Cookie Cutter
Love
Chapter 1
-Intro-
Evie groaned as her alarmclock pestered her to awake.
" Just 5 more minutes!" she begged, slapping her hand on
the snooze, & letting it fall carlessly over the edge of her
bed. She had work this morning, which made her saturday start off
terrible. She hated work. Fake smiles, Tiny whining children, hot
plates that burned her skin & fingers. Sweat & the stench
of burgers & fries lingering on her clothes all day, no matter
how much perfume she put on, or how may times she showered.
Once her alarm clock began to blare again, she begrudgingly sat up,
turning the alarm off. As her eyes finally opened, she flung her
head to look at the time. 7:15 AM. Evie groaned again. Was it
necessary for her boss to give her all the early shifts on
weekends? She could bet a billion dollars every person she knew, in
her highschool, was still peacefully sleeping.
Evie swung her legs over the side of the bed, & somehow got
herself to stand. She sluggsihly walked over to her closet, pulling
out her work clothes. A white collered shirt, with '
Frank's' on the breast in an odd blue writing. Then , since
it was April, she pulled out a pair of thick, black leggings. Sh
elayed the clothes on her bed & then went to shower.
Once finished, she took a moment to look at herself in the mirror.
She ran her fingers over the white scar under her eye 7 the one
directly in the center of her cheek. She sighed, & began
brushing her long, light brown hair. As she starred back at herself
in the mirror, she kept moving her chocolate brown eyes to the
scars. There were plenty more all over her body, but they were a
bit bigger, & Evie preferred to just see the ones on her face,
whicih made her believe for a single second, maybe things werent as
bad as they had been. That maybe her Mother wasn't as violent
as she was. That it was just a bad , long dream.
Evie dryed her wavy hair & then got dressed, not bothering with
makeup. She was to tired & there was no one to impress that
would be up this early anyway.
When she got downstairs, her older brother, Mark , as passed out on
the couch.
" As usual.." she whispers to herself, grabbing her car
keys & purse, throwing on gray UGGs ,& then walking out the
door. Her brother went to a local college, only a town away, &
he let Evie stay wth him after their Mother was placed in jail.
When she got to work, the parking lot was practicly empty.
" Oh goodie.." she sighs, waltzing in through the
employee entrance. She clocked in, as she waved hello to Gretta,
the cook.
" Hey sweetpea!" the woman smiles at Evie, showing her
the only 2 teeth she had left in that 75 year old mouth she
had.
" Hey Gretta." Evie smiles at her, grabbing a rag to
whipe down the tables.
Later in the day, Evie was busy with the lunch rush.
" Hi , I'm Evie." she smiles down at a man in Army
Uniform. His seafoam green eyes made her loose a breath , as he
looked up at her, & for a moment, it seemed he couldn't
speak.
"... I'll be your server today. Can I start you off with a
drink?" as she smiled at the handsome, muscular , & dark
haired man, she realized the smile she was giving, wa snot .. fake.
Like every other smile she had given today. Especially to the
couple with the twin boys who decided to color on the seats with
their crayons.
" Can I have just water please?" the man asks, his husky
voice startled Evie, bringing her back down to Earth.
" Sure thing." she smiles at him, & goes to get his
water. She ammediatly brought it over to him, & smiled at
him.
" I will give you some time to decide what you want." she
says , as he thanks her for his water.
" Actually. I'm not hungry.." he whispers , putting
the menu down. Evie raised an eyebrow at him.
" Then why-.." she didn't want to be rude, so she
didn't finish her sentence.
" I just want someone to talk to." he looked up at her,
his eyes sparkling & pleading for her to offer.
" Well, I'm off in about 25 minutes, if you want , I can
talk with you." she smiles at him.
" Where are we going?" the soldier asks her, following
her down the road.
" You will see." Evie smiles. " By the way, I never
caught your name."
" Its Byran." he tells. " Byran Matthews."
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Cookie Cutter Love Chapter 1 -Intro- Evie groaned as her alarmclock
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Jan 16, 2012 3:17pm
swizzybell77 · 1 decade ago
do you know the song travelling soldier by the dixie chicks?
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