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Chapter 2
Ring!
Ring!
Ring!
A tiny arm shot out of a lump of covers, hand formed into a fist, and brought the fist down on the machine causing the racket. The ringing immediately stopped, leaving silence aside from the occasional car alarm. The lump groaned and removed the covers from its eyes to glance at the offending alarm clock. The navy blue hair of Jay spilled over the bed sheets as she sat up. She stretched her boney arms out and yawned, reaching to the sky as if trying to grasp something. She hung her thin legs over the side of the bed and slid down to the floor, grimacing as her feet came in contact with the cold ground. She hurried over to the closet and rummaged around, quickly finding a yellow t-shirt and gray sweatpants. She practically ran to the door and yanked open, only to run into her mother.
"Hey mum." She said as she tried to slip past the woman in the doorway.
"Your late." Her mother said flatly.
"Sorry mum, won't happen again I swear." Jay said, still trying to slip past.
"You're right, it won't happen again Jamie. If it does I will not be so understanding." Her mother replied. The threat in her voice was easy to hear.
"Yea mum, I got it." Jay finally made it past the door and into the bathroom, where she pulled a brush through her hair a couple times, washed her face and brushed her teeth. She rushed to the kitchen where her mother was putting bread in the toaster, her bright green hair up in a ponytail. Jay scrambled to find her pack and finally found it behind the table and under a chair. The toaster went off startling her and she jumped, whirling around to face her mother. She handed Jay a slice of toast and monotonously told her to have a good day. Jay slung the pack onto her shoulder and hurried out the door of their apartment, running and stumbling down the stairs. When she reached the bottom of the stairs she almost ran head long into a familiar pink haired girl.
"Lyn!" Jay cried, "Are you ready to go?"
"Yup, let's go Jay."
They headed out the doors into the warm April air, walking down the street toward a bus stop. Jay plopped down on the bench dramatically and Lyn carefully sat down next to her.
"Jay, what are we gonna do about what happened last ni-"
Jay hushed her quickly and looked around, telling her they would talk about it later. As they waited for the bus to come Jay checked her old beat up watch at regular intervals. Finally, after seventeen minutes and fifty-eight seconds, the bus pulled up to the stop. Jay and Lyn quickly rushed onto the bus and took their usual seats in the back. Lyn yanked out her iPod and stuck it on shuffle, sinking back into the hard bus seat. Jay tapped out a beat on the seat in front of her as worn down apartments passed by the window. Finally they reached a stop allowing Jay and Lyn to get out and hop down onto the curb. They looked around at the familiar surroundings, taking in the broken down buildings, their eyes finally coming to rest on a corner store. Jay sighed and started walking toward it, Lyn following in her steps. They finally got to the front step and Jay reached into her pocket, pulling out a key. The door unlocked roughly; it was worn from years of use. Jay crept around to the back and found the switch. The room flooded with bright light that illuminated shelves of snacks and drinks. Jay went and stood behind the cash register as Lyn flipped the 'closed' sign to 'open'. Lyn walked around and finally found a shelf of toy bouncy balls. She grabbed one and tossed it to Jay who caught it with a mischievous smile. They sat throwing the ball back and forth until finally the bell over the door jingled.
"No playing with the merchandise!" Came the rough bark.
Jay glanced up at the clock, which read 8:05, and smiled at the balding blonde man. "Ahh, Joey, you're late."
Joey just let out a low grunt and headed toward the back room to check and organize the supplies. Jay smiled at Lyn and they continued to throw the ball back and forth. The bell rang again, this time signaling a customer had come. Jay, who now held the bouncy ball, quickly stuffed it in her pants pocket and stood to greet the costumer. The customer was a nervous looking man of about 25 who had bright purple hair.
"Feel free to look around." Drawled Lyn from the floor where she sat.
Jay smiled and went to stand behind the counter as the man nodded at Lyn and went to look around the store. Jay, in all her years of life, had never seen anyone with her shade of navy blue hair. And in a world where people's hair came in all different colors, that was highly unusual. She rested her head against the palm, thinking of what she would do when Jack gave her the 'stuff'. She was brought out of the thought by the purple haired man who waved his hand in front of her with a set look on his face. Jay frowned but without complaint rang up the man's orders. She glanced down at the man's pocket for some reason and what she saw there made her eyes flash. She knew why the man hand looked so nervous, why he looked so ready. As she was packing up the order in a bag she saw the man reach into the pocket and knew what was coming, so she wasn't at all surprised when she heard the click from the mans direction as he cocked the gun and pointed it at her head.
"Honestly." Jay whispered.
"Give me the money!" shouted the man.
"You know, that's very rude. Shouldn't you introduce yourself first?" Jay asked sarcastically.
"You know Jay," interjected Lyn. "I really don't think this is the time."
"No one asked you." retorted Jay.
The man, who had been watching the conversation, began growing impatient and cut in. "Would you two shut up?!" He kept his eyes on Jay and his voice was oddly calm. "I would suggest you give me the money before I lodge this bullet in your brain."
"I don't think you could." Smirked Jay. Lyn smacked her hand to her forehead in exasperation.
"Try me." Growled the man.
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