fun & games

“We could have a movie night! I’m pretty sure my dad owns copies of both. But only, like, if you want to watch it. It’s kinda gross. That also could work. I just don’t want to annoy you with all the texts. But I do need someone to rescue me from the freezer…so…”

“ooooh, yes!! that would be so fun! i’d just have to deal with the gross, i guess. oh my god, you’d never annoy me! i love when people text me! i miss how life was like, in early high school days where people would just have constant conversations all the time, you know? now i feel like constant conversations are super weird unless you’re like, dating or something. and even then, i don’t know.”

“yes, and sitting in a dirty bathroom stall after closing isn’t exactly private time. i think if i had to sleep anywhere, though, i might find some place in the costume loft or something. pile a few elf costumes on top of one another and try to get as comfortable as possible. oh boy, you could even get the news team in here. you’d be famous.”

“right-- i’m not even sure i’d want to use the sink water to brush my teeth! those elf costumes are so scary, though. i wouldn’t be able to hang out anywhere at night with all those...heads around.”

“I mean, I really enjoyed the older one! I could text you. If I had my phone. And if I could get service in the freezer…or you could just check every night to be safe.”

“well, i’ll have to watch the old one some day! oh yeah, texting me would be good, too! how about you text me every night that you’re not in the freezer, and then the time you don’t text me, i’ll know. and then i’ll help you.”

“i can only imagine living under a games counter. at least it’d be a party every night; though closing is pretty late. i’d be much more happy somewhere that has quiet hours, i think. thank you– do you live independently?”

“right, everyone needs some private time. i can’t always be taking money from kids right above you, i guess! oh, no i don’t, i still live at home. but maybe i’ll start living under the games counter! then i wouldn’t even have to wake up early for work. i’d just wake up and stand up and boom, i’d be there.”

“You’re right! And we handled it brilliantly,” At least she could say that now that they had successfully gotten rid of the skunk. “Let’s just hope it doesn’t find its way back. I don’t think I have it in me to go through that again.” They had made their way out of the park and were loping down the sidewalk towards the diner. Hopefully there wouldn’t be a line, since it was so close to lunch time.

“i am not doing that again,” brooke insisted, moving towards kyung-mi to avoid hitting a lamp post on the sidewalk. “that’s someone else’s problem. i just hope they don’t snapchat it. then they’ll get all the glory of it, y’know?”