Zero Time

Zero times part 2

Few weeks later at work I was let go as I was merely a seasonal hire. Good words in for me to come back in the fall though. In the meantime Tina older sister whose ID she was using to get a job at fourteen had an opening at her check processing job. Before it all became automated.
I was a fifteen year old boy, sole male at a job full of college girls. Lucky me right.
From six pm until six am. Friday through Sunday. I was alone with at least twenty college girls. All shapes, sizes, every color of the rainbow.
Walking in on my first day I saw two women kissing. “Neat.” I said as I walked by them to go to my boss who was a forty year old woman. Chain smoker at that. Not a male fantasy fanservice piece I swear. This processing place was off a main road in a “business” park. They owned the entire building. Was nice. The entrance was open up to a skylight that was three stories up. They have a mini garden that climbed up in the center. Each tier had trees and various plants. It was a very lovely building. Brickwork interior. Wooden staircases going up to each floor. Benches to sit around the center. Just the one business.
She blew smoke in my face as you could still smoke indoors at work still. “Wet behind the ears in more ways than one I see.” she spoke with her southern accent.
“Yes. But I am a fast learner.” I said to her and she showed me what it was I would be doing.
“Check for the names to be filled in here and here. Then you check to make sure that there are numbers here. And that the amounts match. Then sort accordingly.” she said to me.
“Thanks, Talulla.” I said to her.
“Tallie will do kid.” she said as she patted me on the back watching me check for what she told me and sort.
After five minutes she had wandered off leaving me in a roll with college girls who were sitting in just pajamas bottoms and a bra.
“So where are you from?” a brunette girl with glasses asked me as she was watching me sort the checks I had already verified.
“I am from here.” I replied as the job was located in my home city in my home state.
“Oh, I am from Maryland myself. I am mainly here for school.” she said as she stopped up to look over my shoulders.
I could feel her breasts pressing against me. I did not know if she was trying to get a rise out of me or if she was just being curious because I am a boy and she is a girl. Maybe it did not even matter because she just saw me as a coworker.
“You are pretty fast.” she said as she took a check. “This one whoever is a forgery. Tallie did not show you how to check for those because they are a hassle. But you can see the impression here of what was originally written on the checks. Someone stole this and washed it for their use.” she said as she watched me pull six more from the cubbies I already had sorted.
“These are the same then.” I said handing them to her.
“Good eye kid.” she said as she spun my chair around “Come, Laura is going to hate you.” she said, leading me to a woman at a desk in the back of the office. “Laura, new guy has presents for you.” she said as she went to sit on the desk next to a blonde woman who had an annoyed look on her face.
Laura was sitting there from what I can see, topless. “Oh does he now, Lucy.” she said taking the checks. “Seven even.” Laura said as her face twitched.
I averted my eyes as she was sitting topless at said desk.
“Oh don’t be a prude, they are just breasts, kid.” Laura said, flopping her ample chest about.
“Even so, I do not want to disrespect any of you or give any reason to fire me for looking.” I said to Laura.
“What's the point of working in an office full of hot women if you aren't going to take a look now and again?” Lucy said as she took her pajamas off swinging them around.
I felt very much that they were razzing me.
Laura got up, walking over to me. She looked me in the eyes. “Oh, he really is just a nice guy.” she said tussling my hair. “Listen, you are the only male in a building full of women. Majority of us do not like men, but you are Tina’s friend. If my sister says you are cool then you are cool. You hear me. So get comfortable because none of these girls are going to dress to make you happy. Nor are we going to get embarrassed or blush for you. Also if you did do anything bad we would all kick your ass.” she said, slugging my arm.
“Yeah you are Tina’s sister.” I said rubbing my right arm, the one Tina seems to enjoy hitting the most.
From then on I worked getting checks ready for processing. Laura really did come to find me very annoying as I kept finding forged checks. She would slug me in the arm, or man check me. This treatment from her and her sister, I got way too used to. It also caused the FBI to come out and take a set of my prints to make sure I was not the one washing checks.
During the week I went into school with a smile about my face. Classmates started to approach me. People were chatting things up with me. I started to hear them tell me that Wade had talked to them. Correcting things that Adam had been spreading. I guess she felt she was part of the problem for allowing him to do as he pleased.
Some started sitting with me. We talked about music a lot. I would watch them get into arguments over science fiction franchises. And imaginary beings. We were also talking about the budding emergence of japanime. From the boom anime magical sailor girls, to the dragon of balls.
One of these new friends smoked a lot of weed. He would be drifting in and out of sleep during all the classes.
One day in chemistry class, I was talking with another one of the new kids. Let's call him normal. We were talking about a band called Tool. When the teacher shouted “WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!” at the stoner kid next to me. “Why are you not helping your classmate?” she asked me as i had no clue what she was talking about.
The stoner kid was foaming at the mouth twitching.
Normal kid said “Oh cool, he is going to die.” as now the entire class is watching this.
“I was busy talking over here, I am not the teacher who has to pay attention to her students.” I said to the teacher as I saw wrapping on the floor. I picked it up and placed it on the table. “He will be fine, looks like he mistook a roll of antacids for lifesavers again.”
“Jesus fucking Christ. Pick him up and follow me.” she said having me princess carry him to the utility sink at the front of the room.
