5 LARBANE 5

5. One Hour Seems Like One Year

After taking the order, Emily bowed to Ash and went back to complete the order. After she went back, another person came to the counter and took Emily's position. After giving the order, Ash looked around the restaurant and noticed that all the boys were looking at him with different kind of visions, some were full of envy, some were surprised, some were full of hate. Although they too had their girlfriends sitting with them, but they can't stop themselves from envying and hating Ash after all Emily really was too beautiful and sexy. Ash didn't cared about their visions, he was used to these kind of stares.

He said to Pikachu,'Sigh, I should try to be low-key, after all its not like everyone could handle the most charming and handsome guy in the world. But what a pity, I can't help it, who made me this handsome and charming right Pikachu ?'

'Pikaa', Pikachu too sighed at the narcissistic personality of Ash, but he too couldn't say anything after all his Pikapi really was too handsome.

Ash just smiled his trademark 'harmless to all living beings' smile and went to the corner last seat where no one could disturb him and sat down and closed his eyes and started meditation.

Pikachu also cleaned his face by licking all the ketchup and fell in Ash's lap.

While he tried to maintain tranquility, suddenly an image of an old man appeared in his mind, but this wasn't shocking to him. What shocked him was the fact that Emily's face matched this old man's face. After thinking about this, he suddenly had an evil smirk plastered on his face and gave a demonic laugh which startled the nearby customers around him and made them fear this young man. Pikachu after hearing this laughter and seeing the evil smirk on his Pikapi's face, thought that surely his Pikapi should've found something interesting to play. After this, Pikachu smiled and got on Ash's shoulder and rubbed his cheek against Ash's cheek asking him to tell him about his discovery.

After seeing Pikachu flattering him, Ash could not help but smile gently and caress Pikachu's head. He said, "Pikachu as the saying goes,'Enemies often cross each other's path'. And it seem like this time heaven is helping us. Due to remeber that old fogy who is the owner of this restaurant, it seem like that old fogy is related with Emily and if i'm not wrong, relation between both of them is really deep."

After listening to Ash, Pikachu also remembered that old fogy who betrayed them back then after giving very good impression of himself, so Pikachu also smiled evilly and he also guessed the relation between Emily and that old fogy and also how his Pikapi is going to handle that old fogy. After this conversation, both Ash and Pikachu closed their eyes and started meditating.

With Emily...

After hurrying back to the kitchen, Emily didn't know what to do?

She was a complete mess. She couldn't concentrate on her work because of some bastard's smiling face. She really couldn't help but recall again and again her conversation with Ash. She even pinched herself several times because she couldn't believe her luck to be this good. Just in the morning she was feeling down because of her friends and their boyfriends and how she didn't have one. And now she found her prince charming. She can't control her mood. She don't want to make any mistake and want give a positive impression of her to him. Although, she was ecstatic but she was worried too as Ash orders food for two persons and he did told that he would be accompanying his friend.

' What if that friend is a female and what if that female is his girlfriend? No, no no,Emily think positive, everything will be alright. Didn't he said that that friend is not his girlfriend. And even if it is a girl, so what, be confident of yourself. You are one of the most beautiful girl in the world, so even if it's a girl, you need to win him. After all the the good things are not free, you need to try your best. So be positive and the first thing you need to do is prepare the best food he has ever eaten. Right..'

After gaining her motivation she got back to prepare her life's best dish because she know's that the way to a man's heart goes through his stomach. so to win this charming young man's heart who seem like someone who is fond of delicacies, she tried her best to make the most delicious dish that he had never eaten.

After 1 hour, Emily finally completed all the food Ash ordered. this 1 hour was like 1 year for her, she felt all kinds of emotions during this 1 hour from happiness to sadness, anxiety, fear, horny, miserable, elated etc.

This hour was like a rollercoaster ride with ups and downs. She even made a lot of blunders during this hour causing her to take this much time otherwise with her skills, she could easily prepare all the food Ash ordered within half an hour. Because of this, she was also a little worried as what if he got annoyed because she took such a long time to prepare the food. So, she was a little nervous. After completing the order and decorating the dishes, she cleaned her off of all the food particles. Her clothes were full of flour, spices, vegetables etc. She was a complete mess. So she took extra 5 to 10 minutes to freshen up. After tidying herself, she took 2 food trays herself and asked other waiters to carry the other dishes. When she went out of the kitchen area to the dinning hall, she felt that the atmosphere was a little strange. It was quite cold here at the dining hall although it still was middle of the year time. The waiter's bodies couldn't help but tremble due to the coldness in the air. It wasn't the normal cold, rather it seems like it was because of someone's fear and reverence. When she entered the dining hall, sound of her footsteps brought everyone's attention towards her.

When everyone heard the sound of footsteps, they couldn't help but tremble slightly. They also thought that this person surely is going to die now in the hands of this devil. So they looked in the direction of the sound, but when they looked who was the creator of the sound, they couldn't help but relax slightly as they thought that may be to not look like a devil in front of one's woman, this God Of Death wouldn't lower himself to bicker with their these lowly beings. Although they relaxed a bit, but all the boys didn't dare to look at the person standing in front of them because they knew very well that this person has a good impression towards that devil. So all the boys as soon as saw who was it, couldn't help but lower the head.

When Emily noticed that after seeing her all the boys lowered their gaze. It was like they were afraid of offending someone they couldn't afford to offend. She cleary saw the fear in their eyes. She couldn't help but get scared a little bit as after all she still was a weak little girl. Subconsciously her gaze searched for her Prince Charming, after looking all over the place she found him looking at her with a very gentle smile washing off all her fear and anxiety. He was the only person in the whole restaurant who was behaving normally. After seeing his gentle smile, Emily's heartbeat quickened. Her breath become rugged. Se dragged her body towards the place he was sitting with a lot of effort.

