Saving Lotte Sullivan | Collingwood/Carlton

33: Daicos V Templeton

'She's baaaack!' Tobias Ritter childishly exclaimed, as Lotte walked past him, carrying many things in her hands.

'I'm not in the mood. That security guy is such a dick' Lotte complained, as she opened her bag and shoved her belongings back inside. 'He accused my portable phone charger of being a bomb?' She questioned, as she held the said power bank in the air. Tobias shook his head.

'Who are we talking about?' Ella Whitlock-Moore asked, as she quickly swooped in on the conversation.

'The new security guy. Such an asshole' Lotte said, disgusted as she quickly pat her work clothes down, after being uncomfortably searched with a body scanner. She sighed.

'Oh, you mean the sexcurity guard? Yeah, he's easy. I only had to do him once, he lets me slip past the machines each time now. It's amazing' Ella said, as she placed the arm of her sunglasses in her mouth.

'There is something extremely wrong with you' Lotte said, as she carried onto the tea room, shoving her back in her locker, where she found a pile of printed out letters from the manager. 'Get here on time', and 'your sick leave was not approved', and 'you're not above the workplace'. She quickly glanced as she scrunched them up and threw them in the bin.

'Morning little sis' Jake Giacobbe said, as he joined her and began putting his things away. 'I need a coffee' she said, ignoring him and tiredly blinking as she opened the fridge.

'Good luck with that' Jake sniggered, as he quickly checked his phone. No wifi, again.

'Jake?'

'Yo' he said, looking over at his colleague, who stared blankly into the empty refrigerator. Hers at home was an improvement for once!

'Why am I not seeing any milk? Where's the butter for the toast? The cold water?' She asked, pointing to the bare shelves. He shrugged.

'Nobody's brought anything in. We've gone the last week and a half without. They've also disconnected our wifi. And the heater' Jake explained, as he rubbed his hands together and breathed on them to warm up. 'But they can't do that' Lotte said stubbornly.

'Can't they? They have' Jake said, raising his eyebrows as he kicked the door open. 'It's a new workplace' he said from the corridor.

'Great' Lotte said, uncomfortably as she closed the fridge and walked over to the sign in sheet.

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'And then I was all like, hello? I'm a Moore. I belong in the restricted family and guest seating. They can't just refuse me entry! I mean, I had a wristband and everything. It was so crazy' Ella beamed, as she recounted one of her favourite stories of the past week. Lotte climbed up as she sat on the outdoor table, watching Jake depressingly shoot hoops alone.

'Hey guys' she said, awkwardly waving at them. Ella nodded as she turned to keep her focus on her colleague.

'Didn't you bring anything for lunch?' Tobias asked, seeing as the other two were either ignoring her or too busy.

'Huh? Oh, no I didn't. I'm not really hungry. I think I'm just tired, my brain isn't very switched on today. My neighbour accidentally set his microwave on fire last night, I had to deal with that until 4:30 in the morning when the fire department gave us the all clear' Lotte explained, as Tobias looked up at her, wide eyed. 'Is that who I'm thinking of?' Ella asked. 'Yep, Ginnivan. Again. As always' Lotte said, shaking her head. Sometimes that boy was more than just a migraine.

'Where are you sitting for the Collingwood Geelong match? Sit with me, please. I'm so much better than Ashlyn, she's depressing' Ella said, raving as Lotte looked at Tobias for help. 'Sorry, I'm flying out to Perth. Dogs play Freo on the same day' he said, smiling and shrugging.