Who knew that ten minutes could feel like ten million years? Despite his attempts to focus on the work, he kept doing things like accidentally ringing things up twice and having to fix his error or punching in the wrong code and charging them for a completely unrelated item. He ended up getting the correct price for everything in the end, but he could tell the customers were getting slightly annoyed at his ineptitude despite him constantly apologizing that he was new.
He was crazy to think she had actually listened to him and gone back there. Heād sounded like quite the creeper when heād proposed the idea. Of course she wouldnāt have gone back to that restroom to wait for her. What were you thinking, Jack?
He shook his head and sighed. What he was thinking was that there was a chance of there being another person like him, however slim that chance might be. Hope had a tendency to blow things way out of proportion.
Finally the Customer Service Manager came to tell him he could go on break, though he had to finish the order he was in the middle of before he could excuse himself. His hands shook worse than before as he ran the items over the scanner one by one, earning the attention of the CSM as they did so.
"Y-Yeah," he said, not even believing himself. "I justānot enough sleep last night I guess."
The CSM nodded understandingly, even though she clearly hadnāt seen through that lie. The truth was that he hadnāt slept at all last night, or any night since he had first woken up. But something had told him that this was not something he was supposed to discuss with people either, as it was yet another thing that was not normal.
"Make sure you get some coffee while youāre on your break, okay?" The CSM patted Jack on the back as he finally totaled up the order and finished the transaction, and he nodded in submission, figuring feigning the coffee addiction would be a much easier excuse than anything else.
Finally the transaction was complete, and he bolted to the back of the store to where the family restroom was. Thankfully he didnāt have to clock out for a coffee break, or it would have cost him even more time, and his nerves were shot as it was. She probably wouldnāt honestly be there, but he had to bring closure to this scene he had started.
He approached the bathroom door, took a deep breath, and knocked. His heart was pounding, but any minute now, this would all be over. He just had to find out she wasnāt in there, and then he could calm his heart down. It would be okay. It would all be okay.
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