I got home around four with my 3 shirts for work. Looks like those ugly ass shirts were the uniform because I now had a red, purple, and blue of it. I found Monroe sitting on the couch watching tv. I threw my things on the coffee table and plopped down next to her. She wrinkled her nose, "You smell like fish."
"Hmm, I wonder why?" I said sarcastically to her
"Oh haha. But seriously go take a shower, Rose, you smell nasty." I tried to hug her and move closer to her because I knew she would freak out. Which she did. She climbed over the arm of the couch and used a pillow as a shield. "Rose, get out of here! Don't you dare!" She squealed hitting me with the pillow as I came after her. I finally was laughing so hard that she gave up looking annoyed, but amused as she sat back down on the couch. I got up and walked upstairs to take a shower.

The next few weeeks were basically the same routine. Get up at 8, get ready for work, call cab, get to work by 10, clock in, feed the fish, mop and clean the place up while people came and went through, get done at 4, take a shower, and be lazy with Monroe the rest of the night.
I was loving the job though. I didn't get to do much yet, but getting to feed and watch the ocean creatures was amazing. Pretty sure my co-workers thought I was crazy for talking to the fish and other animals. Oh well. Heather was still walking around like there was something up her ass, but she didn't really say anything to me. Megan and I talked a little and I don't think she dislikes me as much as she did the first day. Jeremy was still gorgeous and he loved talking to me, I guess. He was everywhere I turned and he would just babble on about the most random things. He tried to get me to laugh too, which did not work all the time since his sense of humor was horribly dry.
I also met the other four people that worked here. Jamie, who was a petite, tall, blonde haired girl. She was very quirky and nice. She was probably my favorite girl to work with. She just put you in a good mood and you could talk to her about anything.
Then there was Elleanna or Elle, as she liked to be called. She was a small, brown haired girl. She was not by any means fat, but she was not as petite as Jamie. She was curvy as she liked to call it. She was very sassy and loud for a little person, She was very bold also, and sure as hell not afraid to say her oppinion.
There was Toby. He was a little geeky, but in a cute way. He was about my height, sandy blonde, shaggy hair, with big hazel eyes. He had glasses that went over those big eyes which were rectangular. He was really shy and the only thing he had said to me since I had gotten here was a quiet, "Hello." I was kind of surprised at his higher pitched voice, but it was super cute.
The last person I met on my first few days at work was another girl names Charolette who liked the be called Char. Pronounced Shar. She was a short, petite little thing. Almost childlike. She had shoulder length blonde/brown/ginger hair. She was very innocent and enjoyed life and just laughed at everything. She always made me happy when I saw her or heard her little laugh. I had a feeling we would become great friends.
So all in all, I liked the people I worked with, except for Heather, and I loved my job.
On my fourth Monday I worked, Jeremy finally got to show me how to clean the inside of the tanks. Thank God! I was getting so bored of just cleaning.
"Okay," He said handing me a wet suit, "Put this on over your clothes." He grabbed another one out for himself. I struggled to put mine on while it came easily to him. He was now looking at me with a smirk on his face.
"Having troubles?" He asked trying to hold back his laughter.
"Okay, shut up." I said pulling hard on the suit, and of course, it made me fall over. I hit the hard ground and he could not hold his laughter back this time. I couldn't help but laugh at myself either. He held out his hand, I grabbed it while saying, "Oh my god. That was so embarassing." I could feel my cheeks turning red. He helped me put on my we suit. God he was nice.
"Thanks," I said still embarassed.
"Don't worry about it, it happens to all of us." He said smiling. Somehow I doubted that. We walked out to the top of the tank where we feed the fish. He grabbed two pairs of goggles and oxygen tanks/masks and brought them over to me, "Put these on." The oxygen mask fit on my face a little loosely and he reached over and fixed it slightly touching my face. I flinched away looking down.
"Rose..." He sighed putting his hand under my chin yanking the oxygen mask off and kissing me softly. Woah, I had not seen this coming. When I didn't pull awya he wrapped his arms around my waste. 'Rose! This is wrong! Stop!' the voice inside my head seemed to say. I quickly pulled back. I looked down again.
"I---we shouldn't---I mean, I shouldn't have---" He interupted by kissing me agian. Harder this time. And this time I didn't break away when the voice tried to get me to stop. I pushed it away and wrapped my arms around his neck.
We broke apart breathing hard. I looked into his eyes this time, and he was looking back into mine. So much for being friends.
"Rose, would you like to be my date to my friends party?" He smiled.
"Mmmmm...I will have to think about that." I said as I kissed him again. His eyes gleamed.
"Is that your way of saying yes?"
"What do you think?" I said teasingly.
"Good. I like it." He let go of my waist and handed me back my mask and goggles. I gave him a pouting look and he snickered. He led me into the water and we both swam around the tank. He pointed to the things I had to clean and then showed me how. At one point a shark came close to me and I grabbed his arm. He pulled me into him, away from the shark, protectively. I thought it was cute.
A couple hours after that work was finally over for me. He walked me to my taxi, "So when is this party?" I asked before getting in.
"Next friday. It is a birthday party for my friend. A ton of people are going to be there. My friend said my brother and I could bring dates. So I decided to invite the most beautiful girl I knew."
"And who is this lucky lady? Should I be jealous of her?" I said teasingly.
"Very jealous." He said kissing me, " By the way I was wondering if you could bring your friend, Monroe, for my brother."
I hesitated before answering, "I don't know. she isn't really the blind date type." He gave me a pleading look. I hesitated again, "Is he like you?"
He grinned back knowing he had won, "Of course not. I am way better looking." He said looking in the distance, posing. Laughing, I rolled my eyes at him and pushed him slightly.
"I will see what I can do," as I got into the car and closed the door I wondered what Monroe was going to say about this. And to my shock it did not go so well at first.

Notes

I know this is kind of a filler chapter, but the boys come in soon! Thanks for reading!
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