Knocking on thirty, single, and plus-sized, Nina finds herself stuck in-between a rock and a hard computer desk chair. Wanting to add some fun in her life, Nina decides to take a co-worker's offer to attend a pool party. What starts to be a small...
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Somehow, I findd myself in the most remote part of this massive mansion pool party. I think I'm in the kiddie pool area. As if kids are actually here. The strong smell of chlorine burn my eyes. I see a few couples stuffing themselves into little tube-shape floaty cars. There is a stream heading downwards through tunnels which disappear somewhere. I'm assuming they lead to various places of the mansion.
I've been sitting here for an hour and have yet to see anyone come back. Every so often an empty tube car would make its way back to the start. I check my cellphone before stuffing it back into my bra. I haven't heard a word from Kiesha. To keep myself busy, I've been reading and playing games on my phone and now my battery is low.
"Hi, I know you!"
A tall lanky woman in a bright orange bathing suit stands over me. She is super thin, even her bathing suit sags a little from her body. I smile and nod my head.
"You're Nina from HR, right? I'm Heather. You remember?"
I tried to place her face, but nothing came of it. She reminds me of plenty other skinny beached blondes I know. I see so many people come and go, at times, everyone tends to blend together. To save face, I pretend to know her.
"Yea, I think I remember you. Billing department?"
"Hey you do remember!"
Nope, very lucky guess.
"Do you still work for HR? I was fired on my third day. But I remember you being so nice to me." She said smiling.
"Yea, I'm still there. What did you get fired for again?"
"Lied on my background. I guess they found out a lot sooner than I thought they would." She laughs.
This just got awkward.
"Well, I hope you're doing okay now." I say, pinching my lips together. Still nodding my head.
"Yea, I lost my apartment and had to live in my car a few days, you know." She takes a seat next to me.
Oh, god. Please, no.
"Well, I hope you are back on your feet." I am lowkey having a slight melt down.
"Yea, kind of. I live on a friend's couch right now, we just had to throw everything away, you know, bedbugs."
No. I don't know. I don't want to know. Please keep it moving bug lady.
"Oh, Wow." I hear my voice go complete monotone. I didn't really know what to say, what do you say to total strangers who start dropping life bombs on you out of nowhere?
I sit there for the next thirty minutes listening to her babble on about her friend and bedbugs and something about someone's baby daddy, maybe? I stopped listening about five minutes into the conversation. And then I saw him. I almost flip a lid!
