A Passion Rekindled by Rontora Nolan

walked over to them and smiled. She was a young something maybe 19/20. She was a petite woman with blonde hair with red highlights and blue eyes.
    She smiled at Christian, and Scarlett wanted to smack her but instead she just plastered a smile on her face.
    “Hi I am Becky sir can I get you something to drink while you look over your menus?”
    Scarlett took the menu from her. “Root beer little ice please.”
    “The same for me.”
    “Right away.”
    She swayed as she walked away. Scarlett smiled.
    “Are you serious? She sees me sitting here doesn’t she?”
    “What?”
    Christian looked at her dumbfounded. Scarlett frowned.
    “She was all over you.”
    “She was not. She is just trying to get a good tip.”
    “You men are helpless.”
    “And you women get jealous to easily.”
    “Why would I be jealous of that young girl?”
    “Girl?”
    “Yes girl!”
    Becky walked over to them with their drinks. She smiled at Christian.
    “So can I take your order?”
    Scarlett cleared her throat. “I would like your three times three breakfast with scrambled eggs with cheese bacon sausages and pancakes.”
    She wrote it and turned back to Christian.
    “And you?”
    “I will have the same.”
    “Coming right out.”
    She winked at Christian then walked away. Scarlett laughed.
    “And I guess there was just something in her eye huh?”
    “Ok so maybe she was flirting with me but it’s nice to be wanted every now and again.”
    “I wouldn’t know.”
    “And what does that mean?”
    She played with her napkin. “It means just what I said.”
    “Which is?”
    “Forget I said anything.” She picked up her drink and took a sip.
    Christian did the same with his drink. “How can I just forget you said anything?”
    “It’s pretty easy.”
    “You really think you’re not wanted?”
    “Am I?”
    “Scarlett I have wanted you from the first minute I saw you. So yeah I would say you are wanted.”
    Scarlett couldn’t help but smile at him as they sat in silence for a couple of minutes. Scarlett sighed.
    “I can’t believe how great this day turned out.”
    “What do you mean?”
    “Well let’s see. This morning I was late because Angel couldn’t find her book bag. That put me behind in all my work. Then having to do Bernie’s work too was stressing me out.” 
    “Yeah I know Chris loves the extra work he has had Bernie for a year and she still doesn’t do everything he needs her to do.”
    “I found that out the hard way.”
    She laughed as she twirled the straw wrapper between her fingers.
    “I love working with you guys. It’s the best job I ever had.”
    “Well you are the best assistant I have ever had. I am glad that I met you. My parents were really impressed with you tonight.”
    Scarlett looked up to Christian. “They were?”
    “Yes. Between you and me the media was slamming us.”
    “What do you mean?”
    “They were slamming us because we were going to have to get rid of those people. Even though its spring they would have gone to our shelter. I didn’t want that to happen.”
    “Me neither.”
    “So how did you figure it out? We have spent months setting up this reconstruction of Water’s Towers and when we found out we could only put in 65 units we bent over backwards trying to figure out how we could accommodate the others. And you come in spend a day on the project and come up with an amazing idea.”
    “I was always told I thought outside the box. Whenever we had a problem everyone in class would come to me.”
    “I can see why.”
    Becky walked over with their plates. She placed Christian’s in front of him then placed Scarlett’s down. She handed them butter and syrup.
    “If there is anything else I can get you don't hesitate to call me over here.”
    Scarlett shook her head as she bowed to bless her food. Christian did the same. As they began to eat, Scarlett glanced at him and couldn’t tear her eyes away from him.
    “So tell me about you and Chris? How were you guys