My Monster

2 ~ Drinks

Work had seemed to go by in a blur, I had spent the day trying not to aggravate the new wounds on my palms and knees, Cassandra had disappeared, more than likely had headed home after her outburst. Madeleine had been far from happy with the early disruption and pointed the blame at Cassandra.

"Your shift is over Alex" Madeleine announce as she wondered out of her office, tying an apron around her waist, smiling sweetly at me. "thank you for not going home today, I would have struggled to hold this place together without you" She chuckled.

I smiled at her, glad that I could go home. I wiped my hands on a cloth and walked back into the change room where my stuff way, I untied my apron with a heavy sigh, my legs hurt from standing all day, the best thing that had happened to me was my lunch break, where I sat in a squeaky wooden chair in the staff room, which was the size of a cleaning closet and ate a sandwich, curtsy of the chef Randy, who had been working here for years.

I picked up my bag and slung it over my shoulder and pulled my hair from its tie. I ran my hands through it impatiently as I walked from the room and to Madeline's office, I knocked once before cracking the door.

"I'm going now". I told her with a smile, she looked up from the paperwork on her desk and grinned at me.

"Ok sweetie, I'll see you tomorrow." She told me and glanced down at her desk "before I forget, here is your pay for last week, there is the extra $180 for filling in for Addison, you are an Angel" she told me as she stood from her desk and wondered over to me, she handed me the envelope signed with my name and the amount in it. I smiled at her and took it from her hand.

"Thank you, I'll see you tomorrow" I told her before exiting the room.

I shoved the envelope in my bag as I walked from behind the counter. It was now 2 pm, I planned to hang around the bar, I didn't want to go home till I had to. My brain was still struggling to process what I had seen, if not for the photo I would have thought myself insane by now.

I Pulled my helmet over my head, ignoring the strap and swung my leg over the bike, I fished my keys from my pocket and jammed it in the ignition, not particularly thinking about the bike but more what I had seen last night. The more I imagined that hellish thing outside my window the less I remembered of it, which was strange because it was only hours ago that I had seen it.

Wait, how had I gotten into bed? I strange shiver ran down my spine and I quickly started the bike, not wanting to think about it.

I quickly pulled out of the parking space and onto the road, not looking to see if I was pulling out in front of someone and took off, hanging just over the speed limit as I rode down the busy road; or what passed for busy in this town.

I tuned out thoughts of the people and shops as I made my way to the bar. About halfway there, down the main stretch of the town, I noticed red and blue lights turn on. I glanced in my mirror to see one of the few police cars in this town behind me.

With a grunt of annoyance, I pulled into a parking bay next to a park, the large expanse of grass was mostly used for the school, currently, there was a group of teenagers a hundred meters from me playing football.

The police car pulled in behind me, turning the lights off before the driver's door popped open, I Pulled off my helmet and ran my fingers through my hair.

"Alex?" a deep voice inquired from behind me, I mentally cringed as I turned around, and of course it was the one person I was hoping it wouldn't be.

Brown hair curled under his police hat, his warm brown eyes gazed into mind for a second before pulling himself back into a professional façade.

"Felix" I sighed, I turned off the ignition to the bike, I stretched out my back a little and waited for the lecture to begin. My ex-boyfriend Felix, high school sweetheart, I was sure we would be together way after high school, but that was until I found a photo of said Felix making out with one of the sluttiest girls in school, safe to say I broke his phone and our relationship was not so far behind.