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Edge rose and went around to the other side of his table to sit facing the rest of the diner. He noted Lita standing about halfway across the establishment, his eyes instantly meeting hers. Then, a split second later, the redhead turned away to go about her business.
the blond man couldn't help but take that as avoidance. A distinct look of... something had crossed her features. He couldn't quite pinpoint the emotion, but if it wasn't mistrust, it was definitely something at least close...
Edge forced a smile for Torrie Wilson's benefit, the tall blonde waitress waving at him as she reappeared from the kitchen. Although he'd only met the woman a few minutes earlier, something about her really grated on his nerves. She'd been friendly to him - overly so, in his opinion - but there was some sort of obvious superficiality to that woman. Her entire aura just seemed so... contrived.
The other woman, a short, pretty blonde whose name he'd overheard earlier - Trish - seemed to be a good friend to Lita, judging by the way the pair interacted with one another. And then, sure enough, as though following along with his current thoughts, Trish approached Lita, and the two women began chatting in hushed tones.
As he sat there, glancing over the few other diners while waiting for Torrie to come by to take his order, he thought about the fourth waitress who worked at this place - Dawn Marie...
The brunette was not here tonight, and the blond man knew why... Dawn was waiting on her husband. Christian was probably home from the hospital by now, and requiring tender loving care from his devoted wife...
A frown creased Edge's brow as he thought about the happy couple... Chrisitian had some nerve... He really thought he'd be able to get away with it - all the years of misery he'd put him through, and on top of that, stealing his girl... Edge told himself that, no matter how all of this ended, he would be the one of them to walk away victorious...
"So...Can I take your order?"
The blond man looked up abruptly to see Torrie standing over him, a big smile on her face. She reached for a pencil that happened to be situated above her left ear and inadvertently or not, twirled a lock of platinum around her finger as she retrieved it. The woman was definitely attractive, and obviously flirting with him. He knew without a shadow of a doubt that he could fuck her if he wanted to - but he was not the least bit interested in her. She had a sleazy, slutty aura about her. Who knew where she'd been... But more importantly, it was Lita he found intruiging. There was something about the fiery redhead he found alluring... It wasn't even her looks, either - although they certainly didn't hurt...
"Yeah...Give me a cup of coffee and a BLT..."
"Coffee and a BLT..." Torrie repeated, writing his order down in her little notepad. "Will that be all, or can I offer you anything else...?" The blonde batted her eyelashes, giving him a come-hither look.
"Nothing else, thanks," he said, a somewhat cruel smile coming to his handsome face. The truth was, he really didn't care for women like Torrie.
The tall blonde's smile faltered, making her look somewhat stupid.
"Um...okay," she said, looking as though attempting to gather herself. It was quite evident that the woman wasn't used to men not becoming instantly captivated by her and taking the bait she so freely offered.
Torrie walked away, leaving Edge thankfully alone at his booth. Now, if only Lita would step out through the double swinging doors of the kitchen.
Then, as though getting his wish heard and fulfilled by some magical fairy, the redhead did that. She was a vision to him, even in her light pink waitress' uniform, a crisp white apron tied around her waist. She hurried over to one of her tables, at which two young men - who looked as though they could be brothers - sat.
To Edge's unpleasant surprise, the redhead suddenly leaned over to embrace each of the men in turn. He could also hear her speaking to them, and her lovely face wore a bright smile.
"I'm so glad you guys finally came here to see me!"
"Don't flatter yourself..." one of them - the dark-haired one spoke. "We're just here to try the food..."
"He's just kidding, Li," the other one - whose hair was an odd shade of red mixed with orange - said. "You know we love you!"
Edge tried not to openly stare... But damn if he wasn't feel jealous as hell...