Analisa's Awakening

Chapter 1- Last Day of Summer Break

Analisa's POINT OF VIEW

"Ana...... Ana.. " someone whispered in my ear, disturbing my precious sleep.

"Leave me alone," I'm muttered back tiredly.

" Oh come on, you be late Ana!" They exclaimed.

"Oh really? cause I don't care." I replied and yanked my blanket over my head.

"Fine ! You've left me with no choice then." They spoke and not too long after did I sense their presence leave my room, allowing me to get back to my sleep. Or so I thought before feeling the freezing temperature of ice cold water being poured over my sports bra and shorts clad figure. Even my thick purple comforter could not protect me.

"What the hell! " I shrieked, trying and failing to escape my bed, tripping and my tangled sheets, face-planting my bedroom floor. Crumbling under my breath, I propped myself up on my elbows to glare at my half-sister Kassadie.

"Hurry up sleeping beauty, mom says you better be down in 20 minutes or else you won't get breakfast."She chuckled and left my room. Getting my lazy bum off the floor, I trudged into my ensuite bathroom and did my morning routine. After quickly getting dressed and a high-waisted jeans and a plain white v-neck shirt, I braided my curly dark brown hair into two cornrows, applying a small coat of mascara to my eyelashes and lip gloss to my lips. Quickly checking myself in the mirror, I made my way down the stairs to the kitchen.

" Good morning family," I greeted my family as I took my seat across from Kassadie and next to my older sister Katrina.

" Morning honey," my mom greeted back, placing a stack of blueberry pancakes and orange juice in front of me with a kiss to my forehead.

Ok quick introduction of the Knight family. Before my dad had met my mom, he had been in an unstable relationship with a woman named Jackie. From that relationship he got my three older half-siblings. First let me introduce my parents Annie and Andrew Knight. My mom is 52 years old with a smooth honey brown complexion, soft dark brown eyes, shoulder length curly dark brown hair and stands tall at 5'4.She has a almond shaped face, button nose, sharp chin and full luscious lips. My dad stands at 6ft tall with hard Green Eyes, straight black hair and in naturally tanned complexion. It's sometimes hard to believe he's only 58 years old with his straight nose, square jawline, thin lips and little to no laugh lines.

The eldest of my dad's Children of the twins, Kris and Katrina both 28 years old. Kris Tom's tall at 6'1 inch, has his mom's short blonde hair but dad's green eyes and tanned complexion. He's basically a blond-haired version of our dad. Although he has dated in the past, he as well as Katrina a boost single. Katrina has waist-length black wavy hair, her mom's blue eyes and stands at 5'7. She also looks like a blue-eyed version of our dad which is the only likeness the twins share. Kassadie is 26 years old at 5'9, she has dad's green eyes, and black straight hair. She has her mom's thin pouty lips, heart-shaped face and button nose. Unlike her older siblings Kassadie is in a stable relationship with her boyfriend of two years Cody Zade. When I had been found, my parents quit their jobs, dad an ex basketball player and my mom a head chef. When I was deemed stable, mom decided to finally open her own cafeestaurant, in which she named Anna's kitchen, and everyone who works there.

With my mom and me, our dad had my twin older brothers and funny and Aaron and myself. Tony (Anthony) and Ron ( Aaron) are 24 years old and both stand tall at 6'1. They have moms dark brown hair , sharp jawlines and straight noses. Well Aaron's nose is slightly crooked (he broke his nose) and he has dad's green eyes while Anthony has mom's brown eyes.And last but not the least there's me. Hi, my name's Analisa Knight. I am 18 years old and stand tall at 5'10 with dark brown curly hair and a golden brown complexion that's my brothers and I share. I have Heterochromia iridium, which means I have two completely different color eyes, one brown and one green. I have a roundish face with Cupid bow lips and a button nose.

" Morning darling, how was your sleep?" Dad asked gingerly setting his coffee.

"Good , I guess. Well it was until someone decided to give me a cold shower, I said glaring at Kassadie who smiled back with mock innocence. Hmmm, innocent my ass. Everyone chuckled at our exchange.

" Well honey I don't blame her. You are a heavy sleeper,"mom remarked smiling.

Not wanting to continue the unnecessary banter, I started to eat my breakfast while, Kris and Kat (who were temporarily living with us) as well as Tony and run wished me a good morning. While I ate I checked my phone for any on answered messages. I saw that one of my mom employee and my friend, Akira Morris, asked if we could give her and her brothers a ride to the cafe.

" Tony, run, Akira wants us to pick her up for our morning shift, so let's hurry up," I told them. Both perking up at my friend's name, they continued eating their breakfast at a faster pace. Shaking my head I quickly finished my breakfast, went back upstairs to re brush my teeth and laced up my high top black boots. Hearing my brothers' impatient honking of the horn, I quickly grabbed my phone, charger, wallet and purse before running out of the door to the car with a goodbye to the others. Since Akira lived only 10 minutes away, it took no time at all to arrive. Honking the horn to notify Akira of our arrival, I got out of the car to help Akira with her brothers' booster seats and installed them in the back of the seven seater van.

"Morning Tony, Ron and Anna! " Akira's six-year-old brother August and five-year-old Austin greeted.

