For What Its Worth...Lust

Persephone

Closing time is my favorite time, as much as I love this shop, too many weird things have been happening here. I might as well tell Celine to give me a raise if I'm gonna keep putting up with all this craziness. Speaking of Celine she texted me earlier saying she's coming back today, she should be getting here right about now.

"Persephone." speak of the devil. Celine strolls in with her giant suitcase rolling behind her.

"Took you long enough, Welcome back."

"I know, I'm sorry, I owe you big time for watching the store by yourself."

"It's fine, really did your parents give you a hard time, you've never been gone this long.

"You have no idea, this trip was my biggest nightmare. You won't believe the craziness my parents are trying now." "Oh yea, well some craziness has been going on around here too, we really need to invest in a security system or something" "Really it's always been quiet around here. Anyway, why don't we go upstairs and talk all about it. I brought back a bottle of your favorite (something), as a thank you gift." "Ooo sounds great, I'll just finish locking up and meet you upstairs." "Kay."

I triple check that both doors are locked, something I've been doing religiously since Rocky's first appearance. I grab my stuff from the break room and turn off the lights. There's actually a little secret staircase that leads to Celine's apartment which is actually a loft on top of the book store.

"Ughh I forgot how pink it was in here" I said standing in the doorway to the apartment.

"Everyone needs a little pink and since you don't have any, I have to have enough for the both of us" she says unpacking her suitcase. "Anyway here's your bottle as promised, maybe you can make some magic with whatever is in the fridge and tell me about all the craziness that went down while I was gone"

"Yeah you'll definitely need a drink for this" I throw my stuff in a chair and make my way into the kitchen, Celine follows behind and takes a seat at the island while I start by telling her about Rocky's first appearance right after she left.

"Who the hell names their kid Rocky" " That's why I said it's probably a fake name or a nickname at most"

"So Mr. Rocky stumbles through the back door covered in blood and you decide to patch him up instead of i don't know calling the cops"

" Hey, I did attack him first, it was nothing I couldn't handle"

"Yea with a broom. I hope he didn't get any blood on my floors"

"You know I wouldn't let that happen"

"Right so after patching him up you just let him walk out like nothing happen" " I didn't want to get anymore involved, plus he was being super annoying" "He must have been really hot for you to not have just beat the shit of out him at the beginning"

" How violent do you think I am... Don't answer that."

"Anyway, so does Mr. Rocky make a second appearance ?" I go on to tell her of the other times he came to the store just to spite me with his good looks and annoying comebacks.

"Sounds like you have a secret admirer"

" Don't make me laugh, he just wants to get under my skin"

"Whatever you say" she says in a singsong voice. I also mentioned today's flirt which isn't so out of the ordinary, but his vibe was just too much like Rocky's for me to just write off.

"Anyway, enough about me tell me about your trip" I say, trying to shift her focus away from whatever is going on with me and a certain someone.

"ugh don't even get me started, they just can't see me happy, wait till you hear what they have in store for me now- Celine is interrupted by a loud sound from downstairs.