask. She looks at me and starts smiling widely.
"I think it was an air cast or something," she says, laughing slightly. "It's okay, it happens to everyone."
"It's okay," I repeat. "But are you okay?" The rest stay clearly surprised by the event and remain quiet.
"Yeah, yeah," Keanna says. I press my hand upon hers, which still laid in my knee. Madison then relaxes and smiles. Keanna laughs like nothing ever happened and kicks Madison below the table. "Do I give you the money?."
"It's okay, you don't need to pay me," Madison says, taking out her notebook.
"It always ends like that," Keanna says, "she never accepts my money. That's something best friends do."
"Right," Madison says, smiling and standing up.
"Well, just some, because I would accept that money," Keanna says.
"What would you like to order Zayn?" Madison says, laughing.
"Some sunnies and a signed Michael Jackson cap," he says, and the ambient turns light as Keanna laughs loudly.
"I'll give you some strawberry pancakes, okay?" Madison says, smiling.
"Nice," Zayn says.
"Hey wait," Keanna says, looking at my coffee. "Bring him my speciality instead of this coffee."
"Why?" I ask, smiling.
"This one is very bitter," she says, laughing. "Just smell it and you'll see."
"Yeah," I say after smelling the strong coffee.
"Here," she says and gives Madison 4 bucks.
"Hey," I say, stopping her.
"It's a gift," she says. Madison grabs the dollars and goes to what I think is the kitchen.
"I could have paid for it later," I say.
"Accept my gift Harry," she says and shows a faint smile. I get a chill as she says my name for the first time.
"Thanks," I say.
"Thanks to her you won't drink that petroleum coffee," Niall says.
"Told ya that it tasted bad," Liam says.
"You didn't," I say.
"What? You didn't received my telepathic message?" Liam asks, making everyone laugh.

A few minutes later, Madison brings our breakfast and my coffee. Keanna removes the hand from my knee and looks at me, motioning me to take a sip of my drink. When I do, a sweet and warm flavor gets to my mouth. It was very sweet to be coffee. Was that possible?

"Really sweet," I say, smiling.
"Thanks Harreh," Louis says.
"I was talking about the coffee, dumbass," I say.
"Liar," Louis says.
"Well, thank you," Keanna says, laughing. "It's my recipe!"
"Again one of your special recipes?" Niall asks. "I want one!"
"Me too!" Zayn exclaims.
"Alright, but I won't pay for you this time," she says, laughing.

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