peas and mushrooms “
I sit down I am hungry.
Peas & mushrooms .
The menu was just that.
I look around .
Two men eating .
No face expression s.
A family but the end of the diner.
They to were eating .
A waitress appears- she has a grey hat & green dress.
Morning she whispers.
How do you like your mushrooms done.
I quickly try to fiddle with what looks like a menu.
She waits .
Almost suprised I was looking for something.
Ugh my throat was dry. As she had whispered , I whispered back.
I am just hungry & not sure.
She leaned forward so “you want a double helping mam?
I wanted to leave , but I just couldn’t, it was like a surreal atmosphere and me even clearing my throat seemed more unusual than it should.
I nodded .
She pulled her cap back & turned .
I had no menu no drink & the silence.was wavy.
I took the time to look around.
What had made me come in here anyway?
There were no pictures, the walls were clean at ma finish of , grey ? It looked another colour but grey close enough.
The waitress appeared, she seemed busy , it occurred, there was no smell of cooking.
There was simply nothing to look at.
I got my phone out at least to google or look at reviews.
No service?
Damn it !!! I had just got a load of data .
Now what???
Sit back and wait.
Time ticked , my phone at least had the time. Twenty two minutes I had been waiting..
Make up out , I rumaged mirror powder . My mirror had come loose & chipped round the bay of the case.
So wait thirty three minutes , I know exactly as nothing else to do but look at my phone clock,
Why was I still sitting in this place.
It even occurred I had been set up as a joke from my work colleague s & was being filmed as part of a joke TV show.
Finally Mrs mushroom appeared, I called her that as in my boredom she had almost. Started to look like one.
MUSHERS —— she announced .
A plate with mushrooms and one pea on it .
I started to giggle, this is definitely a. Joke. Now right!!! I gazed around. The men had disappeared & the family still looked intense in their food.
I picked up a fork eat one mushroom, they were pretty big & not over cooked. I could not sit there I could not give this anymore time.
I walked I didn’t pay , it was clear my mushrooms were still there as a glaring omission.
I walked down the route to work a tasty bakery huh yes will power down I got a bun & coffee.
I walked into work, waiting for the camera s to flash the joke s to start.. everyone was just doing there thing.
I sit down, they aren’t going to last much longer before howling with laughter .
An hour in .
Normality.
Silvia I say, is the joke still happening , am I looking weird that I haven’t told you all about this strange little diner.
She raised an eyebrow.
“What joke ,
I tell her I will mail her not to draw attention to my self.
She reads it .
Mail back “have you been drinking “
The office was busy , no new atmosphere, 2pm I realised I had not been filmed & was now just wanting to tell the story, I moved from desk to desk in my square unit .
The intrigue was full on,
I couldn’t remember the name of it, but I sure knew how to get there.
I will show you tomorrow, be hungry I laughed, three or four people agreed , it’s life changing I joked.
8am the time was set.
I watched tv , I costed up the stairs.. sleep .
Agh I slept through my alarm.. shower teeth make up, no time.. my phone ring s .
Hey Silvia I’m running late I won’t be long.
Ok she says I am just getting veggies from the market , see you in ten . I miss my bus or the bus missed me.
The phone ring s “ I missed my bus “
Ok , I am finished at market. Where is this cafe we can’t find it. Wait where you are I say.
The bus was stifling we packed like sardines.
Ping my stop .
I have one small block to walk,
Hey guys I shout it’s just there two shops along, they pause for a minute then walk on .
I catch up rippling with excitement.
Where is it? You sur you got the right street?
I turn in circles, it was here definitely definitely here .
I turn face on it was a small indoor store .
It was right here I wail .
Excuse me , I ask the store owner, where is the small grey cafe?
Not here he chuckled.
We stand there, they were all talking at me.
I wasn’t listening I just couldn’t work out my error.
The store owner re appeared, He grinned, nothing here sweetie, No ready made coffee either.
I just stood staring in my own bubble.
Only thing I have on offer today is mushrooms & frozen peas & I am sure that s not you
People would it for breakfast.
About the Creator
Charlotte Emma Ce
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