My Heartbeats

Chapter 5

Jason's POV  

The next morning I woke up to my alarm buzzing. I turned it off and took a shower then got dressed. I told my mother I was leaving then I headed to my new job. When I got there I went and found Shawna's office, I knocked and waited for her to tell me to come in. A few seconds later she opened the door. "Hi Jason, come in." I went in and waited for her to close the door. She came and sat at her desk then told me to have a seat so I did. "Good morning Jason." "Good morning." "Alright, we have a bunch of papers for you to sign." We went to doing the paper work, about 15 minutes later we were finished. "I see you already have on khaki pants so here's your uniform shirt." She gave me a dark blue shirt. "Thank you." "No problem, we're gonna have you stocking today alright?" "Ok." "I want you to stay with Amia. She can help you with anything you need to know." She looked at her watch. "Ok." "Any questions you have ask Amia or come to me. Same if you have any problems alright?" "Yes." "Alright, let me just make sure she's here." "Alright." She left and I looked at the paper she gave me. A few minutes later she came back. "Ok Jason come with me." I got up and followed her. She showed me where to clock in then she showed me where the lockers were. "Alright Amia is in there, just tell her that you're new." "Ok thank you." "No problem." She smiled an walked away so I went into the back. When I got into the back there the girl had her back to me. I guess she was looking in the locker because it was open. "Hi." I said and she turned around. "Hi." She smiled. "I'm Jason, nice to meet you." "Mia, nice to meet you too." She put something in her locker then looked back at me. "I'm the new guy." "Ok." She giggled an put her left hand in her pocket. "Ok let's go sign in an get this party started." "Alright... Oh wait. Do I put my things in one of those lockers?" "Um.. Did she give you a specific locker number?" "No she just told me to talk to you." "Oh ok. I don't know how she's gonna deal with that but you can put your things in my locker until she gives you one if you'd like?" "Um.." I didn't know how I felt about that. I didn't know her like that so I wasn't to sure about trusting her with my things. "Or you could run an ask Shawna for a locker." "I'll do that." "Alrighty I'll be out there." "Ok." I went to Shawna's office and knocked on the door. She told me to come in so I did. "Hi Jason, how can I help you?" She smiled. "Um.. I need a locker to put my things in." "Ooh yeah, I have to sort that stuff out before I can assign you one." "Oh." "Amia usually offers to share her locker.. I wonder why she didn't?" She stood up. "I'll go talk to her." "She did... Offer." "Oh.." "I was just.." "Oh I see, you don't know her. You don't have anything to worry about, she's one of the nicest people here." "Oh." "Yeah, I'm sure your things will be safe with her. Just tell her you may need to put your things in there till I can get you one." I knew I was gonna seem like a jerk to her and I didn't really want to ask. "Ok thank you." I figured I'd just bite the bullet and ask her. I left Shawna's office and went over to where Amia was standing. "Hey.." I said and she looked at me. "Hi there." She smiled. "Can I put my things in your locker until she gets me one?" "Sure." We went back to put my things in her locker then she showed me where to clock in again.

Amanda's POV

When I got to work this morning I walked to the back and clocked in. When I finished I walked around until I found Mia. She was standing with the cute guy so I made my way over to them. "Hey girl!!" I smiled an she looked at me. "Hey, it took you long enough to get here." "I know, Jessie made me make her pancakes." She started laughing. "Shut up, then Sara joined in. She's standing in the corner like a little creep saying I want pancakes too.. Smiling. I'm like I'm sure you do." She kept laughing. "Dang they get on my nerves." "You love them. Anyways this is Jason, he's new here. Jason this is Amanda." "Hey again." I smiled. "Hey." He smiled an I looked at Mia. "Do you know where they put me?" "Up front on the register." "Ugh." "I know." "Ok, I'm gonna see you at lunch." "Alright." "Bye Jason." I smiled. "See you later." I waved an walked away. While I was standing there my mind started to drift off. "The new guy Jason is cute, I'm gonna try to be his friend." People started to get in my line so I turned my thoughts off and went to working. When it was time for me to go on my lunch break I went outside and waited for Mia. When she came out we went an got something to eat. When we sat at a table I looked at her. "So what's the new guy like?" I asked. "He's nice." "Do you like him?" "I don't know him well enough but he seems alright." "He's cute though." "Ooh I see. You like him." She smirked. "I wouldn't say like him, I'm just attracted to him." "Ooh, so what are you gonna do about it?" "Just try to be his friend." "That's it?" She frowned. "What are you gonna do about Ian?" "He has a girlfriend, there's nothing I can do about that." She laughed. "Touché." A few minutes into our conversation Jason walked into the store. "Look." Mia smirked. "I see him." He went an ordered his food then turn around an looked in our direction. I figured I would invite him over to sit with us so I waved at him. He waved back and I motioned for him to come over to where we were. When he got to where we were sitting I looked at him. "Hey do you wanna sit with us?" I asked. "Yeah." He smiled. "Alright." A few minutes later his food was ready. He got his food then came and sat with us. "So how are y'all ladies doing?" Jason smiled an opened his food. "We are alright, how do you like your new job?" "It's alright, its pretty easy right now." "Yeah stocking is always like that, its dealing with the register you have to worry about." Mia shook her head. "Really?" "Its the people. They get mad and wanna yell and throw the money at you." I added. "I know what you mean, I use to work at a super market." "Oh I see." We talked until our lunch break was over, then we went back to work.