Looking For A Way Out

12

I wake up and walk down stairs to find Tash, Toby and Kira munching on some toast.
"Morning" I say still half asleep and half awake.
"Morning" they repeat cheerfully.
"Who's going to school today?" Toby asks
"Well not me, I'm not doing clean up duty"
"Well we all can't stay here, they would think immediately we all had something to do with it, you know what the board is like.
some will have to go to school, and I'm not going so who is going?"
"Fine I'll go" Tash and Toby say.
"Kira?"
"Fine I'll go" she says after swallowing down a chunk of Toast.
"Where's Oscar?" I ask worriedly
"Still up in bed"
Phew I'm relieved.
Oscar being Oscar, doesn't do as he is told sometimes, that's a reason why we don't like to bring him on missions that much.
"Well, you guys need to get ready for school, oh and pack Oscar some lunch to, I cannot babysit him all day"
"Fine" Tash says, I can tell she is unhappy about bringing Oscar.
I go and get the mail from out the front.
As I search through the mail, I see a bill.
"Crap" is all I say as I read through the bill.
I walk inside and yell for Kira.
"Hey what's up?"
"Look at this"
Her eyes popped open.
"I think-we can do this, We'll just have to get a job and we can both work on weekends or something."
"Alright, you go look for a job and I'll get everyone To school."
I would use the money that I got from Monica but I need that money for future events.
I try and think of everything that I could do.
It all comes back to getting a job.
I would have never even thought of being a responsible person and getting a job before I came here, and now here I am.
"Alright kiddies, we all packed for school, I need you all to be out of here by 5" Kira says.
"But-but" Oscar tries to say some thing but Kira interrupts.
"Oscar there is no buts, you are going to school and that's final"
Gosh, Kira is going to make a great mother one day.
He walks through the front door,unhappy and his backpack slung over one shoulder.
"Tash, Toby?"
"Coming mother Kira!"
Toby yells as he runs through the front door, looking much more prepared than Oscar.
"Tash? You coming down or what?" Kira yells
"Here I am, bye G-J, bye mother Kira!"
She smiles as she skips through the front door.
Kira hates being called mother Kira, but I can tell she loves being the responsible one.
"Now mother are you going to go to school and look after my brothers and sisters?" I ask with a smug on my face.
"Fine, but you behave, and make sure you look presentable today"
"As always mother"
She walks out and I close the door behind me, taking in on all the freedom, well until I have to start work.
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All morning I have been driving around and getting interviewed by store managers.
They all heard what I had to say, but they didn't need me so they said no.
There is one more store that I'm going to try, this one I'm not looking forward to.
This is the one that my first memory's here in Parkland.
The moment that made me and Kira friends.
The one the cops were chasing us for.
This is the shop that we threw a brick at.
As I entered the shop, my heart started beating faster and faster.
A girl about my age was behind the counter.
She had the same long brown hair I had when I was Gypsy and her eyes were exactly the same as mine, she looked almost like me, except that she had less make up on and her hair was tide back.
As I walk closer to the counter she says:
"Hello, Welcome to the James family's cafe, how can I help you"
"Uh-hi-can I talk to the manager?"
"Sure, will you give me a second please?"
"Sure"
She leaves and walks to the back.
I look around, to find a picture that looks so much like the one I have.
I look closer and see two little girls, sitting on a picnic rug.
I look across and realise that I have the exact picture.
I pull out my wallet in disbelief.
I pick out the picture and hold it close to me.
I compare the photos, thinking how bizarre this is.
When I see the girl coming back, I shove the photo back in my wallet and put it back in my bag.
A tall man comes out, he has brown scruffy hair and is wearing his uniform.
"How can I help you mam"
He says leaning over.
"I would like to get a job here"
"What are your qualities?"
"Well I can cook, serve, clean, work on the till, whatever you want"
"Okay, well we need you to work on the weekends Ms--"
"Jess James-or G-J do short"
He looked a bit surprised.
"So your name is Jess aye?"
He sounded a bit confused.
"Well you can always call me G-J"
"Well G-J, that young girl who got me, her name is Jess as well"
Oh great this will be interesting.
"Oh what a coincidence"
He must have something on his mind.
"Well G-J, welcome to the James cafe, if you'll follow me to the back we can get you familiar with the place."
"Thankyou sir!"
I just got my first ever job!
He takes me to the back and hands me a black top and a apron.
"This will be your uniform, you can wear any coloured pants, and closed in shoes"
"Okay"
He goes on and gives me a full tour of the cafe.
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A/n
Sorry peeps that this chapter took a while, had a lot of things in my mind and needed to clear them up.
Thanks to all who have helped me this week, I know that I haven't exactly been very helpful but thanks for getting through all my downs.
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