Half/Full

Chapter Nine

*ONE WEEK LATER, MONDAY, 9:00 AM*

Kwan wake up. Nicole says as she shakes my right arm, "We have the morning shift this week remember? You're going to be late!" I keep my eyes closed as my head pounded,

"Nicky.... Must you speak so loudly? My head is killing me...." She sighs and pulls me up by my wrists, I sit up with my head slumped forward, she holds my head up with both her hands I open my eyes slowly, my cracked left eye meets hers as I rub my right eye, "Just give me some time to get ready, I'll meet you downstairs..." I say after a long yawn. She kisses my cheek softly,

"I still don't know if I'll ever get used to seeing you like this Sarah..." I give a soft smile as I rub her neck with my left hand,

"It'll be alright Nicky, I just need to keep calm and try not to lose myself again," I look down to my palms, "I just hope I can control those raw emotions..." Nicole holds my hands,

"Come on Sarah, we need to go to work, we can talk more later." She lets go and begins to leave the room but stops at the door, "Ken may have a few questions as to what happened to you, want me to head out and let him know before hand while you get ready?" I get up and walk to her, I give her a soft kiss on her lips,

"I would like that very much, just dont tell him everything." I think for a second, "Just tell him I had an accident that I don't want to talk about." She nods and returns my kiss with her own,

"See you later then." I nod smiling as she leaves. I take care of my morning routine, shower, brush teeth, brush hair, get dressed. Which took around an hour or so, I lost track of time in the shower, Ive decided to wear a white button-down shirt with the sleeves cut half way down my forearm, a black skirt that stops half way down my thighs with white leggings underneath, and round toe stiletto high heel black ankle boots. Since I was running on such lateness I just did the Kwan classic of shaking my head after I dry my hair to let it style itself, a specialty of mine it covered most of the left side of my face and my eye. I chuckle and quickly head down stairs, after ringing the butler to give me a ride to work at the coffee shop. I also had a cute short black leather jacket to complete todays outfit.

*11:47 AM*

I walk into the coffee shop as Ken was walking pass the door, he almost bumps into me, "Heads up Kenny!" I said as I snap my fingers in his face, "Eyes forward and keep your back straight, right?" He chuckles and nods,

"Yes, you're right but also very late for the morning shift, so you will be here for the afternoon shift with myself and a new hire. Got it?" I sigh and look over to Nicole who was covering her mouth as she laughed, the turquoise speck in her Outcast Soul moved around, she was feeling genuine emotion, I smile at her as I walked to the back to put on my blue apron and tie it around my waist afterwhich I put my hat on before going to the coffee shop floor to take orders and clean messes left behind by the various customers. As half pass twelve rolled on by Nicole was getting ready to head out to tackle the remaining day, I take her place at the counter. I grab her shoulder before she gets out of my reach,

"Hey, Nicky, mind hanging out for a bit before you go?" She looks around to the slow shop and shrugs,

"Sure, guess I could spend some time here since we aren't too busy right now. Is something on your mind?" She asked as she leaned on the counter,

"Well, I wanted to know if you knew anything about this new hire that Ken was talking about when I came in." She shook her head,

"Uh, no, I dont he put it just a vaguely for me when I came in. I was just laughing because he almost broke all those cups and plates and he would've had to pay for them." She spoke as I handled an exchange with a customer, she continued as the person walks out of the shop, "You know Eno has been racking his head around what to do about the Outcast district, maybe you could lend your voice, I've told him what I think should happen but he might listen to you because you and I both know he only hears me not listens." I sigh,