Lapis slept in. She was used to getting up around eight, but on this fateful Sunday morning she slept until eleven thirty. She was horrified when she looked over at her bedside clock and saw the time. She walked out into the living room where Peridot was sitting on the couch petting Pumpkin.
"Morning sleepy head." Peridot greeted Lapis.
"Why'd you let me sleep so long? I feel like a wreck." Lapis asked.
"I thought you needed some rest. We've had a big week." Peridot explained.
"Fair enough. It has been an eventful few days." Lapis admitted.
Lapis walked over and unplugged her phone from the outlet. She had been charging it over night. She checked it to see if she'd got any new messages. She had one new text message. It was from Laura.
It read.
"Hey Lapis. I talked to my boss. She wants to interview you. Could you make it here by noon for an interview?"
Lapis had a mini panic attack upon reading said message. After taking a deep breath to calm down, she sent Laura a reply.
"Sure, be right there" The message read.
She rushed over to tell Peridot about the message.
"Love you sweetie, gotta go for the interview. Talk to you when I get back." Lapis said quickly. She gave Peridot a kiss on the cheek and was out the door.
Peridot, being confused at what just happened, looked down at Pumpkin and said.
"Sometimes I wonder about her."
Lapis leapt into the sky and hurried over to the coffee shop. After she landed she hurried and headed inside. Laura was standing behind the counter.
"LAPIS! You made it. I was so worried you'd not show." Laura said.
"I'm so sorry. I slept in" Lapis admitted.
"It sure looks like it." The other employee behind the counter said.
At first Lapis was clueless as to what the employee was talking about, but then it hit her. She ran into the bathroom check and sure enough her worst fears where coming true. As she had just gotten out of bed before hurrying over to the shop her hair was a mess and her outfit was wrinkled. Lapis was an emotional wreck. She felt like she had blew her chance at getting the job. She started to cry. After a few minutes Laura came in and checked on her.
"Lapis, are you ok?" Laura asked.
"No. No I'm not ok. I blew my chance at getting to work with you." Lapis said with tears streaming down her face.
"Don't say that. You haven't even went through the interview yet." Laura said.
"What does it matter. Who would want to hire someone who looked as pathetic as I do right now?" Asked Lapis.
"Don't dwell on your looks. Show them your work ethic" Laura said.
It was time for the interview. Heeding Laura's advice Lapis dried her tears and headed out and into the bosses office for the interview. She took a seat and the interview began.
"So, do you plan on showing up to work everyday so disheveled?" Asked the boss.
"Well no I..." Lapis started to stutter.
She could feel the tears starting to well up in her eye's again, but she remembers how much confidence Laura had in her.
"No. This interview opportunity came up in such short notice I didn't have much time to get ready." Lapis explained.
"Why are you applying for this job?" Asked the boss.
"I thought it would be a good opportunity for me to meet new people and grow as a person." Lapis bluffed as she didn't have a better answer.
"What are your biggest weaknesses?" Asked the boss.
"That I uh... Work to hard?" Lapis stuttered. Once again Lapis felt like she blew it.
"Have you had any other jobs before?" Asked the boss.
"No mam I haven't. This would be my first." Lapis admitted.
"Can you start tomorrow?" Asked the boss.
"Wh... What?" Lapis let slip out.
"Unfortunately we're really understaffed right now. We can't be picky who we hire sadly" The boss said passive-aggressively.
Lapis couldn't believe how much of a jerk the boss was, but was relieved that she got the job. She ran out to tell Laura.
"I got the job!" She exclaimed as she gave Laura a hug.
"That's great! I can't wait to work with you." Laura said.
"Well you wont have to wait long. I start tomorrow." Lapis said.
"I'm looking forward to it." Laura said.
Lapis ordered a coffee to go. She then headed for home to tell Peridot the good news. She had drank half the coffee by the time she landed in front of the barn. She was saving the other half for Peridot. She headed inside and handed her the coffee.
"So, you went to visit Laura without me eh?" Peridot asked jokingly as she took a sip of coffee.
"Sorry I couldn't explain things to you better this morning. I was super crunched for time." Lapis explained.
"Not a big deal. So, how'd the interview go." Peridot asked.
"Well the boss was a huge butt head and belittled me every chance she got, but I got the job and get to work with Laura so it wasn't all bad." Lapis said.
"What am I supposed to do all day when your at work?" Asked Peridot.
"I don't know. Maybe find a hobby you like?" Lapis suggested.
"But that sounds hard." Peridot whined.
"I'm sure you'll find something." Lapis said.
"So, what do you want to do today?" Peridot asked as she took the last sip of coffee.
"Wanna take Pumpkin to the park?" Lapis asked.
"Sure." Peridot replied.
She threw her empty coffee cup away and headed off to the park. They decided to walk instead of fly since It was such a beautiful day. Lapis was holding Pumpkins leash in one hand and Peridot's hand in her other. It took them a while to make it to the park, so when they arrived they took a seat on a bench. They watched the birds and squirrels play while they rested. After their break they decided they wanted to walk a lap around the parks hiking trail. It was a long walk, but they got a chance to observe nature. Peridot spotted a bunch of wildfires.
"Wow look at those." Peridot pointed at the wild flowers.
She bent down to smell them. She took a big sniff. They smelled great, however Peridot didn't notice that a bee was resting on said flower. It stung her on the nose.
