Bam! Pow!
I smiled as Cat Woman knocked out the guards and left the infamous Penguin broken on the ground. We had no customers that day-as usual-and I was as bored as heck.
I worked in the comic book store on the edge of Main Street in a decently sized city. No one was interested in comics these days. They could always read them on their phone, tablet, or whatever other fancy devise they had. It was the year 2029. Almost everything was done on a screen.
I brushed my long red side bangs out of my eyes as I leaned down to grab another comic. The one I had just finished, 'Cat Woman: The Penguin Gang War', was about 17 years old.
I had just grabbed a newer one when a dingle-ing rang through the shop. Hey! A customer for once!
"Hola, senor! En que puedo ayudarle?"
That was me speaking, and no I am not Mexican.
No, I just like speaking in different languages to random people to see what they'll do.
I really do.
I can speak French, German, English, Dutch, Spanish, and a little Chinese. I'm pretty good at sarcasm too.
The man gave me a strange look, and I forced back a laugh. I loved doing this to people. It makes me feel smart.
"Let me translate: Hello, sir! How may I help you?"
He blushed and smiled, obviously embarrassed he had gotten told by an seventeen-year-old girl.
Oh, by the way, I'm seventeen. I'll be in my Senior year next year, which is super sad. I don't want to grow up. I want to be a kid again!
It's not fair!
"Oh, uh, no thanks. I'm just looking." he replied.
"Okay. Holler if you need anything." Great. More boredom.
He walked off and I sat back in my chair. I grabbed my black rectangle-framed glasses and shoved them on my face. The glasses kind of look like Emma Swan's (when she wears them) on Once Upon a Time (that's a TV show I'm in love with).
I have a thing for older stuff, like stuff from when I was a baby, or even before that.
One old thing I like is a show called Comic Book Men. It's this TV show about four guys who work in a famous comic book store called Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash. It's founded by Kevin Smith and Jason Muse (that's why it's famous) and anyway, the guys do a lot of fun stuff and it's the complete opposite of my job; theirs' is fun.
But hey, at least I was getting paid.
The customer came up to the cash register with a few comic books and action figures. I hopped off my butt and took the merchandise, looking through what he got.
"Ooh, nice. The Flash #179. This is a nice buy, right here." I held up the book and pretended like I knew what I was doing. I really didn't know if it was good or not.
I'm so good. Ha ha.
Not.
I rang him up and smiled. "Have a super fantastic wonderful fun-filled day!"
"You too," he said as he left.
Back to the boring.
I opened up the comic I had tried to start earlier, and read.
My co-worker, Jeremy, then walked in.
"Hey!" I said in a sing-song voice.
"Hiya!" he replied, leaning on the counter. "What's up?"
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Parallax
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