Electric Love - R. Meeks

{ 𝙼𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝙼𝚒𝚗𝚎 }

"Wᴇʟʟ, ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴄᴀʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴀʀʟɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴏᴋᴀʏ 'ᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ɪ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ᴀᴍ ʏᴏᴜʀs ᴀɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ᴍɪɴᴇ, ᴅᴏᴇsɴ'ᴛ ᴍᴀᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴀɴʏᴡᴀʏ."

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"I'm clocking out," Belle Macher called from behind the counter at Buzzed, the coffee shop she worked at. It was 10:00 pm and the place was closing, but she wasn't staying to lock up.

She grabbed 4 coffees she'd made seconds prior for some friends and walked towards the door.

"Alright, see you tomorrow!" Her coworker, Daphne Franks, called.

Belle pushed the door open with her elbow and walked towards her car. A baby-blue, 1967 Chevrolet Impala.

Her parents had bought it when it was new and passed it to Belle after her older siblings were finished with it.

Belle personally loved the car. It had a sleek leather interior and was in near perfect condition.

She returned her thoughts to the road as she pulled to a stop outside of the video store where her long time boyfriend, Randy Meeks, worked.

The 4 coffees were for herself, Randy, and 2 of his coworkers who had been working nearly all day.

Belle pulled the keys from her Chevys ignition and opened her door. She reached across the center console to grab the drink carrier of coffees.

As she walked in to the video store, Belle was met with 3 very exhausted looking employees.

"Oh thank God your here," Randy cheered, reaching to grab a coffee from the carrier. He passed one to both of his coworkers as well.

"Randy," his female coworker, Karen Kolchak paused, "I think she's the only reason you keep getting re-hired,"

"I don't doubt that for a second," Randy responded, laughing slightly.

The 3 video store employees wouldn't be able to go home for at least another hour as they still had to re-stock the shelves.

"Are you staying to help re-shelve?" The male co-worker, Daniel Zarits, asked.

Belle nodded her head in response. She took a sip of her own coffee, having long disregarded the drink carrier.

The 4 spent more than just 1 hour re-stocking shelves. They'd gotten distracted and started goofing off long before the clock hit 11 o'clock.

When they had finished their coffees and gotten all the movies back to there spots, Daniel glanced at his watch. "It's the 3 in the morning," he said, suddenly realizing how tired he was.

"Oh shit," Belle gasped.

"What?" Randy asked in response.

"If Stu's home, he's going to murder me,"

"Why?" Karen interjected.

"Because my shift at Buzzed ended 5 hours ago and I lost my key so he can't lock the doors until I'm home," Belle answered.

"Stu'll be fine," Randy started, "Besides, he's probably off screwing Tatum somewhere,"