She attached the hose and shoved it in his mouth shooting the water right into his stomach.
I held him as he vomited up all the tablets he was still digesting. Yes he got a lot of it on me.
Rumor then spread that I tried to drown him. Luckily the teacher took care of dealing with the parents who came in the next day to have me arrested. No deed goes unpunished.
Work would have theme dress up days. From nineteen twenties flappers, to bikini bottoms only day. I would even let them dress me up in drag for their own amusement. This made things not suck so much. I had been writing poems about Tina. Yeah I could have just gone to the mall and seen her but I did not want her to think I liked her liked her.
On bikini bottoms only day Lucy would remove my t-shirt “to make everything even now.” she said as she would twirl me around for the others to see. Yes, they would have me wearing a woman’s bikini bottom. They refused to let any guy they knew wear a banana hammock as they called it.
Oddly as embarrassing as it was, even for a moment it felt nice to be treated like I was pretty again. Surrounded by wonderful people. I would be reminded of Erin, as I watched the girls interact and play with one another. Would she and I be playing the same if she had stayed. Would I still dress like a girl or would she prefer me as a boy. So many what ifs that will never be answered.
First warm day of the year, so it was a pool day. There were random kiddy pools about. I found an empty one and sat there looking up at the beautiful purple sky. The sun was starting to rise. I was  wondering what Tina was doing. When my view became XXX really fast. I was looking up at Laura. “Um…” is all I could utter.
“I told you no one is here to dress up for you.” Laura said as she stood over me. She looked down asking “It is ok to at least blink there.” she said squatting down next to me. “I know this is not the first pussy you have seen, kid.” she added as i did recall Lucy did enjoy sitting next to me scratching herself like some old man would scratch himself.
“First time I have seen a tattoo there.” I said to her as I was quickly put into a leg lock.
“COME ON TAP OUT!” Laura shouted as I was face smashed into her coochie with her legs squeezing me tight as she pulled my left arm.
I was too young to appreciate this. I did not tap out, as I took it as a challenge to beat her. I tried with all my might to power through this and stand up with her. But I forgot someone.
“TAG ME IN!” Lucy came screaming as she tackled me and Laura into this kiddy pool.
Yes, yes it hurt a hell of a lot slamming down into a shallow pool of water on top of brick flooring. My head was under water as I can admit in my old age, the impact stunned me a bit.
Laura pulled me up by my hair dragging me into a sitting position. She looked very worried about me.
I remember pinching her face smiling. “You have a heart.” i said talking about her heart tattoo on the left side of her pussy lips. Yeah I am not googling the actual name to make myself seem educated.
Laura lets me fall back into the pool. “Kid is ok.” she said as she sat next to me making sure I did not drown.
As the work day went on, I was again floating sort of on my back which was very visibly black and blue. Laura’s butt and right thigh were also very black and blue. Lucy felt bad about it as she was the reason we fell over so hard. But we did not blame her. Laura did put on shorts. It had pockets so it helped with holding ice packs. Yes, I do not realize just how very lucky I was in my youth. Surrounded by people who gave no fucks about rumors of me. My gender. Just that I treated them how they wanted to be treated. I saw so many naked women, and so very many of them making out.  Bless them all.
The school year came to an end. I had accumulated a trio of guys to sit with me. They really did not fit in with the jocks or the super smart people. Mainly because they smoked weed and were more chill. So with school at an end I got my hours at work increased. Thursday through Monday, six pm through six am.
One day at work, I walked in on Lucy and Laura fooling around with a game Lucy made up on the spot “I GOT YOUR NIPPLES!” she shouted as she was pinching Laura’s nipples.
“Hey!” Laura said as she pinched Linda’s nipples.
“Ok.” I said as I was walking back out the way I came. But Lucy is quick.
She jumped over Laura’s desk rolling the chair as quickly as she could catching me in it. “Not so fast there!” she exclaimed as she rolled me back to Laura’s desk.
Laura rolled off her desk sitting on my lap. “Well if it isn’t the big guy!” she said excitedly as she hugged me. She smelled of liquor.
Lucy pulled the chair I was in all the way back, I slammed to the ground. She then sat on my chest saying “I claim this land in the name of my butt!” and began to bounce on my chest.
“Have you two been drinking?” I asked as they started playing patty cake while sitting on me.
“Us no, unless you have something for us to drink.” Laura said before adding “Wink. wink.” no clue what she meant.
“Nope, I had more forged checks that are sitting scattered on the floor.” I said as I laid there.
Laura pushed Lucy down, getting right close to my face. “Hey, take us to breakfast.” she said as she then kissed me. “Was that your first kiss?” she asked as she then puked on my face. She started laughing.
Lucy said “You got some on my face.” and then she puked.
I know it is said every man fantasizes about two women, but I really could have passed on this night with two women. So after a while of letting them lay and walk all over me I finally got up to go get cleaned. Thankfully I was not wearing a shirt as one of the girls took it off me claiming it as a prize.
Laura came into the mens room. I was the only male so the ladies used it too. “Hey, sorry about puking on you.” she said as she was helping clean me off.
“Do not worry about it.” I said as I also rinsed out my mouth.
“In your mouth too?” she asked as she looked inside my mouth. “Guess that makes you a boyfriend then kid.” she said, slapping me on the butt. “Get a shirt on. Breakfast, my treat kid. As an apology.” she said leaving me to finish up.
