Take My Hand...|Rye Beaumont

Three|You Work Here?!

"Ughh," I groaned as the annoying sound that was my alarm filled my room.

I ended the noise and started scrolling through Instagram. It's 6:50, I don't have to leave till half 7 so I have loads of time on my hands.

Once I had finished on Insta and Snapchat, i rolled out of bed and made my way downstairs the majority of moving boxes had been emptied and the rooms were actually coming along quite well.

I went into the kitchen to pour myself a bowl of cereal. I glanced at the big clock hung up on the wall. Wow! Its 7:32 already! I put the box of cereal away, bowl in the cupboard and spoon in the drawer. Instead, i made a glass of orange juice and took it upstairs with me.

I didn't have time for a shower or anything, so i brushed my teeth while brushing my hair (don't ask how, just us women are good at multi-tasking) then quickly got changed. I applied some concealer, mascara and lip balm before heading out the door.
It was 7:40, my shift starts in 20 minutes, therefore with it being a 20-minute drive, I should get there just in time.

8:02

I swung open the door and made my way to the back room towards the lockers. I pulled on my apron, shoved my handbag and phone in my locker then went to help the others. It was me and Alex on today. Apparentley, the other 3 had phoned in sick last minute and our manager couldn't get anyone else on at such short notice. It's alright though, Alex is one of my best friends. He's gay. I'm just going to get that one out there. There's nothing going on between us. But I feel that because he's gay, for some reason he understands me more and can relate to my problems sometimes more than my real, girl-friends can. We have a little catch-up, before the people start flooding in, usually at around half past 8 to buy their morning coffee on their way to work.

12:30pm

It's my break now. I have never seen this little Starbucks cafe so busy! I only have a few minutes as I can't leave Alex doing all the work on his own with nobody else helping him.

I got a cup of tea and slice of cake before going to sit in the corner. I had gotten my phone from my pigeon-hole before, so I was occupied.

I was scrolling through Twitter, when I heard the chairs around me move. I looked up to see the boys.

"Hey," Rye said sitting across from me, sipping on his tea.

"Hi, didn't expect to see you lot here." I explained, moving my plate to the side as I wasn't in the mood for eating.

"I never even knew you worked here," Rye stated looking down at my clothes.

"Yeah, not for much longer though," I replied.

"What d'you mean?" He asked inquisitively.

"Tomorrow is my last day working here." I explained.

"Where are you going after you've finished here then?" Andy asked

"I have a qualification in photography and videography, and I've been offered to be a photographer for an upcoming modelling agency." I said quite proudly.

"That's amazing," Mikey stated, "but why did you come here and not do that in the first place?"

"Well, I just never got offered a proper job in it, things at home weren't going too well so I knew i needed to be there for my family at those certain times."

He nodded in response before splitting up the piece of cake - I had shoved to the side - up for the boys to share. I giggled at them all munching on the cake.

"So, what are your plans for today?" I asked them

"After here, were going to the studio until 3 then were off to a photoshoot," Andy replied, "when does your shift end?"