"You've got to get out there girl" Said Cherry Johnson in a thick accent, filled with sass and optimism. She was in a shopping centre, and talking to her flat mate on her phone"I came here to Basingstoke with you a fortnight ago, and you still don't even have a job yet, I may be from Essex but i'm a Cardiff girl at heart I am, lived there since I was 8, and I moved for you." She continued not unkindly. "And I was born there" Lauren Yates replied using a mixture of a Welsh and a Standerd English accent. "Okay you win, but my point's the same, you can't look back forever, you have to move forward in life. Look at me, i've got a job." She said with pride "You work behind a till at Next." Lauren said "So what? A jobs a job." Cherry said defensively "I want something challenging, something my Dad would've been proud of" Lauren signed "I Know it's been hard with him dying, but you know what? He'd be a bloody proud that his daughter could make her own way in the world!" Cherry said matter-of-factly with sympathy thrown in. "Maybe you're right" Lauren said. 'Great, I'll bring back a paper and we'll go through jobs"
Lauren hung up, and was left alone with her thoughts. She knew Cherry was right, but wished she had a chance to go to university. All plans were dropped though when her Dad died of a heart attack about a month ago. Lauren never got a chance to use the money for university, so she used half of what she got to by a small flat away from Cardiff, away from the memory.
She heard the door slam "All right then,I'll put on a cuppa and then we'll look through it" soon after she returned with a mug in each hand. "Right then" She said taking a sup of her tea, which was followed by the ritualistic "ahh" said by every British person after the first sip of tea for a while. "Construction work?" "I'm about a strong as a toddler" "They need help and the hospital kitchen" "If those people weren't ill when they walked in, they will be soon." "Assistant plumber" "The last time I tried to fix a pipe I flooded the kitchen." Cherry started giggling at the memory. "There must be something" Cherry concluded "Anything involving a R.E or Drama A-Level pass"? Asked Lauren. Cherry put her head to the side as she gave Lauren a sarcastic look "Thought I was aiming a bit high with that one" "How about this?" Cherry said changing the subject "Temp at an insurance claiming business" "I could do that' Lauren supposed "Great then, we got there in the end, and anyway, what've you got to be scared of?" Asked Cherry "Nothing" Lauren replied.