“Right” Tasha said with a slight tilt of her head. “One, pastrami on slightly toasted rye bread and hot cup of Joe coming right up.”  She went to take the menu from Alice then ‘accidentally’ knocked over her glass of water, spilling it all over the table but only getting a few drops on Alice, who was too quick for anything to get on her.  “Whoops” she unapologetically said.

“It’s okay” Alice gave a tight smile “no harm done um, can you cancel my coffee I’ll just stick to water.”

“What the fuck!”  Tasha nearly dropped the glass of water onto Alice’s lap but didn’t when something grabbed her attention.  Alice and the rest of the table stopped and looked at what seemed to have distracted their friend/waitress.  Their jaws dropped as they saw Dawn’s car pull up but this time parked on their side of the street.  They weren’t amazed by the fact that the car was no longer parked in front of their cafe, it was the new hideous tricked look it was now sporting.

“What did you tell Tracy to do with the car?”  Carmen asked as she looked at the pimped out master piece.

“Nothing” Helena exclaimed.  No one seemed to be able to tear their gaze away from vehicle, which could only be described as a ‘pink taco.’  “I told her to tow it away, that’s it.”

“I think she towed it to a circus in Mexico” Carmen said, mesmerized by the sombrero spinners.  The door of the vehicle opened wiggling the jalapeno car antenna and Cindy stepped out of it.  Everyone at the table quickly looked away trying to act nonchalant.  Cindy, however, knew better and walked across the street to The Planet to have a chat with the crew.  They carried on pretending they weren’t nervous about Cindy’s approach but it was obvious they were trying to ignore her.  The only one who seemed to not care too much for the situation was Jenny.

“She won’t be happy once she sees the car” Cindy told them a little irritated.

“I’d demand a refund if I were her” Jenny said while typing away on her lap top.

“I had to drive that thing all the way from the San Diego impound” Cindy was on the verge of tears as they all looked at her then at the tint-less window vehicle.  They all winced when the length of the embarrassment finally dawned on them.