"OW. That flower bit me!" Peridot yelled.
"It wasn't the flower, their was a bee on it." Lapis explained.
"Well whatever it was it hurt." Peridot said while rubbing her nose.
Lapis gave her a kiss to make her feel better. After the pain went away they pressed on. They stumbled across a family of deer that was crossing the walking path.
"Look how beautiful they are." Lapis whispered as to not scare the deer.
After the deer had safely crossed the path, Lapis and Peridot continued on their hike. It took them about forty five minutes to walk the entire trail. It was getting late so Lapis and Peridot decided they should head home. Peridot picked Pumpkin up. Lapis grabbed Peridot and they took off flying towards home. Once they where safe at home Peridot put Pumpkin down and fed him for the night. Lapis figured she should go to bed early since she had to get up early in the morning for work. Peridot, figuring she had nothing better to do headed to bed as well. After a bit of kissing and cuddling they fell asleep in each others arms.
The next morning Lapis awoke to the sound of her phone's alarm that she had set the night before. She managed to get it turned off before it woke Peridot up. Still groggy, Lapis stumbled her way into the bathroom. She climbed into the shower and made sure she was extra clean to try and make up for her appearance the day prior. She got out of the shower, dried off, put on her uniform, and then headed out the door. She made it to work fifteen minutes early. She wanted to make sure she was on time for her first day. About five minutes to 7:00 AM Laura showed up to open the shop.
"Ready for you're first day?" Asked Laura.
"Sure am!" Lapis replied.
Laura opened the shop and began showing Lapis the basics.
"So these are the coffee machines. All out do is put the cup under the spout and pull the lever. Here are the extra stuff you might need to put in it such as whipped cream and chocolate syrup." Laura gave Lapis the coffee rundown.
"Over here are our baked goods. Just make sure you are wearing these plastic gloves if you handle them." Laura instructed.
"And last but not least we have our ice cream station. Just put a cup or cone underneath the spout and pull the lever and ice cream will come out!" Laura instructed.
"That's about it, and just it time for the work day to start." Laura said.
It was about five minutes before the first customer came in. He was a business man in his forties.
"Can I get one iced coffee please." Said the man.
"Coming right up." Lapis said.
Lapis walked over to the machine and made the coffee. The man paid, took his coffee, and headed out the door. Lapis couldn't believe it. Her first customer and she didn't embarrass herself in some way, shape, or form.
"You did great!" Laura gave Lapis words of encouragement.
Lapis thanked Laura.
It was a long and busy day. They had a stream of customers that came in for their morning coffee. Lapis and Laura had to be firing on all cylinders to get the customers drinks to them in a timely fashion. They had a little lull in customers between the morning and lunch hours, but as soon as lunch time rolled around they where just as busy. It was a long day for Lapis. She had never done anything quite like this before. It was time for Lapis and Laura's shift to end, but the day wasn't over yet for either of them. They still had art class. Lapis hopped in Laura's car and they headed over to the Civics's center. Once they arrived they noticed Peridot waiting for them by the front door.
"How'd your first day go?" Asked Peridot.
"It was a little overwhelming at times, but I made it!" Lapis said.
"Can I get a picture of you two together?" Asked Peridot.
"Sure." Both Lapis and Laura said.
Lapis and Laura stood shoulder to shoulder while Peridot took the picture with her tablet.
"There. Now we have Lapis's first day of work captured forever." Peridot said.
"Do you want me to take you guy's picture?" Asked Laura.
"I would love that." Peridot said.
She handed Laura her tablet and walked over to Lapis. Lapis picked her up and started kissing her. Laura took the picture.
"Wooo, Scandalous!" Laura exclaimed.
She handed Peridot back her tablet. Peridot looked at the picture.
"Wow. We look cute." She said.
Laura and Lapis chuckled.
It was time for class. Lapis, Peridot, and Laura headed inside. They took their seats and Mr. Anderson began the lesson. The lesson for the day was about painting. Lapis started taking notes. About fifteen minutes into the lesson Lapis started to get really drowsy. She tried to keep awake as best she could but she ended up falling asleep at her desk. After a few minutes Peridot , who was sitting in the desk beside her, noticed that Lapis had fallen asleep. She tried to reach over and poke Lapis awake, but she couldn't reach. She thought about it for a moment and decided to let Lapis sleep because she figured that Lapis must have had a tiring day. She made sure to take extra notes for Lapis to look over when they got home.
The class was over. Peridot got out of her seat and woke Lapis up.
"Huh... What." Lapis mumbled.
After she realized what had happened she was horrified.
"Oh my god. I can't believe I slept through most of the class." Lapis said. She felt really disappointed in herself.
"Don't sweat it. Everyone is really tired after work. You just get used to it after a while and learn to cope." Laura walked over to Lapis's desk and assured her.
"I took some notes for you." Peridot added. She handed Lapis the notes.
"Thank you so much." Said Lapis. "What did I ever do to deserve you?"
"Nothing, but that's ok." Peridot said.
Lapis chuckled.
The two gems headed home. Peridot helped Lapis catch up on what she missed. They stayed up to about 10 o'clock studying before Lapis needed to go to bed for work the next day. It was going to be a long road but Lapis knew she would eventually manage her time between work, friends, Peridot, and class.