Hello everyone and welcome back to another chapter! I was hoping to finish this story by the 20th chapter but now that I'm looking at how slow I'm going with the timeline I might not be able to reach my goal. We will see though! I also want to shout out Gucci Mane Laflare for reviewing every chapter I've posted as well as thank everyone who is still reading this chapter! It does not go unnoticed.

Anyways! On with the story!

Name: Gwen Richards

Location: Movie Theatre

Time: 5 pm

"It was so amazing DJ! They sounded amazing and they worked so well together. The whole experience was just... just..."

"Amazing?" DJ piped in.

Ever since coming into work after taking the few days off to go on Trent's band tour, I've been talking DJ's ear off about my time away from the movie theatre and how much fun I had in one of the storage candy rooms.

"YES! Though the one thing that wasn't awesome was sleeping on that tour bus... the so-called bed was very hard... though I shouldn't complain since Trent literally slept on the floor beside me"

DJ gave a hearty laugh and smiled widely, "Gwen have you ever thought that Trent actually likes you? He'll literally do anything for you if it will make you happy". I laugh back in response.

"Well yeah that's obvious"

"Are you going to do anything with that information?" I roll my eyes

"We'll see"

Just as I said that, I saw someone who was barely on my mind walk towards DJ and I.

"Gwen"

"Chef"

"How was your little vacation?"

"Oh, it was really fun! Thanks for asking" Chef smiled a little too big for my liking.

"That's great, Gwen! I'm so happy that you had a great time. It seems like you had such an amazing time that you FORGOT TO DO YOUR JOB! SO GET TO WORK!" I groan in annoyance

"Yes Chef..." he glared at DJ as a sign for him to leave and do his job too, which DJ easily got the hint and scurried away. He smiled again and turned around to walk away.

"Good! Have a great shift!"

I wait for him to be out of earshot until I mutter to myself, "asshole".

Name: Gwen Richards

Location: Movie Theatre

Time: 6:30 pm

"Gwen! There's an order on the screen! I'll get the fries!" I hear Leshawna yell from the fryer area and then hear a sizzling of the pre-made fries go down into the boiling hot cooking oil. I look up and see an order of pretzel bites and a pulled pork poutine. I head towards the pretzel station and start buttering the pretzel bites when I hear a dark and husky voice from above.

"Make them extra cinnamon-y, sweetheart. My girlfriend wants to get diabetes from these pretzel bites, apparently"

I look up and see a bad boy I know all too well. I smirk, look back down, and start to layer the pretzel bites with cinnamon sugar without saying anything. Not only have I not seen him for almost 5 days since he and I's schedules didn't match up, but he was also looking... well... hot. He had his hair all messy and was wearing dark wash jeans and a semi tight white shirt so his muscles were easily noticeable.

"Hey you gonna talk to me or has Trent claimed you as his during his little tour and has told you to stop talking to me?" I could hear the smirk in his voice and I couldn't help but look up again and reply with a smirk of my own.

"No. I just don't feel like talking to you today". I look down and I hear him scoff.

"Fine. Be a stubborn bitch. I'll make you do more than talk when I see you later this week."

My cheeks start to burn and I could feel them change colour very quickly. I could hear him give a small chuckle, knowing that he could see my cheeks flushing a bright red.

"Duncaaaan!" I hear a shrill voice making its way over to us and I look up. It was Courtney who was sauntering over with 2 large drinks and a large popcorn. My cheeks immediately go back to normal as my mind remembered that he had a girlfriend and what I was doing, flirting with Duncan (and even fucking him), behind her back was wrong.

I see him smile and wrap his arm around her waist, "finally! Took you long enough! Your pretzel bites are almost done" she rolled her eyes.

"Like I could hold onto MORE things!" she gestured at her already full hands, "why don't you do something productive and help me carry these things"

He chuckled and gave her a kiss on the forehead which made my heart sink a little.

"Okay fine! If the princess demands it" he took the large bag of popcorn from her and one of the large drinks. "There. Now you can carry your nasty, diabetes-inducing pretzel bites" she elbowed him in the ribcage as a reply.

