once upon a nike | ✔

chapter twenty one - ❝only because i had someone to argue with on the phone.❞

"you're fired, melissa. get out." ordered the bald headed manager.

❝but sir--❞

"you've left the place twice without delivering. you've been having long conversations with i don't know who! you've given wrong orders several times. i'm sorry but this is not going to be tolerated at subway."

❝let me explain myself, please.❞

"i don't need no explanation. please leave."

melissa didn't wanna push things further. so she respected her manager and turned her heel to leave. with a heavy heart, she left subway. it was her only job. she wondered where she was going to go work now. starbucks maybe?

so she went back home which was empty. deliah has gone to art school. she sat down on the couch and kept thinking about jordan. what would he do if he found out that melissa had been fired? both of them didn't have each other's numbers. melissa was worried that he would show up at their place everyday.

while thinking about all of that, melissa didn't realize when she had gone into a deep sleep. she got up with the sound of the door clicking open.

"you're home?" it was deliah and she was shocked to see melissa sleeping on the couch.

❝i got fired.❞

"what?! but why?!"

❝um...because i have been such a sloppy woman these past weeks.❞

"but mel! now what?!"

❝now i'm gonna go find a new job. there's plenty of empty spots in restaurants.❞

"damn. you loved working there, right?" deliah was sad.

❝only because i had someone to argue with on the phone.❞

❝anyway, we haven't spent a lot of time together, so let's all have dinner tonight!❞