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help." She laughed as she walked down the hall.
"This can't be good," I grumbled and got out of bed, working to fix my t-shirt and sleeping pants as I stumbled into the kitchen. "What time is it?"
"Just before six. Sit down and I'll get you some coffee."
I rubbed my eyes and yawned loudly. "Before six? Shit, Steph. I had another hour. What's so important?"
"Parks. I want him, and you're going to help me figure out how to get him." She set a cup of coffee in front of me, and I blinked the sleep from my eyes before finally focusing on her. She was in a cute mini-skirt and tight shirt that tried to accentuate her small breasts, but failed.
"Wait. Why are you dressed like that?" I lifted the coffee mug to my lips and took a tentative sip. A groan left me at the deliciousness of it. "You need to make my coffee every morning."
"I didn't go to sleep." She tapped the table in front of me, causing me to jolt back. My coffee spilled onto the table, and I gave her a look.
"Chill. I just woke up, or maybe I'm still trying to." I leaned back as she worked to wipe up the mess.
"I'll make your coffee every day for the rest of our lives if you just help me get Parks." She walked back to the kitchen and returned with a plate of muffins that actually looked edible.
"I'm not sure what you want from me, but, like always, I'm here, so just tell me what to do, and as long as it's not something that I'm uncomfortable with, I'll do it." I shrugged and reached over, grabbing a muffin and taking a small bite. I couldn't usually stomach her food because she always seemed to forget a necessary ingredient. Sugar was the one she loved to leave out the most. A sugarless cake was nothing more than a disgusting biscuit.
"Good. I need to figure out what to do." She pressed her face to her hands. "He didn't shut the fuck up about you for ten minutes last night. I love you. I really do, but you need to push him off unless you're interested, then you need to tell me. I think I might be in love with him."
I laughed loudly and rolled my eyes. "You're not, but okay. I'll tell him to take a hike."
The muffin was good, and I was more than surprised. "You didn't make this, did you?"
"No." She smirked. "I got them at the store on the way home, though I shouldn't have. Our electricity bill is overdue by two months. I really think one of us is going to have to get a job, or find someone to start sleeping with who's willing to pay."
After taking another couple of bites, I dropped the rest of it on my napkin and took another drink of my coffee. "I'll look for additional jobs after my shift today. I can take on more. You just focus on the hospital. You know you don't do really well when you have ten things to juggle."
"You sure? I know you're wanting to impress Doctor Hottie. That's not possible if you're a zombie." She reached out and tugged at my hair. "Tell me about the dinner, and the sexy dream. Don't leave out any details."
"Of the dinner?"
"No. The dream," she snorted, and I couldn't help but laugh. We were broke as hell, but we would figure things out. We always did.
*
The calmness that I had over the electricity bill and me getting an additional job faded fast as I sat on the train on my way to the hospital. There had to be a better way to make some money on the side. Maybe I could tutor or help out with someone's side business at the hospital. I knew a lot of nurses and doctors would pick up extra shifts at other hospitals, or work a few days a week in a private office for additional income.
I wouldn't need it ten years from now, but I sure as hell did today. The electricity would be cut off by the evening if we didn't get a payment into them. It wasn't going to happen, and that alone stressed me out completely. I couldn't call my mom, seeing as how she had less income than even the poorest of the poor. I was surprised that she still had the little house my dad had built thirty years prior, but he'd been smart and paid the thing off. She
"This can't be good," I grumbled and got out of bed, working to fix my t-shirt and sleeping pants as I stumbled into the kitchen. "What time is it?"
"Just before six. Sit down and I'll get you some coffee."
I rubbed my eyes and yawned loudly. "Before six? Shit, Steph. I had another hour. What's so important?"
"Parks. I want him, and you're going to help me figure out how to get him." She set a cup of coffee in front of me, and I blinked the sleep from my eyes before finally focusing on her. She was in a cute mini-skirt and tight shirt that tried to accentuate her small breasts, but failed.
"Wait. Why are you dressed like that?" I lifted the coffee mug to my lips and took a tentative sip. A groan left me at the deliciousness of it. "You need to make my coffee every morning."
"I didn't go to sleep." She tapped the table in front of me, causing me to jolt back. My coffee spilled onto the table, and I gave her a look.
"Chill. I just woke up, or maybe I'm still trying to." I leaned back as she worked to wipe up the mess.
"I'll make your coffee every day for the rest of our lives if you just help me get Parks." She walked back to the kitchen and returned with a plate of muffins that actually looked edible.
"I'm not sure what you want from me, but, like always, I'm here, so just tell me what to do, and as long as it's not something that I'm uncomfortable with, I'll do it." I shrugged and reached over, grabbing a muffin and taking a small bite. I couldn't usually stomach her food because she always seemed to forget a necessary ingredient. Sugar was the one she loved to leave out the most. A sugarless cake was nothing more than a disgusting biscuit.
"Good. I need to figure out what to do." She pressed her face to her hands. "He didn't shut the fuck up about you for ten minutes last night. I love you. I really do, but you need to push him off unless you're interested, then you need to tell me. I think I might be in love with him."
I laughed loudly and rolled my eyes. "You're not, but okay. I'll tell him to take a hike."
The muffin was good, and I was more than surprised. "You didn't make this, did you?"
"No." She smirked. "I got them at the store on the way home, though I shouldn't have. Our electricity bill is overdue by two months. I really think one of us is going to have to get a job, or find someone to start sleeping with who's willing to pay."
After taking another couple of bites, I dropped the rest of it on my napkin and took another drink of my coffee. "I'll look for additional jobs after my shift today. I can take on more. You just focus on the hospital. You know you don't do really well when you have ten things to juggle."
"You sure? I know you're wanting to impress Doctor Hottie. That's not possible if you're a zombie." She reached out and tugged at my hair. "Tell me about the dinner, and the sexy dream. Don't leave out any details."
"Of the dinner?"
"No. The dream," she snorted, and I couldn't help but laugh. We were broke as hell, but we would figure things out. We always did.
*
The calmness that I had over the electricity bill and me getting an additional job faded fast as I sat on the train on my way to the hospital. There had to be a better way to make some money on the side. Maybe I could tutor or help out with someone's side business at the hospital. I knew a lot of nurses and doctors would pick up extra shifts at other hospitals, or work a few days a week in a private office for additional income.
I wouldn't need it ten years from now, but I sure as hell did today. The electricity would be cut off by the evening if we didn't get a payment into them. It wasn't going to happen, and that alone stressed me out completely. I couldn't call my mom, seeing as how she had less income than even the poorest of the poor. I was surprised that she still had the little house my dad had built thirty years prior, but he'd been smart and paid the thing off. She
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