"Whatever"

"Here you go!" I say to her while passing her the cup of totally drenched in butter and cinnamon sugar pretzel bites. She smiles sweetly.

"Thank you"

I hear the fryer alarm beep and hear Leshawna cuss under her breath as she starts to salt the fries. I chuckle a little and wait for her to come out to the front with the fries in a poutine bowl. She stops in her tracks and sees Duncan, eyeing him up and down.

"Well don't you clean up nicely?" she laughs while giving me an elbow to the side, "right Gwen?"

"I honestly think he looks better in a butter covered uniform but that's just my personal opinion"

Or better... naked.

Leshawna looks at Courtney and raises an eyebrow, "and who is this?"

"This is my girlfriend, Courtney" Duncan smirks, "isn't she the most beautiful girl in the world?"

My heart sinks a little more. I know I shouldn't be upset but something about Duncan calling someone else the 'most beautiful girl in the world' hurt more than I thought it would.

I thought I was the most beautiful girl in the world to him...

I hear Leshawna laugh, "I never thought that a bad boy like you would be such a softie for a girl". Duncan shrugs in response and gives a smile.

"I can't help it. Love does strange things"

Love... He loves her... I shouldn't interfere with a relationship like this. But if he loved her so much then why would be want to sleep with me so badly? It just doesn't make sense... unless he's lying and he doesn't truly love her... I'm so confused...

"Here you go, you softie" Leshawna says while handing Duncan a tray. "You'll probably need this... considering you both got a lot of food and you're clumsy as hell"

Duncan scoffed, "I am not! I just don't care enough about working here so I do stupid things that seem like I'm clumsy" Leshawna rolls her eyes and gives him a dismissive wave with her hand.

"Yeah yeah, just take the damn tray and your food and get outta here" she then looks at Courtney, "it was nice to meet ya, Courtney. I hope to see you again soon"

"Likewise! Now come on Duncan! We gotta go before the trailers start and I would HATE to miss the trailers" he chuckles and grabs his tray.

"The princess has spoken! We are off!"

I watch them both quickly take out their tickets at the podium and rush to the theatre. I sigh.

"You okay girl?" Leshawna pipes up.

"Hm? Yeah, I'm good... just thinking"

"About?"

"My life choices"

Name: Gwen Richards

Location: Movie Theatre

Time: 11 pm

"Not that I care or anything! But I'm just saying that IF the opportunity arose... I would have TOTALLY gotten her number"

"Geoff" I interrupt his story about trying to get a customer's number. "You do realize how creepy that would be... right? Think about it. You're in your uniform and just go up to someone who you've never met before because she's wearing a sundress and ask for her number. Not only that but she's with 5 other friends who you also have no idea who they are. Don't you think that's a little..."

"Now I'm going to have to stop you right there, Gwen" Geoff says holding his hand up. "It may sound creepy to you but have you ever thought about it actually looking badass and brave to the girl? Imagine what her friends would say!" he then starts to wave his hand to his face and talks in a very high-pitched voice, "OMG! Can you imagine how brave that guy was to ask you for your number? Talk about sexy! You should TOTALLY go on a date with him!"

I roll my eyes at him, "OR they will be like, 'omg what a weirdo! Asking for your phone number out of the blue like that! And in his uniform! How humiliating... he must be REALLY desperate to do that'" I give a slight smirk and cross my arms. He huffs in reply.

"What. Ever. It's not like I'll see her ever again"

"Yeah, probably not"

It was closing time and Geoff and I were shooting the shit in the back room, waiting for Chef to do the walk through. The night went by very fast, luckily, and I was thankful that I had Leshawna with me since we clean up extremely fast when working together.

"Girl! Chef's finally here!" I hear Leshawna call out from the front. I give Geoff a smile and we both leave the back room together.

"There you are, Geoff" Chef says in his usual strict tone. "The floor has been waiting for you to do a walkthrough for almost 20 minutes now so I would suggest you get your lazy ass over there and do your job!"

