Job

Chapter 36

"We are excited about this opportunity to serve more people." ~Dave Riek~

I was getting ready for my interview. I was deciding if I should wear my hair up or down. Which one would look better? I put it in a high ponytail but it didn't look right. I was about to straighten it but I hear Lily. "Don't straighten you're hair." I jumped at the sound of her voice.

Lily smiles a little and says, "You should go with a natural look. Keep you're wavy hair down, do skin tone make-up and put a little mascara one. Then you pick the color clothes that look best with you're skin color." I give her look. "I'm serious!"

"What do you know about job interviews?" I asked.

"Honestly, a lot. If I didn't do any of the shit I did, I would probably have a job right." I smile as I applied the natural tone skin color make-up on. "You know, you always looked good in the color I killed for."

"That would be?" I question her.

Lily smiles as she runs out of the bathroom and brings back a dress. It was midnight blue. The dress looked about knee length, it had thick straps but didn't cover the whole shoulder, and it has small white designs on the bottom of flowers. I smile. "I remember you wore this to Ninth grade dance. And I bet it fits you."

"I bet it does," I say softly. "Thank-you so much." I give Lily a hug as she hugs me back. She seemed to be getting better every day. But she was probably having one of those moments. Soon I would get her out of drugs and everything unhealthy for her.

I get the dress on and look in the mirror. I still look like me. But I have that natural look. I adjust my hair. I looked just perfect for a job interview. I open the door and Lily smiles. "You look beautiful," she says.

"I'm going to leave. Can you please not do anything stupid or you'll regret later? That means cooperate with my parents. No taking drugs. Eat! Do not throw it up! I'm serious!" Lily rolls her eyes but nods. The phone starts to ring. I answer the house phone. "Hello."

"This is Lily's mom. Do you know where my daughter is?"

"Why do you care?"

"Well, she's my daughter and I love her."

"I've seen her and I saw the way you've been hitting her and calling her things. We talked a little over a week ago and she left. I don't know where she went." I was lying to Lily's mom about her own daughter. I saw Lily stare at me and her face is pale.

"Don't lie to me!" she yelled.

"I'm not lying to you!"

"I should have never let my daughter hang out with you bitches!"

"I shouldn't have thought you were good, I should have been calling you a bitch this whole time since you just like pushing around Lily! And I'll tell you the truth right now! I have no fucking idea where she is. And good-bye, I have a job interview to get to." With that I hung up the phone all frustrated.

"Good luck," Lily says. "Sorry about my mom." I just shrug. "Um I really hope you get the job." I smile for her confidence. Lily sits on the couch.

"Thanks Lily! Eat some cereal! Later we're going out to eat for celebration if I get or don't get the job!" Lily smiles and nods as she grabs a box of cereal.

I drove and drove. I had a lot of time to think. Life has been hellish. Once I started dating Seth, I thought things would be perfect. But with me, it's never perfect. I get to the point where it seems like it is but it's not.

I liked be a little kid. I didn't know anything, and everything was perfect. There was nothing to worry about. When we believed in those princess fairytales which always have happily ever after, and I wished I had a prince who loved me but I never had someone love me like Jake did. I think Seth just had a minor crush; the relationship probably would have not last.

I got there right at noon. I walked inside. "Hello, I'm Renesmee Cullen. I'm here for my job interview." The lady at the desk nods. She calls up the boss of this whole organization. In no time I am in his office.

"HelloMiss. Cullen, I'm Joe Clark." He puts his hand out for me to shake so I shake it. I was pretty nervous talking to him.

"Hi," I say. "Called me Nessie, nickname friends gave me." Joe smiles and nods. "So you looked over my application."

"Honestly the thing that caught my eye was you went to Julliard. You know how to play three instruments. You seem like a very good musician. Why didn't you go be one? Why did decide to come here?"

I really didn't want to tell him but he would find out soon. "Honestly I've been planning on teaching on kids. But I thought of being a musician. If I stayed one more trimester or semester, I would probably be on."

"Why didn't you stay long then?"

"Because I'm pregnant," I say, even though I didn't really want too. "I'm two months so you can't really tell yet."

"So you got a boyfriend?" he questioned. "Sorry, I know this isn't part of the interview, but I would like to know."

"Well, actually no. He's in the army right now. And we broke up since he thought I was cheating. I sent him a letter but he hates me now. So I don't know if he'll read the letter or not. So I'm back her living with my parents. I'm trying a to find a job so I can get money to buy my own house to live with my child."

"Oh, sorry about you is boyfriend." I just smile and shrug. "Anyways," he says and we get on with the interview. "So you started to play the piano when?"

"When I was four," I say. "When I got into Harvard, that's when I started to learn other instruments. And I'm still going to try and learn other instruments." He nods. But I kept look at the clock.

But we talked on and on. "I'm sorry but are you distracted?"

"No," I say quickly. He gives me a look. "A little. Things been going on this week. It's been hell for me lately." He gives me a look to explain. "Well my friend who I haven't talk to in awhile is back home from being at the mental hospitable since she's pregnant now. And she's still addicted to drugs and has an eating disorder. Her mom treats her terribly. She calls her names like a slut since she's pregnant. I've been watching over her. I'm worried sick because I feel the need to protect her since she was always there to protect me."

"That's understandable." I just nod. "Anyways we're about done with the interview. And I think I'm going to hire you. Well I am going to hire you."

"Oh my god, thank-you so much!"

"But you can please not be so distracted."

"Yea I can do that."

"You start Monday at eight in the morning. You'll work to six at night. Monday through Friday. Does that sound good?"

"Sounds great! Also just in advance time, well I'll need the month of January and February off for the baby. That's all I need."

"Okay, that's fine, reminds me in September." I smile as I start to go to my car and head home. I had a job finally. But when I pulled into the driveway, I saw Lily's mom's car.