Tia groaned at the sound of the alarm and reluctantly woke up, she had work again and wasn't looking forward to it, going back to work would mean having to see Joey and though she was good friends with the 21 year old she doubted she'd be able to look at him without feeling sadness about her brother dying,
Luke perked up at the sound of Tia stirring and licked her cheek "Okay I'm getting up" she giggled petting him, whenever the alarm didn't wake Tia Luke surely would, Tia made her bed though there wasn't much point before feeding Luke "You are getting bigger everyday" she muttered as she dug through her dresser,
after getting dressed Tia made sure to grab her keys and phone "Bye Lukey" she said scratching behind her dogs ear, he ignored her while munching on his food and Tia chuckled before leaving the apartment.
As soon as Tia got into the bar Sammy threw the black apron at her "Could you at least wait until I stick my crap under the counter?" she asked though she amused, he rolled his eyes "Stop whining" he said chuckling, Tia pulled out her phone and keys before stashing them in the box under the counter,
it was a place all the employees put their little bits and bobs so they didn't get stolen, but the fact of there being only 3 people working there, not including Sammy because he was the boss, meant that there wasn't a lot of stuff being shoved into the little box "Not many people here today"
Tia noted as she looked around the prectically empty bar "It's only 1:00 Tia, the day is still young" Sasha commented as she came from the back room, Sasha was one of the other waitresses that worked there, and she was Baggy's sister "True dat" Tia muttered, she sat on one of the high stools and settled on talking to Sammy and Sasha "Anything interesting happening these days?"
Tia asked leaning agains't the counter "Not really, unless you count that kid in the paper" Sasha said motioning to the newspaper next to Tia, she unfolded it and sighed "That's rough, kid was only 18" she said staring at the photo of her older brother and her father "I know right? He was cute too" Sasha said smiling a little, Tia chuckled "Guess so" she muttered tossing the paper back to it's previous spot
"Look who decided to make an' early appearence" Sasha mumbled so that only Tia could hear, she looked behind her and saw the whole gang walking through, they didn't look as happy as they usually did and they slumped into their usual seats "Wonder who fuckin' died?" Tia said more to herself "They look weird when they ain't happy" Sasha said a little creeped out, Tia nodded and decided to find out "I'll be back" she said before approaching the boys
"What happened this time?" she asked thinking it would be something pathetic, it usually was with the gang "It's Joe" Bodie started, Tia tensed but nodded as a 'go on' sign "He's dead, someone stuck him over at the home" he finished, Tia's eyes widened and she wasn't sure weather to be happy or sad, she was happy that he had died after killing her brother but she was sad because he was always nice to her
"Yikes, how's Billy takin' it?" she asked curiously, Bodie shook his head "God knows Tia, we told him at the office and he stormed out, we ain't seen him since" he replied, she nodded and sighed "You guys want the usual?" she asked, they nodded and she headed to the bar "What's up with them?" Sasha asked motioning to the boys "Joey's dead, someone stabbed him" Tia explained, Sasha's eyes widened "Your kidding?" she asked, Tia shook her head and knew Sasha knew something
"Okay here's the weird thing, last night when I was on my way home I saw some guy in a suit down there, he was just there looking around like it was an' everday thing, I told Baggy this morning because it really creeped me out yah know? No normal guys in suits ever come around here, let alone go down there" she admitted, Tia nodded and turned to Sammy "They want the usual" she said, he nodded and started to fill the glasses "Billy's not just gonna let this go" Sasha pointed out, Tia nodded and hmm'd in agreement "Got that right, he will deffinatly find that guy I mean I would go to hell and back if it was my brother" Tia said,
Sasha gave her a confused look "I didn't know you had a brother" she said, Tia realised her slip up and mentally cursed herself "Uh yeah, one younger brother" she said smiling a little "Where does he live?" Sasha asked curiously, she could be nosey when she wanted to "He lives with my mom and dad, after I moved out we stopped talking for a while. I miss him" Tia said staring down at her locket in thought while she played with it "Why don't you go back there?" Sasha asked
"I did, last night" Tia said while smiling "How is he?" Sasha asked "He's good, grown a lot since I last saw him though" she admitted, Sasha chuckled "Being away from people for a long time will do that" she said before going over to one of the tables, Tia noticed Sammy was finished and placed the glasses on her tray, she carried them over the the boys and they took one each "Thanks Tia" Tommy mumbled, she nodded "He didn't deserve that, no way he deserved that..." Dog stated, Bodie raised his glass and the others soon followed
"To Joe, he was a good boy, a good fuckin' boy" he announced, the glasses clinked together and Tia flinched once someone grabbed Bodie's and slammed it down on the table, she turned her head to see Billy and sighed "So that's what were gonna do? Why don't you show a little fuckin' respect at least"
he said as he raised Bodie's glass and poured the contents over the floor, Tia groaned knowing she would be the one mopping it up "You see that is why you guys are nothin' that is why you a bunch of fuckin' punks because you would rather drink up and toke yourselves fuckin' witless, witless and scared shitless" he shouted, Tia stood behind Bodie and rested her hands on the seat "Nah my bad, here cheers" Billy said holding up one of the shot glasses from before, they all stared at him angering him further
"Get your fuckin' glasses up, all of you!" he shouted, they all minus Bodie and Tia raised their glasses but hesitantly, Billy threw his glass towards the wall and the pieces spread out on the floor, Tia decided she'd had enough "Billy for fuck's sake" she exclaimed, she grabbed his arm and dragged him to the corner.