InFAMOUS Second Son: A Second Chance

Chapt 2. Minimum Wage

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Chapter 2. Minimum Wage

Struggling with your luggage, you follow Isabel up the stairs of her new music store up to her apartment. You did recall she used to live on top of a small antique shop. It was a nice little shop run by a friendly old Italian couple. Your cousin failed to mention their departure and thus her new store but you did not put much thought onto the subject. Not while you were on the verge of dropping your suitcases down the stairs and falling along with it. Your cousin's sudden new store was the last thing on your mind.

"Ugh where is that darn key?" Isabel asks herself slightly frustrated.

"'Darn' really? And can you please hurry up with that door, my arms are about to fall off over here," you say with a small grunt. "You had one job, Isabel."

"Got it!" Isabel exclaims as she opens the door and helps you with your luggage.

She may have a new store but her apartment hasn't changed the slightest, except for the new paint job of course. She always did say she felt the need to liven her place up a bit more, she succeeded. The walls of her apartment appear to have some new glow to it. Although, the scent of the new paint job was still detectable, must've been recent. Still, it didn't do much justice in bothering you. It wasn't too long ago since you last stepped foot in Isabel's apartment so you already knew your way around the rooms. Occasionally you had made secret visits back to Seattle, however those visits were strictly only appointed to Isabel by your father. It was during your last visit that your cousin had proposed you move in with her, which you gladly accepted. All that was needed was your father's consent. Which your cousin still had not told you how she was granted it, which sparked the question in your mind.

Letting curiosity get the best of you, you ask, "Hey, Belle how is it that you got my old man's permission to let me bunk with you? I know my mom would definitely not mind, but even you know my dad is a completely different story," rolling your eyes you position yourself to lean against the kitchen doorframe.

To your surprise Isabel's eyes widen slightly as she began. "Right! Thanks for reminding me. I know how your dad doesn't think you are mature yet to be on our own, honestly you seem more than capable in my eyes but yeah your dad is a completely different story. However, I managed to make a deal with him and the deal was that if I took you under my wing and taught you the ways of adulthood and all that crap, you would be able to stay with me and you won't be on house arrest under your fathers authority. He was a bit skeptical at first about the idea of leaving you with me, since we're only a few years apart, but he finally agreed and now here you are."

"Hmmm, well that does seem like a fair deal," you pause. "However, I do find it very insulting how after all these years of nothing but obedience and scholar grades he still doesn't see me to be 'mature enough' to be on my own. Honestly it's about time I leave the nest and I'm glad you convinced him to agree on that. This is my ticket to freedom and my chance to convince him that I am an adult so I'm not gonna blow it. What's the plan?"

"That's the spirit, (Name) and I'll show you, follow me." With those words said Isabel began to lead you down the stairs that lead you two to her music store.

"You may have noticed that this is not the same old antique store that used to be here when you last visited," you nodded and she continued. "Believe it or not but the Aquila's decided to move back to Italy with their family so they gave me their shop as a gift. Told me I could do anything I'd like with it, so I turned it into a music store. I wasn't feeling the whole antique thing to be honest. So now it's a music store, a music store in which you are going to be working in for minimum wage. Ten dollars an hour. Don't worry though, you're not gonna be working alone. Along with me you're gonna be working with Travis, I gave him the day off today because I had to pick you up and drive you here so you'll meet him tomorrow. Nine AM sharp, you got that?"

You nod with your lips slightly parted as you did not know what else to say. It wasn't the fact that you had to work tomorrow that had you stunned, in fact you really didn't care about that, you were rather pleased that you finally had a real job and that you're going to be paid at a reasonable rate. What had you slightly anxious, however, was the thought that you were gonna meet a guy tomorrow and work with him.

''I wonder what he's like?'' you thought out loud."Is he artistic like me and Delsin? Wait, no! Not Delsin, why would I even think of him? Stupid brain..... Okay just don't think about him, it's easy.....There, he's gone. Why would I even want to think about that jerk? He dumped me oh so suddenly before I even got to the chance say goodbye-and I'm doing it again."

You face-palm your head before glancing at the clock and noticing its only ten past four o'clock. "Maybe a trip to the Latte Owl will help me feel better."

OK first of all I would like to thank and dedicate this chapter to @RazzberriCupcake for giving me the inspiration, through her excitement, to complete this and publish the second chapter to this story ^___^ Thank you to those who are reading my story I don't really have a lot of reads yet but the fact that some people actually bothered to read this story really means a lot me so thank you!!!! <33333 Also I'm very positive that in the next chapter our main man Delsin will surely make an appearance ;) stay tuned, loves <3333 Until next time!
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