Chapter one.
06:50 '' Apartment '' Melissa's room '' USA '' New York.
Friday.
Melissa Miller.
"Melissa, get out of bed!" I sighed when I heard my friend's voice.
"I'm on my way!" I shouted back.
"Hurry up, we might be late and I'm not in the mood to listen to my boss complain anymore."
I sit on my bed and look around, my room is a mess.
Oh, I didn't even have time to get a good night's sleep or organize my room.
I got out of bed and walked towards the bathroom, going to the sink to brush my teeth as soon as I got in. I looked at myself in the mirror and realized how tired I was; working at a restaurant all day is exhausting. I started brushing my teeth in a bit of a hurry, like Laura said, I didn't want to get yelled at for being late.
My boss was a very strict person with her employees and would turn into a beast if we were even slightly late. She always picked on me because I was a chubby woman, and besides that, she always said I was late because of my weight.
I told him to fuck off, yes I said it, even if fired. If he was going to shame me for being fat, he had better fire me.
I wasn't born to listen to stupid people who think they're better than everyone else. If they came to curse me or try to belittle me, I wouldn't bow down to anyone.
Until Laura came here again, I'd better focus on getting ready.
I chose a dark-colored dress above the knee, purple panties, and a white bra. I began to dress quickly and walked over to the table in my room where I kept my things like a hairbrush, hair cream and other things. My hair was curly, and it was still curly because I had styled it yesterday.
"Honey! For God's sake, are you ready?"
"It's ready now ."
"Then hurry up!"
I met Laura when I was looking for a place to live, and I saw her on a website looking for a roommate. I went to meet her without even thinking about it. We had been living together for two years now and it was great, you just don't find people as nice as her.
Laura was 28 years old and a very pretty blonde with light blue eyes that stood out.
I sprayed my perfume, grabbed my bag and left the room, walking down the small hallway and seeing her.
"Finally, I see you."
I rubbed my eyes, "I'm here, aren't I? So stop complaining."
"You know how that idiot boss is. Hurry up and eat so we can go."
"You know I don't eat in the morning." She looked at me skeptically.
"I'm serious, Laura. We've lived together for two years, and you know very well I have no appetite."
She sighed and nodded.
"Okay, let's go!"
We left the apartment and walked up the stairs.
''We better get ready for the day, I think there's going to be a lot of work.''
''We always have enough work, even if he doesn't have any clients, he sends all of us to do things that don't matter.''
''I'm only doing this job because we need the money.''
''Laura, no one works because they want to. We have to obey them, we're humiliated to the core, why? Why?''
''Unfortunately, it does.''
We remained silent on our way.
07:25 '' Restaurants '' Boucherie Union Square '' United States '' New York.
We got out of the car and went straight to the restaurant.
''Good morning.'' I greeted the other employees.
''Good morning, Mel.'' Fred greeted me as well.
''Good morning, Melissa.'' Veronica replied.
Laura and I went to the locker room to change.
''Honey, I was thinking.'' I watched her change, ''Why don't we go to the club today? We haven't gone in a long time.''
''And?'' She looked at me with bright eyes.
It made me laugh softly.
''Let's go. Since we're not working tomorrow, we'll dance until dawn.''
We left the employee lounge, and I had already picked up a wet cloth to wipe the table.
''Veronica, which tables are you still not wiping?''
''The bottom ones!''
I walked over to the tables and quickly started cleaning them, since they would open in a little while.
I hoped there wouldn't be any problems today.