Sorry for not updating this sooner, but I had another story that I wanted to finish before exploring this one any further. Please read and review!
Once everyone had settled into their routines, college wasn't so bad. Radek was the appointed Music Theory tutor so everyone met after classes Monday, Wednesday, and Friday to go over that day's lesson and do the homework together with Radek checking it to verify its accuracy.
Saturday came and Rodney, Radek, and Carson decided to go job hunting. They'd noticed that the Hardee's down the street was hiring. John and Ronon loudly protested working fast food and declined to go with them. However, as Carson wisely pointed out, a job was a job, and who really cared where it was?
The manager was very happy to see them and asked them if they had ever worked fast food before. Rodney had done two years in a Toronto McDonalds, Carson had worked in a diner as a busboy in Scotland, and Radek had cooked for a restaurant in Prague. After making sure their student visas were in order, the manager immediately offered them jobs and asked when they could start.
Rodney looked at his friends, and they nodded. They all had the same thought.
"Well, since we're wearing jeans and all we'd have to do is put the t-shirts on, how about we start today?"
Clayton (the manager) looked like he wanted to kiss them. Once they got the official t-shirts shrugged on and the black caps on their heads, Clayton took them around the store, showing them where everything was. Radek was immediately at home in the kitchen, making Rodney and Carson laugh.
While Clayton stayed back in the kitchen to help Radek learn the different burgers, Rodney took drive through and Carson was on the first cash register with one of the girls, named Christine, helping him learn the buttons.
A group of high school girls came in to get something to eat and were immediately captivated by Carson and his accent, giggling as they ordered. He flirted outrageously with them and promised to bring their food out to them himself. Rodney rolled his eyes and flicked an old French fry at him while Carson merely smirked.
Drive through picked up some steam though, and Carson was taken aback to see that Rodney actually possessed some charisma of his own, sweet-talking some old ladies and generally being a charming person.
Just then, a loud outbreak of Czech came from the kitchen and Rodney had to try not to start cracking up on the headset. Radek was obviously pissed off about something and since Rodney had tried to learn from Czech from his roommate, he knew that Radek had just cursed something out.
"I take it whatever happened wasna good…" Carson whispered.
"REALLY not good." Rodney whispered back.
The evening was relatively uneventful and when the boys left, they received a schedule for the next few days.
Returning back to their dorm rooms, Rodney and Radek said goodbye to Carson at his door. Entering their own living space, both of them flopped down on their beds.
"I'm tired." Rodney moaned.
"At least you did not burn finger in fryer!" Radek replied grumpily.
Rolling over, Rodney looked at his roommate in concern. "Ouch! That's gotta hurt." He said sympathetically.
Radek held out his right hand and the Canadian winced. His roomie's finger was an angry red color and there were blisters already beginning to form.
"You should probably get some ice on that." Rodney suggested, flipping his Aural Skills book open and looking over the next chapter.
Radek nodded and headed off downstairs to the basement where the ice machine was kept. Returning a few minutes later, the Czech dumped some ice in a glass along with some water and stuck his finger in there.
"Ahhh…much better." he said.
The girls came in just then. "Hey guys, where have you been all day? John and Ronon said something about getting jobs." Elizabeth announced, sitting in Radek's computer chair.
"We were working." Rodney said smugly. "We got offered the jobs on the spot."
"Where will you be working?" Teyla asked curiously.
"At Hardee's down the road. John and Ronon think that fast food beneath them, but we agreed with Carson that job is job." Radek answered, lifting his finger out of the glass to check it. Elizabeth's eyes widened.
"What happened?" she asked, aghast.
"I accidentally dunked finger in fryer."
Everyone winced. "I hope that it gets better soon." Kate offered in her quiet voice. Radek thanked her nicely and she turned slightly red.
"Are you doing anything tomorrow?" Laura asked impatiently, bouncing from foot to foot.
Rodney consulted his schedule and shook his head. "We don't work again until Monday…why?"
The girls shared an evil grin. "We're thinking of hitting the Dollar Store."
The two foreigners looked puzzled. "What's so special about this Dollar Store?" Radek queried.
"It's the Holy Grail of college. Bargains on EVERYTHING and you can find the wackiest stuff…my sister did all of her Christmas shopping there." Laura explained.
Rodney shrugged. "Okay then…tomorrow, the Dollar Store!"
