Saving Me [MxM]

Chapter 03

Hot. That was the first thing that crossed Varian's mind when he got out of his truck and entered Parker's Tack and Tools. It was a ridiculously hot Tuesday afternoon and Millie wanted him to work.

Was she crazy? Well, he couldn't complain much anyway because he needed the paycheck.

Walking in, not caring that he was probably glaring, he went right to his usual job, bypassing Millie who was currently at the register reading a magazine. Stocking tools could be useful, so he entered the back room, stacked a couple boxes and brought them out to the shelves.

The first one he opened held average hardware tools. Nothing too particularly interesting.

From the corner of his eye, Varian noted Millie looked up from her magazine and arched an eyebrow at him, but she didn't really seem interested in talking to him. All he'd do is complain about the weather anyway.

Despite the coolness of the store, he was still feeling pretty tired from the heat.

"One would think North Dakota wouldn't be so annoyingly hot since it's north. But apparently not." Varian muttered out loud.

Millie's snort from the register made Varian aware she'd heard him.

"Glad to see someone is amused." Varian remarked sarcastically, rolling his eyes and focusing on stabbing a wrench on its hook, but he did it a little too roughly because the hook bent. "Damn it!" he growled.

"Boy, did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed or something?" Millie asked.

Lifting his gaze from the hook he turned to look at Millie. She hadn't even looked up from her magazine.

"If it was one more degree hotter I couldn't come to work. And this whole summer is supposed to be like this! Of course I'm frustrated." Varian snapped. "And Nathan's leaving soon, and he and Jecklynn don't along, and her stupid horse Cane keeps trying to get at my mares."

"Varian. Relax before you overheat or something." Millie mumbled waving her hand.

"I am overheated! That's the problem." Varian said.

Taking a moment to think about it, he did feel pretty out of it. He'd been tired earlier, but he hadn't thought it was attributed to the heat. And his head throbbed.

"I think...I'm going to sit down." he mumbled, sitting down on the floor and leaning his head against the wall.

"Care for a fan?" Millie asked, finally lifting her gaze from her magazine, glancing over to Varian.

Glaring at her, he gave a huff of annoyance. "No thank you."

Millie raised an eyebrow in response before looking back down to the magazine she was still engrossed in.

Letting her be, Varian relaxed and finally found himself able to calm down. Until the door to the store opened and the two people he did not want to see strolled in casually. Justin and Andrea.

Andrea decided to look around the store while her brother glanced around until he spotted Varian and just kind of stared at him.

Sighing, Varian rubbed his temple. "Death sounds nice about now."

Millie snorted again, and Justin made a face at Varian before turning to Millie and saying, "It's a little hot outside."

"No shit Sherlock." Varian commented, pulling himself into a straighter position.

"Someone's in a bad mood." Justin mumbled to himself.

There wasn't a point in mumbling around a Changed vampire, Varian heard it anyway.