Reaching the office I sit down on a stool while Aaron grabs the first aid kit and starts bandaging up my arm. "That was really reckless you could have hurt yourself worse than this" "I know, sorry" Sighing he finishes up and puts away the kit and pats my head "Has anyone ever told you your a crafty little accident prone mastermind?" giggling "maybe once or twice" "come on lets go see whats happening".
Back at the eating area Eric continued screaming at a still laughing Collin while Dana looked like she was a bomb about to explode. When Aaron and I walk in Eric ran up to me and shoved me, luckily Aaron was right behind and caught me. Before he could do anything else Collin grabbed onto him throwing him down and pinning him. "GET OFF OF ME YOU GINGER FREAK!!!" "NO YOU FREAK OF NATURE!!!" Having had enough of everything Dana yells out " ENOUGH! BOTH of you need to stop it or so help me god!!!" Making sure he won't try anything funny anymore Collin gets off of Eric aggressively. "Eric go to the bathroom and get yourself cleaned up and cooled off then all of you meet me in the office ASAP"
Back at the cramped office Dana glares at us then let's out a long exasperated sigh "okay you three what happened" Aaron speaks up and tells her the gist of what happened while I fill her in on what happened after they both left forgoing the fact that what I did was intentional. She then pulls up the video feed for that area and sees an Oscar worthy performance.
Dana pulls out some paperwork for us to read and fill out about shelter safety and acts of aggression towards others. After filling it all out we leave passing by a smug Eric "Ha just you all watch I'm gonna have you all thrown out of here in no time!" completely ignoring him we head back again to the eating area to clean up. A short while later we hear nonstop yelling and things being thrown, Collin and Aaron go check to make sure Dana is okay while I finished cleaning up.
About 10 minutes later two cops show up knocking on the door, and Aaron goes to let them in guiding them to the office where there is still shouting going on. Soon after one of the cops comes back with a bawling Eric in tow putting him in the back of a cruiser causing nonstop cheering from the majority the shelter kids. The other cop was taking a statement and watching the video feed of what happened then left soon after.
"Alright everyone I know that that was all really exciting and all but its time to GTFO if your not on the chores list, so hurry up and get your bus passes if you haven't already".
Grabbing my things I head over to get my two bus passes for the day then head outside to wait for my bros. While waiting I start my first job of the day by selling cigarettes for bus passes to the shelter kids.
1 cigarette = 1 bus pass thats equivalent to $2.75
$1.50 = 2 cigarettes
Most of the shelter kids smoke but don't have jobs so the only way to get cigarettes is either by trading, scavenging, or bumming off of others.
After waiting around for 30 minutes smoking I count the nice little stack of 36 bus passes I received when Collin and Aaron come out.
Clasping me around the shoulder Collin couldn't help laughing "Hahahaha dude! You look like some sorta pimp counting cash with that cigarette in your mouth! Oh man and the way you handled that douche was just priceless! When I got to see what happened on the video feed I almost burst out laughing!" "What can I say I'm a natural born actress, think I'd be able to be nominated for an Oscar?" "Nominated?! Fuck that you'd win hands down! If I didn't know you better I would have really thought that you were a major accident prone mess Hahahaha"
Playfully punching him in the stomach we all head down to the major bus transit center chatting about the days events and what our plans for the day were. When we all reach the transit center we start selling the bus passes to busy office workers for $1.50 for one and $3 for two even receiving a $15 gift card to the local coffee shop for 8 tickets all in all it was a good haul selling a total of 28 tickets making a 45 dollar profit and give them both $10 for lunch later.
We are all happily chatting and got coffee while using the gift card. We all head over to the local book store that Aaron works at in the morning and sit around waiting with him for his shift to start. When its time for him to start Collin and I head back to the bus station were I hop on to go to work. Collin doesn't work til later in the day so he just ends up walking around selling the rest of the bus tickets.
I head toward the nicer part of the city at my first job as a hostess at an upscale restaurant for the more financially endowed people. I still have an hour before my shift when I get there so I get changed into a nice navy blue dress, black blazer, stockings and flats then put on makeup and better fix my hair. The lady that hired me Gwen is really nice but a lot of people think she's kinda stuck up and bossy. She didn't find out until a lot later that I was homeless but instead of treating me badly she became protective of me like a mom. She did offer to let me stay with her but I refused which I think made her respect me more after telling her the reason why.
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"Summer good morning! How are you today? You're looking a little tired are you okay?" "Yeah I'm fine I just didn't get a lot of sleep let me go get changed really quick and I'll help you get everything ready" "Alright dear take your time its no rush".
After getting ready I help out Gwen for a bit then officially start my shift soon after. During my shift one of my sneaky coworkers Katie, who has it out for me decided to go through my bag trying to find dirt on me, since it's really big and I lug it around with me everywhere. She ended up finding a form that I needed to fill out for the shelter and then started to badmouth me to everyone else over it. Eventually it got so bad that I got called into Gwen's office about it.
"Summer I hate to do this since your such a hard worker but I need you to answer some questions regarding some rumors that have been circulating and take a drug test" looking at her in confusion I ask "Why do I have to take a drug test? What rumors? Did I do something wrong?" "I don't know all the details yet but I am looking into it. Because of the rumors it is required that you be tested today by the doctors office down the road." "Alright as long as it clears me of this stupid mess I'm okay with it but could you please fill me in on these rumors please?" "Alright thats fine. First of all there's talk about you stealing from the restaurant registers which I know is completely false since your tills are always correct all the way down to the last penny. Second there's speculation that you have been having relations with a few of our customers. Thirdly that you are homeless and sleeping at a shelter. And lastly that you are using drugs." I look at her in astonishment with my mouth slightly ajar not really believing what I'm hearing as she continues on "I'm not sure who started it but I'd like you to tell me whats going on and be absolutely honest with me because right now you are at risk of getting fired." Holding back tears I start to tell her everything.