Chapter 5

Mary's Burger Joint was, a nice enough place. Junk food, decent prices, clean tables and benches. The staff was composed of nothing but teenaged and young adult girls. The uniform was simple enough, a light blue collard shirt with a pocket on the right side, and black skirts, topped of with all black sneakers. Some shirts were more full than others, and some skirts seemed to hold more in than others. Mary's was definitely a T & A paradise.

Arrian pulled his Maxima, into the parking lot, turned down the stereo, rolled the windows up, and turned the engine off before getting out. Samantha moved to get out, before she could Kailynn stopped her.

"Wait," she said.

"Huh... why?" Sam replied.

Kailynn just motioned to the outside, where her brother was reaching for their doors. Arrian had circled around to let the girls out. Samantha was taken back, this was more than she was used to. Kailynn seeing Sam's expression giggled, before thanking her brother. Arrian just smiled back.

"Umm... thanks, Arrian," Samantha said, quietly.

"You're welcome," came his reply.

They walked to an open table and sat down, Sam and Kailynn next to each other with Arrian in front of them. A waitress approached them after a few minutes.

"Welcome to Mary's, what can I get you today?" she said while taking a pen from her shirt.

"Girls, what do you want?" he asked the beauties in front of him.

"I want a bacon cheeseburger, no pickles, no onions, and definitely no mustard." she said smiling at her brother.

"Okay, honey, what about you?" the waitress asked Sam.

"Ah, I want a chilly cheese dog, with fries," she said looking at the table.

"And you big boy?" she asked Arrian with twinkle in her eyes.

"I'll have what the ladies are having..." he said smiling at all three women.

The waitress looked amazed, she didn't think he would order that much.

"Okay, and what do you want to drink?" the waitress asked all three.

"Diet coke," came from Kailynn and Sam, who giggled at having answered the same.

"Raspberry ice tea for me," he said after looking at his sister and Samantha.

The waitress repeated the order making sure nothing was left out. She left to tend the order coming out. Arrian sat looking around avoiding Samantha's eyes as much as he could, while Samantha was looking at him fixedly.

"You should ask him now..." Kailynn said looking at her friend.

"Huh? Ask who what?" she replied a little more nervous than she wanted to.

Kailynn just gestured toward her brother. Understanding dawned on Sam's face.

"Ah, Arrian can I ask you something?" she said almost in a whisper.

None the less Arrian heard her. Giving her his undivided attention, he smiled at her and nodded.

"Why did you help me? I get that you hit him cause of what he said about Kailynn, but why did you help me?" she asked almost not believing that he had helped her.

Arrian looked at her like she asked him where God lived. He noticed her reaction to him not answering right away. He smiled directly at her.

"I couldn't let you be treated that way... it's not right," he said.

"I don't get it," she answered back.

"No male should ever treat a girl that way. It's wrong. Sorry if I scared you when I hit him, I tried to get him to back away without fighting." he said apologetically.

Samantha looked at him with what could only be described as awe. Never had she encountered such a boy, well man really. Most boys their age pretended to be nice to get into girls' pants, and then they became the assholes they were to begin with.

The food came shortly after, interrupting girl talk while Arrian visited the bathroom. Both girls were blushing when he returned; he wondered what it was about, until he saw the food.

Making sure the correct meal was where it should be, they began eating making small chitchat. Kailynn reached over to grab some of her brother's fries, when he saw her he pretended to not notice. Kailynn grinned at Sam. Just as she was gonna grab a fry... whack!

"Hey! I just wanted a measly fry," she said rubbing her hand.

"You should ask first," he said waving his finger at her.

"No one has been able to sneak food from my brother's plate since I can remember," Kailynn said to Sam.

Samantha decided to play this game too, reaching over her plate to Arrian's fries. Grabbing a couple and placing them on her chilly dog. He looked at her, smiled.

"Hey! How come she can take your fries and I can't," Kailynn said with a smirk on her face.

"She didn't get any of my fries, Kai," he said putting a couple fries in his mouth.

"I saw her, look at her chilly dog," she said.

"Hey! Where did the fries I pinched go?" Samantha yelled out.

Arrian smirked holding up a couple fries covered in chilly, before placing them in his mouth. Both girls looked at him expecting an answer as to how he pinched the fries back in plain sight.

"The wind got them I guess," was all he offered.

Both girls voiced their disbelief; he just smiled and continued eating. The waitress stopped by to check if they needed anything. After receiving "no's" she was back to the other customers.

"That burger was awesome!" Kailynn said rubbing her obviously filled tummy.

Arrian nodded, reaching for what was left of his drink and gulping it down. He saw the waitress looking at him and he waved her over.

"Yes?" she asked.