Like I Want You.

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We walked into Sheila's home, for someone who lives on the south side her house was really nice. "Take your shoes off and leave them right there dear." She said taking her shoes off, I did the same. I looked at her house in amazement. "Your house is so beautiful Sheila." I say looking at her, "Thank you sweetie, you can go and look around the house while I make us our first meal as mother and daughter." She says excitedly. I think I'm gonna like it here.

I grab my bags and walk upstairs looking for which room would be mine. I come across a bedroom with light pink curtains and light green walls with designs, there were teddy bears on the bed that was in the middle of the room against the wall. This must've been Karen's room.

I start putting my clothes into the closet and dressers. "Food is ready!" I hear Sheila yell from downstairs. I stop what I'm doing and walk down the stairs and to the table where Sheila had placed two plates of green beans, steak, mashed potatoes, and a mix of cauliflower and broccoli, it smelt and looked so good. "Wow this looks amazing, thank you Sheila." I say smiling at her, "Oh you're welcome, I hope you enjoy." She responds back.
We start eating and talking, "I just got this job at a Whole Foods grocery store, and since it's summer, I don't want you to be alone, if I need to quit for you then I will." Sheila says after taking a sip of her water. "Oh no that's fine, I could find me a part time job or go out and make friends. I don't want to hold you back." I say looking up at Sheila. "Oh you are so sweet, thank you!" She exclaims.

"Well I'm off to work now, have a nice day dear." Sheila says before leaving. It was the next day and Sheila just left for work, time for me to go find a job. I go to the bathroom and take a shower while blasting music. "I've been warned about you ! In my dreams at night ! There's something about you ! Try to ignore the signs !" I sing from the top of my lungs in the shower.

I look through my clothes and picked something to wear. I grabbed a brown button up cropped collard shirt with a brown plaid skirt with white details on it, I pair the outfit with white air forces and ankle high socks. I put my hair into a ponytail leaving two strands out and then I grab my phone and began to wonder around the streets of the south side.

I was walking until I noticed a convenience store with a help wanted sign on it, it was called "Kash and Grab". I walk in and see two boys behind the counter, one with black hair and one with orange hair, they looked like they were at least 18 or 19. I walk up to the counter and they both look at me and it was pretty silent. "We don't sell cigs to minors so beat it kid." The one with black hair says. "Oh sorry, my name is Odessa and I saw the help wanted sign out front and I'm sort of in need for a job." I say looking around the store then back to the boys. "Finally! I'm Ian and this is Mikha-" Ian got off by the other boy, "don't say my government name or I'll cut your fucking tongue off." He said, Ian rolled his eyes. "This is Mickey, he's my boyfriend and an asshole, so if you wanna work here you gotta get used to the threats." Ian says with a little laugh.

"We're just gonna ask you a few questions and then we'll talk I guess." Ian says, I nod my head. "How old are you?" "16", "What's your parents name?" "Sheila Jackson", they both look at me confused. "Sheila Jackson? I could've sworn her daughter's name was Karen." Mickey says, "Sheila adopted me and since she has work I decided why don't I get a job or maybe make some new friends. I've been locked up in a foster home since I was 5 and I had to leave my best friend Willow, so I'm friendless and hopefully not jobless." I explain to the boys.

"You know what, my sister is a year older then you her name is Debbie, she's cool, she has a daughter named Franny, and she only hangs out with the men from her job since no one else wants to talk to her." Ian says , "That's cool, if I ever see her around I'll be sure to say hello." "You can come with us when your shift is over to meet her." Mickey says. At first I was like ok, then it hit me. He said Shift! "Wait I got the job?" I say being low key excited, "Ya you're chill, but if you try to steal I'll shoot you in your left tit." Mickey says, "I told you." Ian says. "It was a fucking joke, cool your dick asshole." Mickey says walking to the back. "Oh I'm the asshole." Ian mumbles making me laugh a bit. "I heard you dickhead!" Mickey yells from the back. Ian laughed and gets up. "You can sit here and wait for people to come and ring them up while I restock some stuff." Ian says leading me to the place him and Mickey were sitting. "Ok, thank you Ian." I say. "I'm the one who hired you where's my thanks!?" Mickey yells from the back. I smile and laugh a little, "Thank you Mickey!" I yell back to him.

I have officially got a job and for now I'm gonna call Ian and Mickey my friends, they seem cool, well Ian does, Mickey needs to work on his anger a bit tho.