June awoke to her brother screaming her name from the kitchen. "Breakfast is ready."

"Okie dokie," June called back as she walked downstairs.

"What time do you work until?" Chadwick asked as she sat down in front of a plate of waffles. He was her older brother and, though they shared a lot of features, a high nose and slanted eyes, there were two main differences between them. The first being their genders, the second being their hair. Hers was long and auburn and annoying, his was short and brown and easy to deal with.

"I work until six."

"Wanna go out for noodles after work?"

June shrugged and yawned.

"So that's a yes. Okay, I'll pick you up at six." Chad paused as he cleaned his plate, "I gotta go to work, are you okay or do you need a ride?"

"I can walk," June replied with a smile. she finished her waffles as he left, then proceeded to take a shower.

After she showered she listened to the radio a bit and read the newspaper that had hit her door with a large THWOMP.

Fire Ferrits Beat Impossible Odds in Game Tuesday Night.

June hadn't ever truly understood pro-bending, and figured she'd read up on the rules one day. Thoughts of the mysterious game she never tried to understand as she got ready for work. She left the small home that once housed four people. She could see the beginning of skyscrapers down the road and headed towards them.

The walk to Sea Side Bakery was not a short one. She lived about an hour away, walking. The bakery was a block away from the bending arena, so they got a lot of customers. By the time she arrived it was nearly one.

"I'm hear Luna," she called to the young woman that owned the bakery as she entered through the back.

"Perfect, Amy hasn't shown up and I'm swarmed."

June walked to the counter after putting her white and pink apron on and throwing her hair into a ponytail. "I can handle this, you go take a water break."

"You're a life saver."

"I know, I know." June replied as she took orders. She worked hard for hours, taking order after order, the time blending into itself. Yet, as mundane as it was, she felt exited as she took orders and got experience. She took her break at around three o'clock.

She sat at the front window of the store and ate a few cookies. She was staring blankly out the window when someone sat down beside her. "Are you on break?"

It was Amy, a young woman that usually worked the same shifts as her. Amy was blond and tall and slim, almost the opposite of June.

"Luna isn't very impressed with you m'girl."

"Why? I'm supposed to start in ten minutes."

"You were supposed to start four hours ago."

"No," she dragged on, "Today's thursday, right?"

"Amy it's friday."

"Shit, I thought it was wierd I had a late shift for two days in a row."

June got off her seat, "you go talk to Luna, I'm going to get back to work."

"I dont get why you work so hard, your brother and you are loaded, right?"

"It's good experience," Luna replied before throwing her paper bag in the garbage, and, without another word, went back to working the till.

Finally, after another few hours of regulars buying the same food over and over, a new customer walked in. June found him familiar, but couldn't place him.

"Two orders of Fire Flakes," he said with a blush and a cocky smirk.

"Is that all?"

"I'll also take the time you get off work," he replied as people whispered around them.

"That'll be six Yuans."

He paid and tried to remain confident through the rejection.

"Next customer please," she called, happy to end the awkwardness.