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-Chapter Two-
I tiredly blinked my eyes opened as I listened to the sound of my alarm clock blaring. Sluggishly sitting up, I stretched my arms up and outwards while a loud yawned slipped past my lips. With little effort, I stood up and started to move about my room, making sure to turn off the alarm clock first before continuing to prepare for the day. It didn't take me long to make myself look presentable and gather up what I needed before heading down the stairs.
"Good morning, darling" mom chirped as she looked back at me from her spot at the stove. I only grunted in response as I plopped down on one of the stools positioned close to the kitchen counter. Crossing my arms and resting my head down on them, my eyes fluttered shut as I prepared myself to fall back asleep. "Wake up and eat" I heard mom say as she set a plate of food in front of me and lightly smack the back of my head. I looked up, squinting my eyes before pulling the plate closer to me and began to eat.
Once my stomach was filled and I was semi awake, I stood and gave a quick goodbye to my mother. Making sure to give her a peck on the cheek as to not have her complain about it once I got back home. With one final wave, I headed out the door and towards the bus stop.
-Later-
"So, second period today was just chalk filled with all the gossip on the latest drama that's been going on this week" Kelly said as she walked beside me. The both of us making our way towards the clothing store I had accidentally destroyed yesterday. I only hummed in response as I tuned her out, not interested in the petty arguments that fluttered around the school. My eyes had wandered downwards to look at my uniform, a simple white long sleeved shirt with the stores logo on the right breast and tights with a black skirt as well. It was nice and comfortable, yet it wasn't exactly my style.
When the both of us came to a stop in front of the store entrances, Kelly turned to me with a sympathetic look. "Well good luck, I've got to be heading on home" she said, giving a cheeky smile the minute she saw my gaze harden before I sighed.
"Yeah, talk to you later tonight or something" I mumbled, as we both quickly hugged one another before Kelly quickly crossed the street to the other side and continued walking further down the sidewalk. Once she had disappeared around a corner I looked back towards the entrance of the store, peering through the glass at all the people bustling about inside. With small words of encouragement, I entered the store.
"There you are, I was afraid you would bail on me" I heard Mrs. Taylor say, causing me to look to the side at the blonde who was making her way towards me. Her green eyes lighting up as she scanned my body and nodded her head in agreement to how the uniform looked on me.
"Well you know, if it wasn't for this crippling debt you put me in I probably would have" I said, giving a nervous laugh as the woman in front of me laughed joyfully at my "joke".
"Yes, well now that you're here I guess it's time to put you to some good use. Go help Jacob with changing the mannequins' outfits, we need them to model off the newest shipment of clothing we've recently received" she explained, I only nodded my head. No interest in what she was talking about. "If the two of you get finished early, you are to report back to me for another task" she continued, smiling as I nodded my head once again. "Great, now move along. I have some business I must attend to" she said, motioning me away before turning around and started to leave.
I stood there for a minute staring after her disappearing figure before snapping out of my thoughts. "W-wait! Where's this Jacob...guy...? And she's gone" I said, my shoulders slumping as I sighed. 'He's shouldn't be that hard to find...right?' I thought, furrowing my brows as I turned around and got ready to go exploring before I ran into something hard. I stumbled backwards and looked at the object I had bumped into only to find that it was a mannequin. I blinked my eyes, owlishly looking at the humanoid object that stood in the middle of the store.
Confusion swept over me as I quickly looked around, as if the culprit that had moved the mannequin would be out in plain sight. When I saw nothing strange or unusual I turned my attention back to the mannequin at hand, it was dressed in a simple yet fashionable outfit. One hand was placed on its hip while the other was stretched outwards and pointing in a random direction. Looking in the direction it was pointing in, I could see through the rack of clothing a young man digging through some boxes that had clothes spilling out of them. Mannequins' surrounded him, some stripped of their clothing and others stood dressed in summer clothing.
Which isn't exactly what one would wear around this time of year. "Uh...thanks?" I questioned not knowing if the person that had placed the mannequin there was still hanging around or if it that was even Jacob who it was pointing at. 'I guess I should bring this along with me back over there, it shouldn't be that heavy' I thought moving to wrap my arms around the mannequin's waist and lift it up. I grunted as the thing barely moved an inch off the ground, surprising me at how heavy it felt, stepping back I just stared at it with knitted eyebrows. "What are you made of? Cement?" I asked the thing, as if it could understand me.
"So that's where you went!" I heard a deep and soothing voice exclaim. Turning my head quickly to face the direction the man was in, I saw that he was now walking towards me. His blue eyes focused on the mannequin before coming to a stop to glare at it.
"Um" I piped up, watching as the man now turned his attention to me. His eyes now lighting up in interest the minute he catches sight of my uniform. "Are you perhaps, Jacob?"