I remember sitting across that shitty chain restaurant table looking at Laura. She was in her twenties. Gorgeous. I said out loud. “I miss Tina.” as I looked down at my bacon and eggs.
Laura got up and came over to me hugging me. “I know she misses your dumbass too. She asks about you. And …” she said as she punched me in my arm. “That is from her, not me. Been meaning to pass that along.”
I laughed as it hurt but that good hurt. I really missed Tina, and knowing where to look. I felt lucky watching these two women slap one another, because Lucy said her egg boobs were bigger than Laura’s egg boobs.  But that Tina is still out there somewhere, and that she thought of me enough to send an arm punch.
Summer went by quickly as of course it does when you are in a sea of wonderful naked company. Skipping a lot of it because who it really was just a lot of check reading and ultima fanservice if this was an anime.
The new school year has started. Sophomore year. Adam and Wade were not a total pain in my ass. Life did not allow them to be as I collapsed on the way from the house to the family van.
I was rushed to the ER. I could not even move. I had passed out as they laid me in a hospital bed in the ER. Surgery was done on me as I was out of it.
I woke up screaming so loudly they heard in the entire ward. I punched the closest person to me as I tried to get up. More staff flooded in to sedate me. Getting me under control. I was out again. When I came to, I apologized to the six men I had injured.
“Well, you had an appendix rupture.” The Doctor said as my mom interjected.
“Oh he just saw that on a tv show. So you know he faked it.” my mom who has always doubted me when it came to pretty much anything.
“No, he did not fake this. His appendix ruptured. We removed it and cleaned up the area the best we could. He is still very ill despite being strong enough to break a man’s jaw.” the Doctor explained to her. Then again before she finally let it go.
“Wait, I broke someone's jaw?” I asked being ignored. This would be a pattern going forward. 
My dad knows pain. He was quick to see what kind of drugs I would be on to make sure I was getting his money's worth.
The Doctor pushed my family out as he was tired of my mom's questions and telling him that I faked it when he even showed her the cut in my toros and tiny lumps of flesh that used to be my appendix.
The day nurse came in. She was nice. Her name was Emma. She brought me ice cream. As I was not allowed more solid foods. I laid in bed the rest of the day. Sometimes being fed by Emma.
The night nurse was a pregnant one, named Lisa. She brought me apple sauce for dinner. She fed me to make sure I ate it all. She even decided to tuck me in and read me a bedtime story. I could not tell her no as she was going to do as she pleased. She also did not want to go check on two whiney patients who pressed the call button every five minutes. She had them sedated for the night.
I went to sleep. I woke up some time later to find a man in a lab coat standing at my bedside staring at me.
He went ‘shhh.’ as he slowly backed out of the room.
I went back to sleep. Again some time later I woke up to lights flashing over my eyes. I was on the fourth floor of the hospital and saw flashing lights outside my window. I looked out into the hall to see two night nurses that were not Lisa standing still. Like time had stopped. I tried to move but could not. I suddenly could not keep my eyes open falling back asleep.
Morning came and Emma was there to wake me. “Do you need to use the toilet?” her first words to me.
“I guess I can go.” I said she helped me out of bed.
“What are all these wires for?” she asks me as she is pulling all the connections off my back.
I looked at the dozen or more pads and wires saying “I do not know. I do not remember anyone coming to do any tests.”
She led me to the toilet. She helped me sit down. Did not want to rip open my stitches. She stood there with me which was weird but then she started talking about how she was on her period.
After ten minutes I pooped. We looked at it. It was a sad pathetic dried out leech looking poop.
“Hmm, maybe we need to put more food in you.” Emma said as she spread my cheeks to wipe me. “I did not think you had anything to wipe off but gotta make sure you are sanitary.” she said as she did not even give me warning she was going to do that. Then she removed my gown giving me a wipe down before putting me in a new gown. To only put me back in bed. “Ok I will see about getting you something a bit more solid because we need to see a real poop.” she said as she walked off.
“Poop.” I said as I giggled as the morphine was doing its job.
That is now my first full day went.
Nighttime came and again I woke to see a woman in a lab coat just staring down upon me.
She put her finger to her lips silently telling me to shh as she backed slowly out of the room.
I awoke some time later to see the strange flashing lights again and nurses in the hallway standing still before going back to sleep.
I was then woken up by Lisa. She took me to poop. This time it was five minutes and I let out rabbit sized balls. “That is progress.” she said to me, helping me back to bed. Again with the flashing lights.
The third day came and I got snuck in fast food burger and fries by Emma.
“Your first solid meal should be meat and potatoes.” she said as she was taking some fries as we talked and ate.
“So why have none of your friends showed up?” Emma asks me.
“I do not have any.” I sadly admitted to it.
“That cannot be everyone has friends.” she said to me.
“My best friend picked a fight with me because he likes the same girl I did. Then the next good friend went to another country to get surgery to stay a girl. And no one really took her place. I did have a coworker who said she was a best friend. But I now work at a check place with her sister so I do not see her. And I am missing the first couple days of school right now. So no one but my family knows I am here.'' I gave Emma the rundown.
“Sad. This sister of that friend want me to call them up?” Emma offered.
“No. She likes to punch me in the arm and when she isn't knocking me over to sit on me.” I said as I took a bite of burger.
