Chapter Two
I woke to the annoying beeping of my alarm. Ew we have to start looking for jobs today. I think as I get out of bed.
I walk out of my room and look around the apartment.
"Alissa must still be asleep," I say to myself.
I walk over to the kitchen and start a pot of coffee. I grab the paper Alissa left on the table and start flipping through it while I wait for the coffee to finish.
"Let's see what kind of job I can find," I say aloud. Or more like what job can I get with my degree.
"Morning, Piper," Alissa says taking a seat at the table.
"Morning, Alissa," I say setting the paper down.
"What an exciting first night in Vegas," she says with a smile.
"I guess, but never again am I going to gamble. I barely won and it's a waste of money," I say getting up and seeing if the coffee is done.
"In my defense it was your suggestion to go out last night," Alissa says walking over to me.
"I know and it was fun, but it just wastes money, money I really don't have," I say pouring a glass of coffee.
"I bet you'll do it again," she says.
I don't respond.
"You want a cup of coffee?" I ask after a few minutes.
"Sure," she says sitting back down at the table.
I pour her a glass as well and then add milk and sugar to both of them.
Thank goodness we also thought to go grocery shopping yesterday as well. I think as I hand her a cup and sit down.
"Thanks," she says.
"You're welcome," I reply.
"Sod did you see any interesting jobs in the paper?" she asks taking a sip of her coffee.
"Nope, but I really didn't get much of a chance to look through it," I say.
"Mmm," is all she says.
"You know we should go visit your aunt and cousin some point this week," I say after a while of silence.
She just looks at me.
"What?" I ask. "I mean after all she got us this apartment, and I'm sure they would like seeing you because it's been awhile," I say.
She sighs, "You're right. I will call her later and ask if we can come over sometime this week."
I just smile.
"Ooh!" Alissa exclaims.
"What?" I ask.
"There is an open journalist position for the Vegas Daily," she says excitedly.
"Cool," I say. "YOU should go and see if you can get an interview," I encourage.
"I think I will," she says with a smile.
"Well you found at least one opportunity, now I just need to find one," I say finishing off my coffee.
"We'll find you one," she says optimistically.
"Hopefully," I say although not to optimistic about it.
"We will," she says standing up. "Hey, I am going to go get a shower and then I Think I am going to head over to the Vegas Daily and see about getting an interview," she says walking away.
I smile. At least she took my advice.
I grab the paper and begin looking through it again.
"If all else fails I could always work as a waitress or at a grocery store or something like that, until I can find a job to go with my degree," I say aloud in frustration.
After looking through the job section of the newspaper for the tenth time, I slam it down in frustration.
I get up and poor myself another cup of coffee and then head over to the couch and turn on the TV. I flip through the channels and stop on a rerun of Full House.
Soon after Alissa comes out of the bathroom all dressed up.
"What are you watching?" she asks as she sits down beside me.
"Full House," I reply sipping my coffee.
"I figure you didn't find anything in the paper," she says looking at me.
"What makes you say that?" I say and then realize how angry that sounded.
"That," she says in a triumphant smile.
I roll my eyes still annoyed with the paper.
"As I said before don't worry you'll find something," she says patting my shoulder.
I let out a sigh.
"I know," I say setting my coffee on the table. "So about last night," I say changing the subject.
"What about last night?" Alissa questions.
"$2,000," I exclaim. "You lucky son of a gun!"
She smiles widely, "Yeah, well, what can I say. Where did you get off to last night anyway?" she questions.
"I wanted to try other things besides the slot machines," I say with a shrug. "In my defense, when I found you again, you were talking with a man and having fun, so I figured you would come and look for me when you were done, and you did."
She laughs and blushes a little.
"Was he nice?" I ask curiously.
"He was interesting," she says and then glances at the TV. "Ooh, I love this episode!" she exclaims.
I mentally roll my eyes and then laugh. I guess that's the end of that topic. I think as we turn to watch the TV.
Once the episode is over, Alissa jumps up from the couch and walks into the kitchen.
"Wow, it's already 1:30!" she exclaims.
"Really?" I ask standing up from the couch realizing I was still in my pajamas.
"Mhmm," she answers.
"I'm going to go take a shower and get dressed for the day," I say starting to walk to my room.
