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Audrey's POV



I shudder a little bit when he stopped kissing me.

"I........I..." I continued to stammer "I.. I" , staring at my feet.



"You can't say you don't like me" He interrupted me.



I summoned up courage to look at him but no, I couldn't.

The look of him replayed the kiss, including the last one. This is the second time, there would be no distance between our lips. Let's put it that way.



"I... I didn't say I don't like you" I finally spoke.

Oh no! I wanted to say 'I don't like you' but the truth escaped from my lips itself.

And when I looked up at him, he was smiling.



"I don't like you" I blurted out and pushed him away knowing fully well that he won't fall.



"Should I wait till you do? " He asked me.



"Just leave me" I said, still avoiding to look at him then I quickly left him there and hurried to the Cafeteria.

Kyle and Elena are still waiting for me.



I wasn't with Simon anymore yet my heart is still beating carelessly.

Yes he is not lying, I really like him.

How on earth could I have fallen for every Girl's Guy.



I got to the canteen and found Kyle and Elena still there. I stopped walking when I was almost close to them, I wiped my wet lips, breathe out loud and tried to relax my heart. I acted like nothing happened earlier.



Kyle turned and saw me..

"Audrey, what took your time? " He asked me and all of a sudden, his face expression and voice changed.

He was staring at someone behind me, I quickly turned back to see Simon.



Oh God, why is he making it so obvious that something just transpired between us. I failed to fulfill what I promise Kyle. How upset would he if he finds out.



I closed my eyes for a moment and sighed then I turned back to face Simon properly.

"Are you following me or something? I don't ever want to see you 10metres close to me! " I shouted at him as if we weren't 0.000metres intimate a while ago.



Everyone in the canteen started to murmur to themselves. The girls most especially.



👥 "See who is talking"



👥 "With the thousands of girls in the world"

👥 "Would he ever choose an inferior girl like you"



I heard them blabbing but I ignored them...for they don't even know what they are saying.

The highest move they can do to Simon is to touch him but have they ever made lips contact with him?

I don't think so. Now why am I boasting about the kiss in my mind?



"Get out! How dare you raise your voice at my baby" That Jessica girl said. ..



"Shut a trap! Baby? Oh I get it, since you prevented the real babies from coming, you've decided to call Simon your baby" I yelled back at her and she moved backward as if what I said were true.



Enough of this wonder woman attitude, I snubbed Simon and the girls then I returned to Kyle and Elena and Kyle was smiling at me.

He was smiling because I shouted at his worst enemy. Jessica nor the rest of the girls could not dare talk back at me. It's better they continue to murmurs and whispers to theirselves.



I now sat on a seat in front of Kyle..but before I took an excuse to go to the restroom, I was sitting next to him and Elena was the one sitting in front of him but looks like she had swapped seats with me.

I didn't complain anyways.



"Wow" Kyle exclaimed and stared at me with a look which means Unbelievable.



"That was wonderful. Apart from Kyle, no one has ever spoken to Simon that way and I least expected you to do so but you did it.. courageously" Elena said.



"Yeah, People like him deserves to be yelled at unless he'll continue to see we the poor people as trash" Kyle added.

"Good Job Audrey" He said to me.



And I nodded and smiled falsefully.

Oh no! This must be the last time I'll yell at Simon. What if he's upset me?



"Am I the only one who sees Some changes in him? " Elena asked Kyle but he scorned.. "But seriously, Simon has kind of changed, he... " Kyle interrupted her and said to me instead.



"I love the way you talked to him" He said and I smiled sarcastically.



Well.. I, myself... I don't like the way i spoke to him.

Come on, it's just a pretence.



How would I even tell him that..? I wish I could open up to Kyle that I like Simon so much. But he's gonna get very mad at me. Talk more, of when I tell him that we've even kissed. Twice.





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During the closing hours;

As usual, Kyle and I walked to the restaurant together but we had to separate. I can't disobey my mom although she didn't tell why she was so upset yesterday and won't even want me to work here anymore.

Is there anything in between Mr Gary and Her?

Yes, but what's it?



"I'll come to your place later tonight to give you the pay" Kyle said to me.



"You're insisting on this even when I'm not gonna work here again" I said.



"Yeah, I know but it simple, I'll just take your place and receive the money and give it you since you really need it" He said.



"Thank you " I appreciated him as my voice became low.

Oh no, I'm starting to miss ERR..

I didn't want to work here in the first place now I hate that I'm no more gonna work there.



"Tell Felix and Vivian that I said Hi" I told Kyle when we were about to depart. I waved at him.



" I will. So see you later at night" He repeated, waving back at me.



"Oh" I mouthed and watched him go in.



I sighed as I hung my backpack properly and started walking lonely down the lane and it gave my mind, heart, head more opportunity to think of Simon, the kiss..

Oops, he's sure gonna come to the restaurant today...He's not aware that I've stopped working.



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Kyle's POV



"Hey Kyle, didn't you come with Audrey? Where is she? " Vivian asked me when I bumped in alone.



"Well, she won't be coming today" I told her.

- I didn't tell her that she won't be coming here forever.



"Is she okay? " She asked me as if she did something wrong.

She continued;

"Since yesterday, Mr Gary didn't call me like he use to.. He didn't even come here today. Is there anything between Audrey, Mr Gary and her Mom? " She asked me.



"I don't know but no, never" I responded.

Isn't she aware of what her so called Mr Gary did to Audrey?

He chases everything under skirt or everything that has a skirt on it.



"Anyways, I'm fully taking her place today" I told Vivian.



"Oh.. I see" She muttered.

"We are having many more customers today. Felix and I can't do it all alone you know.. " She said and I looked at Felix who was perambulating from tables to the chefs to another table then another.

What a busy today..



"Yeah" I sighed then wasted no time to start doing the same.



Get their orders, go to the chefs and return to give it to them.



While I was still busy, Simon entered.

I smiled to myself because he has no idea that Audrey is not here.

I didn't wait for him to call on me before I walked to his table.



"Where's Audrey? " The first thing he asked me.



"Uh.. Oh, find her if you can" I mocked him.

"I told you to stay away from her didn't I? " I asked him but he gave me deaf ears and continued driving his glance around then he realised that Audrey is not here.



He didn't say anything to me, he just smirked, stood up and left.

I knew it! The main reason why he comes here is because of Audrey and that's probably why wanted to be our friend.



I smiled again..Today seems to be my lucky day... Seeing him so upset.



"Did you chase him away? " I heard someone say behind me.



It was Felix.



"Oh Felix, well I didn't. He left himself" I answered him.



And he smiled;

"He is one of the customers I don't ever want to attend to" Felix said..

"But weren't you two close recently? " He asked me.



"Well, for some unknown reasons, we were" I told him.



"Oh.. Okay" He nodded.

"Where's Audrey? " He asked me.



Why why? Why is he also asking of her?

If only Audrey could be a lesbian and I should be the only guy she should get attracted to.

What am I even saying? Aaarrrgh!



"Uhm, she's absent like you were yesterday " I replied.

"More customers are arriving, let's go attend to them" I tapped his shoulders .. I notice his eyes caught something on me and it changed his facial expression.

He was staring shockingly at my neck.

The old necklace around my neck.



"What is it? " I asked him and touched my necklace.



"That necklace...." He pointed at it and wouldn't stop looking at it.

"Where did you get it from?" He asked me.





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