A/N - Well I hope  that everyone loves this story...i have kinda paused on 
makin it now b/c well  for one i don't have the incouragment and i just don't 
have the spirt to do it.  So i figured if i put it out there and random 
strangers would comment on it then  i might feel into the mood to write more of it.  
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story.....
 
Chapter  Two
 
 
"Jean! Jean get outta the  shower!  You've been in there 30 minutes!" Megan 
shouted from the other  side of the bathroom door.  
"Dammit!"  I  turned off the water and got out.  Running to my room in a 
towel, I  panicked.  I didn't set out anything to wear tonight.  I think Austin  
said something about this being a punk band tonight.  Throwing things outta  
the closet, I found my black jeans with the holes in the knees and my old Korn  
shirt that my ex got me.  He went to the concert and got me the tour  shirt.  
I grabbed my leather bracelets and snapped them on.  I looked  under the bed 
for my black and white K-Swiss. They weren't there.  I  stopped and had to 
think when I wore them last.  It had been to long to  remember.
    I ran up the stairs  putting my leather choker on that had spikes on it.  
My hair was still  wet so the ride to the shop was going to have to dry it 
and pull it up at  the shop.  Now the shoes.
    "Lee! Megan! Help Me!"  I heard them running down the stairs from their 
room upstairs.  "K-Swiss!  Black and white! Where?!"
    "I borrowed them last  week.  Sorry I didn't return them." Megan said, 
running back  upstairs.  She handed me my shoes and I looked at my phone.  25  
minutes!  I hopped around trying to put my shoes on but Lee pushed me on  the 
couch saying it was easier sitting down.  I slipped my feet in  them.  I didn't 
ever tie my shoes.
    "Yall ready to go?" I  said, grabbing my keys off the end table.
    "We can't go,  Jean.  I have a huge report to do and Lee has to go to 
work remember?"  Megan said.
    "Shit!  I am  working with Angel tonight."  I was getting  frustrated.
    "You will be ok,  Jean.  You have been though worse and you know this."  
Lee said giving  me a hug.  I grabbed my purse well it was the bag from work  
really.
    BEEP! BEEP! I reached  for my phone and it was Elliot.  I hit the button 
and said, "Go  ahead."
    BEEP!  BEEP! "Nial's dad came home early and wanted to take us out to  
dinner.  I'm sorry I can't help you tonight."
    I hit the button to  reply back but I couldn't get a signal so I hugged 
Lee and Megan and left.   The top was still off and the sky was dark.  I had to 
leave the top off to  dry my hair but I hope it didn't rain till I got to the 
 shop.
    15 minutes later I  pulled up at the shop.  Austin was waiting for me 
there with a taxi  outside.  I walked in and Austin was throwing a fit about me 
being  late.
    "I am only 5 minutes  late.  Chill bro."
    "I want my store in  once piece Jean! I mean it."  He walked up to me 
with his bags in  hand.  He leaned over and hugged me.  Then he whispered in my 
ear, "Do  a protective......"
    "I thought about that  but I can't.  It is showing people wat I am," I 
said, interrupting his  thought.
    "Okay, but i have to  go.  I love ya sis."
    "Yeah. Yeah. Ok. Love  ya too."  He left.  I forgot about putting the top 
on the jeep   the sky was really dark by then.  I looked at Angel.  "You ok 
for like  10 minutes if that?  I have to put the top on the  jeep."
    He  nodded.
 
