"There's your Alien Blast. Can I get you anything else?" Liz smiled the
best she could to the two middle aged men.
"Yeah, run over there for me and wiggle!" They broke into laughter. Liz smiled stonily. Her father had asked-, sorry BEGGED her to do this shift as "Agnes the completely unreliable nuisance from hell" was visiting family in Minnesota. Plus her parents were going back to Washington tonight. It turned out the reason they kept going was that an uncle she'd never even met had a heart problem and her mum was desperate to be there for him and his family.
"Right...." She walked away carefully trying not to look as if she was "wiggling". She sat on a stool and flopped over the counter.
"What? Not used to the achy feet, painful back and annoying customers? You must have memory lapse!" Maria smiled at Liz's head. She was answered with a groan. The bell rang and her two favourite aliens walked in. Maria decided to give Liz a break and walked over there herself. She ignored the comments from the wiggle obsessed perverts and smiled at Isabel. She couldn't help but feel stony towards Max.
"Hey! What can I get ya?" Maria stood with her notebook poised.
"Actually Michael called us to come here, but I`ll have fries anyway. Max? You want anything?" Isabel shoved Max in the elbow as he dragged his attention from Liz sat slumped on the counter. He would have gone to see if she was ok, but he felt like he had lost that right, so he was converted once more to just staring at afar.
"No, I'm ok."
"Why dont`cha go over and say, oh I don't know? Hi?" Maria smirked at Max as his obvious battle of what to do showed on his face. He got up and went and sat next to Liz.
She didn't notice him at first, and he drank in the scent of her that he hadn't had in ages. She jumped alittle as she realised he was there.
"Oh, err, hey." She smiled falsely "Do you want anything? I was just taking a break."
This was stupid. It was just Max, but he made her feel nervous all of a sudden. It was because she was expecting something.
"No it's ok. We're all here cos Michael called. He said it was important." At that, they heard Michael's voice over near Isabel and Maria who had got into a conversation. They were supposed to have all to meet here at closing which was in 20 minutes.
"I guess it was important." Max looked over at Michael and then back at Liz who looked away quickly. She slid of the chair.
"Well, I better get back to getting verbal abuse and such!" She smiled and went over to a new family that had just walked in.
I just want to feel safe in my own skin, I just want to be happy again
I just want to feel deep in my own world
But I'm so lonely I don't even want to be with myself anymore
On a different day, if I was safe in my own skin, then I wouldn't feel lost and so frightened
But this is today and I'm lost in my own skin
And I'm so lonely I don't even want to be with myself anymore
I just want to feel safe in my own skin, I just want to be happy again
1 "Honestly ok"- Dido
"Yeah, run over there for me and wiggle!" They broke into laughter. Liz smiled stonily. Her father had asked-, sorry BEGGED her to do this shift as "Agnes the completely unreliable nuisance from hell" was visiting family in Minnesota. Plus her parents were going back to Washington tonight. It turned out the reason they kept going was that an uncle she'd never even met had a heart problem and her mum was desperate to be there for him and his family.
"Right...." She walked away carefully trying not to look as if she was "wiggling". She sat on a stool and flopped over the counter.
"What? Not used to the achy feet, painful back and annoying customers? You must have memory lapse!" Maria smiled at Liz's head. She was answered with a groan. The bell rang and her two favourite aliens walked in. Maria decided to give Liz a break and walked over there herself. She ignored the comments from the wiggle obsessed perverts and smiled at Isabel. She couldn't help but feel stony towards Max.
"Hey! What can I get ya?" Maria stood with her notebook poised.
"Actually Michael called us to come here, but I`ll have fries anyway. Max? You want anything?" Isabel shoved Max in the elbow as he dragged his attention from Liz sat slumped on the counter. He would have gone to see if she was ok, but he felt like he had lost that right, so he was converted once more to just staring at afar.
"No, I'm ok."
"Why dont`cha go over and say, oh I don't know? Hi?" Maria smirked at Max as his obvious battle of what to do showed on his face. He got up and went and sat next to Liz.
She didn't notice him at first, and he drank in the scent of her that he hadn't had in ages. She jumped alittle as she realised he was there.
"Oh, err, hey." She smiled falsely "Do you want anything? I was just taking a break."
This was stupid. It was just Max, but he made her feel nervous all of a sudden. It was because she was expecting something.
"No it's ok. We're all here cos Michael called. He said it was important." At that, they heard Michael's voice over near Isabel and Maria who had got into a conversation. They were supposed to have all to meet here at closing which was in 20 minutes.
"I guess it was important." Max looked over at Michael and then back at Liz who looked away quickly. She slid of the chair.
"Well, I better get back to getting verbal abuse and such!" She smiled and went over to a new family that had just walked in.
I just want to feel safe in my own skin, I just want to be happy again
I just want to feel deep in my own world
But I'm so lonely I don't even want to be with myself anymore
On a different day, if I was safe in my own skin, then I wouldn't feel lost and so frightened
But this is today and I'm lost in my own skin
And I'm so lonely I don't even want to be with myself anymore
I just want to feel safe in my own skin, I just want to be happy again
1 "Honestly ok"- Dido