“I’m sorry; I just need to get home.” Eric screamed as he waded through the crown toward the door. Nick had kept him three hours longer then he wanted to stay. Eric loved to party just as much as Nick did, but Nick was a rich prat who did whatever he wanted whenever he wanted while Eric struggled to pay the bills week to week.

“Stay just one more hour!” Nick begged not wanting to be all by himself on a Tuesday night. Nick loved being around some who was real and wasn’t always strung out on drugs.

“You know I have to work tomorrow.” Eric called back

“You work too much, you know that don’t you?” Nick yelled sharply as Eric was half way out the door. “Shit, alone again!”

Eric got in to his one prize possession he had with all the bills he had, his 2004 Ford hybrid. He rolled out of the parking lot toward his 1 bedroom apartment less then a mile from his job at the mall. Walking in the door he collapsed on his bed and slept for the few hours before his alarm went off.

Eric got undressed and showered trying to make himself look rested with the box of free sample stuff he got from his friend Andhra. Finally grabbing the hairdryer to dry his face he grabbed his keys and drove down to the mall to start his day of selling home furnishings. As Eric walked by the Origins counter, Andhra called out to him how crappy he looked and he needed to get more sleep. Eric just called back while laughing that he was wearing her brand and all the sleep in the world couldn’t fix that. Arriving in his department in the basement, he turned on his mainframe terminal and pulled up his email on the register.

The day went by slowly as always. His only customer was an eighty year old raisin wanting a vibrating recliner. “Great, another lousy $300 dollars,” Eric moaned as he mealed out for lunch. “Hey hoe, are you ready?” Andhra looked at him and told her counter staff she'd be back in an hour.

“Why do you always try to make me look bad in front of my people?”

“I don't have to try!”

“Shut up queen boy!”

“Fine, but this stuff makes my face itch. I should have stuck with my nice drug store cheap stuff. At least red face doesn't itch this bad!”

“I'll see what I can find, but Walgreen’s brand foundation doesn't cut it with your skin type.”

“You'd know, you still use it!”

“Hush up, I was out of MAC and we don't carry it anymore.”

“Want me to call Jan for you?”

“No, that's my job not yours. I forget how you even know Jan.”

“I told you last time you told me not to call that her husband is bisexual and I've topped him a couple times.”

“La, la, la, la, la.......just stop there!”

“That face is the funniest yet, I'm going to get a pic of that someday you know.”

“Sure you will, see you later?”

“No, Nick is dragging me back down to Boom Boom Boom tonight.”

“Just have fun and see you at 3 tomorrow night then.”

Eric mealed in and started his afternoon dusting and filing. About two hours before he got off a younger couple came in and spent all his time picking out a living room, dining room, and bedroom set. All told it added up to about $25,000. Eric left feeling pretty good about the day.

“It's about time you get home, one hour until the flight takes off down at Renton.”

“I'll be there, let me grab my Cali clothes out of the back of my closet.”

“Just grab the leather pants and the mesh tank!”

“I'm going to wear my cut offs and a half shirt! It's fucking August and you want me in leather pants! Prick!”

“It's so hot to see though,” Nick started to whine.

“I'll wear it on the trip back, ok?”

“Deal!”

End part 1...

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