Page 9 of Blinded By Love

“Medium.”

I nod and then look at Kayden. “Just a coffee with mocha creamer on the side,” Kayden says while giving me a sympathetic smile, as if he was embarrassed by his friend's comment.

Forcing myself to look at Hayden who is already staring at me. Up close I can finally see his features I have been dying to see. He has dark bushy eyebrows and then a bar piercing on his right eyebrow, along with a scar on his cheek and then above his eyebrow.

I can’t take my eyes off of the scar on his eyebrow.

A familiar scare as a familiar gray eyes stare down at me.

I feel like the world stops for a minute and I’m back to being fifteen in that alley.

“If I ever see you again, which I hope will be never, I’ll make sure you know what being hurt really feels like. Whatever stupid reason you’re crying is nothing compared to the way I’ll make you break.”

My hands shake as I hold the small order book in my hands and Hayden looks down at my hand and I raise an eyebrow at him.

He knows.

He has to.

I force my eyes away from him and look down at the order book.

He can’t know.

How is he here?

Out of all places he has to go to college here?

I’m not going to lie and say I’ve never wondered about him. Whenever I had a crush on guys from my school I would compare them to that boy from the alley because he was so beautiful and cruel, still is unfortunately.

“And you?” I manage to croak out.

He moves his eyes off of me and looks at Chris. “I’m good.”

I nod my head and leave their table.

My heart feels like it’s going a hundred miles per hour while beating hard against my chest.

“How was it?” Andy asks as I walk behind the counter.

“Terrifying.”

“Taking Hayden’s order is always scary. He can be really rude sometimes and not answer, which makes Kayden or Chris answer for him.“

That’s not the reason why it was terrifying but she doesn’t need to know that.

“That’s childish,” I mutter as I put in the order for Franky to make. Andy shrugs before walking away to go to her tables. After putting in the orders I grab their drinks and walk to their table. I also grab water for Max and Hayden just so they have something to sip on. “Here are those drinks.” I say as I set them down on the table one by one. “Your milkshake should be ready in a bit so I’ll bring it out once it’s all set. Can I get you guys anything else?”

“I didn’t ask for water.” Hayden looks at me with a bored expression that makes me feel like I should be anywhere but in front of him.

“You don’t have to be an ass to everyone, Hayden.” Kayden says while shaking his head and looking at me apologetically. “Sorry, he is always like this.”

I nod my head and grab Hayden’s water and walk away while shaking my head lightly.

Douchebag.

I pour the water in a to-go cup and put it in the fridge. I’m not going to waste it just because he’s being an ass.

I sometimes hate working in the serving industry because people can be rude sometimes and you can’t say anything. You have to bite your tongue and let them disrespect you for some paper in their wallet.

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