Chapter 6: An Ordinary Day
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2 hours.
2 hours of sleep is all I got last night.
Sleep was the only thing I needed after yesterday's events, but sleep was the last thing on my mind.
I tossed and turned for an hour, trying to get Dante out of my head.
I don't even know why I had his face invading my thoughts. We've been flirting for more than a year and I've never been so worked up about him.
Or anything for that matter.
I'm now leaning against the cash register behind the bar at Beans, the coffee shop Gen and I currently work.
It's 10am on a Monday morning and as always, work is heavy.
I have Gen working the espresso machine while I work the register and Nate handles the delivery orders.
In the 3 hours that we've been open today, weirdly enough, we have been working efficiently as a team.
No ones particularly talkative, making me wonder.
I know for a fact that Gen is hangover enough to not want any conversation right now and that is why she is on the coffee station and I'm handling the costumers.
But Nate, Nate is unusually quiet.
I don't like it.
After about an hour of non stop orders, the workload has significantly dropped as people have already gone to work, I turn to my fellow coworkers.
"So, I see that everyone is ready to burst with conversation but I'll need you to hold your horses for a bit" I jokingly say, before I am met with two looks of utter displeasure.
"I know Gen has a hangover, but what's up with you Nate?" I ask and turn to a tired looking Nate.
"What do you mean?" Nate asks, keeping his eyes on the delivery screen.
"I mean that you're unusually quiet today and much to my surprise, quite helpful" I explain and I see him rolling his eyes.
"f**k off Kass, I'm not in the mood to argue with you" He says and turn to head back, probably to check inventory and to get away from me.
"That's it, there goes the Nate we all love" I mutter.
"He almost seems sad" Gen whispers from behind me, while handing me a drink for a delivery order I need to put together since Nate ditched.
"Well, I can't do anything about it since he hates me" I respond and continue on getting the last of the delivery orders ready.
Gen hums, turning back to work without much of a conversation.
"2 more hours" I mutter to myself.
......
As soon as my shift is over, I take off my apron and snatch the last available lemon cupcake, heading to the door and then to my car,not before saying goodbye to Gen and my annoyed looking manager.
Mondays are my busiest days.
Between my morning shifts at Beans, my college courses in the evenings and Mr. C's garage, I only have 2 hours left for me to do whatever I I might need to do in order to be ready for school.
My so called "free time".
I arrive outside my house, parking my car and getting out.
On my way to the opposite side of the street to greet Mr. C adn the guys, I spot Aaron - a.k.a Lord Dipshit - dragging some parts on an old cart,dropping some smaller ones on the way inside.
Deciding that I'm not about to ruin my own mood, I don't wave at him nor acknowledge him. Instead, I follow him inside while picking up the parts that fell off his little cart.
While inside, Mr. C notices me coming in with parts on my hands and rushes to me.
"Morning Kass, why do you have these parts? These were meant for one of today's tickets that needs to be done by 6" Mr. C says while he takes some of the parts and I follow him through the shop.
"Good morning Mr. C, I wasn't meant to come in today, I just saw these right by the door and thought I'd help a bit" I explain and he shakes his head, seeming disappointed.
"Outside? Aaron must have left them there or dropped them, I really don't know what to do with him" He says, muttering the last part mostly to himself.
"Don't worry Mr. C, I don't think he dropped them, he might have wanted to take some at a time so he wouldn't damage them" I lie to him, and he scoffs.
"You're a terrible liar Kassidy, especially when it has to do with people you don't like" He says, laughing lightly as he places the last of the parts down.
"I have no idea what you're talking about boss" I say and laugh.
I involuntarily look around, searching for someone specific, though I can't see any sight of him anywhere.
Bummer.
"Are you looking for something or someone specific child?" Mr. C asks, smirking at me.
"No sir, I have all I need right here" I answer and gesture to him, making him laugh.
"Get out of here kid, before Gigi hears you, we don't want her to think she has any sort of competition" Mr C says, jokingly referring to his wife by the reception area, trying to sort out all the paperwork while tapping her pen repeatedly along a random tune.
I nod laughing, bidding my goodbyes to everyone and heading home.
Right as I went inside, I was met with a waggling Vito, waiting impatiently for me to give him some attention.
"Hi little buddy, how's my beautiful boy?" I cooed at him, scratching his head.
Vito runs around me as I go about my business, following me to the bathroom like every dog, gifting me with zero privacy as always,then right to the kitchen.
"You're also gonna steal my food, won't you? You big fatty" I mutter, obviously not expecting an answer from my tongue-sticking-out doggy.
I make myself a quick sandwich, throwing almost half of it at my hunger driven dog and head on to my bedroom in hopes of taking a 30 minute nap before I have to shower and drive to my evening class.
^^
So, 30 minutes unexpectedly turned into 2 hours.
Meaning, I woke up just as class was about to start.
Aren't I great?
I had to race to class in hopes of losing as little of the lesson as possible, meaning that I had to skip my shower.
Don't judge me!
Like you shower everyday...
Speeding through the streets like my life - or career - depended on it, I burst through the door just as today's professor started to pass some papers around.
Noticing my usual seat in the far left of the middle row empty, I hurry to it so I can finally catch my breath.
Too many stairs.
Too, too many stairs.
"Alright people, when you're done passing around the assignments and bursting through the door, I want you to try and solve the first couple of questions and then we'll go over them together"
The professor announced and after a small choir of groans was heard - including mine - we all got to work.
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Class finally ended 3 hours and 80 certification questions later.
Packing my things, I head out and walk to my car that's parked neatly - despite my rush - all the way at the end of the parking lot.
Cause when you're late, there're no available spots near the entrance of the building.
Obviously.
Getting to my car, I sit on its hood for a quick smoke before I have to drive the 35 minute distance back.
Late night classes are at the same time, the greatest gift from God and his greatest punishment.
It's nice cause I have enough time after work to eat, sleep, take Vito on a short walk and shower and everything in between,
But it's hell cause the drive back to my place consists of lots of start/stops because of traffic, lots of noise from people that can't wait to pregame at some friends house before a night of fun and grumpy people that can't wait to get home after a tiring day at work.
And me, I'm the music blasting car behind you, waiting for the red light to turn green so I can finally take the next exit and Tsuchiya my way home.
You don't know who Tsuchiya is?
Go on, Google him, I'll wait.
See? Now you know what I mean.
Moving on,
After finally getting home, I head straight to the kitchen, abandoning my bag right by the door.
What? I'll have to use it again when it's time to go to work, it doesn't matter.
After another sandwich and a couple texts from my mum informing me that she won't be done with her shift till after 4am, I take a quick shower so I won't have to in the morning, and head to bed.
Getting to bed with Vito hot on my trail was always a struggle.
A couple blanket tugs and a missing pillow later, Vito and I are snuggled up together and ready to zone off.
Ting!
For f***s sake...
Ting!
Ting!
Texts at 3am in the morning are my worst enemy.
Gen:
Hey babe, you're probably in bed, are you up???
3:23am
Now I am, what's up? We both work in the morning?
3:24am
Gen:
Wanna carpool to work? My car gave up today right after I came home ?
3:24am
Sure, I'll pick u up at 5:40,don't make me wait too long
3:25am
Gen:
I love you, and I won't ?
Goodnight ??
3:25am
Night?
3:26am
After this small interruption, I change my alarm to an hour and a half hours from now and drift off again.
Such a boring, tiring day...
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