“You know some interesting people there, kid.” Emma said as she took another fry.
“Yeah. I seem to meet them only for a little bit. Like you. I enjoyed these days with you." I said to her as she wiped my mouth.
“Well kid you will have to leave sometime. Only sick people get to stay here.” Emma said to me as she got paged. “Well I gotta go check on this girl down the hall now. She is like you but is a lot more moody.” She said took some fries to go.
Evening came and Lisa had me walking around the ward. There I saw the girl Emma had mentioned. She was curled up in a ball on the floor. So I went in “Are you ok? Should I get a nurse?” I asked her as she just laid there.
“No.” she said as she did not move.
“No, you are not ok or no, do not get a nurse?” I asked for clarity.
“You’re stupid.” she said to me.
“I do get told that a lot. But I do mean well.” I replied as she poked her head up enough to look.
“You are that boy Emma said has no friends. Loser.” she said curling back up.
“True, that leaves me a lot of time to go to work with college girls who prefer being naked for twelve straight hours.” I said bragging.
“What? You are lying.” she said as she sat up seeming to be interested.
“Why would I lie to some girl on the floor in the hospital? For all I know you are dying. And it's a sin to lie to some dying kid.” I said to her.
“I am not a kid, I am sixteen.” she said, looking pissed at me.
“I am fifteen. Sorry to hear you are dying.” I said.
“I am not dying.” she said all snippy.
“Well you corrected the age part. But not the dying." I said to her.
“You are pretty stupid.” she said giggling.
I smiled saying “I do get told that a lot.” I decided to tell her more about the job,“So did I brag to you that I work with some naked college girls and a chain smoking old woman.” I said to her again.
“How did you get that job?” she asks.
“I used to work with a girl my own age at the Mall, that job came to an end and she said hey I will call my sister. And I got the job that way." I said catching her up on that part.
She patted the floor next to her.
I went to sit down.
“So what are you in for? Did they beat the shit out of you for jerking off to them?” she asked crudely.
Shaking my head “No, my appendix burst.” I replied.
“Oh mine too.” she said as she lifted her gown to show the teeny tiny cut they made in her belly.
I lifted mine forgetting I did not have underwear on.
She slapped me then saw my scar, “Holy shit that is huge. I would sue them for gutting you like that.” she said putting my gown back down. “You are on some good pain killers aren't you kid?” she asks.
“Morphine, I think she said it was called.” I replied as she called the nurse.
“Yeah you are bleeding out there. Hope you don't die.” she said as the nurses rushed in putting me on a cart to go back to my room.
The next day Emma was scolding me about sitting on the floor when I was to only walk around the ward then back into bed. But told me that girl was a lot nicer from that moment. Apparently having someone risk death just to sit with her was a big thing to her. She assumed her appendicitis was punishment for her having sex. She felt she deserved all the pain she was in. Stupid christians gotta stop lying to their children. Not everything bad that happens is because you did anything sinful or wrong.
The final day of my first extended stay in a hospital outside of being born in one was now at an end. I was waking in bed still in a gown with no underwear. And the thing that happens to males when they first wake was happening to me.
Emma was laying in the bed with me. “Good morning. Sorry I needed to get off my feet for a moment.” she said as i really did not mind.
“The first non-family member I was in a bed with as a teenager, her name is Erin. she smelt nice, sort of like your perfume.” I said to her.
“I am not wearing any. I just smell sweaty dear.” Emma replied.
“Still smells very nice.” I said to her.
She elbowed me. “Charmer. So what was Erin to you?” she asked me
“My first girlfriend.” I replied before adding thanks to the Morphine “She was born with a penis.” and I giggled from saying penis.
“Oh.” she said, looking at me with that side eye. “If I was her, what would you say to her right now?” she asked as she took my hand.
I rolled to look her in the eyes ''I miss you Erin. Life has put a lot of weird and hittie women before me, but they all remind me of you in some way. Even this really nice nurse Emma. I wish I had gotten more time with you." I said to her.
Emma kissed me on the nose. “I hope you do. If not, I am sure any one of those weird women who like to hit you, would be lucky. Except for this nurse Emma, I hear she likes girls too.” she said to me.
I rested my head on her shoulder. The world felt so tiny and safe there with her.
“Sorry it's poking me.” Emma said as my morning wood was dispatched. “Our secret ok.” she said as I did not know what she was talking about. That first drip of morphine in the morning is awesome. 
We laid there for a while, another twenty minutes. She probably was hiding from doing something and I was still enjoying the morphine, so she smelt and felt really nice to me. But all good things come to an end.
Check out time came. I got my hugs goodbye from the nurses, especially Emma. The girl I had met had already left. Women get less time after an appendix apparently.
Well the school year had begun. I was in the office getting all my homework and schedules I needed.
“Ok you should get down to your homeroom now.” the head office woman, Amira, said to me as she went back to her desk. She is the one who really ran the place. She and the Nun were lifelong friends. They were in the war together. They never told me what war.
I went to my class.
“Finally decided to grace us with your presence.” the short odd looking  male religion teacher said to me. He was new.
“Yes sorry, I was busy coming back from the dead. Jesus made it look easier than it is.'' I said to him as I took the empty seat in the back. I was surrounded by new kids who laughed at that exchange.
