Get Over Aperture
Ch. 3 From Good to Bad
Chell's POV
"Let's do this thing!"
Everyone answered, saying "Right!" at the same time.
Miku and Stefani ran to the kitchen at the back to prepare the cake. Jake, on the other hand, was preparing the cones, cups and bowls to put the ice cream in. Meanwhile, I ran behind the counter. Me, Ren and Bob were the cashiers.
I suddenly felt so energetic. I had a feeling this was gonna be a great day!
I saw a mom and her son outside. The son looked around 5 years old. He was forcing his mom towards the store. Heh. They're gonna be our first customer of the day...whether the mom likes it or not... Heheheh...
The mom finally gave up, but when they walked up to the store, they hesitated. The mom said something to the kid and the kid started screaming random stuff... I'm not good at lip-reading, okay?
Hey, Ren's pretty good at lip-reading, isn't he?
"Oh no..." I heard him say.
"What's wrong?"
"We..."
"We what?"
"W-we forgot to switch the Close Sign to Open!"
...
I face-palmed.
HOW COULD WE FORGET TO CHANGE THE SIGN?
Just as I saw them start to walk away, I ran as fast as I could to the door. I changed the sign as fast as I could, then, I heard a gasp through the door.
"Mommy look!" The kid pointed at the sign.
Then, he ran in and I saw a mental face-palm in the mom's eyes. Heheh.
5-year-old kid wins by one point!
I went back to the counter and Ren and Bob both gave me thumbs-ups.
Of course, the kid ordered the sweetest, most teeth-rotting cake he could order. I saw yet ANOTHER mental face-palm in the mom's eyes.
Good job, kid. Good job.
After that we had a lot more other customers. Most of them had the same story as that 5-year-old kid.
We finished at around 4:00 pm. Some other people were there to take our place. Only Bob stayed.
We left the shop and Mikuni treated us for ice cream.
Mine was Rocky Road. Mikuni got plain Chocolate, Stefani got Strawberry, Kaito was Vanilla and Ren got Cheese. But me and Ren kinda regretted the flavour we chose, so before we could lick our ice cream, we switched.
I really like cheese better.
We finished our ice creams on the way home.
When we got there, I decided to take a nap first. But Stefani begged me and Mikuni to go shopping.
"Ugh. Stef, can't you just wait until AFTER Pay Day?" Miku whined.
"NO!"
What a child.
"Well, you guys, I'm tired and I WILL take a nap, so, later!" I said, walking away.
"NO! Wait!"
I stopped. "What?"
"If you won't go shopping with me, fine, but there's one last thing. It's important... kinda. And I need to show you."
"Stefani, if this is something else that you're using just to try and make me-"
"It's not! It's just been bugging me for a long time."
"Ugh. Fine but make it quick. Miku, I'll be back in a few minutes."
"Kay."
~o~
I followed Stefani to wherever we were headed. Soon, I couldn't see any houses anymore. Only some yellow and brown grasses.
"Uh... Stef? Where are we going?"
"I was here on the day Miku picked me up, just around 20 minutes before the exact time she did. I was looking for something I dropped on the way to the house from the other town."
She sighed. "I didn't have a home that time. I told you, it was before Miku picked me up."
She pointed towards an old shed.
My eyes widened. Uh-oh...
"I found what I was looking for somewhere near that shed."
Oh God, no. Please tell me she didn't go in there.
"Curious, I thought about going inside but..."
Yes!
"... honestly, I was scared. I don't like going into places I don't know when I'm alone. Especially if they're abandoned-looking like that..."
Oh, thank God she didn't go inside!
"But today..."
Oh no.
"... since you're here, and you ARE a very strong and brave girl..."
Oh no. No no no...
"... I'll go inside with you!"
I'll go inside with you... with you... with you...
Those words repeated over and over again in my mind.
Dammit!
The title of the story is 'GET OVER Aperture'! How am I supposed to get over Aperture if I go back?
Besides! It's still only the third chapter! Isn't it a little early for me to die?
"NNOOOOOOOOOOO!"
"Chell?"
I realized I was just staring into space.
Good I didn't scream that out loud...
"Come on! Let's go!"
"Uh..."
"Hm?"
"A-actually..." Think! FAST!
"Actually, I'm scared too! Also, there are only 2 of us so..."
YES!
"I have an idea!" she screamed.
Oh great.