Chapter 1: Lovina's Job.

{Lovina}

"Have a nice day..." Were the 4 words Lovina despised beyond everything.

That all came with her job; cashier and inventory stocker at the local grocery store. Its not that she 'hated' the job. But, it wasn't a walk in the park.

It involved attending to cranky, chatty, crying, annoying, depressed, and loud mouthed customers. As well as gathering money from them at the cashier stand, where the customers yelled, complained, argued, and made a scene if they didn't have enough money, or were a cranky piece of shit.

And lucky her, she was working the cashier today.

After the customer left, one of Lovina's co-workers from the till over spoke up.

Her name was Elice; she was Belgian and spoke both English and Dutch quite fluently.

She had blonde hair tied back into a green ribbon that she used as a headband. Also she had light blue eyes that resembled the sky in a way. She was wearing the usual outfit for work. Yes, an outfit for a grocery store, what has this world come to? It was a slightly oversized, grass green t-shirt that came just past the workers mid thigh, it also had a pop collar and the store logo and name printed in bold letters on the right side of the shirt, just above the chest. They had to wear black on the legs, it didn't matter what kind of type of clothing for your legs, as long as it was black. And for shoes, they were ordered to wear closed-toe shoes, so none of the products from the store would crush their toes.

"So, how're ya' holding up? It's been pretty busy today," Elice sighed. "To make matters worse, i barely got any sleep." After saying that, she yawned and stretched her arms and cracked her back.

"Fine, but annoyed as shit. I feel about the same, i barely got any sleep either. Thank god I don't have to work tomorrow." Lovina gave a tired yawn, not bothering to cover her mouth.

Elice laughed weakly, she had a soft smile on her pale pink lips. "I guess so... One more question." She said looking away slightly.

"What?" Lovina asked, getting frustrated. She disliked it when people start a sentence then stop halfway through, oh no, they have to make you wait to hear the rest.

"Aren't you on night duty tonight, you know, restocking and inventory.

Just after Elice mentioned that, Lovina groaned. If there was anything she hated more than saying 'Have a nice day.' It was night duty. She usually had 2 other people working nights with her, and she usually didn't mind them. She was actually pretty open to the people she had been aquatinted to for some time, as well as the workers, it took time for her to actually open up a bit. So she like being around her 'Acquaintances'. But around people she didn't know or, someone who seemed like a total dick, she was colder to them, colder than a winter in Canada. (Is Canadian, so I have experience.)

Lovina asked quizzically. "Do you know who else is on nights with me?"

Elice looked in the distance for a moment or two until she looked back at Lovina with glowing eyes. "You're on night shift with Matthias and Lars!"

Lovina sighed contently, she was pretty decent buddies with Lars; Elice's brother from the Netherlands, he spoke both English and Dutch, just like his sister. And she didn't know Matthias too well, but she knew him well enough. Matthias was from Denmark, he spoke English and Danish. Though, she did remember hearing he was a handful.

Elice smiled, looked over to her watch and finally spoke. "Well Lovina, this is farewell for now, its 9:15. My shift is over! See ya later!" Elice called over her shoulder as she walked towards the automatic doors, which opened up for her without hesitation. Lovina watched as her friend left the building and into the darkness of the night. Lovina sighed, Elice was lucky to have the rest of the night getting to go home and relax.

"HEY! Serve your customers you idiot!"

Lovina jolted her head in the direction of the voice. It was an old man, who was clearly in a cranky mood.

Lovina sighed and took the SINGLE item he chose and bagged it for him. She didn't even bother to say those 4 stupid words to such a jackass.

Just as the old man left swearing and cussing, a group of people, about Lovina's age came into the store, making a huge ruckus.

This would be a long, long night for Lovina.

And that was the first chapter! It's more like an intro. Future stories will be longer, promise!

Anyways, since I started this I'd like to say that if I could make any improvements or changes, PM me or comment! Feedback is welcome!

Peace, ~Bombtown~