"I am one of the servers," I said.
"I am aware," she sneered. "Why aren't you serving anything?"
"I ... just arrived," I said.
"So, you are late then!"
"It said eight."
"For the guests!" she said. "Six for the rest of us!"
"I'm so sorry, I must have missed that."
"You think?"
She really was a bitch, wasn't she? Yet I kept that to myself, biting my tongue so as not to say it out loud. She shook her head and sighed, as she placed her hands on her hips.
"Never mind!" she said. "Just take one of the trays behind you and go outside."
She almost sounded tired, as she told me what to do, but at least she didn't yell at me anymore. I quickly found a place to put down my stuff, hiding it a little under a chair. I didn't dare ask her where to put it, and since everyone was under her watchful eagle eyes, I didn't think anyone would try and steal anything from me. Not that I had much to steal.
I quickly grabbed one of the trays, yet it was filled with drinks, and I had not tried carrying so many before. It all shook, and I knew this was going to be impossible ... I quickly put it down before taking another with sweets and cookies on. It was much easier to carry, and as I walked by the "commander" I, from now on would always remember her as I smiled almost proudly. She just shook her head a little, as she continued to direct everyone.
Now without shaking, I walked through the small hallways, which eventually led me to the bigger ones, where the guests were. There weren't many I came by as I walked through the mansion, but as soon as I came outside, the entire place was filled with people. They were either talking, eating, or dancing. They looked like they had a lot of fun, as the many lights shone around them, and the music played loudly. You could even move further into the garden, where it was quieter and where you couldn't hear the music as much, yet it looked like a lot of them enjoyed the crowd and the noise.
I was not much of a party person myself, but maybe that was because I had never gotten a real chance to party. I had to work and try to put myself through school. Maybe I could become a party person ... one day. I hoped so. Let loose a little. I smiled at the thought, as I walked down the many stairs leading to where the bigger crowd was.
I had been right when I said everyone would bring out the jewelry and bigger diamonds. Everyone practically lit up when any of the lights ran over them. I smiled, as I moved further into the crowd. People were quick to grab the small sweets and cookies from the tray, which gave me opportunity after opportunity to "take" a little as well. While I wasn't a master thief, I had actually never stolen anything in my life, they just made it so easy. I made it seem like I "accidentally", bumped into someone as they were grabbing something from the tray. They called me an idiot, and I apologized while slipping their bracelet off and putting it into one of my pockets. They glared at me but didn't notice anything and just walked away.
I smiled, as I walked over to my next victim. I should probably feel bad, and it was not that I felt very good about doing this, but these people could practically fill a pool with money and just swim around in it. So, no, I didn't really feel that bad.
As the tray was suddenly emptied, I started to walk back to the kitchen to get it refilled, but as I came by one of the hallways that were mostly used by the servers, I saw a big crowd gathered closely by a door. I walked over to them. They were all dressed like me and smiling almost secretively, as they leaned closer to the door.
"What is going on?" I asked confused.
One of the girls from the crowd of servers turned to me and smiled.
"Someone is having sex in there," she said.
I looked from the door back to them.
"What?"
Another guy nodded and they all just continued to laugh.
"Sounds like they are really going at it," one of them joked to another.
I just shook my head, and hoped it wasn't an employee because then they would get fired really quickly, but who else? None of those rich people really used this hallway.
"What is going on here?!"
Suddenly that sharp and harsh commander voice echoed down the hallway. We were like soldiers as we stood up straight as our commander walked closer, inspecting us all with her eyes. She looked over all of us, and you could just see the sweat appear on our foreheads.
"Well?" she asked. "Why aren't you all working?"
"There are people having sex in there," one of the girls said.
The "commander" looked to the door and then back at the girl, then she sighed and shook her head before clapping her hands at everyone.