Police sirens blared into the night waking Jade from her fitful sleep. She timidly got up and peered through the blinds over her window. Through the dirt Jade could make out the red and blue lights of a squad car as it raced through the night. She sighed and released the blinds before walking out into the living room to check the lock on the door for the third time tonight. One could never be to careful living here.
She went to Damian's room next to make sure he was still asleep. She cracked his door just a little and could see his silhouette sitting up in bed. She sighed and came in.
"You heard the sirens too huh?" She asked sitting on the foot of his bed. He nodded.
"Kinda hard not to, is the door still locked?" He asked his older sister. She nodded.
"Just checked them so go back to sleep you got school tomorrow." She said standing back up and leaving his room. He yawned in response and rested his head once again on his pillow. Jade smiled and closed his door. She walked back into her room and checked the time on her alarm clock. 4:07 am. She got back into bed and stared at the ceiling until her eyes finally closed.
She woke up to the blaring sound of her alarm clock. She smacked it and stood up. She walked over to the door of Damian's room.
"Get up it's time for school!" She yelled banging on his door three times. No response. She sighed in annoyance and opened the door. Damian had placed his pillow over his head to try and drown her out she smiled at him. "Damian!" She yelled in a high pitched voice jumping onto his bed. "Aren't you excited!" He groaned in response. She scratched her head thoughtfully. "Alright we'll do this the hard way!" She declared. She then proceeded to walk around to one side and flip his mattress Damian and all off of the bed and onto the floor.
"Aah!" Damian yelled as he hit the floor. "Alright I'm up!" He cried. Jade apparently satisfied walked out of his room to prepare for the day herself. She put on her most professional clothes and tied her hair up into a high ponytail. She smiled satisfied, he hair could be very hard to manage it was long enough to reach her just above her butt when it was down, and it was wavy which could lead to a lot of friz if she wasn't careful. The only thing Jade never stopped liking about her hair was the color. It was a very light brown that she thought complemented her crystal blue eyes perfectly. She quickly put on a light dusting of make up and rushed herself and Damian out of the front door.
She insisted on walking him to the school bus everyday. He'd complain that she was embarrassing, but Jade insisted. she couldn't stand the thought of something happening to him. He was only eleven and it wasn't safe here in the narrows. They arrived just before the bus and Jade saw him off and checked her phone for the time.
"Crap!" she yelled running down the street. Being late for a job interview was NOT okay. She made it to Wayne tower with no time to spare. She ran into the waiting room and quickly gave her name to the woman at the front desk.
"Mr. Fox is waiting for you in the office to your left." She responded sweetly. Jade thanked her and quickly ran to her destination. She took some time to straighten out her skirt and entered the small office.
"You must be Ms. Delacey." He greeted her standing up.
"Yes sir." She said shaking his hand.
"Call me Mr. Fox, please have a seat." He replied motioning to a small chair facing his desk.
"Thank you." She said sitting down quickly. Jade immediately liked him. His eyes were kind and his demeanor was genuine. The interview went along smoothly and Jade found herself laughing and joking with Mr. Fox, by the time it was over Jade had become completely at ease.
"Well Ms. Delacey I think you would make a wonderful secretary for Mr. Wayne consider yourself hired. You start tomorrow." Mr. Fox declared standing up to shake her hand. Jade's heart jumped up into her throat at his words.
"Oh thank you so much!" She cried standing up and wrapping her arms around Mr. Fox. He jumped back slightly startled. "I promise I won't let you down!" She declared gathering her things and practically running from his office.
"Your welcome." He chuckled as she closed the door.
Running out of Wayne tower Jade felt on top of the world. She was fired from her last job a few weeks ago and without it she could barely pay for food. Her and Damian had been living off of Ramen noodles. She couldn't wait to tell him the good news.
"Well?" Damian asked hopping off the bus. Jade pretended to look sullen and shrugged her shoulders. "You didn't get it?" He asked sadly.
"I start tomorrow." She answered in a sad voice.
"It's no big- wait you got it!" He asked his voice rising with excitement. Jade looked down at him grinning ear to ear and nodded. "Hah! See I knew you could do it!" He exclaimed.
"Thanks squirt." Jade said wrapping and arm around his shoulders and pulling him closer to her. "And I promise that once I get my first paycheck we won't have to look a Ramen noodles ever again." He started laughing as they made there way back home.
