The Adventures of Josie
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Category:
Romance › General
Rating:
Adult ++
Chapters:
26
Views:
2,622
Reviews:
23
Recommended:
0
Currently Reading:
1
Disclaimer:
This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance of characters to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. The Author holds exclusive rights to this work. Unauthorized duplication is prohibited.
chapter 9
Three weeks later
Josie was much more at ease after a month at job corps. The morning routine had been the same since day one, well, except for Lisa coming out at 7AM but that easily became part of the routine. There’d been no more time outs in the game between Brian and Josie, Nick kept his distance when Lisa was around and life was actually bearable for Josie. She’d taken P&D for her trade and was now learning all about papering and painting every other week. This week, she had painting and decorating and that’s why it was easy to forget the day. The building and the students were basically isolated from the rest of the campus except for lunch. At 3:30 the bell rang and everyone was once again reminded that Tuesdays meant fresh meat. Boys always got dressed up on Tuesdays to make good impressions on the new girls, Josie found it comical. She sat on the bench opposite Brian’s and smiled when she saw that it was full of “new employees”. Three guys, skinny one with black hair and brown eyes wearing a hat that said ‘pimp’ a plaid shirt and a pair of baggy jeans, the other two were gangstas. Josie gave a quick glance around and saw that Brian was heading up from culinary.
“You, on the right with the pimp hat. Could you come over here please?” Josie asked, he looked surprised but got up and sat down next to Josie.
“Yeah what do you want?” he asked, trying to be a hard ass. Josie decided she should have went with one of the gangstas instead.
“I’m Josie. I figured I’d be nice and introduce myself,” she said, noting that Brian was almost in the smoking area. “but if you want to be an ass, you can go right on back to that other bench.” He stood and went back to the other bench. Josie laughed silently, she’d tried. Brian walked by her to the other bench and started in on the new kids. Lisa sat beside her to watch the show.
“Whats going on?”
“Do you really need to ask anymore? It’s the Tuesday night bench war.”
“I’d forgotten it was Tuesday.” she said.
“I tried to save the one in the pimp hat but he was an asshole so I sent him back to the bench.”
“That’s mean.” Lisa said, as the three guys finally vacated the bench.
“Time out. New rule, you can’t talk to anyone sitting on that bench.” Brian said, pointing to his bench.
“Got it, time in.” Josie said.
“Whats with that?” Lisa asked.
“Long story.” Josie replied, not sure of how to really explain it. She put out her cigarette, smiled and then put the butt in the cellophane from her pack. “Want to come for a walk with me?”
“Sure, where we going?”
“You’ll see.” Josie said, leading her down a set of stairs and around to the office entrance. Josie asked the secretary for a piece of paper, a pen and a couple pieces of tape. She taped her cellophane to the paper and wrote “Saw this, thought of you. Love, Josie Reynolds” and used the other piece of tape to hang it on Mr. K’s door.
“Whats that all about?” Lisa asked.
“Mr. K makes me pick up cigarette butts every time I get in trouble.” she said. It was true, she’d had at least one bag a week to fill since her first week. Lisa laughed and they took the elevator upstairs.
“They’re supposed to be posting the list for the GED test on Friday. Think you’ll be on it?” Lisa asked.
“I hope. They only bring 20 students once a month to take it. I’d like to get it over and done with instead of waiting around to take it.” Josie said.
Friday
Josie was on the list! She was ecstatic. Now all she had to do was pass. That realization opened a floodgate of worries. In two weeks, on Tuesday and Thursday night, she’d be going to take the test. Josie decided to buckle down and study, stop smoking the funny stuff and put in an effort.
Josie was much more at ease after a month at job corps. The morning routine had been the same since day one, well, except for Lisa coming out at 7AM but that easily became part of the routine. There’d been no more time outs in the game between Brian and Josie, Nick kept his distance when Lisa was around and life was actually bearable for Josie. She’d taken P&D for her trade and was now learning all about papering and painting every other week. This week, she had painting and decorating and that’s why it was easy to forget the day. The building and the students were basically isolated from the rest of the campus except for lunch. At 3:30 the bell rang and everyone was once again reminded that Tuesdays meant fresh meat. Boys always got dressed up on Tuesdays to make good impressions on the new girls, Josie found it comical. She sat on the bench opposite Brian’s and smiled when she saw that it was full of “new employees”. Three guys, skinny one with black hair and brown eyes wearing a hat that said ‘pimp’ a plaid shirt and a pair of baggy jeans, the other two were gangstas. Josie gave a quick glance around and saw that Brian was heading up from culinary.
“You, on the right with the pimp hat. Could you come over here please?” Josie asked, he looked surprised but got up and sat down next to Josie.
“Yeah what do you want?” he asked, trying to be a hard ass. Josie decided she should have went with one of the gangstas instead.
“I’m Josie. I figured I’d be nice and introduce myself,” she said, noting that Brian was almost in the smoking area. “but if you want to be an ass, you can go right on back to that other bench.” He stood and went back to the other bench. Josie laughed silently, she’d tried. Brian walked by her to the other bench and started in on the new kids. Lisa sat beside her to watch the show.
“Whats going on?”
“Do you really need to ask anymore? It’s the Tuesday night bench war.”
“I’d forgotten it was Tuesday.” she said.
“I tried to save the one in the pimp hat but he was an asshole so I sent him back to the bench.”
“That’s mean.” Lisa said, as the three guys finally vacated the bench.
“Time out. New rule, you can’t talk to anyone sitting on that bench.” Brian said, pointing to his bench.
“Got it, time in.” Josie said.
“Whats with that?” Lisa asked.
“Long story.” Josie replied, not sure of how to really explain it. She put out her cigarette, smiled and then put the butt in the cellophane from her pack. “Want to come for a walk with me?”
“Sure, where we going?”
“You’ll see.” Josie said, leading her down a set of stairs and around to the office entrance. Josie asked the secretary for a piece of paper, a pen and a couple pieces of tape. She taped her cellophane to the paper and wrote “Saw this, thought of you. Love, Josie Reynolds” and used the other piece of tape to hang it on Mr. K’s door.
“Whats that all about?” Lisa asked.
“Mr. K makes me pick up cigarette butts every time I get in trouble.” she said. It was true, she’d had at least one bag a week to fill since her first week. Lisa laughed and they took the elevator upstairs.
“They’re supposed to be posting the list for the GED test on Friday. Think you’ll be on it?” Lisa asked.
“I hope. They only bring 20 students once a month to take it. I’d like to get it over and done with instead of waiting around to take it.” Josie said.
Friday
Josie was on the list! She was ecstatic. Now all she had to do was pass. That realization opened a floodgate of worries. In two weeks, on Tuesday and Thursday night, she’d be going to take the test. Josie decided to buckle down and study, stop smoking the funny stuff and put in an effort.