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    "Whew! What  a night!  Remind me never to have Austin put me on on a 
night that has a  band again," Angel said, sitting at my normal table.  I got two 
Pepsi and  sat next to him and gave him of the drinks.
    "This was  nothing.  I remember when Fall Out Boys was here about a year 
ago.   Now talk about having a long night."  I took a drink of the Pepsi and 
sat  back putting my feet on the table.
    "That would  be a night that i wouldn't want to work.  Thank God this was 
only a local  band."  He put his feet on the bar under my chair.
    Everyone  went home and I locked the place down.  It was just me and 
Angel  there.  We managed to stay away from each other most of the night  we  only 
broke 6 cups which I fixed with a repairing spell.  That's right if  you 
haven't figured it out yet......I'm sorta a witch in a sense but with  natural 
"powers".  Not your typical witch.  I had to go to school and  all that but if I 
was asked I was home schooled.  It wasn't like Harry  Potter or anything like 
that though.  No wands or old fashion witches  teaching you magic.  I was a 
natural witch and so far i found out that I  could make things appear and brings 
things to me but that is all.  Then  there is the basic spells and stuff.
    "Jean!?"  Angel screamed waving his hands in front of my face.
    "Sorry.  Were you saying something?  I kinda spaced out  there," I said, 
rubbing my eyes.  My contacts were getting  dry.
    "I was  asking you if when we finish up can you give me a ride home since 
the buses  stopped about an hour ago," Angel said giving me a smile.
    How could i  say no to that face?
    "Yea. All I  have to do is finish counting the money and make the 
deposit.  Can you  finish wiping everything down so I don't have to do it tomorrow?"  
He  nodded.
    I walked to  the back office where the cash drawers were on the desk.  I 
knew there  would be a big deposit that night.  There always is on band 
nights.  I  was recounting the money when Angel came to the back storage room.  
Through  the glass, I could see he was setting up the last of the cups he washed.  
I  put the tens down that i was recounting and watched him.  He put all fives 
 trays on the shelves.  He had one tray left and he turned around and saw me  
watching him.
    All of a  sudden, he dropped the whole tray and broke every cup.  Dammit! 
 I am  going to kick Austin's ass.  Never am I going to work with Angel  
again.  I am so going to get put out if I have to keep repairing  everything.  I 
saw red on the counter and I knew that Angel probably cut  his hand open.  I 
went to get up and tripped and stumbled but didn't  fall.  The empty cash 
drawers were on the floor next to the chair.  I  stepped over them and went to the 
storage room.
    "Are you  alright, Angel?"  He had his back to me.  He turned and like I  
thought, he cut his palm open.  It wasn't really bad thought.  I  grabbed his 
other hand and took him to the front by the bar and pulled out the  first aid 
kit.  After I fixed him up, I told him to go sit and stay  put.  I put the 
correct money in the drawer quickly and put them in the  safe.  I threw the rest 
in the deposit bad.  I ran to the storage room  and fixed the glasses and put 
them on the counter for  tomorrow.
    I walked out  to see Angel's head down.  "Are you okay, hon?"
    He raised  his head and just look wore down.  "Yea, I am ok.  Just tired. 
Been up  for awhile."
    "How long is  'awhile'?"  I moved to the door and unlocked it.  "Cmon.  
Time to  get outta here.  You gotta tell me where you live at  too."
    He got up  and we walked out the door.  I shut off the lights and locked 
the  door.  I walked around the building to see Angel leaning against the  
Jeep.  He had on a black hoodie with a heart gram on it.  He had the  hood up and 
his hands in the front pocket. His head was down and his legs  crossed.  He 
still had that glow to him even though i couldn't see his  face.  Weird.....
    I hit the  button to unlock the Jeep and he jumped.
    "Sorry.  I didn't mean to scare you."  I got in and  started the Jeep.  
"I have to stop at the bank and then I will drop you  off."
    He  nodded.  As I pulled out on Main Street, Angel looked distant,  I  
reached in my bag and pulled out my cigarettes and pushed in the car  lighter.  
After I lite one up, I rolled down the window and let in the cool  night in.
    "Two  days."  Angel was still looked out the window like he was in his 
own  world.
    "Huh?"
    "Since I  have slept.  And it was like three hours then."  I took a hit 
off my  cigarette and looked over at him.
    "Why so  long?"  I turned into the bank lot and got behind a  blazer.
    "I don't  know.  Number of reasons.  Too much on my mind is the main 
reason, I  guess." Angel shrugged.  His hands where still in his front pocket and 
his  head was low now.
    "Well, maybe  you need a break or just need someone to talk to about 
shit."  I reached in  my bag for my main set of keys for the deposit box key.  I 
didn't feel  them.  The blazer pulled out and i pulled up and pulled my bag 
into my  lap.  I didn't feel them so I switched on the overhead light.  I  opened 
my bad and looked around.
    "Shit!"  I got pissed.  I knew where they were.  I  threw my butt out the 
window and slammed my bad on the center  consol.
    "What's  wrong?" Angel looked up and had a confused look.
    "I don't  have my keys.  No house key.  No deposit key. Nothing!  I left  
them on my bed.  Dammit!"  I remembered something.  "Excuse  me." I reached 
over him and laid my arm on his leg.  I opened the  glove box and felt around.  
There taped to the top was the spare deposit  key.  WHEW!  But how the hell 
am I going to get in my  house?
    I dropped  the money in the box and put the key back and pulled out.  
"Which  way?" Angel just looked over at me.
    "How are you  going to get into your house, Jean?"  The look of concern 
was on his  face. It was cute.
    "I honestly  don't know.  Megan is doing her report tomorrow so she went 
to bed  early.  Lee is knocked out from work.  No one else is up at my  house. 
 And Elliot is at Nial's house. Megan and Lee won't hear me if i  knock b/c 
their room is on the 2nd floor in the back of the house.  I  guess I will have 
to buy a room for the night.  I have to open the shop  tomorrow." 
    I sighed and  thought about it.  I had to open Insomnia at 2 in the 
afternoon. 
    I looked at  Angel. "Are you too tired for something to drink?  Coffee or 
a pop?   Your choice....."
    "I know this  sounds crazy but coffee sounds nice.  But I have an idea.  
Why don't  you stay at my house tonight and I will make coffee?  I have to 
work  tomorrow anyway's and you can take me into work and save me 3 bucks from 
the  bus."
    We still  haven't left the bank parking lot.  I can't believe Angel just 
asked me to  stay with him.  We barely knew one another and not to mention the 
accidents  that happen.  If I stayed, his apartment or house would probably 
catch  fire.  I don't know if I could trust him.  Like I said, I barely know  
him and I have a huge secret that needs to be kept.  Then again Austin  
wouldn't have hired him if he didn't trust Angel one some level so maybe I  should 
give him a chance.  I am just scared that was probably it.  The  last think I 
need is for him to find out about my little  secret.