Nadine POV
I looked to the next people in line and it was two guys around my age. The first one was scrawny with mousy brown hair. He didn't necessarily catch my eye. But the one behind him? He was staring and it took everything in me to keep breathing. His dark brown eyes were like staring into an endless abyss, drawing me in. Hair black as night with a tan complexion that any girl would kill for. I gently shook myself out of my daze and steadied my voice, "Can I help you?"
I waited patiently as he figured out what he was ordering. "Uh...uh yeah I'll take a slice of pepperoni and a coke." He ordered seeming slightly uneasy. His voice was deep and gave me butterflies as soon as he spoke. I wanted to hear his voice again.
"Would you like a cookie or a brownie to go with it?" I asked smiling at him.
He shook his head no. "No thanks. No sweets for me. I'll take your name though." He replied smirking at me.
My heart stopped. My eyes went wide and the smile fell from my lips. I turned quickly to gather my thoughts and my composure. Grabbing his pizza and drink I turned and mustered up the fakest smile I could. Handing it to him I politely spoke, "Have a great day."
He took the items and gave me an incredulous look. "You mean you won't give me your name?" He questioned in a deep rumble that made goosebumps spread all over my skin. I shook my head no and pointed to the seating area because I didn't trust my voice. I watched him walk away and sit down with his friend. He looked frustrated, maybe I was too harsh.
"Earth to Nadi" I heard my co workers Dave's voice in my ear. I turned and elbowed him lightly in the ribs. "I told you not to call me that jerk!" I whined. "My name is Nadine, use it."
"Ugh. You are so uptight. I don't even know why Dan hired you." Dave mumbled. I gave him a dirty look as I felt the temperature of the blood flowing through my veins rise. Dave was an asshole. Dull brown hair, white skin, slightly overweight and he always looked like a lost puppy. I couldn't understand it, but he dated more girls than I could keep track of, but didn't have any respect for them.
"Stop being an asshole Dave. If it makes you feel better I will request to only work shifts with Dan. At least then I wouldn't have to watch you flirt with all your latest conquests." I shoved the towel I had been wiping the counters off with into his chest.
"Ouch babe!" Dave feigned hurt. Recovering from my shove Dave moved closer to me and whispered in my ear, "You jealous? Hmmm... would you like to be one of those conquests?"
I quickly stomped my foot onto his. "Get the fuck away from me Dave. I wouldn't touch you with a ten foot pole. Keep your dirty self away from me and go back to your little whores."
Dave took a step back and laughed to himself. "I was just playing with you Nadi, relax." He played it off. The guy gave me the creeps and I hated that we were the only two on shift tonight. I made a mental note to tell Dan that I don't ever want to work alone with him ever again.
I grabbed another towel and started wiping off the counters behind me, putting items away as I came to them.
"Bye Nadine!" I heard from and unfamiliar voice and I snapped my head to see who it was. It was mystery hottie's friend. My eyebrows scrunched together as I tried to figure out how he knew my name. I gave a small wave, not being able to figure it out. My eyes caught Hottie's eyes and he looked just as confused as I was. Realizing that we were staring at each other I turned my head quickly looking at my task in front of me. It was closing time and now all the unused supplies would have to be put away in the storage room on the other side of the mall.
"I would stay away from that kid if I were you." Dave said to me as he cleaned up beside me.
I gave him a quizzical look before I completely masked my confusion and stopped what I was doing. Turning to him, I gave him a dirty look. "I didn't ask you for your opinion and that's rich coming from you." He let out a sigh and and we continued cleaning up in silence.
When the place was cleaned completely, the only thing left was to bring the cart of food items to storage and put them in the fridge and freezer. We walked in silence to the other side of the mall, our surroundings getting darker an darker as more stores shut down.
We made it to the storage area and Dan unlocked the room. "Go ahead and out that stuff in the freezer, I'll take care of the paperwork." He instructed.
"Yeah sure, I walked over to the freezer and started putting everything away. When I was done I placed the cart in its spot. "Alright Dave, everything is away. I'm heading out" I said as I walked towards the door. When I turned the knob however, it wouldn't budge. "Dave, did you lock the door?" I turned towards him with a quizzical look.
He sat there with a smug look on his face holding the keys in his hand. "Sure did. Now the only way out is through me sweetheart and that means you gotta give me what I want." He said sadistically.
My heart dropped and I felt like I was going to be sick. "You sick fuck! Let me the hell out of this room NOW!" I yelled.
He stood up shaking his head no. "Now you see Nadi, I've had to walk around for the past month watching you shake your fine ass all around that pizza shop and not been able to do a damn thing about it. There's always someone around. Now the only way out is through me and I say I want those luscious lips around my hard cock before you are leaving here tonight." He said in a low voice that gave me the chills and disgusted me to my core.
I took slow steps towards him, letting my gaze fall over him. Trying to eye where the keys were I notice them clipped onto his belt loop now. My heart was rapidly beating in my chest as I made my way to him. I forced a small smile onto my lips as I leaned in closer to him putting my hands delicately on his shoulders. He had a sharp intake of breath as my hands made contact with his shoulders and closed his eyes and I brought my lips to his ear.
"You..will never...have me." I whispered as I grabbed his shoulders hard being my knee up to connect with what little manhood he actually had. He let out a cry as he fell to the floor in pain. I grabbed the keys from his belt loop and started walking to the door.
"You bitch!" He yelled as he held his manhood. "You broke my fucking dick!"
I unlocked the door before making my way back over to him. "You are going to wish that was the only thing I fucking did to you, you worthless piece of fucking shit. By tomorrow, everyone will know what true scum you are, and you better pray that no one I know gets their fucking hands on you, you pathetic loser." With that I spit on him and walked out of the room only being able to breathe easy when I was at my car.
My hands were shaking when I opened my door, the adrenaline finally starting to fall. Tears spilled from my eyes as I started my car. I locked my doors and grabbed my phone, dialing Dan's number.
"He did what?!" Dan yelled into the phone when I had finished recounting the events that just happened between Dave and I.
"Nadine, go home and I will pick you up. You shouldn't be alone right now." Dan said quietly, I could tell he was seething mad.
"No Dan. I'm going to go home and go to bed. I just want to be by myself right now. I will see you tomorrow at work." I meekly said.
"Ok Nadine, by tomorrow everything will be handled. You get yourself some rest and take care of yourself." He replied.
I made it home and opened my apartment door. I was greeted at the door by my cat Crash, an all black short haired cat with deep blue eyes. Not even bothering to eat or get ready for bed I made my way to my bedroom and stripped my clothes off, getting into my bed and curling into a ball. I started sobbing into my pillow as crash came and laid down by my face, gently nudging me with his head as though he was telling me everything would be alright.
Why was my life this way? Why was I always getting hurt when all I ever tried to do was make everyone around me happy? No one ever stays around, and men only want one thing from me. I mean why should I even expect a man to stay around when my own mother didn't even want me.
All these negative thoughts were swirling around in my head that night as I cried myself to sleep. The last thing I saw before I fell asleep was an image of those deep brown eyes that looked so familiar.
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