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Post by Mush on Aug 5, 2011 14:10:19 GMT -5
Busy sleepin'.
"No..." What in the heck was she gonna have him do?
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Post by Ershey on Aug 5, 2011 14:13:39 GMT -5
"I can let you slide if you help me tidy things up here," she said excitedly, already relishing in the idea of getting out of work early. "It's just cleaning, that's all. I mean, unless you really want to pay."
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Post by Mush on Aug 5, 2011 14:24:32 GMT -5
"Well, I can't pay right now, so... Cleaning it is." He walked over to the counter where a spare towel was. He began wiping down the dirty tables, cursing himself in his mind. He'd have to have Tag patch up that hole later...
"Name's Mosh, I mean, Mush. Mush."
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Post by Ershey on Aug 5, 2011 14:28:53 GMT -5
Ershey almost wanted to do somersaults, but she just decided to imagine it in her brain. Yay for getting off work early! Not too mention he was cute too.
"Mush?" she smiled. "I'm Ershey. You can call me Ersh for short."
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Post by Mush on Aug 5, 2011 14:51:15 GMT -5
"Ersh." He said softly. "Nice to meet you, Ersh." He didn't look up to meet her eyes, but he raised his voice loud enough for her to hear. For some reason, Ershey was making him very nervous.
He wiped down all the tables with speed and precision, then went into the kitchen to wash the remaining dishes.
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Post by Ershey on Aug 5, 2011 15:05:29 GMT -5
"Nice to meet you too," she smiled, glad that things out worked so well. She quickly noticed, however, that he was trying to avoid eye contact with her. Maybe he didn't really want to be here...
"Y'know, I'm not trying to get you to do work for nothing, right? I'm actually pretty grateful you didn't have money... I mean, that came off wrong. I'm just glad for the help, that's all," she said, as she started wiping down the remaining dirty tables.
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Post by Mush on Aug 5, 2011 15:13:27 GMT -5
"Oh, no, that's okay." He answered, laughing nervously.
"Do -- do you work here? I mean, often. Do you work here a lot?" He busied himself with scrubbing some plates and glasses, though they weren't really that dirty. Anything to keep him from staring and getting even more tongue tied around Ershey.
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Post by Ershey on Aug 5, 2011 15:19:40 GMT -5
"Every now and then," said Ershey as she finished wiping the tables. "I usually work nights here, since I'm selling papers in the morning, y'know? I'll take whatever works."
Ershey grabbed one of the chairs, piling the up on the table. "That's weird... I rarely see you around here. I'm pretty sure I would've noticed you. I mean.. er, yeah." It was late, her brain was slowly shutting down and she was with a cute newsie. Oh, great.
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Post by Mush on Aug 5, 2011 15:23:54 GMT -5
"Wait, you sell papes? Yer a newsie?" He finally looked up at her, his expression a quite confused one. "I thought I knew all the newsies..."
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Post by Ershey on Aug 5, 2011 15:30:12 GMT -5
"Yeah, I am," she said, turning around to look at him. "I don't look like one or somethin'? I work early mornin's 'til the afternoon. I try to stay away from the popular spots, maybe that's why..."
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Post by Mush on Aug 5, 2011 15:38:03 GMT -5
Mush was very confused. Obviously, neither Blink nor Racetrack knew her since they always told him about a hot newsgirl they met or talked to or flirted with. He was so jealous of his friends' abilities to flirt with girls. He was useless when it came to charming phrases and twinkling eyes.
"I usually sell up and down Broadway." He blurted out, not sure what else to say.
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Post by Ershey on Aug 5, 2011 15:45:59 GMT -5
"You ever go as far as Battery Park?" she smiled, glad to finally meet someone that she can talk to. "That's where I usually am. It's nice 'cause I can see the water."
She put up another chair on a table, looking around to see that they were almost done. It was just the dishes and that was it.
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Post by Mush on Aug 5, 2011 15:51:42 GMT -5
"Nah. I run that far sometimes, though." Mush took another plate, lathered it up, and rinsed it off in the hot water.
"So, why Battery Park? ...Wait, you just told me that. Sorry." Stupid.
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Post by Ershey on Aug 5, 2011 15:58:47 GMT -5
Ershey shrugged, "It's nice there and there's less people to steal your spot." She walked over next to him and took the clean plate he was just washing and started drying it. "So... you said you run there?"
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Post by Mush on Aug 5, 2011 16:05:03 GMT -5
"Yeah. I'm not good at much but sellin' papes and running for a long time without getting tired. So, that's what I do." He did other things, too, like push ups and pull ups...
He took the last plate and washed it before handing it to her.
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