I was feeling a little peckish after our meal.
“I was thinking of going to that new place, Big Al's.” I said while removing myself from the booth. “Big Al's? Are they new or something?” Dmitri asked while standing up and following me to the exit. “Yeah, apparently they're a new chain, but they only have the one store so far. I only know about them because they had an advertisement online.” I brought out my phone to show the e-mail I got from the young fast food chain, I showed my phone to show Dmitri. “What do you think, ready for round two?” I joked. “I'm surprised your thinking about food and not getting laid.” He responded before we headed to the fast food chain.
Walking the short distance to the restaurant, I knew we found the place. Greeted with banners, balloons, and a DJ playing music. The only thing missing are people, not a single soul populated the area besides the DJ, and the two workers stationed at the front. “Uh, are you sure you want to eat here?” Dmitri asked while we walked up to the building. “Why not, we're already here, besides we'll have the place to ourselves.” I said before I heard the workers welcome us. “WELCOME TO BIG AL'S” they yelled with way too much enthusiasm. “Y-yeah” I said in a meek response.
The pair opened the door for us to enter. “Did you see them Conrad?” Dmitri spoke while leaning in close to me. “Yeah, some people take their jobs way too seriously.” I said while finding us a booth. “No not that, did you see how skinny they were. I can't remember the last time I've seen people skinny like that in this town.” Dmitri expressed in a hushed tone. “Why is that weird?” I asked. “Hesper isn't know as friendly to people's waistlines.”
I guess he's right, one thing is consistent here. In Hesper, it was a well-known fact that living here long enough, everyone was going to buy new clothes a lot sooner than later. Most people here were left with a couple of extra X's on their clothes. The guy at the entrance was about my height, but looked 120 wet. The girl next to him was maybe two inches shorter, and looked even lighter. I guess it is kind of weird to see two people with a rare physic around this kind of place.
We found a booth and some menus on the table, I opened it up to find an array of food. “Check that out, I thought this place was a burger joint, but it serves everything” I said to Dmitri while I flipped through page after page of menu items. One after another I found each page to list every dish possible, and then some. Mexican, Chinese, Indian, but most importantly AMERICAN. “Weird, a new idea for a restaurant.” Dmitri commented.
Before I could look at more of the menu, a girl approached in the same apparel as the two previous workers. “Hello, my name is Ashley, and I'll be your waitress, what can I get for you?” She flashed a cute smile. I wasn't ready, so I flipped and pointed to the first thing I found. “OK, so you want the small chicken waffle stack with unlimited refills of shakes, and what about you?” Ashley said while turning to Dmitri. I got a moment to look at Ashley, she was incredibly cute, but seemed out-of-place. She looked like a night person, by the look of her pale skin. Her hair, jet black, done up into twin tails, and had her bangs cut straight across, just above her eyes. She would've passed for a goth, if not for her cheery attitude.
“Alright, and you are ordering the small bacon cheddar double burger with fires and a shake, I'll have this right out.” She twirled around and left us alone. Watching her walk away, same as her co-workers, she looked like she'd been skipping meals. Her red polyester skirt hung from her, showing her thin legs. Her black top did an excellent job of demonstrating just how thin she was. “Dude, I didn't know you like them so thin, that's even a bit for me.” Dmitri said while following my view. “I thought you were a chubby chaser for sure when I heard you hooked up with Asia, the chick with tits big enough to kill a man.” Dmitri spoke while reaching his hands out to emphasize how big she was. “Shut up, I'm not checking her out like that, I'm just blown away that three skinny people work at a place like this” I mentioned while turning back to Dmitri. “Like I said man, it's kinda off-putting when you thin...that was fast!” Dmitri changed his tone to mild shock. I followed his view to see that Ashley was already coming back with our order from mere moments ago.
“Alright here are your orders.” Ashley said while lowering each large plate to the table. I'm amazed to see the size of the serving I got. “Did I order the largest size by accident” I asked. “Same here, I don't know if I could even finish off the shake.” Dmitri added in. Our plates were enormous, and overfilled to the brim with food. Waffles thick enough to use as a pillow, chicken thighs big enough to second guess what kind of bird it came from. Dmitri's burger looked like it took an entire calf to make. His side of fries came in a small bucket. Our shakes though were the most impressive, they looked like they being served in those 100 ounce big gulp cups. Filled to the brim with a thick liquid that didn't move too much.
“Oh, this is the normal serving size for small, I don't think they can by any smaller.” Ashley said while looking a little intimidated. I managed to save the situation by steering it back. “No worries, we'll definitely eat this, right Dmitri?” I said while trying to emphasize to him to take a bit. “I'm sorry man, but I don't know about this food.” He said while pushing away the plate. “I'm gonna go ahead and dip, you can have my food.” Dmitri said while standing up from the table and briskly walking towards the exit. “Well, you want to help me eat all this” I turned back to Ashley to see if she had any interest. “I'm sorry, but we have a strict no employee eating rule, none of us have permission to eat the food from here, even on our own time.” Ashley explained.
“Well I guess that means more for me.” I said while picking up the first waffle and bringing it to my mouth, I didn't realize how big it was until I tried taking a bit. Taking a chunk in my mouth and biting down, I'm stunned by flavor, it was hands down the best waffle I had ever eaten. “Wow, sure you don't want any, this is crazy good?” I asked one last time. I looked back to her and could see she put a hand on her stomach. She was eyeing down the hamburger with a look of lust, almost ready to pounce on the cooked beef. “I really really REALLY wish I could, but it comes from the owner, we aren't allowed to eat any of the food at any time. If caught in the act, it would be immediate termination.” Ashley said in a defeated tone. “Well I guess I'll just have to enjoy it for both of us.” I said while picking up my shake and taking a deep swig of it.
That was the last real thing I really remember, flashes of flavor sprung into my mind. Images here and there of me taking another bit, and another, and ANOTHER. I kinda remember finishing my plate and starting on Dmitri's Hamburger. That was before I came out of whatever food trance I was in. “Wow, that was good, my compliments to the chef.” I jokingly said while patting my stomach. “That was impressive!” I heard a voice next to me, and made me jump a little. “I didn't think you would finish the first waffle, let alone the entire table.” Ashley stared at the table and myself in disbelief. I followed her eyes to see the table was littered with the original plates, but accompanied by cups stacked high, easily going over ten empty containers. “I couldn't have eaten all this, it's physically impossible.” I said while pressing up my hand to my stomach. “Look, I'm not even full, I'm actually still hungry.” Ashley took her focus off the table back to me. “I watched you eat it all, I kept getting refills for you, this went into that bottomless pit.” Ashley said while pointing to my stomach
I looked down to my flat stomach, and patted it again, and received a growl, telling me it was still hungry. “Well, I guess since I'm still hungry, how about more food” I said while reaching for the menu. “Before that, my manager wanted me to tell you....
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