“No blasphemy in my class.” the teacher said to me.
“It is not blasphemy, the Archbishop of this diocese is the one who told me it when he thought he was having a heart attack. But then he ripped ass.” I said to the teacher.
Everyone in class laughed. Except for the teacher.
As punishment he had me come kneel in the front of the class holding two pails of sand out, while I knelt down on jagged pointer sticks.
Twenty minutes into it he was amazed I was asleep in that position. “Wake up.” he said as he hit me with a ruler. “What is wrong with you, are you abused or something?”
“What are you talking about?” I asked as I was still holding the position.
“A normal kid would be begging after ten seconds you are in twenty minutes.” he said to me.
I laughed “Dude, the nun makes me do this on tacks while she hits me with the cane and holding a hundred and fifty pounds bucket of cement in each hand.” I said to him, “So this is a walk in the park.”
The class laughed.
Just then speak of the devil and she will appear. “Where is the Professor?” the nun asks as she storms in with Michelle in tow.
“I am the teacher of this class, I am not a professor.” he said to her.
The Nun slapped him. “Hush boy, I am not talking to you, you nitwit.” she said as then she turned to me. “You Professor, who told you you could you die? Especially before me.” she asks as she hits me in the chest with her cane. She then looks at me asking “What the hell is going on here?”
“He is being punished for being blasphemous.” the teacher said.
“Him blasphemous!” the Nun began to laugh. “Professor drop those shit pails and stand up.”
I did as she told me to.
“Now, if you ever get told by this weak willed so called teacher that you are blasphemous or anything of the sort you are to knock him out on his ass.” the nun said as she hit me in the side with her cane.
“Yes, sister.” I said to her.
She then made a fist at him and walked me out with her. We were still within earshot of the room when she said “Sometimes you have to let them young punks know who runs things.”
We then spent the rest of the morning in the cafeteria having me tell her about things that have happened since December the previous year. How I lost the security job. She did not like the stadium part.
“Well I hate that prick reverend too. Should have called me. We could have gone over to see him and I would have popped him one.” the nun said as she very much was like Granny from that hillbilly series.
We basically were waiting for the teacher to bring the principal down.
Which he did. He admitted to the principal thinking he had one over on the nun and I. Punishing children as he did is against the State laws and the schools code of ethics and conduct. A deal was struck where he would leave me be and he would not be fired and arrested. That is the Mafia Nun for you. She may have been old, but she was playing chest in six dimensions. While the rest of us were playing checkers while chewing on the pieces.
Come October I was sitting in religion class with the religion teacher who was a pain in the ass. He seemed to preach about everything being a sin. This time he was complaining about a song.
“And if one and one is three, that is the devil trying to get into your minds and soul.” he said to a class that was not even paying attention to him.
I sighed as I found people like him to be what is wrong with my religion. “If your faith is so fragile that bad math skills can shake you to your core you should rethink your entire existence.” I said to him waking up half the class.
“See this is why I called you blasphemous.” he said as he quickly remembered the nun telling me to punch him. He got behind his podium inside of his desk remembering what the Nun told me to do to him if he spoke that way to me again.
“Blasphemous, that is amusing. Tell me something when you go out on exorcisms, how much protection do you take with you?” I asked him.
“What are you talking about, exorcisms are not recognized by the church.” he replied, scoffing.
“Only for people weak of will and spirit. You know who Father Francis is right?” I asked him.
“The one who smokes cuban cigars, yes I know him. Why?” he asked me as he was trying to look all authority of the classroom hiding behind the podium.
So I will go into a story. 'Well three years ago I went with Father Francis, a Rabbi Alyssa Wise, and a woman dressed in black lace coverings to hide her appearance. I was informed to just call her Bruja. Mexican for Witch’ It was about five in the late afternoon or early evening depending on how you see it. Francis had driven us about two hours north.”
The Rabbi was asleep in the passenger seat as Bruja sat next to me. This allowed her to keep poking at me and pulling random hairs to examine.
“She does not think you are real.” Father Francis said to me as she was only speaking what sounded like gibberish to me.
I just looked at her saying ‘I wish I could say the same but she smells like feet.”
Bruja just laughed.
“She can understand me, but she does not speak any language I can.” I said to Father Francis.
Bruja was speaking that incoherent gibberish again.
“She said she is speaking just fine. You just are not here to understand.” Father Francis translated. I just assumed they were messing with me.
We arrive at some farm because of course it's a farm in the middle of nowhere. It even had that wonderful murders happen here vibes.
Father Francis says “Keep your eyes peeled. Professor, you stand back. You are here to just observe.” as he and the Rabbi lead the way.
Bruja slapped me across the chest talking her gibberish and pointing up then down.
“I do not speak whatever it is you are flapping out of your mouth.” I said as I think she has a disappointed look upon her face. The sun was starting to set so the lighting was bad. Her many layers covering her did not help any.
We wandered around the farmland. To each building. We found piles of meat of what were various animals. I was fixated on a warehouse. I started to walk towards it.
“I told you to stay behind us.” Father Francis said as he pulled me back. He was also looking at the warehouse.
Bruja and Rabbi Wise came up behind him.
“So whatever you are here for is there.” I said to Father Francis.
“Do you even know what we are looking for?” he asks as they three look at me like I was being tested.
