It Never Rains But It Pours (standard:romance, 1175 words)
Author: makepeaceken	Added: Jan 20 2022	Views/Reads: 1158/776	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Sarah starts a new job, but things don't go to plan, so she walks out and goes home, but things take an unexpected turn.

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Sarah arrived home. She was in tears making her way into the house. 

‘What's wrong?' her mum asked with one of those sympathetic expressions
a mother gives to her daughter when she knows something is very wrong. 

‘It's him,' she replied, wiping away the tears with a tissue she had
just got out of her jacket pocket. 

‘Boyfriend trouble, is it?' 

‘Worse than that, mum. It is that horrible boss of mine. He is the one
who drove that car straight into the puddle.' 

‘He seemed all right on the phone.' 

‘That wasn't him you spoke to, that was his uncle.' 

Later, Sarah made herself something to eat. Her mum had gone out to the
shops, and while Sarah was eating her meal, there came a knock at the 
door. 

‘What do you want?' she said to the caller as soon as she opened the
door. 

‘I've come to apologise, and the job is still open if you are
interested?' 

‘Are you winding me up? Nobody speaks to me like that and gets away with
it. You understand?' 

‘OK,' he said just before he went to walk away. ‘But if you change your
mind, let me know?' 

‘Sarah slammed the door shut and went back into the dining room to
finish her meal, but then her mind started to wander - had she made the 
right decision turning that job down? Jobs didn't exactly grow on trees 
and it took her ages to find that one, plus the money was good, and she 
needed money - to buy clothes, and she desperately need a new phone; 
the one she had at present was archaic to say the least. 

So, after eating her lunch, she slipped on jacket and made her way to
the bus stop. 

‘Changed your mind, have you?' she heard as she stood inside the office
at the factory she had walked out of just a few hours before. 

‘Don't push it,' she replied with calm etched on her face. ‘So what are
my duties?' 

When Sarah had finished her first day at work, she made her way to the
bus stop, but as she waited, a car pulled up. 

‘Taking up stalking me now, have you?' she said to the driver. 

‘Hop in. I'll give you a lift home.' 

The car pulled up outside Sarah's house, but before she got out of the
car, he turned towards her and said: 

‘Are you busy tonight?' 

‘I'm washing my hair,' she replied, knowing full well that he was going
to ask her out. 

‘What about tomorrow night?' ‘I'm washing it again.' 

‘Ok,' he said. I know when I'm wasting my time.' 

But as soon as Sarah got out of the car, she popped her head through the
car door window. 

‘You can pick me up at about seven if you want? And don't be late, or
I'll throw a bucket of water over you, and then you'll know what it is 
like to get a good soaking.' Then she calmly walked towards her front 
door with a big smile on her face.

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