That evening at around five forty five Kick was ready to go to his new job.
"Mom! I'm ready to go," said Kick.
"Ok sweetie," said Kick's mom.
Kick's mom drove Kick up to The Burger Joint. After Kick was dropped off, he went inside to check into his new job. When he got to the counter, he saw that Joseph was still there.
"Hey Joseph! I'm here to check in for my new job," said Kick.
"Ah yes, right this way Mr. Buttowski," said Joseph.
Joseph led Kick into the manager's office.
"Good to see you, Kick. Are you ready to start your new job?" said Mr. Frankfort.
"Kick Buttowski is always ready," said Kick.
"Good. I'll show you the drive through window where you will work," said Mr. Frankfort.
Mr. Frankfort led Kick to the drive through window that was located in the kitchen.
"This is where you will man the drive through window, Mr. Frankfort said when they got there.
"Great! Uh... How does it work?" Kick asked.
"All you have to do is put these ear phones on and talk into the microphone that's attached to it when you see a customer. Then the customer will place his or her order and Joseph here will cook the food. Then after Joseph cooks the food he will take it and give it to the customer, said Mr. Frankfort.
"Wait, so let me get this straight. I sit here with these headphones on and when I see a customer I talk into this microphone attached to the headphones. Then, after the customer orders, I tell Joseph what they ordered and he will take care of the rest?" said Kick.
"Yep! You've got it," said Mr. Frankfort.
"Well that sounds easy enough," said Kick.
"Good! I'm glad you understand what to do. Well I'm going back to my office. Let me know if you need anything," said Mr. Frankfort.
"Will do," said Kick.
Mr. Frankfort left the room and Joseph and Kick were left alone. Kick sat at the drive through window and waited for a costumer. Around six thirty, Kick got his first customer.
"Welcome to The Burger Joint. May I take your order," Kick said to the customer.
"Yes, may I have two double cheese burgers both with fries and cokes?" said the customer.
"Yep! You sure can!" said Kick. Kick turned around to face Joseph.
"We need two double cheese burgers both with fries and cokes," Kick said to Joseph.
"Coming right up," said Joseph.
"And how much would all that cost?" Kick asked. Joseph checked the price on the cash register.
"Thirteen dollars and Fifty one cents," said Joseph.
"That will be thirteen dollars and fifty one cents," Kick said to the customer. The customer moved up to the next window.
After Kick took thirty five other customers orders, he started to get sleepy. His eyelids started to get heavy. He tried his best to stay awake, but he was too exhausted. Finally, at around one o'clock in the morning, Kick fell into a deep sleep.
Kick felt someone shaking him awake. When he opened his eyes he saw Joseph trying to wake him up.
"Kick. Wake up Kick," he was saying.
"What? Huh? I'm awake! I'm awake!" Kick said.
"Yeah you should have been awake thirty minutes ago," said Joseph.
"What time is it?" Kick asked.
"One thirty. We still have four hours and thirty minutes until our shift is over," said Joseph.
"I don't know if I can stay awake that long," said Kick.
"Well, you better. If Mr. Frankfort sees you sleeping on the job you'll get fired," said Joseph.
"I don't want to get fired," said Kick.
"Then at least try to stay awake," said Joseph.
"Ok, I'll try," said Kick.
The hours dragged by as Kick tried to stay awake for the rest of his shift. Hour after hour. Customer after customer. Finally, at six thirty AM, Mr. Frankfort told Kick he could go home.
Kick slowly walked out of The Burger Joint to wait for his mom to pick him and take him to school.
"Hi honey. How was your first day on the job?" his mom asked him when he got in the car.
"It went well," Kick said with a yawn.
"Are you ok, honey?" said Kicks mom.
"Yeah. I'm fine. Just tired from work," said Kick, yawning again.
"Ok as long as your sure," said Kicks mom.
Kick tried to stay awake in the car, but he was too exhausted from work. Kick ended up falling asleep again.
"Kick sweetie, are you feeling ok?" he heard a voice say.
He opened his eyes to see his mother trying to wake him up.
"Kick, are you sure you're feeling ok?" she said when he woke up.
"I told you I'm fine mom," Kick said in an exhausted tone.
"Ok, as long as your sure. Have a great day sweetie," said Kick's mom.
"Thanks," said Kick with yawn.
Kick sluggishly walked into school and headed straight for his locker. Kick saw Gunther in the hallway on the way to his locker. Gunther walked over to him to say hi.
"Hey Kick! How was your job last night?" he asked him.
"It was ok," said Kick yawning once again.
"Wow Kick! You look exhausted," said Gunther.
"I am exhausted. I hope I can stay awake today," Kick said sluggishly.
"Lets hope so. Well, we should get to class. It's almost time for our first period class," said Gunther.
"Ok," said Kick, yawning again.
Kick sluggishly followed Gunther to Ms. Fitzpatrick's classroom. When they got to the classroom, they both sat in their normal seats. Ms. Fitzpatrick, was writing down the day's schedule on the chalk board.
"Now, today class we will be learning about the civil war," said Ms. Fitzpatrick. Ms. Fitzpatrick wrote the words civil war on the chalk board.
Kick tried to stay awake while Mrs. Fitzpatrick taught the class about the civil war but he was so sleepy he could barely keep his eyes open. Kick ended up falling asleep again.
"Now who can tell me what year the civil war started in?" Ms. Fitzpatrick asked while Kick was asleep Fitzpatrick noticed that Kick was asleep.
"Mr. Buttowski," she said angrily.
Kick continued to sleep.
"Mr. Buttowski," she said again. Kick still continued to sleep.
"Mr. Buttowski!" she said, this time almost yelling. Kick finally woke up.
"Huh? What?" Kick said. Kick saw Ms. Fitzpatrick looking at him angrily.
"Uh, hi Ms. Fitzpatrick. Lovely day isn't it?" Kick said nervously.
"There is no sleeping in my classroom, Mr. Buttowski and if it happens again I will give you an extra work sheet to do. Understand?" Ms. Fitzpatrick said angrily.
"Yes Ms. Fitzpatrick," said Kick.
Ms. Fitzpatrick went back to the chalkboard and continued to teach the class.
Kick tried to pay attention, but he was too exhausted. He started to fall asleep again, but he woke himself up, remembering what Ms. Fitzpatrick said about giving him extra homework.
The rest of the day dragged on, as Kick tried his best to stay awake in his classes. By lunch time, he had fallen asleep twice in Math, Once in English, and another time in science.
"What do you have for lunch today, Kick?" Gunther asked at the lunch table.
He noticed that Kick had once again fallen asleep.
"Kick, wake up Kick," Gunther said, shaking him awake.
"Huh? What happened?" said Kick.
"You fell asleep again," said Gunther.
"Again? That's the sixth time today," said Kick with a yawn.
"I know," said Gunther.
"I've got to figure out a way to stay awake during class," said Kick sluggishly.
"Why don't you just quit your job and get another one?" said Gunther.
"I can't. I promised myself I wouldn't stop working until I got the one thousand dollars I owe my mom for the vase," said Kick tiredly.
"Well, a promise is a promise," said Gunther.
"That's what I'm saying," said Kick.
The lunch bell rang which meant it was for Kick to go to his next class.
"Well, see ya later Kick," said Gunther.
"Ok," said Kick.
Kick sluggishly walked to his next class.