Groaning as she rolled off of the couch, Ruby fell onto the floor landing on another sleeping body. Opening her eyes and looking at the naked man she yawned and stood up knowing she wouldn't wake him. The rap music in the background was loud enough to do that for her.
Fluffing her blonde crazy hair and stretching her back, she peered over the ten other naked bodies that still seemed affected by the drugs from the night before. Rubbing her eyes to make them seem less blurry, she leaned down trying to search for her clothes.
"Did you not take anything last night?"
Finding her jeans she made an "ah ha" noise and started searching through the pockets. Ignoring the man who sat in the corner counting money.
"We having another one of these this Thursday. Write that down somewhere so you don't forget."
Nodding Ruby put a cigarette in her mouth and sighed, unable to find her lighter.
"You're working the street today." The strong man smiled as his employee finally looked over at him. His hand holding out her shirt.
Taking the top from him and digging through the front pocket, she lit her cigarette before sliding her clothes on. She felt sticky and hot.
"Here's your cut." Handing her some money he took the smoke from her mouth and put it in his. "You're behind Ruby. I need some fucking profit from you today."
Rolling her eyes and getting out another she growled when it wouldn't light.
"Did you fucking hear me bitch?" He leapt out of his chair to tower over the girl. His large frame shading her whole body.
"I heard you Johnny, give me five minutes to fucking wake up." She puffed some smoke in his face and walked around him. "Does the water work here?"
The man clenched his jaws annoyed at her carelessness but shook his head to answer anyway.
Buttoning her pants she left the old apartment and went down the stairs. Covering her eyes from the sun as she made it onto the streets she shook out the Ashes and looked around. There was a gas station a couple blocks over she would hit. Get some breakfast with her money and clean herself up.
The man that ran it was nice. He never seemed that excited about anything but he didn't treat her like scum which she enjoyed.
The bathroom was cleaner than most too, he always made sure there was toilet paper and soap. That gave her just enough to wash herself.
Splashing the cold water on her face she looked at the cracked mirror and admired how dry her skin was. Maybe tonight she could get one of those travel sized lotions. Those come in handy.
"Where's the fucking hot Cheetos Mike?"
The old man flipped through the magazine, "It's 8:00 in the morning. You should eat a real breakfast."
Throwing a bag of chips onto the tall counter she looked at her beverage options while rolling the cigarette back and forth between her lips.
"My son graduated middle school."
"So did I, What's the big deal?"
The man shrugged and beeped her items, "My wife thinks we need to throw him a party."
Handing him the crumbled cash, she put her cigarette out on his ash tray and opened her breakfast. "You need a party Mike. You look fucking depressed."
Getting back to his magazine, he nodded making her roll her eyes and leave. She realized she spent most of her life rolling her eyes. It started when her mother yelled that she wasn't good enough and now it's when other people do anything remotely stupid. Granted, she felt her whole life was stupid but other people were too smart for that.
She knew her day would consist of sex, drugs, and maybe some free food but that's where she was, she didn't blame anyone but herself.
Even as the day went by she met dozens of people who seemed to be in denial that they created this life for themselves. She didn't feel sorry for them like she didn't feel sorry for herself.
The only people she felt sorry for was her two best friends. Because they were perfectly content where they were. They didn't want to be anything different, and they didn't feel the need to try. When she brought up applying for a real job they would just laugh.
"Well I told him the prices but he was just a fat fucking pig who wanted to act rich." Amber leaned on the brick wall and picked her peeling nails, "I don't mind pretending but don't sit here and lie to me when I watch you pick up the trash on the corners."
Claudia laughed obnoxiously and waved at some cars that passed, "Tell him to suck his own dick!"
"Isn't his wife the lady that volunteers at the shelter?" Ruby asked unrolling her bag of half eaten chips.
Amber shrugged taking some of her snack. "Y'all going to the house party tonight? Johnny said it's good money."
"I'm going Thursday." Ruby replied watching trash fly with the cars.
Claudia nodded and pointed at the blonde, "Me too. Johnny always be splitting us up." She pulled out her cartoon and handed each one of her friends a smoke.
Taking it and letting her light it for her, Ruby squinted her eyes as a nice black car pulled up to them. She pinched both her friends to get their attention and they all stood up a little straighter. Their confusion sat in however as a woman appeared behind the window. A stern woman with a frown plastered on her face like a mask.
"Does this bitch know where she at?" Claudia whispered raising an eyebrow and looking at the car.
Ruby decided to take the bait and walk foward. "We don't usually see woman stop." Raising an eyebrow waiting for her to respond, she only looked back at her two friends who seemed as skeptical as her.
"Get In" The woman commanded unlocking the door.
Going against her better judgment, she complied, throwing her cigarette onto the street. "Your not a cop or something right?" Ruby laughed but stopped quickly when the woman said nothing.
"Go into there." She barked tapping the seat in front of her.
Rolling her eyes and sitting back, she scratched her ear as parked cars flew by them. She wondered what this woman's story was, she had so many guesses. Maybe the mayor's wife, or maybe an actress with addiction problems. Feeling the car stop, she looked out her window seeing an almost empty parking garage. She had no idea where she was honestly.
Tapping her foot, she looked over at the woman who sat straight waiting for the driver to get out of the car and lock the doors behind him. She wondered where he would go to wait.
"Do you have any drugs?" The woman finally looked over at her with bored eyes.
Shaking her head, she looked the older woman up and down. "I was serious when I said we don't get many women."
"How much?" She asked ignoring the conversation.
Sighing Ruby unbuckled her seatbelt "20 for eating you, 15 for eating me, and 30 for a full package." She leaned forward with a smile, "It's a great deal."
Looking at the girl's blue eyes Anne smiled slightly at her humor. "20 it is then." Showing her the cash she put it back in her pocket and started undoing her pants.
Anne situated herself and looked out at the empty parking lot as the girl put her face into her. She watched as a car drove by and she judged whoever it was tires. They hadn't taken their spare off from an apparent blow out. It was crazy how abundantly poor everyone was on this side of town.
Grabbing the girl's head and pushing her deeper, she closed her eyes and thought about her expensive car. She just had new tires put on it a month ago. Anne pulled up on all of the girl's blonde hair and looked at it bunched up between her fingers. She loved the way golden yellow looked near her skin.
Moving her hips, she stared forward. Slightly bored by the whole encounter until she neared climax, her body tensed up and she pulled the girl's head forward making her wince as she was forced to go deeper. Breathing roughly, she let go of the blonde and stared down at her messy legs. She couldn't wait to go take a shower.
Pulling her pants back up, Anne grabbed the money from her pocket and handed it over to the girl. Ruby took it, waiting for her to say something but rolled her eyes as the brunette totally forgot she was there.
Getting out of the car and slamming the door behind her she went over to the railing and sat down while wiping her mouth.
The driver tipped his hat as he came back over, got in the car, and left.
Leaving Ruby alone.