I shrugged saying “Just a guess.”So I followed them over to the warehouse. It was empty of any life. Eerily quiet as well.. They walked around tapping on the floor to check my under comment out.
Bruja stopped as she could hear something. She cupped her ear to listen better.
I turned around to see a doll made out of wood.
“Get away from that.” Father Francis suddenly said to me.
I looked back at them then to the doll. I stepped on it. “Why are you so scared of a wood doll?” I asked them as they started making religious hand gestures and some chanting. “Seriously?” I asked as it seemed weird to me.
I then heard a voice. “Release me.” It was ghostly.
I looked around before I looked back down to the doll. “Well shit it was you talking.” I said as I felt like it was struggling to move.
“Release me.” it said again in a ghostly voice.
“Stop touching it Professor. It can possess you.” Father Francis said as he was worried about me.
I laughed a bit. “Nah it would not being asking to be released if it could do that.” I said to him as they apparently could not hear the voice.
“Release me” the ghostly voice kept repeating.
Bruja came walking over cautiously to me. She pokes at me. Bites me then slapped me talking her gibberish. 
“Why do people insist on hitting me?” I asked as she smiled about it.
“She said you were in no harm. You are stupid but in no harm.” Rabbi Wise said to me.
“Does not mean she can hit me. I already have enough women hitting me.” I said to them remembering the nun and the other nun.
Bruja spoke directly to Father Francis and Rabbi Alyssa Wise. They then looked my way laughing together.
“She says that is just more proof as to how stupid you are Professor.” Father Francis said as they approached to speak their chants and cast their Holy spells upon the figure as I kept it under my foot.
After what seemed like three hours Father Francis started smoking.
Rabbi Alyssa Wise patted me on the back saying “You did well enough for an idiot there Professor.” she then chuckled.
I sighed as it seemed I was stupid and everyone listened to the Nun about calling me Professor. “Yeah yeah I hear it all the time. So has this thing been sent to hell or something?” I asked not really knowing what happened.
“Do not be so stupid. Hell is just the absence of God’s love and light. Since God is everywhere there is no hell.” Father Francis said as Bruja was wrapping the wooden doll in a cloth that was soaked in holy water after it had prayers inscribed on it.
When Bruja was done she approached me and in English said, “Professor, has much to learn. But spirit is strong. Will take great powers to possess this stupid one.” as she followed it up with a slug to my right arm as she was laughing.
“Well see she loves you. That is high praise from her to be honest with you kid.” The Rabbi Alyssa Wise said as she pulled a flask to take a sip.
“We merely silenced the wandering soul that allowed itself to become corrupted. The family experienced strange happenings. We do like to take care of things before they get worse. Then you gotta call in the heavy hitters like Sir Anthony Hopkins. But we should get some sleep and someone should keep watch.” Father Francis said to me as everyone was not looking at me.
“Why Anthony Hopkins?” I was more interested in that.
“Because he is a great actor.” Rabbi Alyssa Wise said, raising her flask to him. “That lamb's movie was awesome.”
“Oh, well you old people get some sleep then. I napped on part of the drive here.” I said as they made a fire so they could keep warm.
They found half a metal oil drum, putting wood in it as they made bunk around it. They bunkered down to sleep for the night.
I kept first watch and back in those days there were no smartphones to watch anything. So I watched my surroundings and the fire.
Some time into the night a wolf approached me. It dropped a rabbit it had killed before me.
“Thanks wolf.” I said as it sat there.
“It is to thank you for ridding the area of that one.” it said looking at the wooden doll that was bound in twine soaked in holy water amongst other ritual binding spells.
“Ok, that is a new one on me. I am going to assume you are a spirit in a wolf body.” I said to it as I picked up the rabbit skinning it and preparing to roast it. I removed its head, tossing it back at the wolf who ate it.
“Thanks for sharing. And yes. I possessed a dying wolf cub. Are you going to tell on me?” it asked me as it was licking its face.
“Honestly, no. I do not sense any malice from you. But then again I did not sense anything from that one.” I said as I then tossed the guts to the wolf who caught them.
“It is because something more dangerous has laid its scent upon you. It is foul. But it is not around here. Lesser beings keep their distance out of fear.” the wolf said, nodding towards some red eyes in the trees twenty yards away from the barn.
“You know I am going to assume this is just some hallucination from eating those berries earlier right?” I asked it as I found some mesh metal to lay the rabbit on to roast over the fire.
“We all see things as we need to. Have you never wondered why you are so strong?” the wolf asked me looking at the skin.
“You eat the skin raw?” I said tossing it to him.
He ate it up. “All life is precious. I also enjoy the taste of cooked flesh.” it said to me as it looked upon the roasting rabbit.
“Oh I see. Something to share to pass the time. Took the risk that I am not as uptight as the oldies there. I do not mind being the cook. You did catch it after all.” I said to him.
“Nice. Worth the risk. Not all demons are after you humans. Some just want to breathe in the sweetness of life. To warm beneath the sun. To feet the dirt under our feet.” it said as it rolled in the dirt.
Some minutes passed in silence as the wolf and I watched the flames kiss the rabbit meat.
“So have you met any extraterrestrials?” I asked him, being curious as the meat was cooking.
“I am a demon, you ask nothing about the afterlife, what heaven is like. But instead inquire of aliens?” it sat up looking confused at me.
