Disclaimer: Stephenie Meyer owns it all. I just mess with the characters a bit.
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As I exit my truck and walk inside, my eyes can't help but glaze over at the sight of the store. With two stories, a wrapped staircase, a lounge and coffee shop upstairs, it quickly becomes my favorite place to be. I hadn't had my interview here, but at HR downtown. I can tell it would be easy to get lost in here.
"Bella," a small, whiny voice calls, "are you Bella Swan?" A girl around my age with bleached blonde hair and dramatically drawn-on eyebrows walks up to me.
"Hi, are you Lauren?" When I called earlier today, I was told someone would be around to help me get settled in the cafe.
"Well then follow me, we're opening soon," she says and as snarky as it came out; my brain registered her as a troublemaker and I really don't need one of those right now.
Lauren leads me to a locker room where I am told to put away my things and get ready for my shift.
"It's like 75 degrees in here," she snarls and grabs at my sleeve, lifting it up for my bruises to catch her eyes, "Wow I didn't peg you as the type," she snorts and walks away from me.
I yank down my shirt, throw my bag in my new locker and follow her out. Great first days just seem to come to me.
Being a barista isn't too hard of a job if you have the patience, and after being back with new Charlie for a year, I'd say I've racked up a lot. If you had asked me a year ago, how I saw my life today, I would have never thought of this reality. I didn't have outlandish dreams of fame and fortune, but this is definitely below all of my thought-out outcomes.
"Hey!" I look up and am met with a copper-colored head and eyes the shade of moss. There is something about him recognizable, but I can't put my finger on it just now. And right when he chances a glance at my name tag, I remember I am supposed to be working and the coffee pot begins to spill and drop on the great marble floors.
A/N: I worked as a barista for about a month in college, had one hell of a first day, and got fired. Sigh. It was a great job. Follow, Favorite, Review; all that stuff if you like it, thanks!
