Hey guys. Sorry it took me a while to upload this chapter. School took almost all day and then I had a sick day so I was couch-trapped. But anyways, here's the next chapter! Hope you enjoy!
Bill paced around in his 'house' if you could call it that. Bits of the walls, ceiling, and floor were missing and floating in swirling space.
Who were the demons he knew in France? Unless she had gone on a trip to another country and met a demon there, he didn't see how she could have known about him.
A demon occurred to him and he grinned manically.
"Oh Josh..." He said in almost a sing-song voice.
Sally got up from her bed the next morning a stretched. Today she was hoping to look for an application for a new job. It would be the first one she's had so she hoped she could pull it off, at least for the year.
Not feeling very hungry she skipped breakfast and went back to the mall to look for a 'help wanted' sign. There were plenty there too. Most were in retail though and you had to be at least 16 to work there. She wouldn't be turning 16 till mid June the next year.
In the end she got an application for a café that seemed to be pretty popular among teenagers there. However it didn't make her feel very comfortable when she noticed a couple of emo males checking her out.
The next week
It was going to be her first day on the job and she really didn't want to mess it up. Jumping out of bed, Sally got on relatively nice clothes and put her hair in a neat bun, and walked to the mall.
When she entered the café she was surprised to see a new person there that she hadn't seen before. A tall male with blonde hair and glasses, and the sight of him made her blush.
He looked at her and noticed the blush and smiled at it. She swore she heard him mutter "Would you like me here or to go?"
She shook her head and said clearly "I'm here to start my new job."
He again smiled and nodded. Going to the back, he got the barista and she showed Sally around.
It didn't take long for her to get the hang of things. Once she got things organized in her head it was fairly straight forward.
She asked who the blonde male was and the barista answered "Oh his name is AJ, he's new here too, only he started here last week."
"AJ, huh?" Sally muttered, looking at AJ while he was dealing with a customer, a blush again blooming across her face.
The barista smiled a little at the 15-year-old.
"Just to warn you, he's very popular with our usual guests, especially the female ones. Almost all of them have tried flirting with him but he just treats them casually. A couple of them have even given him their number."
Sally's heart sank a little when she heard that a lot of girls flirted with him. Surely a guy with his looks and undoubtedly his personality, was already taken by another, very lucky, girl.
She shook her head however. Really she should have expected it. Besides, how many cute guys was she likely to run into that she might get an instantaneous crush on? Really, every girl who saw a cute guy had a fleeting crush on him but then a couple minutes later, it was gone, unless of course they actually got to know him.
"I suppose naturally. As you said, he's pretty popular." Sally agreed.
The barista nodded.
"Well I think we've covered the basics then. You'll have to just watch AJ and I deal with the customers a couple of times before you can start serving them by yourself but you'll get the hang of it. You seem to be a fast learner."
"I will take that as a compliment." Sally said with a bow.
The next two day was fairly easy. Sally watched AJ and Ms. Jones (the barista) when they dealt with customers and Sally even managed to have a couple of conversations with AJ. After three days she got to take the customer's orders on her own and be independent for her job.
Two weeks later
Sally sighed and took off her apron.
"Alright I'm heading home then. See you on Monday AJ." She waved at him.
"Alright. See you then Sally." He said, smiling at her and waving back.
Sally walked out of the closing mall and down the street, back to the Pines' house, thinking about what exactly she was saving up for. She saved her first paycheck and most of her tips in a bank account that she had set up, leaving only a portion of her tips in cash to keep. What was she planning to do with the money in the bank then if her family were going back to France in a year?
She walked home, not yet noticing that a figure was following her. Not through alleys, but by floating along through the air beside her.
Sally stopped at the red light and so did the figure.
"Good evening, Joshua." She said, taking a drink from her cup of hot cocoa.
The figure grinned and materialized from thin air.
"Come on, you didn't have to blow my cover here Sally. I was hoping to scare some people." He said, hanging upside down on the street light.
His black-brown hair shone in the fading daylight and his dark blue eye sparkled with mischief. The blue and black long-tail coat he was wearing fell around him.
Sally looked up at him and smiled sardonically. "Come on. It wouldn't matter if I blew your cover. You're so obvious anyways." She shrugged as the pedestrian light turned on and she crossed the road.
"But what on earth are you doing here? I thought you'd be back in France, romancing another poor girl off her feet, only to leave her alone and abandoned." She batted her eyes for effect, putting her hands over her heart.
Joshua laughed. "Oh contraire my dear friend. That's only what I do with half my time. And by the way I did meet another girl that really has caught my interest. I don't think I'll leave her alone and abandoned as you say." He said 'alone and abandoned' in the same dramatic way that Sally did, both of them grinning at each other and snickering.
"Well I feel bad for the poor girl. Anyways, really though, what are you doing here in America?"
"I was wondering where my favorite mortal had went. Why'd you ditch Paris?" He said, messing up her hair.
She recoiled immediately.
"I'm here with my cousin's for the year as a matter of fact. And may I say it's actually a nice change from the city life to a lesser city life. At least here I can see grass. Once I get rural that it…" She paused as she realized that Paris was the same way. You could see grass, once you got rural enough.
She sighed. "Never mind that last statement. It's just a nice change of scenery, that's all. And I haven't seen my cousin's in years. I really did miss them you know."
Josh merely rolled his eyes. "Right right." He muttered.
"So, who was that boy you were talking to at the café then?" A grin spread across his face once more.
"My co-worker, AJ." Sally said coolly, fighting against another blush that threatened her cheeks.
"Ah, but is he just a co-worker? I sense details missing here…" Josh grinned even wider.
"Yes, he's a co-worker and acquaintance. So no reason for you to tease me about it if that's what you're thinking. And I know it is." She said, now irritated and crossed her arms.
"Oh I'm sorry I made the baby mad." Josh laughed.
Sally again rolled her eyes. If she had 10 euro for every time this particular demon made her roll her eyes, she'd be a millionaire no matter which form of currency the world had.
"So? What about him do you want to know?" She asked once he had gotten done snickering at her reaction.
"Oh, nothing in particular. Just wanted to know what you thought of him, whether he reminded you of someone you might potentially know." Josh leaned back in air with his hands supporting his head, looking up at the sky which was rapidly turning to dusk.
"Well so far he seems pretty nice. The girls in the café certainly like him," in an undertone she muttered 'who could blame them' then continued out loud. "so he seems really nice. But really I don't really know him that well. I only see him at work so it's not like I really know him know him. I just… know him." She shrugged and again suppressed a blush.
"Ah, but does he remind you of anyone you know?" Josh said, shaking his finger at her.
Sally thought for a minute.
"No, no one I can think of at the moment."
Josh sighed, almost a little frustrated.
"Alright then. I'll see you around then Sally. Catch you later." He said.
"Yep, see you Josh." She said and he disappreared.
Sally turned onto the sidewalk for the Pines' house and walked in, being greeted by her parents sitting at the table and her aunt making supper.
Dipper watched Sally through his curtain so he could see her but if she looked his way, he could easily close the curtain again.
Who was that man that she was talking to? And why was he floating in air? Almost like a demon wou-
A demon…
Dipper's on to her!
Again guys I'm really sorry I uploaded this chapter late. School really has been taking a lot of my time and I was stuck in bed being sick for the past day and a half. But I really hope you enjoyed this chapter! As always, with every fanfic, review, like, and all that stuff.
Thanks again!