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my emotions got strong enough where the need to get them out of my body almost overcame my will to live.
    The next thing I knew I was in the lot outside my place, not really remembering driving back, just remembering the look on his face when he spoke to me. Yet, I wanted to make him see me differently. There was something about him that resonated with me, and deep.
    Walking into my apartment I had twenty minutes to shower, get ready, and be walking out the door for work or I was going to be late. I don't think I'd ever taken a faster shower, and I was dripping water all over the place as I ran t o the kitchen to check the time then back to my room to grab my clothes. Throwing on my skinny jeans and Red's shirt, I grabbed a hair tie and piled my wet hair on top of my head in a messy bun, putting mascara on my lashes and gloss on my lips. There was no way I was making a good first impression today. Running down the stairs to my car, I made my way to Red Records glad it was only a short drive from my apartment.
    I parked in back of the building with a couple minutes to spare. My perfum e was in the glove box, so I grabbed that and put some on before locking the car and heading in. Flashing my key card through the scanner at the back door, I went to put my stuff away in the back room I was told to use when I got hired. Jessica, the girl training me, sat at the register reading a magazine as I walked up.
    “Hey, you must be Kahlen.” She was on the shorter side, very petite, with beautiful tattoos lining one entire arm and a few scattered on her other. The bleach blond hair sat in a pixie cut and was more than flattering, her light blue eyes shown like ice.
    “Hi, yes, that's me. You're Jessica, right? The assistant manager?” She nodded in agreement, and motioned me behind the counter. “It's nice to meet you. I'm a pretty fast learner, so I hope to not take up too much of your time.”
    “Eh, it's no big deal. Everything here is pretty laid back and easy to deal with. We get shipments in every week for the new cd's coming out, you'll stock those before you leave on Mondays so they are ready for the next morning. Otherwise it's basically learning the register, and making sure everything looks acceptable.” She smiled like she thought that last one was a joke.
    Over the next hour and a half she showed me where to check for the shipments, how to log them, and where to stock new merchandise, but since it was a Friday there wasn't actually anything there. The register was super easy. The owner had recently upgraded to a computerized system and it seemed like it did all the work for me.
    “I think that's about it Kahlen, so I guess I'll be on my way.” My eyes grew large at the thought of being left alone here so soon, at the same time I was excited at the prospect of not having to talk to anyone for the rest of the night. “The keys to lock up are on the desk in the office. Lock the front from the inside, put the keys back, and when you leave out the back the alarm will automatically set.”
    “Can you leave your number in the office in case something completely horrible happens?” I knew everything would be fine, but wanted her number to put me more at ease. She said she would, and headed out the back.
    My shifts were five to ten during the week and I would be closing the store every time I worked, so I'd better get used to it. Keeping myself busy, I started going through each section making sure the cds were in alphabetical order as they should be, and for the most part they were.
    My cell had been ringing like crazy ever since I'd left Emma. I knew it was her because she was the only one who had my number, but I just didn't want to have a conversation right now. Sitting back behind the counter I wondered about Brandon. His eyes were so sad, tortured almost, and I wanted to know why; I just wasn't sure I was ready for the responsibility of getting to know someone else, and what they were dealing with, when I was still