I DO NOT OWN ANYONE OR ANYTHING IN THIS STORY BESIDES THE OC'S.
I woke up the next morning hearing the alarm on my phone sounding, I groggily rolled over smacking at my nightstand finding my phone and turned my alarm off. I sat up slowly swinging my legs over the edge of my bed rubbing at my eyes trying to force myself awake. I stood up sliding on my slippers walking towards my closet picking up a fresh uniform along with other things needed for a shower. I went into the bathroom beginning the shower water to the hottest temp that I could sustain as I pulled the curtain holding the water back as I began to strip out of my pajamas then showered to help wake myself up. I showered up, got dressed in the new uniform as I then ate some breakfast as I watched the local news on the television to see what was currently happening if it wasn't anything old by now. I flipped for the television and cable to turn off as I headed out of the house, I climbed into the car and praying that my car would work and I climbed into the drivers seat sliding the key into the ignition turning it and it wouldn't flip completely over.
"Oh fuck…" I whispered to myself, "Could today get any worse?" I asked myself as I pulled out my phone already regretting and hating having to do this but I went to Matt's number that I had in my phone pushing the call button. I put the phone up to my ear listening to it ring only a couple of times for I heard him groggily answer on the other end knowing I had woke him up from his sleep.
"Hello?" He asked as I bit at my bottom lip unsure to speak or just to hang up right now. "Hello?" He asked again before I got the guts to respond.
"Hi…Matt?" I asked like it wasn't him on the other side.
"April? What's up? Why are you calling at…7 in the morning?" Matt asked.
"Um…my car won't start…you said I could call if I needed another jump." I said as I heard him softly chuckle.
"That I did, Jeff and I will be right over." Matt said as I had no idea why he was going to bring Jeff but I wasn't going to say no. I sat there in my car waiting for them to come over after I made one more phone call to my work explaining my situation and hoped that this would be the final jump that I would need but for all I know Matt and Jeff would probably just wait around or tell me to call them after work. Matt pulled into the driveway besides my car as I popped the hood so they could do what they do. I felt safe having them know where I lived since they were two raised up guys that I knew would be protectors and would come over if I ever did need something.
"You work at Target right?" Jeff asked.
"Yeah, why?" I asked curiously as I slammed the hood shut.
"Matt and I could change out that battery while you are at work, we'll add the tab to your next months wrestling training bill." Jeff said as I bit at my bottom lip unsure if I should go along with it but it would be nice having a running car and inhibiting them with constant jumps.
"Deal." I said as they smiled.
"We'll follow you then." Matt said as I got into my car fully as I pulled out of the driveway leading them towards my work as the two natives followed behind me. I thought it was kind of weird but they were close acquaintances so it wasn't so weird. They parked their car besides mine and I climbed out handing my keys to Jeff.
"Where do you work in there?" Jeff asked nodding towards the store.
"Customer services, they'll be able to page me if I'm not there." I responded as they both nodded as I headed into my job clocking in when my supervisor approached me telling me that our manager wanted to speak with me in their office which made my day even worse. I nodded as I headed straight there to see what my manager had to say, hoping it wasn't anything bad but what did I know? I knocked on the door waiting for a response before I were to open the door. When I heard her voice on the other side telling me to come in, I pushed the door open stepping inside. "I was told to come see you." I said as she nodded as I pushed the door shut behind me as I walked further into the room sitting down across the desk from my manager.
"Yeah…um…this hasn't gotten easier…unfortunately, in two weeks we are going to be closed." She stated.
"What?" I asked unsure if I heard her correctly.
"Our store isn't making enough profit to stay open and we are constantly in the red so Target corporation is shutting us down and laying us all over."
"We close in two weeks?" I asked as she nodded, I had to look at the bright side thinking that I had another two weeks and one more paycheck but how was I supposed to survive without a check? How can I continue wrestling without money? What was I going to do?
