CHAPTER 2
(c)Chris Calderon 2016
TWO WEEKS IN
John
had been making great progress with the locations of the costumes. They
were nearing the end of September and the store had seen plenty of
traffic and sold lots of costumes and plastic props.
Andre,
a short, plump, goateed sales rep had been boinking his fellow
employees on their heads and arms with his squeaky, rubber, caveman
club. Stacey, who was destined to be a Playboy Playmate in the minds of
her male counterparts, had recently graduated from high school about a
year before.
Jennifer, was a freshman at Burbank’s Community College. She also played softball there and was a decent outfield catcher.
Megan
just moved to Los Angeles so she was considered a transplant along with
John. She had come a longer way though, all the way from Ireland along
with her friend Laura who also moved with her to make a cd and record
label. John had talked with Megan about why she moved to LA. She wanted
to get work as a nature photographer but most of all get out of the cold
rainy climate she had grown weary of over the years. They had both had
that in common with each other. Michigan had similar weather, where one
didn’t know what to dress for from day to day.
Star,
was one of the first original sales reps to be dressed in costume and
what a costume it was. The blue Alice skirt stopped close to her rear,
exposing her legs with black-net stockings. The dress also left open a
generous portion of her cleavage. The outfit also included a
multi-colored skirt. John was a big fan of her occasional exposed cheeks
when she bent over and even when she didn’t.
She
even had a tattoo of a star on the back of her neck. John tried
flirting with her on several occasions over the weeks but she was stiff
and not very talkative at least not to him. He still found himself
occasionally looking at her as she put the plastic bagged costumes away.
What could break her social ice wall that she put up? “Cheer up! You
only have two-hundred more bags to go,” said John.
“Heh…” Star replied and stared dead ahead.
John walked on to his next task of getting some more costumes for the racks himself.
The next week they hired another girl John didn’t mind staring at for several minutes as well. Her name was Lucy.
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