Chapter 5 - Theo

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I'm fucked.
Royally and utterly fucked.

This girl is actually a test of some sort. I'm on a show and I'm being punked.

I have been working at Good Brew for about 6 years now and I have seen college students come and go. I have seen college girls come and go. Never in all 6 years has a single one of them caught my interest or attention. Usually they are boring and annoying and do as little work as they can get by with and then they leave. The locked in workers as we call ourselves are me and two older ladies. Like in their 40s with kids and shit.

But then Bridget. Fucking Bridget.

She is beautiful. I'm talking actually beautiful. She has this way about her that is so innocent and she has these eyes that look at you all curious and longing for answers and you just want to give her everything. She has a bit of an attitude too she can fight back. She puts me in my place and that never happens. When I was training her for the first weeks before I left it took everything in me not to do something that would most definitely get me fired. After her first day of training I knew I needed to be more careful around her. I mean the way she tensed slightly when we touched. How her breathing caught when I tied her apron. How am I supposed to handle that?

When the Milk exploded that was the first time I had laughed that hard since what happened.

During training she listened to me. Followed everything I showed her. She asked questions that were actually good questions. When I was snarky she did it back.

I didn't go out of town. In fact I was in my apartment which is a lovely 5 min walk from Good Brew. I just needed to step away for a second because I don't know how much longer I can control myself around her.

Tomorrow I go back and I have to face her. Which is both exhilarating and terrifying. She is 20 that isn't that bad right? I'm 32. That's 12 years. That seems bad. Ugh this doesn't happen to me I don't get hung up on people especially not since... well you know. She is just different I don't know why. She catches your eye and she has this way about her that mesmerizes you. I have been imagining her when I -

See I told you I'm fucked.

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