Chapter 2: The Contract
Quite frankly I was amazed at how readily they had accepted me and wanted an interview. I had barely uttered night guard and I was greeted with a "Can you be here in an hour?" "Erm… Yes?" "YES FANTASTIC SEE YOU THEN" *click* "um… alright." So here I was walking down the street hoping to get a job. Didn't really expect that this morning did you I thought at myself. No I didn't I replied. I sighed. "I need friends" I said out loud.
10:07 P.M.
I walked up to the establishment and gave it a quick scan. Maybe a bit rundown but it looked ok. The sign wasn't lit up as it was after hours but that came as no surprise. I tried the door. Locked. "Of course it is you idiot" I muttered. I knocked. After a few moments I knocked again. Still nothing. I surveyed the parking lot and noticed a fairly nice car near the very back of the lot. Probably the owners I pondered. I knocked again and the door opened immediately. "Are you the night guard?" asked the person. "Night guard hopeful." I responded. I couldn't really see the person but I knew it was a man based on his voice. "Come in." He said happily.
I entered past him and immediately was greeted to the sight of a chucky cheese type building. Quite a few Party tables in front of me with party hats on in preparation for the next day. A glance to my left and I saw the only light on in the establishment. I followed the probably owner towards that light. As we entered I blinked a few times to get used to the light. I discovered that the man before me was in fact a man and that he was dressed in a grey suit. He had a red tie and a fedora with a feather in it. I blinked a few times to make sure I wasn't hallucinating. I wasn't unfortunately. He turned around and held out his hand. "Frank Billingsley. Welcome to Freddy's."
~Amy's POV~
I sighed as I looked at the buffoon of a man (if you could call him that) next to me on my bed. I had not had sex with him much to his disappointment. We had made out for a few minutes but then he had gotten much to personal much too quickly. As a result I stopped him and after another round of the same thing I stopped it again. He was getting bored. I could tell and I was hoping he would leave. He was clearly looking for an excuse. I had turned on Jupiter Ascending, an abomination of a movie that I was pretending to love in order to drive him out quicker. I sighed. Speaking of driving out I had driven out Erik for absolutely no reason. I tried to focus on the movie again and was wondering what Erik was doing.
~Erik's POV~
I was engaging in polite conversation with my hopefully soon to be boss. He was asking me questions about my ability to stay up late. Easy I do that all the time. Strength? Surprisingly high. Age? 18. Previous jobs? None. I was getting bored and it was around 10:30 now but then he said "you're hired." Woah what? Wasn't expecting that at all. "When can you start? Any chance tonight?" He asked hopefully. I glanced at my phone. Nothing from Amy. "Yeah I guess so. Anything you need me to do?" "Uh.. yes. There's this contract. It basically goes over the same thing in the ad and also says that you have to work the first five days of your shifts no matter what." "That's an odd thing to have in there." "Yeah I know but some people tried to leave and it was a panicked rush so I had my lawyers throw it in there." He smiled. I smiled back but I was still a bit uneasy. I read through the contract thoroughly but nothing seemed out of the ordinary. My dad was a lawyer after all. I signed the page. That turned out to be a huge mistake.
***Looking back on it now, I realized that I had made three huge mistakes that day. No, four. One, assuming that the dismemberment part of the ad was for legal purposes. Two, calling the pizzeria. Three, again assuming that the injury parts of the contract were focused on human related injuries and also not asking. Four, signing that cursed pieced of paper. I should have known damn it I really should have known. It was way too easy. But anyways, let us proceed.***
I slipped into the security guard outfit that Frank gave me and I saw myself in the mirror. It was purple for some ridiculous reason and I hated it. But I didn't complain and shook Frank's hand one last time before he left. I turned and looked at the clock. I still had an hour to kill before my shift officially began. I decided to explore the pizzeria. I walked around for a bit and put the paper that Frank had given me into my pocket. I could read it later. I grabbed a piece of the pizza that Frank had found in the fridge for me and nibbled on it. It wasn't half bad even cold. I sighed and looked at the animatronics on stage. There was a lavender bunny on the left, with the nameplate Bonnie underneath his feet. "Bonnie the Bunny" I said unimpressed. On the right was a chicken… duck thing that had the name Chica. "I'm going to assume you're a chicken to keep with the alliteration theme" I told her. In the middle of course was the big bear himself looking very polished in his hat and bowtie. "Bowties are cool" I told him.
I sighed and walked down the hallway to the right. I passed some curtains and an out of service sign. Above the curtains read another nameplate. Foxy the Pirate. "Gosh I wonder if he could be a… FOX? Nooooo that's too simple. He's probably a wolf or a lion or something." I grumbled and walked down farther, past a closet and ran into a dead end. But there was also a room to my left. I walked in and discovered another office. Wondering what it was for I pulled out the sheet that Frank had given me. "Oh it's mine!" I said gleefully. I plopped down in the revolving chair and spun around. "Let's see…" I said reading the paper "stay in the office use the cameras.. Kk no problem then!" I spun around some more. I picked up the tablet only to discover it didn't work. I tapped it a few times and opened the paper again. It informed me that it would not work until midnight. Oh ok. Why not I guess. I sighed and glanced at my phone again. Still nothing from Amy. I sighed and pulled up crossy road on my phone and decided to kill time before my shift started.
~Amy's POV~
11:53 P.M.
Finally I thought to myself as I shut the door. God he was an idiot. Why did I bring him home with me? I shuddered. He had hung around much longer than I had thought he would. He had still been hoping I guess. Oh well. Hopefully I will never see him again. Now to call Erik.
~Erik's POV~
I had grown tired of Crossy Road rather quickly and had been thinking to myself. I had not told Amy where I was going to college. It wasn't her choice of school. She hadn't even applied. I was scared to tell her because it would be the first time we wouldn't be at school together since kindergarten. Not only that she would be staying in California and I would be going to Johns Hopkins which is in Maryland. I ran my hand through my hair but my thought were cut off by my phone ringing. I answered after one ring. "Hey Amy! Guess what?" "What? You can come home now by the way." "Oh.. Awesome." I said trying to hide my bitterness. "Anyways I'm not coming home tonight. I guess your.. Boyfriend can spend the night." I said. "What do you mean you're not coming back? Also not my boyfriend." She shot back "Good to know you invited your not boyfriend to our house. Also not coming home as in have a job as a night guard. And my shift starts in 30 seconds so I will talk to you when I get home in the morning. Bye!" *click* I sighed and let my head fall against the chair. "That went well I grumbled. Suddenly the desk fan turned on, my tablet flickered to life and two buttons on both side of the room turned on. My shift had begun. I cracked my knuckles and prepared myself for a night of boredom.
A/N: Hello! Nebilas here I've had a very active night I wrote two chapters for this story and one for my Detective Conan Story. So at a guess that will be it for a little while. But maybe not who knows. I'll play it by ear. Until next time. ~Nebilas