☼︎ 𝚃𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚘𝚕' 𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜 ☼︎ 𝐹𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑜 𝑥 𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟

☞︎︎︎ Chapter 17 ☜︎︎︎

- Your very k o o l POV -
"You can't hide it from me bUsTeR." I gritted my teeth and managed a smile. (Lol cliche much) Pfft- I mean, of course I felt some weird pang of jealousy but that tEcHnIcAlLy didn't mean anything.
"Uh, uhhh... DISTRACTION WØRM!!" Albert screeched and threw a VeGeTaRiAn 'gummy' worm, suspiciously looked like our saviour (Earthworm Sally) in some random direction.
"SALLY NOOOOO-" I screeched and ran to go save Sally like literally any decent human being.

- AlBeRtO's POV -
Phew, that was cLoSe.

- Your very jAzZy POV -
I cradled Earthworm Sally, checking their '''''gummy''''' pulse. Then that's when ironically, my phone rang. Nice. Fantastic. Just- aWeSoMe. I'd managed to use up technically a lot of my sick days.
"Hey, Alberto? I'm gonna go start my shift at Starbucks. Hah- bucks, as if I have any." I set Earthworm Sally down on her make-do coffin made out of a sock. My sock. My beautiful, stùññíñg sock. My view of Starbucks had honestly been changed- we need MORE Fair-trade. We? Why am I saying we- cough anyway.

I'd made some decent friends- F/N (Friend's name). A-ha! They were literally the most decent human on Earth. Maybe apart from Albert- anyway. They happened to know about my ✨ past✨ with Kirsten the roach. Indestructible and annoying.

I was making my way downtown, probably like Albert did when I managed to recognise him from those fateful days without worrying about rent, and of course the crippling dbet that followed on. <3

I clipped on my name-tag, it literally always had the wrong name on it. Today's was: 'Rocc'. I- uh. I won't question it? I began my 'endless' shift. This seriously tall guy walked up (tO a LeMoNaDe sTaNd, aNd He SaId tO tHe PeRsOn RuNnInG tHe sTaNd-) to the counter, they looked veryyyy familiar.  Hey- I'm not complaining, they were seriously h a n d s o m e. They seemed to have a stuck-on handlebar mustache, weird glasses and a beanie. It hit my heart like the iceberg that hit the Titanic. And my heart s a n k. Killing every ounce of hope I had of having a decent day.

"Yyeeelllooo, do you guys have a shrek latte? It's like- onions, some garlic and honey?" 'oH tHe mYsTeRiOuS '''hAWt''' StRaNgEr' grinned and slammed down a piece of paper on the counter.
"Uh yeah, I think so." I replied- I had this plan that HAD to be discreet. Nobody would know? By nobody, I mean like- my co-workers. This plan literally stank of onions. "Your name?" I was pretty infamous among my co-workers for spelling names wrong in anyway possible. As for instance;  Ella became Salmonella, Sarah becamr Cara, Markus became Toys R Us and so on.
"UhHHHhhhhHh...Flamingo?" Albert really didn't plan it this far.
"Allrriigghtt, how would you like to pay? It'll be $8.99!" I did those cheesy smiles like in those sketchy store adverts. 'Flamingo' paid and walked off and plopped down onto a booth seat. I began my 'evil' scheme, I blended just- random stuff together. Sure it wouldn't be so much of a latte anymore but hey- they said Shrek soooooooo...Gotta give the customer what they want! (Sometimes.) Of course, they forgot to ask what size anddd that was already part of my 'plan'. So, I'd made this monstrous 'Shrek Latte', I'd made sure to put it all in 'Short' cup. Pretty small. And just ✨ expensive✨.

"Uh, could 'Flamingo' please get their drink?" I looked at the 'Shrek '''Latte''''. Albert slowly walked over, the '''Latte''' stank on onions and who knows what?-
"Thanks." He forced a smile, his eyes watering from the ✨onions✨ and their ✨layers✨. I could hear his incoherent mumbling about how gross it was. I'm surprised he didn't order his classic apple oat-meal-thing.

- Kirsten's POV -
As soon as Y/N had gone off to work- I figured that I should probably do some NECESSARY snooping. Since we were BeStFrIeNdS- but heck, that changed when ✨ My 2nd year of that hell-hole called High-School ✨ began. Fun times. Anyywaaayyyy, time to go bother Albert. I made my up up the stairs and into his 'cHaMbEr Of EnDlEsS sCrEaMs' annddd he wasn't there?? Maybbeee he just went to- no he went to go buy some stuff. I went back downstairs to find Bedrock staring into the dark depths of my soul. N i c e. Soooooooo, I may or may not of ended up spending my time stalking Y/N's: Twitter, Instagram, TikTok anddd what looks like Facebook? HOLY- that account really hasn't changed. She's kept those pictures of us from like a few years ago up. YaYYYyYYyYyYYYy...! I heard somebody open the door and I quickly closed the tab and went back to watching some random sheep bouncing on a trampoline? Turned out it was Uh..Does Albert have another sibling?

A/N
Oof, sorry for not updating for a whiillleee!! Happy up-coming Valentine's day! :D