I walked down an alley to a club. Even though I was told to stay away curiosity got the better of me. Hiding behind the corner, I peeked in and saw Her. A fair skinned girl with neon blue hair barely past her shoulders was wiggling as she pulled her short dress off of her. The dress was thrown off and the drunk men whooped and went wild. Cheers and yells continued as she jerked and twerked while dancing. She jumped onto one of the tables and bent down backwards and turned it into a back flip. The club music turned into a sexy mashup and the girl danced to match the music. She jumped back down to the floor and continued to dance sexy. Some of the men were lucky enough to touch her butt but, the unlucky ones attacked them. The girl weaved in and out of the fighting men and kept dancing. The mashup ended and the girl pulled her white strapped dress back on and sat at the bar. The bar tender poured her a drink and she slowly drank it. She turned and our eyes met. Orange eyes that seemed to have flames dancing wildly in them. The music changed to metal so I left. The next day we met again.
I bumped into a person and fell down. Standing up I dusted off my pink middle school uniform and looked up. "Hey I'm Zina." the girl said. She wore a blue tank top, black shorts and a white sleeveless hoody with black sneakers over red tights. "Um my name is Cheri." "Well you're all proper and stuff. You a straight A student?" "Yes." "Well see ya around." she said walking away. I just stood there watching her disappear into the crowd. As I walked back to the orphanage I thought about her. Her Japanese is not proper, maybe it's slang, her clothes are mismatched and her attitude is that of a gangster. I shook my head and pushed her out of my head.
Since Miko died I had to do things just to survive on the street. I found a job that pays well. Being a stripper at the club by my block. I walked into the club and got hit with the music, like being at a concert. The lights flashed and strobed back and forth across the floor. Spotting the bar tender I went over to him. I had to climb up into the chair and waited. "Aren't you kinda young to be here?" He almost yelled above the blasting music. "I'm here to answer the job offer." I told him pushing the application towards him. Taking it he scanned the paper, his eyes got big, he must of read the part where I put down my guardian. "OK you're hired." he told me. I've been a stripper at the club for two whole years now. I've adjusted to my new life and it ain't bad, I mean I get paid well and one of the workers lets me stay with him. One night as I was working I spotted a girl peeking around the corner and our eyes met. Violet hair in braids and matching eyes. She left when the metal hours began. I helped clean up the club by mopping the floor. "Hey Kaiyo." He looked up from the table. "What is it?" "I saw a middle school girl peeking in here earlier." "Don't worry about it, that happens all the time." "OK." I went back to mopping up the blood stains from the earlier fights and forgot the girl.
"Kaiyo I'm going out, do you need anything." I whispered. Kaiyo had woken up with the mother of all hangovers so I had gotten him the bucket. "Tuna's low." he mumbled. "OK, I got the list. I'll get you some drunk meds." "Thanks." he said falling back to sleep. I tiptoed out of our room, gently closing the door. With the key around my neck and my shoes and wallet in my hands I walked down the hall, down the two flights of stairs and finally reached the main door. "Afternoon, Zine." I sighed. "It's Zina, Zi-na." I slipped my shoes on and headed outside. Walking to the nearest supermarket took about fifteen minutes, more if high school boys flirted with me. I made it to the supermarket just as the song Alumina ended. Pulling out my earphones, I put them and my Royal blue I-pod back into my pockets. I pulled the shopping list and a cart then entered the store. Going down the list I made my weekly route. One gallon of milk, a bag of rice which was on sale, three big cans of tuna, eggs, bread, and drunk medicine. It's called something else but I cant pronounce it. After paying for the groceries I grabbed the rice, put the bag with the milk and tuna on top and the last bag with the other stuff on top of that, then I walked home.
I felt someone bump into me. Looking down I saw the girl from the night before. She wore a ice pink middle school uniform with ice blue as the stripes and scarf. I told her my name and she told me hers. Damn she is so proper. Saying bye I walk away and back home. I made it home and went inside. Putting the groceries down, I emptied the bucket and rinsed it out, then I went in to check on Kaiyo. He was looking pale so I gave him the medicine and started dinner.
Even though I tried to forget Zina, she was constantly on my mind. Today however, I needed to focus on finding a job even if it was just for the summer. No matter how hard I tried nobody would hire a thirteen year old. Walking down the street I forgot to look where I was going and walked into a person. "Yo, Cheri." jerking up Zina stood in front of me. Today she wore her white dress under a light blue sweater, black tights and black heel boots. She wore her hair in twist on the back of her head and had bright orange fake studs. "Where are you going dressed for a party?" I asked her. "Oh, this. I'm headed for a job interview at a hotel." "Lucky." tsk then she started laughing at me. "What is that for?!" I snapped. "Nobody going to hire you if you're dressed like that. Come on I'll lend you some of my clothes." "Are you sure it's OK?" "Relax, besides I have to give Kaiyo his meds." I followed her through an alley, to an apartment building and into her room. Rummaging through a closet, she threw some clothes at me and pointed to the bathroom. After I closed the bathroom door I took off my uniform and neatly folded it placing it on toilet lid. I fought to find the sleeves finally pulling the dress down over me. "Yo Cheri you done?" "Yes." Zina came in and led me to a chair. "Sit." I obeyed. "You got a brush?" I handed her my hair brush as she started taking my braids out. She brushed my hair out turning it into a twisted flip. "Done." Looking in the full length mirror I didn't recognize myself. A plaid pink dress with full sleeves, blue tights and classical light pink heels. "Kaiyo I'm headed out." A moaned "OK." came from the bed room and we went out to the hotel.
The walk to the hotel took about five minutes. We past through the revolving doors and entered the main lobby. Crystal glass chandlers hung from the ceiling, the stair case looked to be made of pure gold and the rugs were light blue. Faaancyyyy! was all I could think of. Waiting, we sat in the black leather chairs with other females as the time ticked on. "Zina and Cheri!" Our names called we got up and followed the busboy to a room. There we met the manager. "Have a seat ladies." "Thank you Sir." Zina said politely as we sat down. Off white skin with gray eyes and dark green hair combed back. A business suit with a silk handkerchief sticking out. This is the manager. We sat patiently as he looked at our forms we filled out upon arrival checking for mistakes and errors. "Um, hmum." I wait in suspense for him to say get lost kids. "Alright ladies, everything looks to be in order. Welcome to the Inishie Hotel."
We walked to the hotel which is five minutes away from my apartment building. Going through the revolving doors we entered the lobby. Filthy rich. chandlers, gold and fine carpet. I picked up two applications, handed one to Cheri and we started filling them out. We waited awhile and then our names were called. Sitting in a room was the manager who read our applications and gave us the job of maids in the cafe. He was so generous that we started right then. Cheri wore the Ice pink uniform with puffed short sleeves, a flapped button up collar and white fluff underneath the dress. She wore white tights and Ice pink heels. I wore the same uniform except mine is Ice blue. The dresses go down to our knees. I pulled my hair into pigtails while Cheri put her hair into a high ponytail. Lastly we tied on our white maid hats and were ready for work. All the tables were numbered which made our job much easier. I took the odd numbers and Cheri took the even. People came in and sat down at number 1. I calmly walked over to them. "Hello welcome to Star Cafe. My name is Zina I'll be your waiter. May I start you off with a drink?" The menus sat in the center of the table. Again that makes my job much easier. From a stripper in a club to a waitress in a cafe at a fancy hotel. What a massive job change!
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