Learning How to Drown

More Money?

I reached the houses and rang the doorbell. It was kind of hot out today so I was wearing shorts and a crop top with my blonde hair up in a bun. Luckily my boss didn't seem to care to much what I wore. He opened the door and I quickly got to work, although today he was in his office most of the time.

I passed by at some point and noticed he had his eyes closed and was pinching the base of his nose. He was talking with someone over the phone and sounded rather annoyed. I noticed his desk had an open space underneath, perfect for someone to crawl into. I could already imagine what Lucia would say.

I went back downstairs though and began cooking while trying to do some homework on my phone. "What are you working on" I heard and looked up to see my boss standing by. "Oh just some math work, I keep getting the answer wrong. I know it's wrong and I know I probably just messed up by missing something small, but now I have to retrace my steps and figure out what it is that I keep glossing over. Which might as well be one of the definitions of insanity mind you! I swear my eyes are going to get permanently crossed over looking at all this!"

My boss chuckled, he seemed to enjoy my antics. "Well hopefully once you find it and resolve the issue you'll finally get some relief." I stirred the pasta a little more "I hope so, food is almost ready by the way. Sir" I said, he seemed to like it when I called him sir. He nodded approvingly and went to sit and wait for the food.

I finished up and served us both, siting next to him as I have been these last couple of days. "Bon appétit" I said and we dug into our meal. While we ate I went ahead and tried my hand. "Um by the way I've been meaning to ask you something sir."

"You can ask me anything" he responded as kind as ever. "Is there anything else I can help with around the house? Or anything I can do to increase my wage? College is rather expensive."

He finished up his meal and seemed to think over the question for a moment. "There isn't really anything else that I need done around the house" he responded as his eyes rested on me. "So if you want to get paid more you'll have to come up with something else."

Ah, there it was. Seems Lucia was probably right. "I see" I said, tapping my nail on the desk. "Well I'll likely be looking for another part time job anyways" I mused out loud "but thank you sir." The boss smiled and I stood up and collected the dishes, going straight away to wash them. As I washed the dishes I could feel his eyes on my body behind me, though I kept quiet and pretended not to notice. Lucia's idea was still on the table, but I would prefer to leave it as a last option.

"Well I'm going to work out, I'll keep your situation in mind though and see if I can't think of something" he said as he began to walk away. "Yes sir, thank you sir" I responded not looking over and focusing on the dishes. I finished up and called an Uber to take me back to the dorm where I crashed on the bed.

"Um everything alright" I heard May ask. I looked up to see her covering herself with a towel. "Yea, he didn't give me a raise though." May sat down by my bed and rubbed my back "so you going to need help with that resume?"

"Yes please" I mumbled into my pillow. "Well let me get dressed first and we'll take a look" May says sounding as sweet as ever as she got back into the bathroom and closed the door. Meanwhile I took my phone and texted Angela and Lucia about what happened.

May came back and we got to work on the resume, once we were satisfied I sent it off to a couple of places. "So much for things going smoothly" I whined as we finished up and May chuckled. "It's not always going to be easy, but your doing well" she reassured me, which was always nice.

"Well my turn to take a shower" I said standing up and taking off my top. I noticed May's face get red as she quickly turned away. Now that I thought about it, neither Angela nor Lucia bothered to close the bathroom door whenever I was around and I never gave it a second thought when I changed around them nor them around me. But May always seemed to get weird about me changing in the room, and always locked the bathroom door whenever she was in there.

"I'm sorry" I said covering myself up with my shirt "I don't mean to make you uncomfortable." May turned wide eyed "uncomfortable!? Me!? Oh please! Save the thought! Mail it even! I'm not..." She looked away again.

I put my shirt back on and sat on her bed "hey, I mean it. There's nothing wrong with being uncomfortable and I like for my friends to feel at ease around me. So please if I ever do anything you don't like just let me know."

May looked at me, her eyes meeting mine as she opened her mouth to speak and then closed them again. The she smiled gently "thank you... I'll be ok, promise." I stood nodded and stood back up heading to the bathroom and closing the door before turning on the shower and stripping down.