"I am going to go out and see about that job interview," she calls and I turn around. "I don't know when I will be back, because I think I might go back to the casino."
"Okay," I say and soon she is out the door. Probably going to see if she can find that guy. I think as I grab some clothes and head to the bathroom. I really hope nothing happens to her. I think as my thoughts start to wonder. I mean I have heard terrible stories of girls alone at places. I hurry and rid myself of those thoughts. She is smarter than that. I think as I hop into the shower.
Once I finish in the shower I turn the water off and get out.
Once I finish my hair and everything I look at the clock and see it is now 2:30.
"Now what to do?" I ask aloud as I walk into the living room. "Let's see what movies do I have," I say going over to where the DVD's are.
"Let's se how about…hmm," I say looking though them. "Pirates of the Caribbean sounds good," I say and pick up the first one and put it into the DVD player.
I sit on the couch and press play and begin to watch the movie.
Once the movie is over I take the DVD out and shut off the DVD player.
I look at the clock and see it is now 5:00.
I live in Vegas and have nothing to do. I think as I walk into the kitchen. Either Alissa got an interview right away or she has been gambling this whole time. I think as I start to make myself supper. Wonder if I should make her something, probably not because I don't know when she'll be home. I think as I finish my peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
As soon as I sit down the door to our apartment opens. I look and see it is Alissa.
"Guess what?" she asks excitedly running over to me.
"What?" I ask although I think I already know the answer.
"I got the job!" she squeals. "They interviewed me right there and then."
"Congratulations," I say with a smile. "When do you start?"
"Tomorrow," she says sitting down in front of me.
"Did you eat yet?" I ask taking a bit of my sandwich.
"Yeah," she replies. "Hey, after you finish we should go grocery shopping. When we went yesterday we only really bought the essentials."
"Okay," I agree.
Once I am done eating we head out.
Once we get everything we need from the store we go back to our apartment.
"Got to love TV dinners," Alissa says once we reach the door of our apartment.
"Yep," I agree checking my cell phone to see what time it is, 7:00.
Just as we are about to go into our apartment someone steps out of the apartment across from us.
I recognize them as the man we met yesterday, Jerry.
"Hey," he says to us with a slight smile.
"Hi," Alissa and I say in unison.
"Need any help?" he asks.
"Nope, we are good," Alissa says walking into the apartment. I follow behind.
I am just about to close the door when he says hey.
"I was wondering if you two would maybe like to be shown around since you are new to Vegas and all," he says.
"What do you think?" I turn and ask Alissa who is putting groceries away.
"You can go, but I think I am going to go out and gamble," she says.
I turn and face him.
"Well?" he asks.
"Sure," I reply.
"Then let's go," he says with a smile.
"Ok, umm, Alissa, would you mind putting the groceries away?" I ask setting the bags down.
"Nope, go have fun," she smiles.
"Bye," I say and step out to the hallway where Jerry is waiting.
"You're Piper, right?" he asks as we walk.
"Mmhmm, and your name is Jerry?"
"Yes," he replies.
"So what made you want to move to Vegas?" he asks once we are outside.
"Well, umm, my friends Aunt is a realtor here, and she found us a great deal on an apartment. Plus we just finished college and we wanted to move away," I answer as we begin walking down the street.
"What's your friend's Aunt's name?" he asks curiously.
"Jane," I answer. "So, where are we going?"
"You'll see," he says glancing at me.
Ok. I think.
After a little while of walking he begins to point out some attractions and other things.
"Wow," I say looking around at all the buildings.
He stops in front of this club and looks at me. "Want to go in?"
"Uh, sure," I answer and we walk in.
The music is really loud and there are a lot of people dancing.
"Want a drink?" he asks walking over to the bar.
I nod my head yes, and he smiles.
I tell him what I want and he orders them, soon enough we have our drinks.
"Thanks," I say taking a sip. "For showing me around."
"It's no problem," he assures me.
Once we finish our drinks he grabs my hand and leads me to the dance floor.
"Oh, I can't dance," I say looking down at the floor.
He just smiles and pulls me close to him and before I know it we are dancing.
"Thanks again," I say once we get back to my apartment.
"No problem," he smirks. "I look forward to doing this again some time," he says and then walks into his apartment.
I walk into our apartment and notice she is still not home. Guess I will just head to bed. I think and go to my room.