Chapter 5: First Day of Work:
Hi! Quick note that the next chapter may be a tad bit late due to a busy schedule
Monday came quickly.
Adam woke up early from nerves, but didn't move because he was comfy, and he didn't want to wake Samandriel. He was beginning to wonder when the angel would begin to show any kind of his angel mojo returning. Hopefully that would happen soon.
Adam became worried by at the fact that he currently only had one outfit. He knew it was expected to have more clothes. And then he was worried that a demon or some sort of monster would show up while he was serving customers. Or what if the Winchesters showed up? What would he do then?
Samandriel woke up around 8:30, which was about a half hour later than Adam, a new record. He let out a large soundless yawn and stretched out like a cat.
"Good morning" he said.
"Morning" Adam replied "I have work today."
"I remember."
"Can I tell you something?" Samandriel nodded "I'm kind of nervous."
"That is normal" Samandriel said "what is worrying you?"
"I just feel like I'm gonna screw up. Or a demon is gonna come find me, stupid stuff like that."
"Those are not stupid worries" Samandriel assured.
"I don't even have any other clothes."
"You could wear mine."
"I am not going to wear a Wiener Hut uniform anywhere." Adam laughed "plus you're too small, I wouldn't even fit in your clothes."
Samandriel attempted a shrug even though he was lying on his side. Which reminded Adam that he should probably get up.
"Ok angel face, I better get up" he said and sat up.
Samandriel followed, then rolled his shoulders back. "Adam, I can feel my grace beginning to return."
"Awesome!" Adam grinned "so you'll be able to fly soon?"
"Hopefully."
"That's great!"
"I agree" he smiled.
Adam looked over at the clock and groaned. He grabbed his jeans off the dresser and pulled them on, along with his over shirt.
Samandriel flipped on the TV behind him, he was getting better at doing little human things like that. Adam walked into the bathroom and frowned at the sight of himself in the mirror. He ran his fingers along the dark circles under his eyes and fluffed up his hair. When he was satisfied with his appearance he spun around and strutted out of the bathroom teasingly "how do I look?"
Samandriel looked over from the TV and pursed his lips as he looked over Adam. "Perfect" he said in the most serious way.
Adam blushed and looked down quickly "jeez I was just fooling around."
"It's true though" Samandriel said
"Stop that" Adam flicked his wrist in embarrassment "you're supposed to say I'm ugly."
"Why would I say that? Then I would be lying!"
"You're too sweet angel face" Adam sighed. "You need to man up."
Samandriel, always the witty one, shot back with "I am an angel Adam, I am neither male nor female."
Adam thought about that for a moment "wait so like you could be a girl if you wanted to?"
"If I had a female vessel, yes."
"Woah."
Samandriel rolled his eyes and Adam wasn't sure whether to fall down laughing or gape in shock. He ended up doing some sort of mixture of both.
Samandriel looked at him funny after that.
~o0o~
Adam showed up to work and was handed a black polo with the diner's name embroidered on it, and a bright red apron that immediately gave Adam flashbacks of Samandriel's horrible Weiner Hut outfit (which he was still wearing). Then a girl that was a few years younger than him wearing a similar get-up taught him the basics of using the cash register, milkshake machine, and the proper way to wipe down tables and counters.
He was assigned bus boy by his new boss (aka interviewer lady). Her name was Marcie Mable, but Adam called her Mrs. Mable because she was more of a motherly figure than a first name basis friend.
His shift went by fairly fast. His nerves quickly faded once he started, and he realized he shouldn't have gotten himself so worked up. The other employees were all super friendly, besides this one guy who worked in the kitchen (who glared in his direction every time he talked to that girl, Kristie. 'Don't worry about him' she said 'over protective brother').
At 4 Adam was dismissed, and he began his walk back to the motel. He knew Samandriel would enjoy hearing about his day.
He slid his room key into the door and found Samandriel on the bed watching TV. He looked over to see what was keeping the angel's attention and felt his jaw drop. "Dude please turn off the porn" he shielded his eyes. "Why are you even watching that?-Wait no don't answer that -please tell me you have pants on."
"Why wouldn't I have pants on?" Samandriel asked innocently.
"First, turn that off then explain" Adam said, eyes still shielded. After a moment the sounds of dude pornstars moaning was silenced and Adam took his hand away from his eyes.
