Fan Fiction |
by Jenny Tran
The first week with the new owner was flowing smoothly, but Sunny felt like there was something missing. He finally realized what it was after two weeks flew by and decided to ask Allie for her opinion. He called her into the office during business hours, there were a few glances and whispers coming from the other waiters but the most curious was Josie.
Sunny closed the doors behind her and pointed to the chair "Have a seat, Allie."
She did as she was told but couldn't help but felt a little nervous "Any problems?"
He shook his head with a smile "Of course not. I wanted to know your opinion. What do you think about changing a part of the restaurant?" she tilted her head thoughtfully not sure of what he was getting at "I want to add a bar on one side of the restaurant, I just wanted to know your opinion."
"To be honest, I always thought that this restuarant needed that touch but I knew Richard would never go for it."
Sunny was happy of her answer "Great, I'll get the project started."
Allison's face fell "You're not doing it because I said it are you?"
He shrugged and smiled adorably at her "What if I did?"
She moved around in her seat uncomfortably "I don't know if that's a good idea...I don't want anyone to start any rumors about us." her words didn't seem to effect him as she continued "I mean it's bad enough you..." her words faded away.
Sunny crossed his arms while leaning back on his chair "What? That's I'm in love with you?"
Her faced blushed over as she looked down at her hands which was resting on her thighs. "I was going to say that you favor me..." again she faded away.
"Oh...well, I'm glad that was brought out in the open." Sunny said with much relief.
He knew it made her uncomfortable but she did have the right to know and he had the right to tell her. "Sunny...I-" she looked up at him with earnest eyes.
He quickly cut her off "Look, if you want to reject me, just save it. I'm not giving up."
Allison let out a sigh of defeat "How could you be in love with someone you barely know?"
Sunny smiled at her the same way she remembered he did for the first time "It doesn't take years for someone to know another person. And surely it doesn't take years to fall in love with someone. Don't you believe in love at first sight?"
She shook her head "No." she replied bluntly. "If you don't mind, boss. I want to get back to work." she got up and left without giving him time to answer. She walked down the hall slowly as his words sank into her head. She promised herself that she would not let his belief in fate get to her. She didn't have to worry about it soon because when she returned to the restaurant, she found Steve sitting down at a table fit for 10 but there was no one else around him with the exception of Josie towering over him with her hands on her hips.
When she got closer she heard Josie telling the stubborn man "Look, I don't care who you are or if you are the Queen of England, get off this chair. It's saved for customers that have a party of ten!" she yelled angrily.
Steve was stubborn as can be as he sat still and sipped on the tea that was ready made and set on every table. "I will have ten people." he said calmly.
Josie brought her hands out as she pointed to the empty seats "You said that 10 minutes ago. Sir, I will have to use force if you don't move."
Allison stood there smiling at her friend, she knew she had to break it up but deep down she wanted to see Josie use 'force' on Steve. "Can someone get this tomboy away from me?" he waved his hand in the air like he was a king.
This time Allison let out a laugh and it was when Josie noticed her standing there "Allie, you came in time, get this hunk of flab off our chair."
Steve glanced up as he smiled at Allie "Is this how the help treat the guests? Can I talk to the owner please?"
Allison smiled as she sat down next to Steve "Look Mr. Leung, as much as I want to help you, Josie is right. You need to move."
He was sipping on his tea when he almost spat it out, he let out a few coughs while Allison patted him on the back "I thought you were on my side?"
"I guess you were wrong!" Josie quipped.
"Are you meeting with Nick?" Allison asked.
Steve nodded "Yes. It's very important that I stay here where he can see me."
"Maybe he's already here?" she remembered the secret way Nick enters the restaurant. "Did you know he has his own special room? And he comes from the back door not the front."
Steve let out a laugh "Well I'll be darned." he got up and bowed to Josie "You can have your table back now, maybe now your nose will stop flaring." he stuck up his chin and walked passed her with Allison following close behind.
"Monkey brain." Josie muttered under her breath.
"I heard that!" Steve yelled without looking back.
"Do you always provoke people to yell at you?" Allison asked straightforwardly.
"No, only to rude waitresses that look like men." he snickered as they walked throught he door of the secluded room. Surely enough, Nick was sitting there with Amy by his side. They seem to be discussing something important.
