Entirely Different Person [PETER]

Chapter 7 - You and me.

I'm falling. Where am I? I look around. I'm in an ocean of some sort. I can't move. I'm falling. Falling. Deeper. Into despair. My limbs are frozen. It's cold. I can't breathe. I start to close my eyes. But wait, I can see something in the distance. Jumping in the water. They look scared, maybe worried perhaps. They're swimming towards me. Closer. Closer. We're so deep in the ocean now. At this rate, we're both gonna die. I feel them grab me. I chuckle, letting out my last breath.

"Y/N..."
"Y/N...!"
"Y/N!!!"

I wake up. Huh? "Y/N, you're late for work!!! Hurry up!!" Lucy yells. Since when did she care if I was late? I check the time. 12:35... 12:35!?!? Shit!!!!

I run out of bed, slide on my clothes, put my crocs on, doesn't bother to do my hair, and forget perfume, TK will kill me!!!!! "Thanks Lucy..!!! I owe ya!!" I hear her giggle. "Don't worry about it!! See ya!" I run out the apartment.

I don't remember a time where I've ran so fast. I think I got to the diner at 12:39. It usually takes me 15-20 minutes. And that's slow walking. I burst in, hoping that TK doesn't see me. I hear a sigh behind me. Startled, I jump and look at the green haired person.

"Seriously... Y/N..?" They sigh again. "I'm sorry! My alarm didn't wake me up for some reason. I swear I didn't mean to be this late!! And I even rushed over here. I looks totally crazy right now!" I clock in while speaking. "I can't do this by myself, you know." I look down. TK's right. I need to be more responsible. "Sorry TK." They blush. "It's fine, now get to work..!" They stutter. They're so funny.

I have cleaning duty today, which sucks ass. Then at 2:30, me and TK switch. They take cleaning duty and I do waiting, because I don't do cooking. I can cook though, don't get me wrong. I just prefer waiting instead. Easier and stuff, you know?

**TIME SKIP**

"Y/N, time to switch!" I hear them yell. Already? Ughhhhh. I get up from the seat I was sitting on, walking towards TK. They look disappointed. "Why so blue?" I ask.

"Your boyfriend's here, or whatever."

I gasp. Peter's here? I run to go wait tables, to see which one he's at. I see him wave to me. I feel myself blush. I walk over to him. "Hello, welcome to Dad's Damn Diner, may I take your order?" He grins and gets up. "Ah yes, I would like a Y/N please." I tease him, I go closer to him, smiling. "Sorry, we don't serve that here, maybe you should walk your order home before asking for it at it's workplace." He squints his eyes at me. "Oh really? I think that's what I was originally gonna do, darling."

I grin. "Would you like a milkshake while you wait?" He sits down. "Yes, that would be great please." We exchange smiles.

A few minutes later, I arrive with his milkshake. "Here you go, good sir." He looks up from his phone. "How much will that be?" I shake my head. "No! It's on the house, dummy." He frowns. "Are you sure? I insist!-" I shake my head. "Nuh-uh! Keep your stupid money!" I laugh. "Hey, what did my money do to you for you to call it stupid?" He rolls his eyes playfully. "What did it do?" I lean closer. "Well it is yours." He gasps. "Wow. Discrimination." We both laugh.

"I have to keep working, it's up to you if you wanna stay, I still have another two hours though." He tilts his head and smiles. "I'll wait, I have nothing better to do, plus I need to walk you home." My eyes light up. "Okay!!! I have my break soon anyways." Before I could walk away, he grabs me by my arm. "Can I get a kiss?" He asks. I feel myself blush. Kiss? I look down at the ground, trying not to show that I'm literally the color red. I look up and leans towards him. So close to the point I smell his cologne. I wrap my arms around him, lean closer and close my eyes. Our lips touch and I feel his warm lips on mine.

We sit there for a moment before pulling away. I look into his eyes when I pull away. His deep, dark, blue eyes send me into an abyss. It feels like the same person from that dream I had earlier. I realize what I'm doing and say, "Okay!! I'm going back to work now!!" I rush off. I feel a bzz from my phone. It's from Peter.

"I love you <3."

Those words alone make my heart race like never before. Not even when I ran to work this morning. He makes me the happiest in the world, followed by TK and Lucy. He makes me feel so safe. I love him so much.

**TIME SKIP**

It's the end of the day, 5:26. And to my surprise, Peter's still here. I smile. He really likes me, doesn't he? "TK! I'm heading out now." TK looks at me. "Y/N, wait." They look stressed. "Yes? Is anything the matter?" TK looks down. "No, nothing. I just wanted to say I like your crocs. Have a good night, Y/N." They walk away, avoiding eye contact. What's wrong with them lately? I wonder what it is.

I walk over to Peter, to my surprise, he seems to be sleeping. So cute. I sit next to him. His hands grabs my waist, and he pulls me closer. "You're so cute, you know that right?" He says while staring into my eyes.  I feel myself blush. Gosh, he's so attractive. "No.." I look away from him in embarrassment. He leans forward and kisses me. I kiss back. "Let's... go home.." he lifts in eyebrow. "Me? Your house? I thought I was only gonna walk you." I realize what I said. "Oh, yeah..! I meant that, haha..!!" I laugh nervously.

We walk to my house. "I didn't know you lived so close. How do you manage to be late to work?" I giggle. "My alarm doesn't wake me up." He looks at me. "I guess that makes sense.. kinda." We stop in front of my house. "This is the stop. I'll see you!" He smiles. "I'll see you." Before he goes, I go up to him, grab the collar of his hoodie, on my tippy toes and kiss him. I pull away and he's stunned. His face glows bright red. "Pick me up at 1!" I say. "Alright." he nods. "Okay, bye!!" I wave. "Bye my darling." I walk inside. He watches me go inside, making sure I'm safe. I see Don standing there.

"Was that your boyfriend?" He asks. "Yes! He is." I nod my head violently. "Seems like the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree. You and Lucy are the same." I get offended. "No! We're totally different. Sure, I love Lucy, but for several months I've been paying rent while she sits on her ass and gets fucked by random dropouts!" I cross my arms. Maybe I went too far. "She is changing, though. She has an interview tomorrow." He looks puzzled. "Did she tell you what job?" I think for a second. No, she hasn't told me. Maybe I should ask her. "Okay, but the good thing is, she's getting a job." He shakes his head. "Just move out already. It pains me to see you like this. At this point, it's better for you to go with your boyfriend, and I don't even know the guy." I think for a second. Maybe I should move out. It'd be better for the both of us. "Yeah, maybe you're right Don. I'll sleep on it, thanks." He ruffles my hair. "No problem kid." I wave goodbye and head upstairs.

I open the apartment door, to see Lucy, actually getting her clothes ready for tomorrow. "Getting ready?" I ask. "Yeah, gotta make sure I look good." I sigh. "What's the job you're applying for? You haven't told me." She looks surprised, and nervous. "Oh, um, it's nothing really. The job requires fun and you don't like me having fun, do ya?" She says playfully, but also nervously. "What's the job?" I say in an angered tone. She looks down and sighs.

"I'm applying to be a stripper, Y/N."

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