" Morning guys and thanks a lot, my car just wouldn't start this morning. Akira greeted and thanked us. After telling her (the twins more enthusiastically than me) that it wasn't a problem, we were on our way to the cafe.

Unlike our parents, who like to stick to one letter of the alphabet when naming their kids,Akira's was coincidental. Akira was actually an only child until the Morris brought the boys home. Apparently they were the sons of a family friend, who had recently died in a car crash alongside his wife, the boys' mother. Akira admitted that it was hard at first. Going from having all her parents attention to having only a third but she grew over about that childish behavior very quickly and has been the best older sister ever to the boys. Since I have never seen or met the boys biological parents, I'm not surewhoses characteristics they inherited from but both boys have the same hazelnut brown eyes and dark brown curly hair. Akira is 5'3, has a caramel brown complexion, vibrant brown doe like eyes and sleek black, pin straight hair, which reaches her waist.

You may think having your parents as your boss means we get everything handed down to us on a silver platter. If you did well congrats, you're wrong. We may be addressed by our home nicknames like 'honey', 'love' or 'dear' while at work but in reality we're treated like any other employee at the cafe, after all we had to work our way up from scratch. Not only that, we rotate our duties every week 'shift' and I'll tell you why.

My mom really wanted to appeal to as many potential customers as possible when she created the blueprint for cafe. The outside had to be warm and inviting so big bay windows were installed around the front and the sides of the store. The inside of the cafe was divided into three sections, well four if you count the back where the kitchen and staff area are located. The first section of the cafe was designated for casual and business meetings. With the natural lighting coming through the windows, the hanging lights were only really used when it got dark. Imagine a modernised classic diner and that's what the front. looked like.

The second section was a little more 'home Library' if you know what I mean. One half, mainly the walls, held shelves for many books (mostly school-related) to cater to our student customers. Semi-private booths as well as bean bag chairs and comfy soft chairs were installed in this section with the students privacy and comfort in mind. But you don't need to be a student to be seated in this section. If you want a quiet setting to complete work related documents or simply want to read one of the books while you drink your cup of choice, a table in this section can be requested.

The third section was made to appraise parents. This room was made similar to that of the student lounge in a sense but for kids. This room also had books (not as many as the Student Lounge) , where the kids could either read themselves (depending on their age) or the employee in charge of that room can read to them. There was also toys and playing equipment for the children to entertain themselves while their parents ate and rested a little bit and the cafe Lounge (first section). With permission from their parents, the kids in this lounge with given complimentary snacks/finger foods while they waited for their parents. In a way, the Children Lounge was a daycare for children 2 and up. It also alleviate stress from employees who has kids or siblings they need to take care of and it is free of charge. The only thing they had to pay for was lunch for the child/children or sibling. Those with kids mostly took the day shifts, as given to them by my mom, and those (which is basically all of them) who worked evening and night shifts and needed a babysitter were taken care. Depending on our schedule, my siblings and I took turns babysitting and we only charged half the rate.

This week I work in the Student Lounge, along with my half-sisters Katrina and Kassadie. The twins and Akira work in the Children Lounge while Kris along with Mark and Diego (two other employees) work the cafe Lounge. Mom bakes and cooks with Dad in the kitchen alongside two other culinary students from the nearby College. At the cafe we have a wide range of pastries and desserts as well as drinks to choose from. Since we have so many finger foods, mom decided to limit the menu options for lunch and dinner to 12 items a day, changing half daily to give the customers variety. This also limited the amount of different dishes to be made, reducing the possibility of errors. It also helped the waiters and waitresses in each section.

We, (the twins, Akira and I) all arrived at the cafe the same time as my parents (6:20 a.m), got dressed in our aprons with the cafe logo and got the cafe up and running to open at 7:00 a.m. The boys, August and Austin, helped Akira prepare the children's lounge by arranging the chairs, disinfecting the toys and replacing the books back on the shelves. Mom, Dad, Erica and Samson (the culinary students) made the pastries and brewed coffee for the influx of customers that had already started to form a line outside the cafe doors. Once all the lounges were ready and the food prep as well as the cooled and displayed pastries were ready, our hectic day began.

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"Thanks again for the lift this morning, it was much appreciated. Tell Anna and the twins thank you boys," said Akira, as I helped her uninstall the boys booster seats. The boys tiredly murmured their thanks and farewells and after ensuring they had all safely entered their home we departed to ours.

" I'm so tired," Ron yawned as we pulled into our driveway.

" Ditto, "Tony and I simultaneously replied.

" Well you're somewhat lucky Anna, you get to sleep in a little later since you have school tomorrow," Tony said as we walked through the front door, with our take away dinners from the cafe.

" I'm still going to be waking up the same time as you and helping, I mean you guys have the van, " I pointed out to them as I dug into my chicken and mushroom lasagna and fresh salad.

" Well try not to sleep through all your classes okay," Ron replied as both him and Tony ate their cheese hamburgers and onion rings. Swiping some onion rings from off of their plates we all finished our dinners and got ready for bed. The best part about working at such a hectic cafe like our mom's, is we're so tired it doesn't take long for us to succumb to our fatigue.