"There you are!" Nick cried "We've been sitting her for almost an hour!"
Steve laughed "Well, while you were having fun in here, I was outside being harrassed by the worse looking guy I have ever seen."
Nick wrinkled his eyebrows, he only remembered two male waiters and they were both good looking "Who?"
Allison sighed "She's a girl! And stop talking like she's a guy." Steve raised one eyebrow at her "She's my friend."
"Okay, lets get down to business." Nick said in a serious tone. He waved for Steve to shake hands with Amy "This is my new personal assistant, Amy Yeun."
"I'm Steve Leung." he nodded and shook her hand.
Amy smiled "Nice to meet you...Nick has told me alot about you."
"Good things I hope?" Steve teased.
She nodded "Very good things."
Allison muffled a giggle at the comment "I didn't know it was possible." Steve's face fell as he turned to her with a hand on his hip. She quickly cleared her throat "Sorry. Okay, what are we having today?"
Nick smiled at his favorite waitress "The usual, Allie. We're in a rush. I have a shoot coming up in an hour and a half."
She nodded and replied "Sure. I'll tell them to rush on your dishes."
Nick grinned as he threw her a wink "Thanks, love." Steve observed his friend's behavior and when he continued to stare at Nick, he threw in "I know I'm handsome but you don't have to look at me like that. People might think we're gay." he nodded to Amy, who was smiling to herself.
"And you wonder why rumors start about you." Steve shook his head with a sigh "I can see it now, headlines for tomorrow's Entertainment Magazine 'Nick Cheung has the hots for a low pay waitress'. That'll give them something to talk about."
"So I'm a little friendly." Nick argued.
Steve snickered "Hmph! That's friendly, then I guess you'll be all over her if you liked her huh?"
Amy came to Nick's defense "But he is a friendly person." she insisted "Plus being a star means you have to have a good attitude towards everyone, especially the little people. If you can't get along with them, how will you deal with the thousands of important people that he has to kiss up to everyday?" she finished with her left brow raised at Steve.
Nick covered his mouth from letting the laugh escape his lips "She's got a point." he nodded.
Steve leered his eyes at Amy and then back to Nick "What is it with you and smart mouth women? They're just going to run your life one day you know." he turned in time to see Allison returning with their first dish.
She paused for a second and placed the dish closer to Nick and Amy. "Enjoy." she said sweetly to them and ignored Steve.
"See what I mean?" Steve pointed when Allison walked away.
Nick laughed at his friend "Just eat will you."
"I'm not hungry." he pouted as he sat back in his chair.
Nick shrugged "Sure. More for me and Amy." he picked up a piece of steaming chicken and placed it on her bowl.
"Thank you." she said while smiling at Steve.
He watched them eat after a moment and sat up to grab his chopsticks. He pointed at the two of them "Just because I actually am hungry."
Allison walked in with two more dishes "Yeah, do what you do best, eat." she quipped when setting down the dishes for them.
Steve turned to her "Are you even capable of saying anything nice to me?"
She smiled sweetly "Sure." she covered her mouth to clear her throat "My Mr. Leung, you're looking thinner today. Did you lose like 5 pounds?"
Nick had to drop his chopsticks as he let out a comfortable laugh. "You kill me, Allie!"
Allison nodded politely "Thank you." she left them alone with Nick's laughter roaring down the hall. She opened the kitchen door with Sunny looking at her with a smile "What's so funny in there?" he nodded to the room.
She shrugged lightly "Nothing special." she was about to walk away when he blocked her way.
"I have something to tell you." he said in a serious tone.
"Can it wait?" she looked around as some eyes were on them.
He shook his head "No, it concerns your friend, Josh, the delivery boy. Or so he says." he just wanted to reveal the true identity of her so called friend. He didn't know what his motives were but it couldn't be good since he learned from Richard that their family had a history of mistreating women.
"What do you mean by that?" she glanced at her watch "He's delivering some stuff right now, I think you better not talk about him like that." she said curtly.
"You don't know half of the things you think you know." Sunny tried to reason with her.
"And you need to keep your comments to yourself." she stormed passed him into the restaurant. She froze in her steps as she realized she just walked into a burgerly in action. There were three masked men holding guns as one of them pointed the gun to her, he motioned to put her hands up in the air. She did as he told but kept quiet.