“Meh, heaven, the afterlife, all boring stuff. How about bigfoot?” I asked him.
“Oh, same thing as an alien. Most cryptids as you humans know them are just aliens coming to mess with you. They find it amusing.” the wolf said to me.
“A year ago a priest told me that beast folk were real until the invasion of the Americas. Have you met any?” I asked him curious about a story I had heard.
“You know way too many people with loose lips. They were the original life on this planet. You diseased apes were too much for them. There are some still out there. They want nothing to do with humans. So if you see one be respectful. But seeing your luck you might make friends with them.” it said as it looked at the rabbit.
I turned it to roast the otherside some. “I see. This thing that laid its scent on me, is it very tall and blue?” I asked, having had some nightmares where I saw a tall blue being that did not sit right with me.
“Run if you ever are visited by that one. Call for mother.” it said to me without any pause.
“I see. Thanks for that.” The rabbit started smelling really good. I saw the wolf was wagging its tail. I pulled some meat tossing it to him.
He ate it up. “Oh hot meat.” It said as it really enjoyed that.
I looked to the others who were still sleeping. “I know they look asleep but I doubt it.” I said as the wolf looked them over again.
“That witch one, she is the only one of them to be cautious of. She is older than she looks and has some nasty spirits attached to her. But they are with her in her dreams.” it said getting closer to the fire.
“So you would not like to be human?” I asked it.
“Of course I would be. But people like you and them would seek me out and trap me like that piece of shit. I stick to animals no one would pay any mind to. Like they told you hell is just the absence of god's love. It is so cold it burns. Spiritual matter like me may not have a senses like you are accustomed to but every fiber of my being feels. Even this fire is but an ember to the vast nothingness I was adrift in.” it said watching the flames cook the meat.
“Poetic.” i said quickly ripping the rabbit in half handing it to him.
He took it in his teeth, devouring it.
I ripped a leg off for me. It was not fully cooked, but enough to enjoy. I gave him the rest. Then my bone. “That was delicious wolf. Thank you.” I said to him as I poured some water for him in a bowl I found probably for cats.
He lapped up the water. “Warm meat. Warm light. And good riddance to that annoyance. All in all a good day I say. Also kind human.” he said looking at me.
“So bigfoot is an alien.” Father Francis said as he woke up.
The wolf got behind me.
“Oh do not worry wolf. I heard you say you stick to animals. That is fine. Would be nice if you saved me some rabbit there, Professor.” Father Francis said, sitting up.
The wolf says “Thanks, kind human. I fear I linger, so it is time for me to go.” as he ran out of the barn.
“You know you were to keep watch by maybe saying hey wake up everyone, there is a demon in here.” Father Francis said, looking right at me.
“He brought a gift. Would be rude of me to kick it out without showing it was appreciated." I said in my defense.
“Well I cannot fault that. The nun does tell everyone to never refuse food offered.” he said sniffing the air. “Now I want to eat some rabbit.”
“Should have not pretended to be asleep then.” I said to him as I removed hotdogs from a cooler tossing it to him.
He looked at it. “We are stopping at a steakhouse.” he said as morning was rising.
Back in the classroom everyone was staring at me. “So yeah if you like you and confirm everything with Father Francis. He also took me on several other outings.” I said to the teacher who cannot believe what he just heard.
The bell rings.
“Well class it over.” I said getting up to leave everyone there wondering if what I told them was true or not. I cannot say for sure if I have ever seen the spirit in that wolf since. I rarely pay attention to things like that. It needs to spike my Professor sense.
Later that night at work Tallie gathered us all together. “Well the day is here. As of today there is no more here. Everything is being shipped over to the new location. Fully automated. All of you have just been replaced by machines. We women are obsolete.” she said to us as she put a chain on the door. “They just told me five fucking minutes ago. I am going to get shitfaced.” she said as she left.
Everyone else started talking. Saying their goodbyes. I got hugged a lot. Some kisses on the face and lips whether I said yes or no. It was the end of a damn good job. One that was never repeated.
Lucy asked me to go have dinner with her and Laura. Mainly to get me to pay. I had no issue as I  once they were very friendly with me my entire time there. This also allowed me to get used to women. Not the nudity. Even at my old age I stare like it's the first and last time I will ever be blessed with such a sight.
Laura ordered booze. “Come on just one drink with me.” she said, pressing the glass to my mouth.
I just stared at her “I am only fifteen.” I reminded her.
Lucy giggled as she said “Well I plan on finishing up college regardless. I just had this job to be closer to Laura.” she said, putting her hand on Laura’s hand.
Laura smiled at her. “You will help me pour this down his throat right?” she asks Lucy.
Lucy smiles “We can get him home and do that. Amongst other things.” she said with a devious smile upon her face.
“Yeah not going to happen, you two. I will miss seeing both of you amazing boobs.” I said, raising my orange juice to them.
They smiled and raised their drinks to me.
I picked up the large tab. Before we said our farewells.
“I am going to get her home. You be safe.” Lucy said getting Laura into a cab.
Laura waved me over to the cab.
My gut said no, but that drunk smile on her face kept saying commere. So I went over to her. “Yes dear?” I asked as I waited to be punched.