"Yes, two weeks and you will be paid all the money we owe you in the sick leave and such that you have stacked up." She explained as I was still stunned at this news, "You are probably stunned, if you think of any questions or concerns, you know where I am at and my number." She explained as I nodded as I stood up heading out of the room still in pure shock of what I had heard, I will be jobless come two weeks. What was I to do? I need to get back on the job hunt, but why can't Target transfer us to a different store elsewhere and I felt shafted like Target was screwing us over. This really soured my mood, and knew that the stress would come over me as the last day ticked closer to our last day on the job. I also knew that we would have sells to get rid of all of our stock so we would probably be packed more than usual of customers trying to buy things for a mark down. I sat there at the customer service going through helping customers that were lined up, but I felt like a zombie because I was dazed and staring off, and just going through the motions at the moment after hearing this news. I was scared, what was I going to do? Matt and Jeff approached the counter and I must have been really out of it because I began to serve them like customers.
"Hi, welcome to Target, how may I help you today?" I asked as Matt and Jeff looked at each other then looked at her.
"Are you okay?" Jeff asked with concern in his voice.
"Oh…yeah, yeah…just a little zoned out right now is all." I lied as they nodded.
"Right, so here is the receipt to what we bought and add that to the next month wrestling tuition. Here are your keys and the car starts up wonderfully now." Matt said as he handed me the keys to my car.
"Thanks you guys, I owe you one." I said as I took the keys sliding them into my pocket since I couldn't take them to my locker right now.
"No problem, we'll see you tonight." Jeff said as he smacked at his brother, "Let's get out of here so she can get back to work and we can go get some breakfast." Jeff said as I rolled my eyes as the two men walked out of the store I presume as I went back to helping out customers trying to push back the thoughts and concerns about being employed come a couple weeks. The work shift ended, I headed to the locker room opening my locker staring into my locker at my gym bag that held my clothes for the wrestling training tonight. What was I going to do about training? I couldn't give up on training, this was my dream and I had so many different aspirations and this was going to be my big break. I needed to figure this out somehow and some way. I ran a hand through my hair as I let out a sigh before I got up from the bench that I was currently sitting on grabbing the bag to pull out and onto the bench I was just sitting on. I changed into the gear I needed for the training besides the boots and headed out to my car knowing that at least my car would start this time around. I tossed my bag into the back seat before I climbed into the driver's seat heading towards Matt's place parking and yet being the third person there and knew that Heather was already there, my day couldn't get any better could it? I headed to the training tent that was behind Matt's house and let myself into the building. I sat down in the one chair pulling on the boots that I had waited to put on trying to not let Heather further agitate me or upsetting me which would be hard because Heather always pushes the right buttons on me and tonight would not be the night to do that. I always tried to take Matt and Jeff's advice about leaving our personal lives at the door and outside the ropes that way inside the ring you are only focused on wrestling because if you are distracted it could affect your ability inside the ring and get yourself or someone else injured. I climbed onto the apron letting out a sigh as I stared into the ring holding onto the top rope as I was wiping my shoes off on the apron debating on if I should even get in or not. I had so much on my mind that I wasn't sure if I could be completely focused right now but I needed something to get my mind off of my current situation.
"You getting in anytime soon?" Heather asked as I glared at her making me angry, I know it wasn't anything to get mad at but she just rubs me the wrong way and was not in the mood to deal with anything. I climbed into the ring without saying anything, figured to keep my mouth shut and just work and focus on wrestling at the moment. Training didn't last as long as I thought it would, time had flown by way too fast and there I sat unlacing my boots trying to take them off pushing the boots into my bag.
"Everything okay? You were quiet during training." Matt asked as he leant against the apron in front of me.
"Yeah…just…a little distracted is all." I lied as Matt nodded.
"Well, we are here for you ever need to talk…" Jeff said as I nodded.
"I know but I am not ready to talk." I said honestly.
"Okay, when you are ready we are here." Matt said as he sighed and slid into the ring and Jeff climbed into the ring as well as I sat there watching the two of them wrestle, it always entertained me.