Geoff groans and slumps his shoulders, "yes Chef... See ya later Gwen. By the way. She DEFINITELY would have given me her number"

I roll my eyes, "yeah in your dreams maybe".

Leshawna and I wait for Chef to finish the walkthrough, which took maybe 10 minutes.

"As usual" he says with a smile that only he would give me, Leshawna, and Bridgette. "you two can leave early since you two actually do your job" Leshawna and I high five each other and thank Chef before going to the staff room to leave.

"So" Leshawna pipes up

"So?" I reply

"Duncan's girlfriend is pretty, huh?" I smile sadly

"Yeah... She's gorgeous. I can't believe that she wants to date someone like... HIM!"

Leshawna scoffs and crosses her arms with a small smirk, "why? You jealous?"

My mouth went agape

Am I that predictable? Of course I'm jealous!

"Of course not! Don't be ridiculous"

"Mhm... Okay girl" she waves a hand at me before punching in the code to get into the staff room.

"I'm serious!"

"Oh, don't worry, I believe you"

"Believe her about what?"

I see Geoff sitting on one of the metal chairs with his feet up on the table.

Oh God... please don't let Geoff know...

"It's none of your goddamn business, boy! And shouldn't you be doing the floor's walkthrough still?"

"Okay first of all" Geoff says while holding up his hands in defense, "I'm your supervisor so you gotta respect my title and talk to me with more respect! Second, I did the walkthrough... kind of"

Leshawna huffs and goes to her locker, "some supervisor you are! I don't know how the hell Chef hired you as a supervisor because you suck at your job!"

Geoff mumbles something under his breath and looks at me, "sooooo what were you two talking about?"

I shrug and go to my locker, "oh nothing you need to be concerned about"

"That's a very suspicious answer, Gwen"

"Well, that's all you're getting"

Geoff sniffs the air multiple times and holds the bridge of his nose

"What?" I ask raising an eyebrow

"I smell something... and it smells like... Cinescest!"

"Oh please" I roll my eyes, "there is no Cinescest going on"

Geoff and I made a rule that Cinescest is NOT allowed. It is more of an unspoken rule that no one else knows that we made but a rule nonetheless. Cinescest = Cineplex (which is the movie theatre) + incest. This means that employees who date each other because they met from working in the movie theatre together are guilty of breaking this rule.

"Geoff, if there was Cinescest going on, I would have known about it already" Leshawna piped up from the back room.

"That is true..." Geoff replied while scratching his head. "Okay fine you're free to go... for now"

I laugh and grab my bag, "thanks Geoff! See you tomorrow!"

"Yeah yeah"

Name: Gwen Richards

Location: Bedroom

Time: 1 am

I lay down in bed with a huge flop and sigh out deeply. The feeling of my bed was so warm and comforting and sleep was quickly taking my body into dream land. I put on my pj's and do my usual night routine before settling myself into the covers. I was about to fall asleep when I hear my phone start buzzing. Groaning, I open my eyes and look at the screen.

"You were looking really sexy in that uniform tonight, sweetheart"

I feel my heart skip a beat and my stomach create butterflies, knowing that Duncan was waiting for me to get home before texting me. I smirk with delight and text back.

"Thanks! It's a new designer piece called 'oil spills and gravy stains'"

I wait patiently but the intense feeling of sleep started to crawl upon me once more. I hear my phone go off and I quickly grab it to look at the message before I fall into a deep sleep.

"It looked really good on you! But I think that you'd look much better if you were naked and riding me on my bed, don't you think?"

I feel my face get really hot. I could see the smirk through the screen and imagining how hot that would look right now. I shake my head and text back, trying to recollect my thoughts.

"What about Courtney? She not with you tonight?"

Come on Gwen, you just saw him with his girlfriend earlier today! This isn't right!

"No. She's out. So, what do you say?"

I look at the clock. It showed 1:30 am.

"I'll be there in 20 minutes"