Everything More – 2

A/N – And here's my OC. He is named after the singer/songwriter that inspired so many of the stories in David's Soundtrack. I even modeled his appearance after the real thing.

It was the following Monday afternoon when I found myself standing in front of the Lima City Health building. I didn't want to volunteer at a hospital since the idea of dealing with sick people and blood and stuff really skeeved me out. I didn't want to go to the Nursing home and have to entertain a bunch of old people all day. Yeah I had turned over a new leaf, so to speak, but I was still a teenager. So I had decided to volunteer at the crisis hotline. Dealing with people over the phone was easier than in person, right? No connections, no feelings, just a voice on the other end. Nothing personal.

Taking a deep breath, I pushed open the glass doors and followed the signs to the second floor. I easily found the right office and stepped inside. I don't know what I had been expecting. More crisis maybe? It was an ordinary, if a bit shabby, looking office. A bunch of desks with computers and phones, people talking to each other or on the phone.

I stood in the doorway waiting to be noticed. Finally someone stepped forward.

"Hi I'm Declan. " He said offering his hand. "You must be David." He was around my age, maybe a year or two older, tall and thin with bleached blonde hair cut short and spiked up. He had on jeans with a tight black t-shirt on with a loose hanging flannel shirt over it.

"Yeah." I answered shaking his hand and noticing his fingernails were painted neon yellow. "Most people call me Dave… or Karofsky."

Declan grinned. "Welcome to the Lima Crisis Hotline… David." He emphasized my name as he gestured towards the office. "Have you ever worked at a place like this before?"

Something about him instantly put me at ease. I shrugged. "No. Although I probably drove some people to call a place like this before."

He led me to the desk he had been manning. "Ahhh, a penitent." Then when he saw my confused look. "You're a changed man… atoning for your past."

I shrugged again. "I guess. A lot of stuff went down this past year." I didn't elaborate and thankfully he didn't press for more info.

"Take a seat, David." He pulled over a second chair to the desk and motioned for me to sit. "For today I'll just have you observe me to see how things work. Then maybe tomorrow I'll have to listen in on some calls."

The afternoon passed by pretty quickly. It wasn't as horrible as I had thought it would be. Declan was an awesome guy and we found out we had a lot of things in common as we talked between calls. Before I left, we exchanged phone numbers. "Just in case." He had said with a grin.

A/N – Soooo what do you think?