She grabbed me pulling me down to her face kissing me. She puked into my mouth. “Ha! Still my boyfriend.” she said as Lucy pushed her into the other seat.
“Sorry about that kid.” Lucy said as she gave me her pack of gum. She hugged me crying as she said “I am not going to puke in your mouth if that is what you are waiting for.” She kissed me on the forehead before she got into the cab.
I headed home for the night.
Next day after school I headed to the Mall where I used to work, as I decided to hang out at the arcade playing a fighter game called Children of the Atom. A Mutant fighting game.
Tina showed up kicking me in my right butt cheek upon seeing me. “HA got you.” she said as she slammed into my left side asking “So why are you here?”
“Oh, job with your sister came to an end. She has nice titties by the way and I saw way too much of her bunghole.” I said to her as she slugged me hard in the left arm.
“Pervert. That's my sister you know. How did you see her naked? Sneak into the toilet?” she asked me as she did not know.
“None of those women there cared much about a dress code or saw me as a man. Your sister especially liked putting me in head or leg locks as I kept giving her forged checks to investigate.”
“The fuck you say. She is a slutty ass skank if she really did that.” Tina said not really believing me.
“She has a heart tattooed on her left pussy side.” I said to her.
“HOLY BALLS!” Tina said as she punched me three times in the arm.
It hurt. “Oh she said you missed me. And punched me in the arm for you.” I told her.
She was blushing. “Shut up, I did not. Maybe a little.” she said to me.
“You sister also puked in my mouth and on my face. She said that makes me her boyfriend. I am not going to get pregnant from that am I?” I asked jokingly.
She grabbed my belly skin under my shirt. “Well maybe. You do seem kind of plump now. Baby weight.” she said as she was feeling me up now.
I slapped her hand. “You are not supposed to assume a fat belly means a baby. Besides its water weight.” said smiling at her.
“So you know, the store is hiring again.” Tina said, trying to be coy about it.
“Really. Even though I got to wrestle naked with your sister?” I asked her.
“Shut up perv. But yeah you are jobless right. It's a win win for you. You get to work again with the more gorgeous sister, who does not need to get naked to keep a man.” Tina said as she struck a pose.
“Yeah ok. I lost this round in more ways than one anyways." I said as I followed her back to the shop.
“Well if it isn't the lady killer.” Jenny said as she pulled me away from Tina. “Say you like shoes right.” she said as she was walking me up to the shoe section.
  Tina laughed as she wandered off to greet some other people.
“So this is London. He is the new manager of this section. London this is the one I mentioned to you the other day. He worked out great last year. And it looks like he is back for more punishment.” Jenny said jokingly but as time would tell she was not.
“Oh good to meet you dear.” London said as he was dressed in a suit but was in feminine makeup.
“So you think you can use him?” Jenny asked as I found out later most of the older employees quit as they did not care for London or his appearance.
“Sure why not, he seems cute enough. Come dear, let me show you around.” London said as he took me into the backroom. Giving me a tour of the department. I mean the others. Four of the regulars who do not care who runs the place as they are set in their ways. And some floaters from other sections who gave no shits about this department they just get paid to be there.
Tina wandered up on her way to the young men's section. “So you are moving on up.” she said, sounding sad.
“Well I am just right across the way so you can punch me anytime you want. You just want to walk all the way over here to do so.” I said to her.
She already looked annoyed by that. “Yeah, I will see you down in the break room. If you are there I will hit you. If not, smell you later.” she said as she went on over to her section.
“London, mind if I asked you what you are? Like Crossdresser? Gay? Drag Queen?” I asked bluntly.
“I am gay and a crossdresser. Today however I only did the make up. I wanted to look good in this suit. Why does this bother you?” London asked me.
Shaking my head I replied “Nope. I have a friend who crossdresses and is gay. My first girlfriend was born with a penis. I myself crossdressed for a while.”
“Good to know. I hope we get along just fine.” Lond said as he went off into the backroom.
And from that day on I worked in the shoe section with London as my manager. Again, a very kind man.
The cosmetic woman Amber came over as she heard I was back. “Hey there kid. Sorry about that bit of bad luck that night. You could have returned that item I had you buy you know.”
“It was fine, I gave it to a … woman on my way home. She seemed to really enjoy it. I thought I was being stood up.” I explained to her.
Amber looked at London. “Well he seems like a nice guy. The last one kept hitting on me.” she said as she waved to him.
“Yeah.” I said as I noticed something about Amber “Not to be a perv but did you get work done?” I asked as I gave a quick glance to her chest.
She giggled “It is ok to notice I know you aren't a rude creep. And yes I did. The more attractive you look in my business the more attention you draw. The more attention you draw the more money you make. So I invested in myself.” she said “so anytime you need me to do your makeup just ask ok.” she said  as she did some posing.
“Say Amber, I just came off a job where the women were very loose with the dress code. I was the only male. They looked so comfortable around me. Is that because I am not manly enough?” I asked her.
She laughed at me. “Sorry, You are very manly. Sure no beard or flannel shirt but you are a strapping young man. If they were so at ease with you, it is because you give no reason to be cautious of you. Like I said before, stay innocent kid.” she said before going back to her section.
So I had a new job. I was being paid an hourly plus eight percent of every dollars I sold. Or was it eight percent of every ten dollars? Commission. But me and numbers, Blah! I just enjoyed working there.