I walk into the YSC to see none other than Gabriel sitting on the couch with his fancy shades sitting lazily on his nose as he glared into the screen of his tablet. He hadn't turned on the lights yet. He never does. "Hey Gabriel" I say just before taking my seat on the sofa across from his. "Sup Chris" Gabriel replies as he looks up at me for literally one second before sending his gaze back down to his device. Shortly afterwards, I hear the door open and close. "Sup Gabe" I hear a familiar voice say. For some reason, everyone calls him Gabe even though he clearly stated that he prefers to be called Gabriel. I then see Dre enter the couch space wearing that egocentric hat of his that says "JUST DRE" in large bold letters. "Hey, Dre" I say to him. "Chriiiiiiisss" Dre replied. Dre always stretches out my name when he greets me but I never really understood why. Afterwards, we shook hands and then he sat on one of the couches in between my couch and Gabriel's couch. Next, Sergio came through the door. "What's up, Surge!" Dre exclaimed with enthusiasm. It was almost like his joy came from being able to greet his co-workers. "Hey, Dre" Sergio replied as he walked over to one of the computers and took a seat infront of it. Within minutes, Chelsie, Sabrina, Cindy, Annie, Moheka, and my boss all showed up. Just as we were about to start check-in, Milton comes through the door. He wasn't running but he was speed walking with urgency in his step. "Guys, guess what news I just heard!" Milton exclaimed.
"Guys guess who just showed up late!" Gabriel mocked.
"No, dude I'm serious. I just heard that we have 3 months to come up with a new project or else climate change crew won't receive any funding this year and the museum will shut us down!" Milton explained. Everyone sat in shocked silence with slightly saddened looks on their faces. Everyone except for Gabriel. He maintained a patient smile. "Come on Milton, your not gonna fool me" Gabriel stated as he continued to wait. "I'm just joking, guys!" I had imagined Milton saying. We were all hoping he would say something like that, but he never did. "Milton, I already got that email about 2 months ago. That's part of the reason we helped out Frogtown. That shouldn't be a problem anymore." Oanh stated putting everyone at ease. "Well I don't know what to tell you Oanh, I have the email right here." Milton replies with a lowered tone expressing his seriousness as he takes a seat next to Oanh and sets his Mac book in between Oanh and himself allowing her to see it. Our saddened looks soon returned to our faces.
