Raura [ON HOLD]

A week later...

I woke up, thinking about the future. My future. Is this what my life is going to be for the rest of my life? Cleaning up after everyone else? Hmm... If that's the case then... life sucks.

I crawled out of bed and got dressed in my uniform. Yes, I wear a uniform. It consists of a black dress, black tights, a white apron, black slippers and a hat (I never wear the hat though.) All the maids have to wear uniforms, and they're all identical. Each branch of employees (for example, butlers, cooks and drivers), wears a different uniform.

Once I had the uniform on, I put my hair up in a ponytail. I then got my toothbrush and headed towards the bathroom to brush my teeth.

I saw Ness there and she was already ready with her maid uniform as well, only she wore her hair in a bun.

"Morning." She told me as I stuck my toothbrush in my mouth.

"Hmm-hmm." I tried to speak, with a mouth full of toothpaste.

"You excited?" She asked me, while she was fixing her already perfect bun.

I looked at her confused and she rolled her eyes.

"Gosh Laura, how could you forget." She smiled at me.

I spit in the sink and rinsed my mouth. "Forget what?" I asked her while I was rinsing out my toothbrush.

"Tomorrow we're meeting the kids of our bosses! Remember? They're coming from their tour!" She said excited.

"That's the big deal?" I asked shocked, "No I'm not excited. Not if they're anything like their mom."

"What if they're kind though, like Mr. Lynch?" She asked.

"So what?" I rolled my eyes, "You know that doesn't change anything. They are going to be our bosses, not our friends."

"C'mon, lighten up Laur," she said, "Have hope."

I just raised my shoulders, then lowered them. And it was quiet for a moment.

"Well.. It's getting late, we don't wanna be late. Let's go to the kitchen and make Mr. and Mrs. Lynch their breakfast. The other girls must already be there cooking." Ness finally said. (The maids cook breakfast everyday, and work in the kitchen whenever they have time. I'm not sure why the culinary team doesn't do it since they already cook lunch and dinner.. And they are the fucking culinary team for God-sakes.. I guess they just get to sleep in.) Yay for me and Ness.

"Okay." I replied and we walked to our room, to leave our toiletries there. Then we headed towards the kitchen.

When Ness and I arrived at the kitchen, the smell of bacon instantly took over our noses.

I froze. "Girls! What are you making?!" I said quickly.

They all turned, including Ness, looking at me confused.

"Umm bacon and eggs, with sausages and buttered toast at the side. We made extra for the workers as well." Nadia, a fellow maid said.

"Oh no," I started, "don't you remember?!"

They all shook their heads.

"Mrs. Lynch announced that she was going vegetarian for the next six months! We can't give her bacon and sausages!" I practically screamed.

They all gasped, remembering. We all froze. Then suddenly we were all moving at once.

I got up on a chair and said, "Okay, you eight are in charge of throwing every egg, bacon and sausage into three pots. Wrap them in aluminum foil and sort them out. Put the pots on top of the stove to keep the food warm. We'll give them out at the employee hall later. Take the toasts too but leave a few here, we can still use those for breakfast." I instructed to a group of girls.

"You got it." They said in unison, racing towards the food.

"Okay you five are in charge of making runs to the pantry okay? Bring the rest of us any ingredient we need for the food. Start by bringing flour, eggs, whipped cream, butter and strawberries. We are are making pancakes. You guys agree?" They all nodded without hesitation and headed toward the pantry.

"Okay I need like three of you to open every window and door near here okay. We need this bacon and sausage smell out of here. Also keep watch out for Mr. And Mrs. Lynch, okay? Thanks." I told the group of girls as they sped off to their posts.

I turned and saw only one girl there. Ness. "Okay Ness, we need to get cooking." I smiled, washing my hands as some girls came back from the pantry with some ingredients then sped off again.

I put the ingredients into a big bowl and started stirring, I noticed my sister was starting at me, intently.

"What?" I asked her, puzzled.

"That was incredible! You basically just told everyone what to do... and they're listening!" She said excitedly while she was washing her hands.

"Did I sound bossy?" I asked her worriedly as I was finishing up the stirring.

"Not at all. You just seemed really scared of what Mrs. Lynch would say if she saw the meat." She laughed.

"Okay, okay shhh." I said rolling my eyes, "I think the batter is done."

Ness came over and observed, "Yeah I think so too. It's just missing sugar!" She said putting a few teaspoons of sugar in and stirring it once again.

We both dipped our fingers in the batter and tasted it. "Mmmmm.." We said in unison.

As we were washing our hands again, we called the girls at the pantry in to help us cook the pancakes on the stove.

After a quick 5 minutes we finished cooking 50 pancakes with all seven of us combined. The sweet smell of pancakes filled the air and everyone, besides the eight girls who were in charge of the bacon, sausages and eggs (they left to go give them out at employee hall), plated toast and a few of the pancakes in the dining room and applied whipped cream, butter and strawberries on them. The rest were wrapped in aluminum foil and stored in the fridge for tomorrow.

Some girls started making coffee and hot chocolate. And others got the orange juice and milk out of the fridge and into two pitchers.

A ding went of and all of the girls were startled, I on the other hand, new exactly what it was. "Surprise." I said as I got my tray cinnamon rolls out of the oven. A rush of cinnamon went instantly through the air and everyone asked, "When did you.."

"While you guys were plating." I winked. "C'mon help me plate these rolls."

We finished in a nick of time and even cleaned off the kitchen, after that, most of the girls went off to clean around the house. About five of us stayed to serve Mr. And Mrs. Lynch when they came down for breakfast.

We suddenly heard them coming down the stairs and we all waited for them to walk in the kitchen.

Mrs. Lynch, wearing a red velvet robe came in first and studied the kitchen, she didn't even look at us. We were invisible to her. I then noticed a piece of bacon on the floor. Mrs. Lynch would freak if she saw it. I quietly picked it up and was about of throw in the trash when a hand stopped me. It belonged to Mrs. Lynch.

"Ahh!" She screamed, when she saw what I was holding.

"Meat!? Are you mocking me Laura! You know I'm trying to be a vegetarian! You know that! Are you trying to poison me! My office, NOW!" She screamed at me.

As I walked to her office, I looked back at Ness and gave her a bitter smile. She looked at me, completely shocked. I wasn't though, I knew I'd be punished, one way or another. Mrs. Lynch always found a way.