Empire Records
"My life is screwed. Why do I even try to pretend that this is that life that I make it out to be?" Deb thought staring into the mirror. She had just shaved her head for the third time. This time was different, there was more too it. Her mother had finally got in contact with her after more then six years.
Her mother, Mary, had told her flat out 'Deb you're a screw up. I wish you were never born. Your father didn't have sex with me cause I wanted it, but because he raped me. So you were going to be aborted but you can thank your grandparents for not letting me kill you when I had the chance. Oh you have a sister who's about 18.'
Deb walked out of the Empire Records bathroom to find Lucas on the leper print sofa and Burco was at the table tuning his guitar.
"Deb, please tell us what's wrong," Her ex-boyfriend, said leaving his guitar on the table and going over to Deb.
"Theirs nothing to tell the likes of you. I have to get to work." She said pushing past him.
"Lucas I'm getting really worried about her. I don't know what to do."
"The answer lies beyond what you can see." The man on the couch said.
"When will you go back to talking normally?" He asked.
"The answer is not when but how."
"You're a screw job."
"Thanks."
Alex, the newest member to the Empire Records family, was at the counter when she saw Deb. "Something else happened didn't it?"
"No I wanted to shave my head."
"Deb, you need to get some help." Alex said.
"What's with you? You're the one whering long sleeves."
"I have my reason." Alex bit her lip after that to hold back the tears.
"Hello Ladies." Warren said walking into the story.
"Warren you don't work today."
"I'm covering for Mark." He explains.
"Damn." The two said in unison. If it weren't for the fact that the Alex and Deb were friends they would be trying to kill the other for 'copying the style.' Alex was a Senor at the local high school and Deb was going to graduate college at the end of the next semester. It had been a year since Joe had bought the Empire.
Alex's phone rang. "Empire Records open till midnight…. Midnight." She looked at the phone disgustedly before she hung up. "Is it just me or do people get dumber and dumber each day?"
"They get dumber and dumber." Deb replied.
"Alex your on shelves." Gina said taking over.
"Thanks." Alex moved some hair out of her face causing her sleeve to fall a bit showing some fresh cuts. Her life was full of shame that none of the Empire Record 'family' could understand.
"I see were back to boot camp for Deb." Gina said to Deb in a joking matter. "As I said the day the Empire almost fell, you get smarter the shorter your hair is, I guess it's a good thing you went with that look."
"You get smarter the shorter your skirt gets."
"You two never let each other's flaws die will you?" Mark said. Walking by with a box of new Creed CDs.
"Nope." Gina said.
"Those the new CD's from Wind Up records?"
"Yeah." Mark said to Dub. "Its some band called Creed."
"I heard of them. I love them, I have a CD from one of their shows." Alex said looking at one of the CD covers. "Their one of them is the hottest thing to ever walk this planet." She started to go into her dreamy dazes.
"Alexandria, come back to reality."
"Do I have to?"
"Yes."
"Everyone get back to work." Joe screamed from his office.
"Give a man some power and he'll never be the same."
"Damn the man." Was heard from the sofa.
"My life is screwed. Why do I even try to pretend that this is that life that I make it out to be?" Deb thought staring into the mirror. She had just shaved her head for the third time. This time was different, there was more too it. Her mother had finally got in contact with her after more then six years.
Her mother, Mary, had told her flat out 'Deb you're a screw up. I wish you were never born. Your father didn't have sex with me cause I wanted it, but because he raped me. So you were going to be aborted but you can thank your grandparents for not letting me kill you when I had the chance. Oh you have a sister who's about 18.'
Deb walked out of the Empire Records bathroom to find Lucas on the leper print sofa and Burco was at the table tuning his guitar.
"Deb, please tell us what's wrong," Her ex-boyfriend, said leaving his guitar on the table and going over to Deb.
"Theirs nothing to tell the likes of you. I have to get to work." She said pushing past him.
"Lucas I'm getting really worried about her. I don't know what to do."
"The answer lies beyond what you can see." The man on the couch said.
"When will you go back to talking normally?" He asked.
"The answer is not when but how."
"You're a screw job."
"Thanks."
Alex, the newest member to the Empire Records family, was at the counter when she saw Deb. "Something else happened didn't it?"
"No I wanted to shave my head."
"Deb, you need to get some help." Alex said.
"What's with you? You're the one whering long sleeves."
"I have my reason." Alex bit her lip after that to hold back the tears.
"Hello Ladies." Warren said walking into the story.
"Warren you don't work today."
"I'm covering for Mark." He explains.
"Damn." The two said in unison. If it weren't for the fact that the Alex and Deb were friends they would be trying to kill the other for 'copying the style.' Alex was a Senor at the local high school and Deb was going to graduate college at the end of the next semester. It had been a year since Joe had bought the Empire.
Alex's phone rang. "Empire Records open till midnight…. Midnight." She looked at the phone disgustedly before she hung up. "Is it just me or do people get dumber and dumber each day?"
"They get dumber and dumber." Deb replied.
"Alex your on shelves." Gina said taking over.
"Thanks." Alex moved some hair out of her face causing her sleeve to fall a bit showing some fresh cuts. Her life was full of shame that none of the Empire Record 'family' could understand.
"I see were back to boot camp for Deb." Gina said to Deb in a joking matter. "As I said the day the Empire almost fell, you get smarter the shorter your hair is, I guess it's a good thing you went with that look."
"You get smarter the shorter your skirt gets."
"You two never let each other's flaws die will you?" Mark said. Walking by with a box of new Creed CDs.
"Nope." Gina said.
"Those the new CD's from Wind Up records?"
"Yeah." Mark said to Dub. "Its some band called Creed."
"I heard of them. I love them, I have a CD from one of their shows." Alex said looking at one of the CD covers. "Their one of them is the hottest thing to ever walk this planet." She started to go into her dreamy dazes.
"Alexandria, come back to reality."
"Do I have to?"
"Yes."
"Everyone get back to work." Joe screamed from his office.
"Give a man some power and he'll never be the same."
"Damn the man." Was heard from the sofa.