DAY 376, MONDAY, OCTOBER
H: There you are.
L: Sorry.
H: Took you a while.
L: I know. Thanks for the patience.
H: You're welcome.
L: Did you find the place alright?
H: I did. It hasn't been that long since I went to this school myself.
L: And you still managed to find it no problem? You haven't deleted all memories tied to this place?
H: Apparently not. Lucky me.
L: Let's not get sad. Thank you for meeting me here.
H: Sure.
L: Now, are you ready to go for some shopping?
H: Yes I am. Are you? With that giant backpack?
L: Do you want to carry it for me?
H: No.
L: I guess I'll have to then. So yeah, I'm ready.
H: Great. Here we go.
L: I would be in chemistry right now, you know.
H: I'm sorry...?
L: No, I don't mind it. If I were to skip a class it would have been this one.
H: I'm still a little surprised you were okay with skipping class to go buy snacks with me.
L: And I were surprised you were willing to bike all the way to school to pick me up.
H: Well, the stores here are much bigger then at home. We'd have more choices.
L: That's true.
H: So, you have to work tonight. Excited?
L: Extremely. I've been looking forward to it all weekend. I laid awake last night; I couldn't sleep.
H: I can imagine. I saw the manager works tonight as well.
L: I didn't know that.
H: Sorry to break it to you.
L: It's fine. It's not your fault anyway. Or did you plan it?
H: I didn't. I was I had that power, that'd be awesome.
L: It really would. Do you know when they have a week off?
H: I don't know.
L: Too bad.
H: I have a bit of a strange question.
L: What is it?
H: Do you feel bad about talking bad about the manager?
L: Should I? Are you secretly their child?
H: I'm not. Truly, I'm not. Why, do you think we look alike?
L: No. Adoption is a thing, though. Why do you ask?
H: Well, maybe they're a really nice person.
L: Excuse you?
H: Well, you know how you absolutely hate some of your teachers? A good portion of them are married with kids. They must be a good person outside of their job somehow. What if it's the same with the manager?
L: Counterpoint. If they don't show that side of them, how are we supposed to like them?
H: That's fair.
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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...