During this hour, both Ash and Pikachu didn't speak a single word and sat there with their eyes closed while frequently looking around the cafe. After seeing the frightened expression in the eyes of all the boys, Ash just smirked and looked towards some of the boys who showed hatred towards him. When those boy's gazes met with his, it was like they were looking into a dark abyss full of murderous aura, those auburn eyes were like hell fire for them . For those who are good to him, his auburn eyes are similar to warmth of a friend, a lover, a brother but for his enemies this pair of auburn eyes is more terrifying than a hell fire. After hearing that demonic laugh, no one tried to cause trouble for both of them, although in the beginning, so many boys wanted to bully this kid, but after hearing that laugh all of them changed their minds, some of them who were near him even pissed off in their pants, after all with that demonic laugh, they even felt strong murderous aura.

Although for Emily, this 1 hour seems like 1 year because of her lacking self confidence in herself as well as her inferiority complex, but for all the men sitting out their, this 1 hour was not less than spending 1 year in hell. And the worst part of it was that no one dared to make even a little bit of movement afraid of disturbing that God Of Death from his meditation or sleep which they don't know and they don't even want to know. those who urinated in their pants, although stinked a lot, but they didn't had the courage to stand up and run out of the gate with their little life in their hands. All the girl's eyes were full of worship, admiration and fear. They couldn't believe how someone as young as him could be this terrifying fellow. At this point they started to envy Emily even more and looked at the 'man' sitting in front of them disdainfully.

After Emily reached near him and placed all the food on the table, she couldn't help but ask him what happened here. To which Ash just replied while giving a loud laugh which was very charming and could win any woman's heart. On the other hand, for the men sitting there, it was like a laughter of a devil. They couldn't help but shiver and tremble. Their heart tensed up as they didn't know what to do. They really don't want to stay here anymore but none of them had the courage to take the initiative to walk first , so they just sat there like corpse not daring to make any sound and movement.

As Emily noticed that Ash didn't answered her question, so she didn't wanted to continue to ask him as she didn't wanted to make him think that she was irritating. So she thought of changing the topic when she suddenly thought of something which really bothered her for the past hour. Although she was afraid if what all her fear become true, then what would she do. She nonetheless mustered up her courage and asked him,

"I can't see your friend anywhere, didn't you told that she was on her way, why hadn't she came yet?"

Emily asked her while emphasising on friend. Her tone also contain a tint of jealousy and anger. Even though she tried her best to hide it, but Ash caught it and he smiled in his heart as his plan was very smooth. To her question, he stood up and walked towards her while speaking,

"Hahaha, she is already here, and you know what the best part is, she is someone whom you know better than anyone else in the entire world."

Emily became confused after hearing him saying that she knew her better than anyone else. Also after listening to him saying she, she felt sad. Although when Ash stood up, she got scared as though she angered him with his tone she thought of apologizing but suddenly she heard him laughing. She thought about who that girl could be whom she know better than anyone else. She didn't had any sister, her father was her only family member, her friends were also limited, being her few best friends, so she thought about that girl being one of her best friend. But she ruled out that possibility immediately as all of her best friends were out of PA, enjoying with their boyfriends. Since she couldn't thought of anyone else, she doubtfully looked towards Ash who was looking at her with a mischievous smile.

Looking at her doubtful face, Ash laughed and pointed his finger towards her said,

"Other than you, who could it be? You are the one I was waiting for. Since you are also here, the food is also here, let's eat before it get cold."

Ash laughed and turned around to return to his seat.

Emily just stood there with her mouth open in o shape. She couldn't believe her ears. She pinched herself to check whether or not she was dreaming. When she pinched, she used quite a lot of force so it hurt a lot which confirmed that she wasn't dreaming. She couldn't describe her feelings at this moment, she never in her live could thought that the so called friend for whom Ash was waiting was herself. Now she felt that she was really a foolish girl as she scolded and cursed herself. Now she wanted to dig a hole and crawled in it. She tidy up her emotional state and walked towards the seat opposite to Ash, suddenly Ash stooped and turned towards the dining hall.

At this moment, the tensed and cold atmosphere of the hall had already relieved to a great degree. After hearing the conversation of both of them, all the girls felt jealous of Emily but they didn't dare to show it on their faces. But when Ash looked towards the hall, everyone's spirits couldn't help but tighten as they had a very unlucky premonition if they stayed here any longer. They couldn't help but swallow the saliva in their mouth and looked towards Ash with gazes filled with fear waiting to receive their death order.

"I want to spend some alone time with my friend and I don't want any disturbance. SO..."

After this, Ash swept his gazes towards each and everyone and then towards the exit.

When they heard his words and saw him looking towards the exit, they understand what he meant and they also relaxed finally as they could get away from this hell. They all stood up and bowed towed Ash and shouted together,

"THANK YOU"

And directly ran out of the exit leaving the money on the table.

After seeing such a scene, Emily didn't know how to describe her feelings. Today really was her best day. Ash really brought a lot of surprises to her and now she was going to do lunch with him all alone. Although she didn't know how Ash made them all run away and why did they thanked him and even feared him, she wasn't a dumb girl, so she could guessed what had happened between this hour. But she really didn't cared about this as for her the only thing which matters now was having a lunch date with Ash.

"Shall we ?" Ash asked her as he pulled the chair back for her in a very gentlmanly way.