Lu didn't need to write his order down, it was pretty simple. She slipped away from his table and back into the flow of things.  She entered the order into the computer on the edge of the bar, and then turned her attention to the rest of her tables.  She pre bussed tables, refilled drinks, and listened for the yell of "Order Up" from the kitchen window with practiced ease.   When his order was ready, she finished serving drinks to one table then headed to pick it up.  She slipped a bottle of A1 in her pocket.  She didn't think he would want it, but she always carried some just in case.  She also grabbed a full bottle of ketchup for his fries, as she didn't know if his table had a full one or not.  


She brought his food to the table setting it down carefully so as not to disturb his reading.   She also placed the A1 and Ketchup bottles on the table.  "If you need anything else just let me know."  She said before disappearing back into the crowd of diners that were all leaving at the same time.  That was one of the downsides of this kind of work.  It came in waves.  The place was emptying at a decent clip leaving Lu and Sharon to clean more than their fair share of tables.  Beth was as usual spending more time looking like she was busy than actually doing much.  Lu didn't mind too much though.  She scooped up a stack of plates and grabbed a four glasses in her free hand taking everything to the kitchen.   

On her way back she brought a fresh glass of water to Serge's table.  "Is everything ok?"  She asked as she replaced the water glass on the table.  Once she had made sure he was ok, she turned back to work.  The place had filled back up again, and Lu was working at a flat out run.  She would make sure anytime she had a table near his to stop over and check in with Serge, filling his water, or taking care of anything he needed.  

This rapid empty/fill cycle continued steadily until right about 9, and then it just got really quiet, really quickly except for the crew sitting around the bar.  The actual restaurant portion was absolutely dead.   Lu sighed and grabbed a large tray and began gathering ketchup bottles and salt and pepper shakers from each of the empty tables.   Sharon was already gone for the night by now, leaving Beth and Lu to handle things from here on out.  Lu brought all the bottles and shakers to an empty table slightly kitty corner to Serge and set them down before grabbing a caddy from behind the bar to sit down and fill them.  

She paid him no mind though.  She just chose a place in easy view to make his life a little easier.  Beth came over and set down a large tray of silverware and a pile of napkins before walking away to get herself a drink.  "Hey Lu?" Beth started as she sat down across from her.  "I know I am supposed to work the double tonight, but..."  

Lucia just sighed and shook her head.  She had been waiting for this all night long.  She was always the first one to pick up a shift, but she was exhausted, and really really did not want to be here until morning.  She glanced over to Serge and raised an eyebrow silently asking him if he minded being here all night long.  She was exhausted, but she was used to crap like this.  She didn't want to make his life any more difficult than necessary.  "I don't know Beth. I have to check on a few things, let me get back to you."  She said trying to temporize a solution until she could find a way to let the girl down easy.  

Beth seemed to accept that answer and started rolling her silverware but stopped after a couple and leaned forward whispering harshly.  "So what's the deal with the hot guy? I've never seen him here before."  She said.  

Lucia once again shook her head.  There were many things she COULD tell her, but she had no idea what she should tell her.  "I don't know what to tell ya Beth."  She said quietly fully aware that Serge could hear them talking.