DAY 204, THURSDAY, APRIL
H: You can finally go home I see?
R: Yeah, finally.
H: You deserve it. I saw you running around all day.
R: It was a little hectic.
H: Yeah.
R: You, uh... you're on a break?
H: I still have three and a half minutes left.
R: And don't you dare sit any longer than that!
H: I once got back to the manager, what, not longer than two minutes after the scheduled fifteen minutes. They were pissed.
R: And why wouldn't they be? God...
H: I'm glad I found them in the store.
R: Why?
H: So they had to be nice to me in front of the customers.
R: Oh, right.
H: Yeah. Since then I've been keeping a close eye on the clock during my breaks.
R: Good, good.
H: Do you have any plans for the weekend?
R: The weekend?
H: I know we still have tomorrow to get through, but then... Saturday! Do you need to work?
R: Yeah, only Saturday morning.
H: You can't even sleep in?
R: Nope. On Sunday I can.
H: Well, that's still something. I'm free for once this weekend.
R: Nice. Do you go to school?
H: I'm in my last year.
R: Exams are coming up then?
H: Yeah, I've been procrastinating studying for them. One of these days I should really get started, though.
R: I know the feeling.
H: Besides work, do you have any other plans?
R: Maybe.
H: Maybe?
R: Yeah. K invited me to a hangout but I'm not sure I want to come.
H: Why not?
R: Me and K haven't really been seeing eye to eye lately. It's frustrating.
H: I can imagine.
R: Anyway, they said there'll be more people than just them. But still... I don't know.
H: Hmm.
R: I don't know if I want to hang out with a group yet. I just don't feel... good.
H: In general? Or about something in particular?
R: In general I guess. I don't know. It's hard to explain.
H: You don't need to explain. And it's okay if you don't know how to put feelings into words. It's okay.
R: Thanks. Are you coming?
H: To the hangout?
R: Yeah.
H: I haven't been invited.
R: Oh. I figured you'd have been. I'm sorry.
H: That's okay. I was invited a previous time but I declined.
R: Maybe they assume you wouldn't want to come now either.
H: Probably.
R: I can ask K to invite you if you want.
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The Stockers (Completed)
Teen Fiction'If I live through this, I can do anything I want. No experience will ever be as awful as this one. I'll come out the other way stronger than ever.' Six stock clerks fight against fatigue and boredom in the store they work at. It creates a bond stro...
