Blind date (n.s)

15

I stared at the door. Maybe I had undiscovered superpowers that could change the fact that I had to work today. With Louis.

Some people would have called the way I was acting 'over dramatically'. Not being able to go into a warehouse because you're afraid to meet your best friend, sounds pretty dramatic. Others would call it 'typical gay' and Janet would say 'typically you'. I didn't call it anything, I just didn't want to go in there. Still I had to, and I did.

"You're late!" Barbara looked at me and if looks could murder someone, I would have died immediately.

"I know" I said and tried to walk around her so I could get to my locker.

"Apologies!" She said and blocked my way.

I shook my head. "I won't"

I probably shouldn't say something like that to my superior but if she had a clue what my life had been like for the last days and maybe even years, she would not get in my way.

"Don't talk to me like that!" She spit out. "Don't you dare to talk shit to me! I don't allow my employees to be like that, you understand? Don't you think you're any better that anyone else, you little faggot. I-"

"I will talk to you like I fucking want, right? It's certainly not my problem that you're messed up, lonely and complicated and that you hate yourself so much that you somehow think you could fuck up everyones day! You don't have a right to talk to human beings like that! You're a fucking bitch and just because you're my superior that ain't mean that you can treat me like damn shit. Now get out of my way before I make you do it"

While I was speaking I got louder and louder and now Barbara and I were surrounded by nearly all the other workers. It seemed like everyone was holding their breath, cause it was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

"That'll have consequences" Barbara hissed, her voice all shaky because of anger and her eyes were narrowing me like she thought she could shot me dead with them.

I just grinned. Of course it would have consequences but one had to tell her what a bad bitch she was. I wouldn't let anyone push me around anymore like I was a worthless freak. I mustn't accept the way people treat me only because I was scared to get into trouble, I had to start to stand up for myself since nobody else would do it.

The rest of the day I spend working. Restoring the shelves, helping out customers and hiding from Louis.

Not only that I we weren't on the best tracks with each other, no he was also going to be a father because his ex girlfriend got pregnant with his baby and he didn't know anything about this.

Eleanor hadn't told me much more about anything really. We had only stared at each other and then she stood up and left. I guess, she only wanted to get it off her chest. But for me it meant that I knew something know that I knew I couldn't be keeping this from Louis very long. He was going to be a father and even though I didn't like him right now he had a right to know about this baby. But wasn't it Eleanor who had to tell him? Would she tell him?

"Hey mate"

I twitched. "God Shawn, you scared the hell outta me"

"Sorry", he grinned, leaning against the refrigerated counters. "I didn't mean to"

I nodded and started cleaning again.
"What do you want? You're bored?"

"Nah, got plenty of things to do actually."

"So? If you want to talk about Friday or Louis or the blind date, I'm not going to talk about it. I'm done with it and want to put it in the past, I gotta move on"