Hectic Day
-Julie-
It's weird to have a busy day and then run into people you haven't seen in years. That's what today turned into for me. No, it wasn't Max this time. Her name's Krista, but we all called her Kris for short.
My day started out rather crap. First, we didn't get our IT reports together in time with the deadline being in eight hours. Dumb-dumbs Ben and Kele insisted it would be fine. They should know by now that I do not accept that. I wanted this down days before the deadline. Lovely! There goes another day down the shit hole!
I didn't want to be bothered on the grounds of biting my incompetent coworkers' heads off. Around lunch time, I slipped out for lunch. I felt like getting lost in spicy Thai food. I kept my hat down over my eyes. It's so easy to disappear from my job at times like this. As I walked down the empty country-like street, I felt myself smiling. Maybe the company setting up here in Suiten may not be a bad thing. No noise, no traffic, just the nice country air. I can just get lost in it, you know? I was about to do that when I heard, "Julie?"
I stopped and turned to see a woman with bright red pigtails running towards me. I narrowed my eyes as she kept running to me.
"Julie!" the woman yelled again. I tilted my head as the running woman came closer. Hey, I know that voice… The woman made it over and jumped on me, squeezing the life out of me. I gasped as I tried to get away.
"Gah!" I cried as I tried to push her away. It took about twenty minutes before she finally let go. She stood back smiling.
"Julie!" she cheered, "I missed you so much." It took me about five minutes before I realized that I right.
"It is you!" I said gasping. Kris nodded at me with a huge smile on her face.
"That's right!" she said warmly. I tried to piece together what was happening before me.
"By chance," she told me.
"By chance?" I repeated.
"Yes," Kris answered, "I was on my way to visit Gordy."
"Wait, Gordy?" I asked. Kris's ponytails bounced as she nodded her head.
"Yeah," she said. I blinked as my jaw dropped.
"Gordy's here in this town?" I asked.
"Yes!" Kris said, "I can take you to him if you want." That invitation sounds so tempting, but I have to get back to work. Yet, I haven't seen Gordon in so long. But, Ben and Kele will slack off if I don't set fire under them. Kris told hold of my hand.
"Let's go!" she said out loud.
"But!" I cried out, "I have to get back to work!" Naturally, Kris didn't listen to me through all of her excitement as she dragged me further down the street into downtown Suiten.