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I'm on my way to Harwoodgem for the first time after the interview two weeks ago, i got the job at a small local store that sells everything from jewelry and gems to herbes, books and just about everything that you might want. The owner of the store is this middle aged woman who inherited it from her grandparents. no one really knows much about her more than her ancestors were supposed to be one of the most powerful and respected families in the village and several ones outside as well. many people in our little town practise witchcraft or is a pagain. i think that it is only one family left in the village that still is a katholic kristian everyone else is either ateist like me, or a peagan.

as I enter the shop I'm greeted with a pleasant smell from all the herbs.

"hi can i help you with anything?" a young man with gorgeous light almost golden brown hair and dark brown mustreius eyes.

"oh i'm Eden, Eden Frazier, i'm the new worker here" i realised that i had taken to long to answer, damit why do some people have to be so gorgeous i didn't even hear what he talked about i just heard that he will go and get Eliza Harwood, the owner of the store. They got back a few minutes later and Eliza had some papers in her hand, probably the papers about my contact info. me and eliza talks about the store and what I will do, after about twenty minutes we finnish up and i will be back the next day, monday to start working

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That next day I woke up in a cold sweat. Every day when is this gonna stop, when will I be able to have one full night's sleep , i look at my phone 4:37, I got 5 heures of sleep. I won't be able to go back to sleep now, it is too late to try.

I go down to the kitchen and make a smoothie to start my day. afterwards i went out on a run to simply clear my head, i had been out for about one heure when i went to my friends house because i didn't want to be alone with my thoughts any more. They always have their window open in the summer, so I go in that way so I don't wake anyone else up. as i get inside i start looking to find a creative way to wake them up, i find a water bottle the perfect way and the easiest way. as I poured water on their face they jolted up from the bed with a shocked face, confused about what happened before I burst out in laughter.

"you little piece of shit!" Hunter half screams at me, still tired because I woke them up at 6 in the morning.

"I got bored and wanted to talk to someone, wanna take a walk through the village?"

" Why not I'm already awake, should probably do something productive when I'm awake" Hunter said.

As we got outside the sun and warmth hit us, we walked around the city for a bit and sat at a cafe. After about 1,5 heures i had to hurry to get to harwoodgem, my shift started soon.

***

i get to the shop and see the same guy as yesterday, i didn't get his name. he walked up to the front door and sees me, i walk in. he introduce himself

"hi im Tyler howell, i don't think i said it earlier"

i just stood completely frozen i had forgotten how handsome the man was, as i looked in him in aw, he clapped his hands in front of my face and i snapped back to reality

"You okay?" Tyler asked with a concerned tone in his soft voice "something bothering you?"

"y-ye i'm ok, i'm not really in the best mind set today thats all, well i haven't really been in the right mind set all year for that matter" i say. fuck, why do i alwways open up so quikley to everyone and everything.

"Well you are not the only one that feels like that, i myself have been struggling with everyday basics" he answered rather fast. maybe i'm not the only one to overshare? a slight smile crept up on me and before I realised that Tyler was walking to the back, I quickly ran after him.

After about half an heure the shop opened and as it was my first day I mostly watched Tyler so I could learn. As the day went by, there weren't many people at the store by lunch so we ended up chatting while packing up a new delivery.

"So how come I have not seen you around anything here, it is not a very big city?" I asked as he came back from the back of the store with new boxes.

"I have been out of town for the last couple of years, to find myself more. in a way i got more lost with that but as i came back i realised that i just want to help people." tyler answered as i was something everyone knew. wow that was deep from such a simple question, what does he mean with 'in a way i got more lost' now i'm even more intrigued. No, no it is his life and we don't know each other, we met a few hours ago.

"do you often do that?" i was snapd back to reality by Tyler's voice

"do what?" I questioned him. where I too caught up in my thoughts again? NO back to reality, you're not sitting on your own.

" zone out, get stuck in your own reality or with your thoughts" he answered.

" yeh, sometimes that can be a problem. I'm just in a confusing state of mind right now and tend to stick with myself, not letting people in, not trusting them." Why is it so easy to talk to him? Normally I have a hard time talking with people that I do know -well except for Hunter we talk about everything- let alone someone I just meet, but Tyler seems different, it feels like I can trust him. before he could say anything i kept going

"I don't even know why i keep talking" i said almost just as to myself but Tyler still noticed.

"have a hard time talking to people? maybe you just needed to dump it all out on someone?" he did have a point in what he said.

" yeh i guess but we are coworkers and at this rate you will probably know my whole life story in a couple of weeks" Tyler chugged a bit to my comment and we then went back to unpacking everything.