you know how you always watch movies and you think, wouldn't it be cool if I could have a life like that? Or you think to yourself I wonder what it would be like to be a vampire, werewolf,zombie,siren, etc. Well let me tell you from first hand experience that it's not all that its cracked up to be. The names Aphrodite and this is my story, I thought I had everything figured out for once that was until the news happened, it started out like every other day of what I thought was a miserable life, but boy was I in for one hell of a rude awakening.
Flash Back To almost a year Ago;
It started out like any normal day, I awoke to sound of my alarm screeching in my ear and my neighbors having a yelling match about the kids, yeah I definitely need to find somewhere better to live then this hell hole I call home sweet home. I roll over and slam my hand down on the snooze button, once I'm satisfied I can get at least another ten minutes of sleep I roll back over torpedoing myself in my warm blankets, but unfortunately much to my dismay that sliver of bliss doesn't last to long before my alarm is blaring at me again, telling me its now time to get up and ready for work. I try to unravel myself from my blankets but it seems like I've gotten so tangled up i can't tell where it ends or begins, It take me five minutes to finally disentangle myself from my warm comfy bed to get ready for another day of hell at the sleazy motel, I guess I can't complain to much though since its a job and it does pay well even if its one of those semi rundown motels. I sit on the edge of my bed and test the floor with my barefoot feeling just how cold the wood floors really are, i yelp and push myself backwards managing to push to hard and bang my head against the wall, "mother f*ckin, d*ck, sh*t that hurt ", I can feel the tears spring to the surface as I rub the back of my head knowing I'm going to have a knott there by tomorrow morning , of course thats just how I imagined starting my day off like. As I grumble to myself about how I know this days going to go I pad my away across my tiny apartment to my bathroom, once I've finished my business I flush and turn to wash my hands with my head down making sure I'm focusing on my hands, I try not to look in the mirror to often only, because everytime I look in the mirror I remember how much I look like my late mother who , I lost three years ago after her battle with cancer. But today is different for some reason, I look up into the mirror looking at my reflection, my pale baby blue eyes look paler then usual and I can see the dark bags starting to form under them, my usually bright rosey cheeks are pale and even my lips aren't there usual bright natural red color, I myself almost look like a cancer patient, I shudder at the very thought knowing it's just my imagination playing tricks on me. Once I've finished washing washing my hands, I turn to grab the hand towel off of the rack and wipe my hands dry, then comes the task of trying to tackle my waist length raven hair, I've always gotten compliments on how unique it is because of how when the sun hits it just right you can see the natural blue pigments in it. I believe its one of my best features honestly, once I've finish brushing out my hair and making sure all the Knotts are out, I throw it up in a high ponytail and grab my maids uniform from the back of the bathroom door and make my way into my bedroom, I've always hated this damn maids uniform because its not like what you may think, no this one has black business pants with a red button up shirt and a black tie, I've told the owner before I thought it was the most uncomfortable useless uniform ever but the pig head himself didn't care. Once I've got my uniform on and I've put on my black vans to go with it, I make my way into the small hallway leading to my front door, once I've made it out the door I make sure to lock the door behind me and then I'm off to work. Once I arrive to the old run down building that I call a job, I make my way inside and am instantly hit with the smell of old stale beer and very pungent body odor, which can only mean one thing that Dave, the owner of this old run down motel is waiting for me either to throw insults at me as per usual ,or tell me how to do my job like I don't know what I am doing. As I make my way further into the building following the smell of stale days old beer and the horrible smell of bad BO, I suddenly hear my name being called from the back office along with a few insults being thrown in, which is nothing new. Once I'm at the door I can smell the pungentness in the air and try to stop myself from gagging, I've always hated having to come back here because it seems like this where the smell has congregated. I notice the door is open just a little, and I rap my knuckles against it making sure he can hear me over God knows what show he's got on blast, all I can hear is "Aphrodite that better be you " I don't even bother answering him instead I grab the door handle and slowly open the door, so I am looking at the old drunk sitting in his creaky old ratty chair watching some old TV show by the sound of it, " you called for me dave?, is everything okay?" I notice Dave jump and spill his bear all down the front of him, he jumps up, grabbing a towel trying to wipe his shirt cursing and muttering the entire time. I just roll my eyes because he acts like its the end of the world that God forbid he spilled his precious beer, it wouldn't have happened if he was actually paying attention for once. I must have been to deep in thought because I didn't hear Dave clear his throat and is now leaning against his desk with his arms crossed, giving me the death stare, I snap myself out of my thoughts and wait for him to tell me whats going on, though I can already tell today is going to go from worse to nightmarish within a matter of seconds. Dave clears his throat one last time, seeming to have a hard time finding his voice all of a sudden, but I can almost feel the anger rolling off of him in waves, it worries me because I've seen Dave angry but nothing like this so something must have really upset it, and I'm guessing I'm about to find out what that something is. Dave finally speaks up and what he says next seems to make the world stop all of a sudden, its like I can't seem to register what he just said, or what the reason for this is, the only thing I can think to say is " Dave, please say that again? ", he huffs out a breath and he repeats what he said again " I got a notice today saying, that all employees are being required to get vaccines, I guess there's some God awful virus going around, and if I don't have my employees get the vaccine then I am looking at a thousand dollar fine each day for each employee" I don't even know how to respond I mean yes I've seem the news about the virus going around and something not seeming right, but it seems like there's more going on then what anyone wants to let on, I can only stammer out my response " oh oh okay Dave, I gguess that means I need tto ddo that today?" Instead of a more human response, I get a grunt of a response from him. I numbly make my way out of daves office and make sure to close his office door behind me, once I hear the soft click of the door closing I immediately remove the tie around my neck and throw it in my purse. I have never liked needles one bit and I hate hospitals even more especially after seeing what my mother went through, but i guess even I can't avoid them forever, no matter how hard I try. I slowly and numbly make my way out of the main office of the motel and make my way over to the side of the building, where I slide down the wall and put my head in my hands trying not to hyperventilate. I should have seen this coming though, I kept hearing neighbors and even people in the grocery stores talking ,talking about how this virus was spreading quicker then anyone thought, and how there was talks of mandating vaccines n order to keep the virus at bay. But my ignorance got the best of me, I figured since I worked for such a small place that I wouldn't be required to go through it but boy was I wrong, I never should have let my ignorance get the best of me."