ARIANA'S POV (continuing):
As I was sitting there, a waiter came up to me.
"Ariana?"
"Percy?"
He was my ex from college.
"How are you?"
"I'm good. What about you?"
"I'm good too."
"You here alone?"
"No, with Nancy. You know how she is… with every handsome guy she sees."
He chuckled. "Yeah, I know."
"By the way, you're working at a restaurant?"
"Yeah. I'm completing my medical degree, so I'm working part-time to pay for it myself."
"Oh…"
"You know me. I don't want to be a burden on my older siblings."
"Yeah, I remember you telling me."
After a moment of silence, he spoke up.
"I heard you got married?"
"Yeah, just two months ago."
"Oh… so who's the lucky guy?"
"His name is Mykel. He's a good guy. My parents arranged it."
"Oh, so an arranged marriage?"
"Yep."
"Nice… so how's married life treating you?"
"Good. Very good."
"He must be lucky to have a beautiful and kind wife like you."
"I know."
We both chuckled.
"Percy!" another waiter called him.
"I gotta go."
"Okay."
"Can I… borrow your number? Since we're in the same city now… can I?"
"Sure. Here."
"See you then."
"See you."
After a while, Nancy still wasn't back, so I started eating. I wasn't about to let the food get cold for her.
She finally came back.
"God, you're back! The food was getting cold!"
"Damn the food! Let's go, hurry!"
"Why?!"
"I'll explain later. Just get up and come with me, please. It's urgent!"
"Okay, okay." I called the waiter, paid the bill, and went outside with Nancy.
We took a cab. After a while, I spoke up.
"What was that?"
"Let me explain."
"Go ahead."
"As I was making out with the waiter in the storage room..."
"Yeah, so?"
"We got interrupted by someone who needed something from there."
"So?"
"Guess who it was."
"Who?"
"My piece-of-shit ex, Nick."
"Nick Hansel? The guy you used to date in high school?"
"Yep," she nodded.
"Oh God… then?"
"Then it all got awkward, and I had to leave immediately."
"Oh…"
"That bloody punk ruined everything!"
"Your exes treat you the same way you treat them."
"Yeah, because no one is like you, being 'friendly' with their ex. They literally ruined your life and wasted your time, and you still act okay with them?"
"Okay, okay… calm down, calm down. Here, drink some water."
"Thank you."
We both met our ex today. And even in the same restaurant. even tho, our reactions were completely different to it but still is it a ex day or the restaurant is only ex working place?