Samandriel was watching him curiously "I was just flipping through the channels and some sort of banner popped up" he shrugged "I wanted to know what it was."
"Do you know what it was now?"
"It was two males having sexual intercourse" he said in that monotone voice of his "I'm not completely sure why that would be offered as a TV program though. Why wouldn't I have pants on?"
Adam really hated having to explain shit like this.
"It's uh it's called porn ok? And uh people watch to uh you know er get off" he shrugged. Samandriel stared at him blankly.
Adam sighed loudly "not that I care dude, but are you a virgin?"
Samandriel's eyes flicked "it is not uncommon for an angel to remain virgin for a very very long time."
"Hey it's all cool here" Adam held up his hands in defense. "Just trying to help explain what porn is for to you or whatever."
"You still haven't explained why I wouldn't have pants on."
"Uh well sometimes people- especially dudes- they uh watch porn and well" he winced "jerk off to it."
When Samandriel gave Adam another blank stare Adam groaned. "You know what, you can look that up by yourself."
The angel nodded in what seemed to be some form of understanding. "How was your first day at work?"
"It went pretty well" he smiled, thankful for the subject change. "My co-workers are nice."
"That is good" Samandriel smiled back "while you were gone I found that by tomorrow I should be able to fly short distances."
Adam could tell that the angel was super happy about the fact, and that made Adam super happy too. His grin widened and he pulled Samandriel into a hug.
"Dude that's amazing!"
Samandriel didn't seem to get the whole hug thing. "Adam what are you doing?" He asked helplessly as he was squeezed even tighter.
"It's called a hug" he laughed and pulled away "don't pretend you've never had a hug before!"
"I know what a hug is" he said defensively "I was just wondering why you were hugging me."
"I'm happy for you!" Adam exclaimed.
"Um thank you?" Samandriel said awkwardly. Adam really wished angels weren't so stupid.
~o0o~
The next day Samandriel flew to the store and back. Adam was so happy for the angel he couldn't help but smile every time he came into his line of view. Samandriel asked if he could visit Adam at work because he didn't have anything else to do, and Adam was still so high on happiness that he immediately said yes.
Halfway into Adam's shift, Samandriel pushed open the door to the diner causing the little bell to ring, and Adam immediately hurried over to the door, not wanting anyone else to have to deal with the angel. Samandriel looked around the restaurant curiously, and Adam led him to an empty stool at the bar (which really wasn't a bar, they didn't serve alcohol). They talked a little before Adam saw a table that needed to be cleared, and he directed Samandriel to stay put.
Kristie approached Adam when he walked into the kitchen holding a tub full of dishes. "I take it you know that Wiener Hut guy?"
"Oh yeah" Adam set the tub down "he's a friend of mine."
Kristie smirked and returned to her duties as hostess.
Samandriel stayed for a while, he even got a milkshake. But eventually Adam told Samandriel that he should probably go because he didn't want him to look like a creep, and that he needed to get back to paying attention to work. Samandriel nodded in understanding, and left the diner quietly. Adam smiled at the thought that he would be flying back to the motel.
~o0o~
Adam got his first paycheck the next Wednesday. He really didn't know how they had survived so long without money. In fact they should've run out already, Samandriel must've been stealing money from people or something. Adam decided not to question it.
After he got off work, Adam told Samandriel that they were going to go clothes shopping.
"Now we still don't have that much money, so were only gonna buy cheap stuff" he said "I looked up a map at the library, and there's a Target not too far away, but it would take forever to walk there" he paused "so we can try to catch a bus I guess."
"I would offer to fly us there, but I'm afraid that it will drain my current level of grace" Samandriel seemed ashamed at the thought.
"Hey it's not your fault" Adam assured.
Samandriel was just so fascinated by everything. It took forever just to get to the clothes section because he would stop to look at well- for lack of a better word- everything.
"Try these on" Adam dropped a small pile of jeans and t-shirts into Samandriel's hands, and pointed to a doorway with a sign that said 'fitting room' above it. He
looked down at the pile of clothes before walking away in the direction of the fitting rooms. Adam figured he should probably follow.
The angel took long enough to pull on a pair of jeans and one of the t-shirts, that's for sure. And then Adam had to get a different size because the jeans were too big.
After they were done with finding clothes they checked out and headed back to the motel. "Now you can look like an actual human!" Adam exclaimed.
"I am not human, Adam" Samandriel reminded him.
