Love Between Sisters
Chapter 6
Normal Life
After the game, the coach gave Ruby a little talk which eventually lead her to becoming a starter for the team. Even though it was only a scrimmage, the coach was really impressed to her skills and determination that lead to the victory. That was the icing on the cake. Once it was over, Yang decided to take Ruby out for some ice cream since this was a momentous occasion for her. For the rest of the weekend, they could only talk about soccer and what the two of them had planned in terms of practicing with each other.
When the next of school started, Yang managed to wake up early. She got out of bed and waited for Ruby in the living room. The two of them said goodbye to each other and went on their separate ways. Yang initially had plans to go out and find a job since she was planning on staying for a while. She quickly got ready and headed out.
Right from the start, things weren't looking too good for. All of the places she went to were in search of people with more experience than her. She even insisted that she could learn very quickly. They just didn't want to hire a newbie like her. This made things difficult, but after a while, she came across the same pizza place that they ordered pizza from the other day. That's when she remembered that girl telling her about a job opening. She quickly grabbed her things and walked over to it with high hopes.
When she walked in, she immediately loved the feel of the place. It served as both a sit-in and a take-out pizza place which was awesome. She walked over to the counter and took a deep breath.
"Hi, one of your workers told me about a job opening the other day and I was wondering what the availability here was."
"Ah, let me get the manager. I'll be right back." The cashier headed into the back to get the manager.
As Yang waited their patiently, she caught sight of the girl who delivered her pizza to their house. She didn't wave or anything since she wasn't really familiar with her. When the girl made eye contact with her, she just gave her a friendly smile.
Boom! The girl was carrying a bunch of boxes and accidently ran into the wall, causing all of the boxes to fly all over the place.
"Blake, what are you doing?"
"I'm sorry."
"You have got to pay attention to where you're going. Imagine if you had actual pizzas in them."
"I know. I'm really sorry. This won't happen again."
From the front of the store, Yang couldn't help but laugh a little at the situation. It wasn't like she meant to make fun of the girl. It just seemed so strange to run into a wall that was clearly right in front of her. After about another minute or so, the managed came out to greet and Yang and then take her back into his office. When they made it into his office, they immediately got down to business.
"So, what did you hear from my employees?"
"Well, she said that you guys were short-handed and were looking for someone capable at doing their job correctly."
"Hm, and may I ask which employee this was?"
"It was the girl with black hair… Gosh, I don't remember her name, and they just said a few seconds ago."
"Haha, that's Blake. She's our baby. She just started so things are going too smoothly for her. However, she's very good when she's working hard."
"Oh, that's good."
"So tell me about your past experience. I know this is a little informal for a job interview, but just go with it."
"Haha, alright. Well, I've had quite a few jobs in the past, but I've been forced to move a lot so I never got to keep a steady jobs."
"Oh that sucks. Well, we hope that your situation can stay pretty calm so that we can have you for a long time. I just want to let you know that everyone who works here is a wonderful person. I try to make this job fun and competent. I've always had this mentality that if work isn't worth going to then why even go? You get it that, right?"
"Oh, you bet I do. I've had my fair share of crap jobs."
"Well, how about we do this? I'll give you today as a test run and if you don't like, you won't have to come back. If you do, let me know and I'll get you on board with the crew. How does that sound?"
"I like it. Thank you so much."
"Oh, no problem. Let's get you started." The manager stood up from his chair and guided her back into the kitchen where his workers were already waiting for her. "Alright everyone, today, we have a little trial worker with us. This is Yang. I hope you all can work well with her. For now, let's have Ren show the ropes. Ren, come and say hi." At that moment, Ren stepped out in front of the group and stuck out his hand.
"Hey, I'm Ren. It's nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you too."
"Hey Boss, what should I get her started on first?"
"I don't know. Yang, what do you feel like learning?"
"Well, cashier is easy so let's start with making pizzas."
"Oh, if you're gonna go with that then I think Blake would be the better candidate to help you out. What do you think, Blake? Do you think you could help our wonderful new worker?"
"Huh?! Uh, s-sure."
"Awesome. I guess you'll be in her care for the day. Good luck and I hope to hear back from you by the end of the day." Everyone split off to continue their work while Blake and Yang headed into the pizza making area of the kitchen.
"Hey, I just wanted to say thanks for telling me about this opportunity. From what I can see, you guys seem like a really cool bunch of people."
"Y-Yeah, we have our days. Haha."
"Alright, well, let's get this thing started."
Blake wasted no time teaching Yang how to make their pizzas and Yang was immediately thrown off guard by how skilled this girl was. She prepared the dough and then tossed it into the air like those professionals always do. After that, she lathered the sauce over the dough and put on any other toppings that she was in the mood for. All that was left to do was put in the oven and wait. The thing about this place was that they had an actual wood oven so it made it even better. Once Blake's was in the oven, Yang decided to try it herself.
In the beginning, the preparing he dough was easy, but tossing it was the hard part. It kept tearing or landing on her arm or face. This is when Blake got her revenge and laughed a bit to herself. After the dough was somewhat ready, Yang put her toppings on. She didn't do anything special since she thought that she might have the chance to bring this back with Ruby so after everything was done, she put it in the oven and waited with high hopes.
"So, you're Blake, right?"
"Yes. I-I'm sorry, but I don't remember your name."
"I'm Yang. It's nice to meet you again." Yang stuck out her hand and Blake shook it nervously. "So, if it's not an awkward question, how old are you?"
"I'm 18, a senior in high school."
"Oh nice. My little sister's in high school too, but she's a sophomore. Probably the worst year of my life."
"Hey, me too. For some reason, that year was just so bleh."
"Haha, I feel the exact same way."
"Hey, this ain't no time for chit chat ladies."
"But we're just waiting for our pizzas to cook."
"Alright, well, don't get too comfortable." The manager looked at them funny and then went on his way. After that, the two of them waited until their pizzas were done. The end results were pretty good. Both of their works looked pretty good and when the manager came over to inspect it, he allowed Yang to take it home and call it quits for the day. He escorted her out of the restaurant and asked her the big question. "So, are you interested in joining the team?"
"Um, I think so. This place seems really comfortable and I really like that."
"Awesome. The weekdays are the days where we need the most hands so if you're able to…"
"Say no more. I'll be able to work during the week."
"Perfect. I will you tomorrow."
"Thank you so much for this opportunity."
"No, thank you." The two of them shook hands and then parted ways.
When Yang got home, Ruby immediately ran into her body and squeezed her as tight as possible.
"Yang, I was so worried. I thought you packed up and left me alone. I didn't think that was actually true, but when I couldn't find you after a long period of time, I started to think that that was true. Where were you?"
"Don't worry Ruby. I was just job hunting and luckily, I managed to find one. It's the pizza place we got food from last time."
"Really?" Ruby looked up with a face as bright as the sun.
"Yep. We'll be able to get pizza there for free now."
"Yay!"
"And hey." Yang pulled Ruby off of her and knelt down to look her in the eyes. "I'll never leave you alone again… Ever."
End of Chapter 6