SUBMERGE

6. Rue In A Pill.

                                         _______
                       Nobody wanted your dance,
             Nobody wanted your strange glittering,
                                Your Floundering,
   Drowning life and your effort to save yourself,  
      Treading water, dancing the dark turmoil ,
                      Looking for something to give.

                                                              Ted Hughes.
                                                             Birthday letters.
                                     ____________
 
                                                  ♟

Desire's eyes scanned the shop till they landed on Elena who was leaning against the counter busy on her phone. She focused back to the owner of the diner Elena had brought her too, apparently Elena knew the former owner so she put in a word for her. The man was definitely in his late forties, he had a large beard with tiny spectacles which he looked above whenever he took a glance at her.

"Hmmm. Okay your hired you'll start work today from seven to ten" The man told her handing her a red and blue t'shirt with 'Bobby's diner' witten on it.

Desire thanked the man continuously before leaving the diner with Elena.
"I'm very grateful Elenq"

"Its alright, i once worked three jobs at once it was a hard experience"
Elena opened her purse and offered Desire a cigarette which she refused. She shrugged and lit one, closing her eyes once the smoke came through her nostrils.
"I tagged you as someone who would puff once in a while. My bad"

"I'm sober"

Elena's lips formed an O shape realizing what she meant, she put off her cigarette.
"I'm sorry"

"No it's fine. I'm better now" Desire told Elena and herself too.

"How would you handle your job and this?" Elena questioned.

"Honestly" She turned to face Elena
" I'd try anyways".

Elena searched Desire's face, something inside her turned at the sight of the slightly caked up make up under her eyes.
"Are you sleeping well?"

"Yes. Yes I am" Desire answered in a serious tone.

"Okay. It's just I've never seen you on make up but today your under eyes are caked with foundation..."

How dare she question her?
How dare she pretend like she cares?
"Look Elena I appreciate you getting me a job and I'd always be grateful but you don't know me so I'd be so much happy if you'd mind your business. Okay. Don't pretend to worry about me. I AM FINE."

Fortunately for Desire her apartment was close by,  so she stormed off. Few minutes later she opened her apartment she was greeted with Kiara, maddy and Kye on the kitchen counter discussing. Everything stopped once she saw Kye cutting a red apple into pieces, her eyes fell onto the sharp knife edge. The way the cold steel sliced through the apple so easily, dividing the one apple into seven equal halves, so voluptuously. She Imagined how leisurely it would go through cutting her skin, she swallowed hard. She heard her name but so many things running through her mind her mouth couldn't open until someone touched her, her head immediately banished such thoughts from her head. She mumbled a greeting and ran past them into her room breathing hard.

The water poured down from the shower as Desire washed her self clean. After that she moved to the mirror, it revealed the dark bags under her eyes, she cursed her pale skin for making them so obvious. Wrapping a towel around herself, she walked to her bed, squats and brings out a black shoelace box tied with a red ribbon that was hidden under her bed.