Just a salad

A little bit later the waitress returned to Ella and placed the ice tea in front of her. "Here you go," she said and pulled out a little notepad. "What food can I get you? Or do you want to wait for someone first?"

Ella looked again not the menu card and tried to finally decide on something. Dishes were also split into normal and naughty, although plenty of the normal dishes seemed to have a naughty option too. "I think I take the salad," she said. "Normal."

"No problem," the waitress said and a few minutes after she showed up with a huge bowl o salad with chicken stripes. Ella realized that she hadn't eaten all shift long, especially as it was so interesting to interact with the people, that now she was craving some food.

Time passed as she ate the salad. She watched the other guests, which were coming in and leaving. One time she blushed as three muscular guys came in and winked at her as they noticed her. For a moment the guys seemed to consider joining her at the table, but one of them told the others they were running late and so they left with coffee-to-go.

Ella was almost done when another man, this time dressed in a suit, came in and stood at the counter, chatting a bit with the waitress, and placing his order. While he was waiting, he looked around, noticing Ella. He mustered her for a moment, then walked over.

"Hi," he said and gave her a smile. "You new here, aren't you? Haven't seen you before."

"I am," she responded. "My name is Ella."

"Nice name," he responded. "You here to work before or behind the camera?"

Ella blushed a bit. "Behind, sir," she said and took a sip from her ice tea.

"Oh, what a shame," he said. "I had hoped I could get you for my next project. Young and cute would fit a lot. Well, bad luck for me."

"Sorry, sir."

"No need to be sorry, girl," he said and reached into his suit, pulling out a small, plastic card. "Here, you can call me if you change your mind."

While they chatted, the waitress brought out a few cups of coffee and bagels. The man said goodbye to Ella, then headed back, grabbed his order and left again. Ella herself looked at the card for a moment, then paid herself and left the dinner.