George shook off her stupid facial expression and extended her hand to Lara’s.

George: “Hey, it’s nice to meet you” she said wiping the suds off of her shirt.

With only two hours left in her shift George headed outside for her last cigarette break. She walked through the back door and headed down the ally and ploped herself down on a milk crate. A couple of minutes later she looked up to see someone walking through the door.

Lara: “Hey, George right?” she said walking over to her

George: “Yeah, thats right” she replied as she stood up. “So uh-” was all she could get out before her cell phone began to ring. She reached in her pocket and pulled out her phone looking at the caller id. “*****, just give me one second” she smiled and answered the phone. “Hey Shane what’s up?……um I have to have dinner with my sister tonight but then nothing………uh…i don’t know” Lara watched her on the phone and smiled intently. George noticed her expression and smiled back. “yeah, I guess I could come out for a little bit….yeah..ok..peace” with that she hung up the phone and returned it to her pocket.

George: “Sorry that was my friend”

Lara: “It’s ok” came her simple reply

George: “Yeah, so…um do you..uh, what are you up to tonight?” she said nervously

Lara: “Well I don’t really have any plans as of yet”

George: “Well, im going to meet up with my friend later tonight, maybe if your out or bored or something, maybe you could stop by and have a drink or something”

Lara: “Yeah, id like that”

George: “Yeah?”

Lara: “Yeah, where are you going to be?”

George: “Um it’s called Milk, I don’t know if you’ve ever been there or-”

Lara: “I know exactly where it is” she interupted

George: “ok then, I gotta get back to the grind, i’ll uh see you later then”

Lara: “Yeah, ok. bye”

George: “Bye” she said as she slowly walked away the shot a glance at Lara before walking back in the door.

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Bette was sitting at her desk leafing through some files when there was a knock at the door. “Come in” she said as she set down a folder. Alice peaked her head in and gave a tired wave. She walked over and dropped herself into a chair across from Bette’s desk.