Hectic Day

-Julie-

It�s weird to have a busy day and then run into people you haven�t seen in years. That�s what today turned into for me. No, it wasn�t Max this time. Her name�s Krista, but we all called her Kris for short.

My day started out rather crap. First, we didn�t get our IT reports together in time with the deadline being in eight hours. Dumb-dumbs Ben and Kele insisted it would be fine. They should know by now that I do not accept that. I wanted this down days before the deadline. Lovely! There goes another day down the shit hole!

I didn�t want to be bothered on the grounds of biting my incompetent coworkers� heads off. Around lunch time, I slipped out for lunch. I felt like getting lost in spicy Thai food. I kept my hat down over my eyes. It�s so easy to disappear from my job at times like this. As I walked down the empty country-like street, I felt myself smiling. Maybe the company setting up here in Suiten may not be a bad thing. No noise, no traffic, just the nice country air. I can just get lost in it, you know? I was about to do that when I heard, �Julie?�

I stopped and turned to see a woman with bright red pigtails running towards me. I narrowed my eyes as she kept running to me.

�Julie!� the woman yelled again. I tilted my head as the running woman came closer. Hey, I know that voice� The woman made it over and jumped on me, squeezing the life out of me. I gasped as I tried to get away.

�Gah!� I cried as I tried to push her away. It took about twenty minutes before she finally let go. She stood back smiling.

�Julie!� she cheered, �I missed you so much.� It took me about five minutes before I realized that I right.

�It is you!� I said gasping. Kris nodded at me with a huge smile on her face.

�That�s right!� she said warmly. I tried to piece together what was happening before me.

�By chance,� she told me.

�By chance?� I repeated.

�Yes,� Kris answered, �I was on my way to visit Gordy.�

�Wait, Gordy?� I asked. Kris�s ponytails bounced as she nodded her head.

�Yeah,� she said. I blinked as my jaw dropped.

�Gordy�s here in this town?� I asked.

�Yes!� Kris said, �I can take you to him if you want.� That invitation sounds so tempting, but I have to get back to work. Yet, I haven�t seen Gordon in so long. But, Ben and Kele will slack off if I don�t set fire under them. Kris told hold of my hand.

�Let�s go!� she said out loud.

�But!� I cried out, �I have to get back to work!� Naturally, Kris didn�t listen to me through all of her excitement as she dragged me further down the street into downtown Suiten.