Mako's Message: I blame St. Patricks day! …Eh… I did that by choice so I guess I have no excuse. Anyway, I hope you all enjoy this chapter, please be sure to leave reviews as they always help me improve. Not only my writing but the story as well. More after the fic.



It seems Dave was busy while I was recovering

Dave mentioned before that he was looking in to getting a job since his cash was running dangerously low, but he never told me he actually started putting in applications. I guess not being in school gave him a lot of free time and he wanted to put it to good use.

He was pretty serious about it too. He pretty much canvassed anywhere he could get to with applications. In fact, that was the only he reason he got a job. If he hadn't just been carpet bombing the fucking city with his resume or whatever he wouldn't have walked into an ice cream store in November looking for a job.

Apparently they had just fired their evening guy and the manager had been covering the shift himself. So when Dave came in the guy pretty much gave him an interview on the spot. He's been getting trained for the last couple of days, then he'll be on his own.

I asked him if he was worried about being all on his own after only a few days of training. He said he wasn't, since it was pretty simple and it wouldn't be until the peak of the Christmas shopping season that things got busy so he had some time to really get the job down.

If there's one thing I've learned about Dave, it's that if say's he'll handle something, he'll handle it.

Though, that is what he said to Katie when he went to Rasul's place…

Anyway, I got to visit him at work today.

He's out of training, but he hasn't been "certified"(Whatever that means. It's fucking ice cream for gods sake) to operate on his own yet, so he'll be shadowed through his shift by someone who is for a few days.

Marcus wanted to see where he worked as well, so he dropped me off and then went looking for a place to park.

Which left me sitting at the counter with Katie.

We said "hi". I asked were Dave was. She said he was in the back changing the soda syrup. We sat in silence.

I started to wonder why Katie seemed so impatient, and got my answer almost as soon as I asked it; a female voice came up from downstairs. I couldn't make out what she said, but Dave found it hilarious. They came out of the back laughing about whatever it was and she had her hand on his arm.

"Whore."

It took everything I had not to laugh, since Katie had barely said that loud enough for me to hear.

Dave introduced us, she thought my name was cute(I'm really starting to hate my name), her name was Riley and I thought it made her sound like a fucking slut. The unbuttoned polo shirt with D-cups didn't help her image. She said she'd just step into the back and let Dave do his thing so she could observe and smiled, at Dave mostly, and waved, again, mostly at Dave, before going into the back.

There's a little window so people working in the back can keep an eye on the counter, so I could see her sit on a counter and start texting someone.

So Katie asks, "Will she be the one shadowing you on every shift?"

Dave says, "Yeah. She's supposed to be one of the best. She's looking at getting moved up to management, but she's not sure if she wants to do that," and hands Katie a root beer float.

I wonder if Dave noticed Katie bent her spoon in half.

So he asks me what I'd like and just to mess with him I order what looks like the most complicated sundae they have.

I think he may have even loaded it up with extra stuff for me, but I can't be sure. The thing's so fucking huge anyway.

Marcus finally came in and I saw Riley start paying attention. I guess Dave wanted to impress Marcus because he acted completely professional and treated him just like another customer, though he did call him by name.

Marcus got a chocolate and peanut butter parfait thing and I started to think I should have gotten that. Though, I'm pretty sure almost anything on that menu would look delicious.

So we spent awhile just sitting there and talking, all four of us, about his new job, and how he liked it and stuff. Every once in awhile someone else would come in, and he was able to handle it all really well. Though, every time Dave had to go into the back we could see the slut flirting with him.

Eventually Marcus said that he had to get an early start tomorrow so it was time for us to go. I asked if he would bring the car around again so I could get a chance to say goodbye to Dave since he'd had to go back into the basement for more cups.

When Dave came back I said I was gonna be leaving soon and he said I should come by whenever I could. Then he went into the back because Riley said that now would be a good time to do some cleaning. While he was doing that, Riley was leaning on his shoulder and pressing herself against him while talking into his ear.

Katie glanced over at me and said quietly, "We need to keep him away from her."

"Agreed."

So Katie and I are comrades in arms now. Who'dve thunk it?


Mako's Message the Second: You guys have been great, and I feel like I should throw you guys a bone since you've been so patient and encouraging of me to "get to the point". So here are some previews of things to come in "Precocious Crush"
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"And to make this even more awkward, when I woke up I was using Dave's leg as a pillow and he was stroking my hair."

"I've never been so embarrassed in my life."

"'Stop trying to take my Dave away!'"

"'I know who she is! I'm not STUPID!'"

"I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I couldn't believe I was watching her die."

"I made sure he had a nice view of my ass."

"...I don't know what I'm going to do. It hurts so much..."

Let the wild mass guessing begin…