Seventeen

(Chapter 1) ----1/16/16

"What size would you like, ma'am?" I ask the short lady.

"A small is fine, thank you dear." Her voice is raspy, my guess is she only woke up 20 minutes ago.

I tell George what the lady wants, and head to the back to ask my boss for a raise. This is my daily routine, and I could never be more sick of it. This job has shit pay, and even though I hate it, I probably will never find a different job.

Right before I open the door to her office, I hear the words, "no, no, no. I paid seven-hundred dollars for those damn tickets and now you don't even want to go? You better find a way to pay me back, or you're grounded for a year,".

I knock on her door and hear her huff from exhaustion.

"Come in," she mutters. I open the door and see her face light up a little. "Oh it's you, come to ask for a raise again?"

Humor is clear in her voice, and she laughs.

"No, actually I'm not here for a raise today," I force a laugh. "I was wondering if I could get some time off? There's this concert I want to go to.." I trail off.

"Yes ,of course. What concert is it? We can have Chelsea cover for you," she offers.

"Oh uhm, I'm not sure if you know them, but uhh... It's five seconds of summer..? Me and a few of my friends want to go, it's next week." Her mouth drops.

"Actually, my daughter was going to go to that, but she said she had finals at that time. But I'll make you a deal," a smile pulls at my lips, I know what she's going to say.

"What's the deal..?" I ask, my eyebrows bobbing up and down with each word that comes out of my mouth.

"If you stop coming in here and asking for a raise everyday damn day, I'll give you those tickets, but you'll have to give me one hundred dollars. There are three of them, and from what I know, they are for the 'GA pit', whatever that is."

"Deal!" I practically shout.

"Alright then, I'll bring them in tomorrow. Get back to work." She commands.

"This is way better than a raise." I mutter as I walk out.

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"Marcy oh my god you'll never guess what happened today!" I scream into the phone.

"What happened, tell me tell me tell me tell me tell me!!" Her voice is anxious.

"Well you know how everyday I ask for a raise??! WELL TODAY I WENT IN TO ASK HER FOR TIME OFF INSTEAD AND SHE OFFERED ME FREE FIVE SAUCE TICKETS." My voice could be heard from down the street it's so loud.

A scream is heard from the other end.

"ARE YOU SERIOUS. IM GONNA CRY. FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK. EXPLAIN PLEASE." Her voice is frantic and I can hear her heart beating.

"MEET ME AT THE PARK IN 5." I hang up.

I run down the stairs and grab my coat from the 5 year old coat rack that my mom gave me when I moved with my dad. Weird that she gave me a coat rack instead of a necklace or something, right?

I'm out of breath as I run down the street to the swing set, where me and Chels met when I moved here.

After sitting for about another minute my breathing is back down to normal and I soon after hear Chelsea basically having an asthma behind me.

"WHAT.......5SOS......CONCERT..... WHO.....YOUR BOSS.....HOW?!" I break into hysterics at how un-athletic she is.

"Calm down, chels. Breathe, child." I talk-laugh while patting her shoulder.

I wait 3 and a half minutes before speaking again.

"So I was at work, right? Then you know how literally ask for a raise everyday? I went to go ask for one, but while I was waiting by her door, I decided to ask for time off, because that George guy is getting really annoying. So I asked them she asked me why I wanted time off, and I knew that 5sos was coming here so I just told her that's what it was for. But I guess she got sick of me asking for a raise, so she made me the deal. I have to give her a hundred bucks and not ask her for a raise anymore," I said.

"When are you getting the tickets?"

"Tomorrow. The concert is on Monday."

"ITS IN THREE DAYS?!" Yelling is an understatement when it comes to her.

"Uhh yeah I thought you knew this?"

"I thought it was in 2 weeks."

"Oh... Well it's not."

"Fuck. I'm not mentally prepared."

"Neither am I."
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A/n: so this is the first chapterrr. It probably sucks and most of you are most likely not reading this, but that's why I keep them short. Hope ya liked it, SORRY if it sucked but I think it's gonna get better. Anywhoooo, thx for reading and I'll put a new chapter up every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturdays. I don't rlly feel like sayin my name so I'm just not gonna do that. Y'all can call me oz. Bc I'm a wizard and I make magic. So ya. I'll write tomorrow even though it's gonna be Sunday tomorrow.