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TYPICAL DAYS

"mama!" aurelia cries through the phone as el waves at her, "hi, lia. how was lunch?" she asks.

"good." aurelia nods as el chuckles, "that's good." she enters the building, "hold on." she places her airpods in so she wouldn't bother anyone.

"why?" aurelia asks as el shakes her head, "nothing. it's all good now. are you gonna nap soon?"

aurelia nods as el sits down by her desk and place her phone by her pencil holder, "well, we can't talk for long because i have to work soon."

"but just call." aurelia pouts as el nods, "i said soon, not now."

aurelia nods, "sushi tonight?"

"yes, we can have sushi tonight. i can go get some after work." el nods with a small smile.

"apple." aurelia nods, "did we run out? i swear we had some in the fridge."

"gone!" aurelia laughs as el chuckles, "i'll get some after work as well."

"yo, i got the photos from the crash on the highway!"

el places her other airpod in to block out the voices, "do you want to make some cupcakes on the weekends? i could get some ingredients as well."

"give it to the new girl! she's at the back!"

"cookies." aurelia corrects her as el nods, "we can do cupcakes too. or do you want to make a huge cake?"

"huge! cute frog cake saw." aurelia says as el nods rapidly, "the pintrest one right? yes, we can try to make that."

"sunday?" aurelia asks as el nods, "sunday. i wanna go out with you on saturday since grandpa is going out."

"where?" aurelia asks.

"ask grandpa-"

"el?"

el looks up and her eyes widen, "mike!?"

"meanie!" aurelia exclaims as el holds her finger up, "he can't hear you, sweetheart. give me a sec." she places herself on mute and then looks up at mike, "what are you doing here?"

"i work here." mike states, "what are you doing here?"

"i work here. i was supposed to at chicago but they transferred me here. oh my god, does that mean i have to see you all the time!?" she groans.

he scoffs, "that's not that bad, is it?"

"well, it is. what are you here?" she asks whilst crossing her arms.

"i'm a photographer. you're a journalist?" he asks as she nods, "obviously."

"well here. crash on the highway, they should give you the info later." he places the file down as she sighs, "i hate it here."

"yeah, well i don't like it very much either." he rolls his eyes and walks away as she unmutes herself.

"where meanie?" aurelia asks, "not here. anyways, anything else you want from the store?"