"Why yes I am and let me guess, you're the newbie that had destroyed a large portion of items in the store yesterday" he said, his lips twitching upwards into a wide smile as I blushed in embarrassment.
"I-It was an accident!"
"Sure kid, anyways what do you need?" Jacob asked as he picked up the mannequin that he had been facing a minute ago. I felt slight envy towards the man at how easily he had picked up the thing while I could barely even lift it up off the ground.
"I was told I was supposed to help you today" I said, following him when he started making his way back towards the other mannequins. He nodded his head, coming to a stop and sitting the one in his arms down before moving over to the box of clothes and picking it up.
"Is that so?" he questioned, walking over to me and dropping the box of clothing on the floor. "Dig through there and find some clothing that work together then change one of the mannequins" he explained. "Better yet change this one, it's been in that same outfit for as long as I've been working here" he pointed towards the mannequin that had ended up behind me.
"Okay" I said, nodding my head before bending down and digging through the articles of clothing. I peeked up for a minute, watching as the raven-haired man went back to work on one of the other mannequins. Straightening out its clothing and making sure it looked presentable. Gathering what I needed, I draped the piece of clothing over my arm and walked up to the mannequin, getting straight to work. I wasn't even half way through when I started feeling embarrassed and uncomfortable.
Not just because of the cold, smooth texture of the mannequin's 'skin'. But also because of the amount of detail that had went into its body, from the slim structure to the unnecessary bulge beneath the underwear. Jacob seemed to perk up when he heard my disgruntled noise as I just stared at the mannequin. Another problem was how tall it was, it took me a great amount of effort to remove its sweater and same can be said for when I needed to put the new one on it. The dress shirt that was underneath the sweater, shoes, and pants were thankfully very easy to remove.
"What?" Jacob asked, tilting his head and furrowing his brows in confusion as he watched me carefully. "Something a matter? Why aren't you dressing it?" he questioned, his eyes lighting up for a minute as a sly smile seemed to cross his lips. "Like what you see?"
"No!" I snapped, the blush on my face darkening as I huffed and quickly started to dress the mannequin. Having to push up onto my tippy toes to even get its head through the sweater's head hole. Mumbling to myself how this was going to be a long day.
-Later-
As I was leaving the store for the day, I perked up and was broken away from my thoughts when I heard quick footsteps rushing towards me. "Hey, newbie. Wait up!" Jacob called out as he slowed down his pace and started walking beside me as we both exited the store.
"I have a name you know" I said, watching as he nodded his head.
"Yes, but you never told me this name of yours" he countered, smiling as my cheeks were dusted pink from the embarrassment of forgetting to introduce myself.
"Crystal" I mumbled.
"Well Crystal, you may already know it, but my name is Jacob. It's a pleasure to be working with you" Jacob said as he held out his hand. I nodded my head and grabbed his hand, giving it a firm shake.
"Same" I said, digging my hands into my coat pockets, having changed back into my normal clothing the minute work had ended.
"So, how did you enjoy your first day working here?" the male beside me asked, staring ahead as we both walked further down the sidewalk and away from the store.
"Uh, it's was...fine?" I wasn't too sure about my answer, thinking back on the strange feeling of eyes boring into my back all day after Jacob and I had finished changing and dressing the mannequins. Jacob looked to me with a raised eyebrow but decided not to question it any further as he came to a stop.
"Well alright, I'll see you tomorrow then" he said, giving a short wave before making his way across the street and towards the apartment complex. I only waved back as I watched him disappear through the entrance of the apartment building, once he was out of sight I continued on my way home. The silence around me was calming, but it didn't seem to last for too long as another sound reached my ear. The sound of a light set of footsteps falling close behind. My shoulders tensed, every horror movie ever rushed through my head. Picking up speed I fast walked,my ears picking up the sound of the footsteps behind me picking up speed as well.
With a mixture of fear and paranoia I started to run, not caring if I looked silly for getting scared over what could have been a late-night jogger. It didn't take long for me to get home and burst through my front door, instead of my parents already asleep I found mom still up. Sitting in the living room and watching some random show, she looked up from whatever she was reading and stared at me with a concerned look. "Is everything alright?" she questioned. I swallowed thickly and closed the front door, making sure to lock it tightly as I nodded my head.
"Yeah, everything's fine. Uh, what are you still doing up? You and dad are usually in bed by this time" I said, giving a nervous smile as she nodded her head.
"Well I at least wanted to make sure you got home alright since this was your first day working, how did it go?" mom asked, giving a gentle smile.
"Everything was great, look I'm really tired and going to head onto bed, night" I said, rushing on up the stairs as I barely caught her saying 'good night'. Once I was in the safety of my room, I flopped down onto my bed and gave a sigh of relief. Slightly embarrassed by my actions, I brushed the thought aside and let my eyes flutter shut. Deciding to take a shower and call Kelly tomorrow before I headed off to work. Now, I was just ready for sleep to overtake me.
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