Ami grumbled as she walked towards Mr. Canterfield's office. The longer she worked there the more she hated it, and today she was feeling particularly annoyed.
"Hello Mister Canterfield," she groaned, setting her purse on the desk.
"Ah yes, Miss Stuart, I was wanting to talk to you this morning. It seems I had a very interesting call from a miss Nicole Dorcy last night."
"Nicole? What the hell did she want?"
"She had a story to tell me about your boyfriend."
Ami went cold.
"She told me he was a mutant. Not just any mutant either, but a physically deformed one. Is this true?"
"Yes." Ami choked out.
"Do you realize what this could do for my business? If the public found out that someone on my payroll was a mutant lover I'd be ruined. You don't want me to be ruined do you?"
"Mister Canterfield I-"
"I'm going to have to let you go, I'm sorry."
Her jaw nearly hit the floor. "Mister Canterfield, I have been a loyal employee of yours for years. How can you just fire me because my ex-roommate felt like making my life miserable?"
"I'm sorry Miss Stuart, but I have my reputation to think of."
Ami lost it. "Reputation? Oh yes, your glowing wonderful reputation, how could I forget? Of course, that doesn't include the reputation you should have as a sexual deviant! I sat here for years while you sexually harassed me and I just looked the other way! How do you think your reputation would handle finding that out?"
Mr. Canterfield's eyes narrowed. "I don't think that's in your best interest Miss Stuart. Remember, I am a very influential person and I could tell everyone exactly why you were fired."
Ami wanted to cry, but instead she just grabbed her purse and stormed out. Once in the car her first thought was to call Kurt, but she didn't want him to worry about her. She'd spend the day figuring out exactly how to tell him what happened, and maybe by the time they saw each other she'd calm down.
Moments later Tanya was surprised to hear Ami's car pull into the driveway so early, just as surprised as Ami was to see an unfamiliar vehicle in front of hers.
"Ami, I have something to tell you," Tanya said, rushing out of the house and up to her friend's car. "I wanted to tell you first, before she could. I'm so sorry…"
"What? What happened? Tanya what's wrong?" All thoughts of her lost job disappeared as worry flooded over her. Immediately a million scenarios rushed through her head at once. Did something happen to Kurt?
"You! Out of my house now! I do not want your stinking mutant friends dirtying my property!"
Ami recognized the woman lumbering towards her as the woman they were renting the house from. She of course knew exactly what had happened, Nicole must have called her too.
"Fine," Ami said quietly. "I'll be gone by morning." There was no point in arguing.
"Ami we can find somewhere else to live!" Tanya called out, following her friend back into the house. "We can get someone else to finish out the lease and get an apartment or something, maybe Kurt can move in with us."
Tears were silently streaming down Ami's face. "What apartment building is going to let Kurt live there? And besides, what's to say that Nicole just isn't going to call them up and tell them too? Fuck!" She kicked the wall. "What is her problem? She's the reason she left not me! Why the fuck does she suddenly hate me so much?"
Tanya fought back tears, feeling that she needed to be strong for her friend. "I don't know. But we both know I can't afford this place on my own and… where would you go?"
Ami stared blankly at nothing in particular. In half an hour her entire life had come crumbling down on her. "I don't know."
