the biggest star in the world

get back to work

madeline's pov

it was finally the start of our break and instead of sleeping in i was up at 7am to go to the gym.
last week violet and i had not celebrated but acknowledged hers and her mums birthday we went to lay flowers by her grave.

but now a few days later i was back at my house alone. i may be delusional to think i can get my life back on track in one week but i got this. it's only sunday so i have school to go to tomorrow.

i make a protein smoothie before getting changed and heading to my car. i don't remember the last time i went to the gym but i was excited. im thinking of just doing a full body workout to get back into it.

i signed in and put my headphones on. when i was finished it was 9am and i felt great. my muscles were burning but in a good way.

i always have a shower at the gym since it's actually nice and i don't get into my car all sweaty. so when i did get back to my car i had some mac miller playing.

thinking of all the things i had to do today i made a mental list of priority. the first thing i wanted to get done was my washing. so i gathered it from around my apartment and put it in this bag i got before lugging it downstairs.

"laundromat out of order" are you actually kidding me. i pulled out my phone "hey scarlettt" i said in a tone which told her i needed something.

"yes maddie" she chuckled and i herd her putting stuff down.

"the laundromat in my apartment is out of order. i know it's a lot to ask but can i do my washing at yours" it was a weird request i know but the next closet place is 25 minutes away and super expensive.

"yeah let me know when your coming and ill make you a slice of cheesecake, i just baked it"
"i could never turn down cheesecake" i thanked her and said ill be over soon.

i did all my dishes and honestly that was it. i thought i had so much more to do. my phone started ringing again and i grabbed it confused on who would be calling me.

"madeline! my adopted daughter how are you"
"alejando" i laughed. "i'm available all week if you need me"
"you're a life saver, can you do 4-10:30 every night till friday?" i was not expecting that much.

"um yeah, that should be fine"
"i'll get the cooks to give you free dinner tonight"
"okay i'll be there"

so now with a guaranteed minimum of 700 bucks i knew i could pay this months rent.
heading to scarlett's house im usually not the one driving so i actually had to think about it.

she welcomed me in when i came and showed me to her laundry. very fancy very nice. i put my first load on.  it would probably be two loads.

i went back to her kitchen and she slid me a slice of cheesecake. "i love your house" i said as i thanked her.

"thank you, i designed it"
"no way, that's now my dream if i ever get rich"
"how's the cheesecake"

after a few hours my washing was done. and i had had another piece of cheesecake. "do you need anything else?" she asked as i grabbed my stuff.

"i mean i need cereal but ill get that on my way home"
"do you eat coco puffs, rose it at her dads for a week so it will just go to waste" she said walking to her pantry.

"i mean are you sure?" today was very random.
"yeah, we don't eat it" she passed me the box i thanked her again before leaving.

i had the box in my lap and ate with one hand as i drive home. when i got home i texted scarlett for her cheesecake recipe.

she said ill just have to come over and get more when i want it and i said i would.

when i walked into work later i was happy to be back. if they need a shift covered i do it but i never get rostered anymore.

i scared alejandro when i walked in and he shook his head at me again. i got assigned my section and got right into working.

"hi welcome to alejandro's what can i get started for you" im pretty sure this is the guy who made facebook.

he ordered some lame shit and i handed the slip to the cooks
later on when i was on my break i chose to eat outside. we had a picnic table out there and it was better than the busy restaurant.

the cooks made me a burger and i sat outside on my phone. violet had sent me tik toks that i was getting around to answering.

when all of a sudden this guy came around from the side of the restaurant.
"well aren't you too pretty to be alone by yourself this late at night" he whistled.

"this is private property" i said knowing he had to jump the fence to get to me.
"you think that's stopped me before" he laughed grabbing the fence. i grabbed my stuff and tired to walk back into the restaurant but the guy was already rushing towards me.

i pushed the door open but he pulled me right back. "alejandro!" i shouted cause i knew he was right there. the guy covered my mouth but luckily my boss came out.

he swung at the guy and pushed him off me. swearing in italian. the guy ran away and alejandro came back to check up on me.

"are you okay, what happened?"
"he just appeared i don't know" i said still shaken up.

"come inside, i don't want you eating dinner out here" he said leading my to his office.

"thank you"