Life as I Know It

Chapter 16

Previously...

I locked my phone and put my face in my hands. I didn't think he'd be too angry, but I hated if my hopelessness affected our relationship so early.

What would happen next?

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My phone dinged, and I looked up to see Edward walking to my small table.

I smiled when he sat next to me. "Hey," he cheered, wrapping an arm around me as he sat down.

"Hey," I said.

His smile fell a bit. "You ok? What's wrong?"

"I left my job today." I looked down at our hands, my hair falling between us in a curtain.

He tucked my hair behind my ear. "When? Just now?"

I nodded. I heard him sigh and slide his chair closer. He gave me a deep side-hug and my head fell in his shoulder.

"Don't worry about it. You'll find something better. Better than working at some baby store."

I smiled. "It wasn't a baby store, it was Disney. It's supposed to be the happiest place on earth and I ruined it with my...self."

"Yourself?"

"Yes, my self. Basically they said my performance was too low and that I'm shy and quiet and don't make them enough money." I frowned.

"They said that to you? To your face," he asked like it was a question, his eyebrows risen to his hairline.

I rolled my eyes at the exaggeration. "Well, not exactly like that. All they said was that my performance was low, and they gave a choice whether I wanted to stay or go, so I left."

"Ohh, okay. So what's the problem? Why are you so upset?" he asked, his voice going from joking to concern.

I looked up and around us, not wanting to discuss this in the open, but not wanting to hold everything in. "I don't know. Cause now I'm out of a job, again. And I don't know what I want to do with my life. And my dad is going to get worried about what I'm doing here..." I looked back to Edward, expecting him to be worried, but his eyes watched my face intently.

"Well, what do you want to do? What do you want?"

I shrugged, my head falling back on his shoulder. "I don't know. I really don't." I looked up, putting on my sweetest, fakest smile. "Is your shop hiring?"

He burst out laughing. "Um...I don't think you'd do well in an engineering shop. I wouldn't want you to get lost somewhere and break a nail and die."

"But you do it everyday, and you haven't died." I giggled.

"Not yet." He kissed my temple. "But, no, we're not hiring right now."

"Aww, okay."

"You'll find something. Something better than some store at the mall, you know? Something worthwhile."

"Yeah..." I trailed off, and my smile fell a bit, still confused at what I wanted.

"Hey." I felt him lift my chin up with his finger, and I looked into his green eyes. "You'll find another job."

Hypnotized by his deep eyes, I could only nod slowly. He leaned forward and kissed me softly. Before I could let it go any further, I pulled back, only because we were in public, and I didn't want to get embarrassed enough. But I felt better because at least there was one person who understood what I was going through.