Midnight. ☆ [boyxboy]

Back to normal.

"Zane, you're slacking. You need to be quicker!" barked the newest assistant Manager, Pam Londertski. Pam had been dating Mr. Penolli for two months now and he apparently really loved Pam, because he made her assistant Manager of Java Jam. But, she was anything but. She barked orders at Irene and I, customer after customer.

If Hunter was still working the same shift as me, then he'd suffer along with Me and Irene. We could all go out back like we used to, drinking terrible coffee and share embarrassing customer stories. But, apparently he had come in sometime during the last two weeks and requested a schedule change.

After two weeks of not seeing Hunter at all at school (besides the time that I saw the back of his backpack as he rounded the corner, I think), I was looking foward to seeing him at work, hoping to patch things up. So, when I found out that he had changed his shift, I was bummed... at first. Now I was just angry. This was exactly the reason why him and I didn't get along. Because he was a stubborn and mean asshole.

"--Fired!!" screeched Pam.

I jerked my head in the direction of her yelling voice, taking in her extended arm and pudgy index finger. The place fell silent, everyone behind the counter had frozen in place. But that's when I saw the lovely white mound of sugar on the floor, in front of the coffee machines.

"But--But, I didn't mean to!" exclaimed the newiest newbie to work at Java Jam. She had just started her second full week of working at java jam, but it was her first day working behind the counter.

Pam was a bit overweight and any form of excitement made her milky pale skin turn a bright raging red and when she yelled, she spat.

"I don't care what you did or did not mean to do. Gather your belongings and leave."

The girl stood there, I could see tears swelling in her eyes. Her lip seemed to quiver uncontrollably. "Please..I really need this job!"

Pam scoffed and she turned two shades of dark red. "Excuses and certainly not begging, will help you keep the job. Gather your things and get out!"

Shelly was her name and although I hadn't known her long, she was a good worker. I felt bad for her, that she was humiliated, not only in front of staff the customers as well. All because she made a common mistake anyone could've made.

Irene shot me a panicked look and disappeared down the hallway after Shelly. Pam yelled at a nearby dish washer to get the mess cleaned up immediately.

"Clean this up or we'll have rats eatin' this place out" her laugh was like nails on a chalkboard. She hiccupped and burped as she laughed for an unnecessary amount of time.

"Man, that fat lady is a cock-jugglin' cunt, isn't she?" whispered the Janitor Eddie as he walked passed me, he tugged his baseball cap down over his eyes and gave me a friendly nod as he exited Java Jam.

"All of you better be walkin' 'round here like ya walkin' on baby bird eggshells" Pam said in a sing songy voice.

I pretended to work until I heard the door at the back of the hallway slam, signaling that Pam was done with torturing us for the day and now instead tortured Mr. Penolli.Atleast that's what I'd like to think they were doing back there.

I sighed and began wiping down the counters, wondering when things would get back to normal.