Just My Cup of Tea

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'Ally!' I hollered over the aisles stacked with food and raised an eyebrow when my best friend's man-sterous voice yelled back. 'What!?' for a small girl with big hazel eyes and strawberry blonde hair, she sure had one hell of a vocal range.  

A few of the customers turned to give me looks and I turned a light shade of pink before giving them quick smiles and scurrying off to find the reincarnation of Medusa myself. Much to my expectations, Allison was perched on one of the ladder stools, throwing in mouthful after mouthful of crisps into her mouth and chewing them very loudly as if she owned the supermarket. 

'Ally, you pig! You're supposed to get them stocked not shovel them down your throat!' I snatched the packet from her hands and she looked up at me with big, innocent eyes. 

'You're gonna get us fired, you idiot!' I hiss before looking around to make sure no one saw before throwing the packet into the nearest bin. 

'Hey! You could have at least let me finish that!' She complained, her brows creasing delicately. 'How are you not overweight' I groaned, mostly to myself before grabbing the box of chocolate from next to her feet and restocking the shelves. It didn't matter if this girl ate the food supply of the whole of Asia, she would still have her slender, athletic build. 

'I'd give all of this for some bust any day' she muttered, looking down at her small boobs. I rolled my eyes before throwing a sponge right in her face. She yelped in surprise and fell off the ladder stool. 

'Since you're unoccupied, why don't you do wipe the back counters?' I suggested sweetly, my attention focused on getting the stock where it belonged. 

'I am occupied!' she complained childishly. 

'Doing what exactly?' I turned to give her a raised eyebrow. She paused for a moment before grinning. 

'Giving you emotional support of course!' she cheered before plonking back onto the stool. I turned to glare at her. 

'If I lose this job I will personally murder you and dissect you and sell your organs to the black market in exchange for another job.' 

Allison burst out laughing almost tumbling off her seat all over again. 'Aren't you just a ray of sunshine.' ignoring my warning glare, she turned to the other boxes of drinks and picked up a soda can before popping it open and taking a long swing.

'Allison!' I shouted. 

'Calm down, we won't get fired jeez. And I don't get it, the daughter of one of the biggest company owners in the world, breaking her back over keeping a supermarket job.' she rolled her eyes. 

I drew in a quick breath. 'It was a bakery first until you kept giving out free cupcakes to anyone who looked down!' 

'I was trying to spread positivity! Try it sometime!' she retorts back. 

'Uh huh. And what about the time we were working in the ice cream shop and you finished three fucking tubs of ice cream?' I raised an eyebrow. 

'It was right there what did you expect me to do?!' she waved her hands in the air like I was the unreasonable one. 

'Resist? And what about that time we worked at that coffee shop and you thought it would be funny to put in vinegar in all the drinks?' I smirked as I watched her open and close her mouth several times. 

'Okay but still it was pretty funny.' We both burst out laughing simultaneously. 'Whatever it was, you owe me your best behaviour because I intend to keep this job.' I gave her a stern look. 

She sighed dramatically before finishing her soda and throwing it at the bin and missing it. She grumbled, sluggishly getting up to throw it away. To think she was one of the best dancers in the world-class dance academy.