Charlie. I’m going to find a real guy, one who thinks I’m awesome, and maybe while I’m at it, I’ll find new friends who don’t think I’m a reject. Yeah, that’s exactly what I’m gonna do. And now I can read alllll the romances I want to, without their input. So what that I find knights and lords sexy. I want a guy like that. Gallant and wonderful, muscular and kilt-wearing perhaps. I want a man’s man. I want a sweeping, beautiful romance with a little danger and a whole lot of sex. Not the shit I’ve been running into.
Lily slammed the door of her apartment and wiped fiercely at her eyes. It’s time for a new Lily. No one is going to say my life sucks anymore. I’ll prove them wrong. All of them. How dare she say I’m a bargain bin reject? Yes, I do get my clothes from the clearance rack at work, so what? They’re perfectly good clothes. Okay, maybe they aren’t this year’s fashions anymore, but who gives a crap? So I didn’t go to college? I had fun. I got to see the world. What have they done? Worked like two dogs, with their noses to the grindstone and they’re stuck-up twits. I’m at least freakin’ fun!
She stomped upstairs and flopped back on her bed. Yes, I would love to be making more money, I’d love to have a newer car, but at the price of being a bitch? No. Tomorrow, I’m going to march right into the boss’s office and ask for a raise. I’m ready to be a manager. Then I’m going to go on this date with Olivia’s brother, and if it doesn’t work out, I’ll meet someone else. It’s not like I’m dead for Pete’s sakes. I have time. I’m only almost thirty. They need to just read their stupid book and leave me alone. Abby went too far tonight, and she can kick rocks with no socks for all I care!
Tearing open the bag of cheese puffs, she jammed one in her mouth and chewed violently. I’m going to prove them all wrong. When I blow out my birthday candles, my life will be different, and I don’t need a damn book to make it that way. Three weeks until my birthday. It’s time for my life to change.
Chapter Seven
Lily’s Getting Into a Groove
The next morning Lily woke bright and early, ready to take on the world. Anger pulsed through her veins as she showered and dressed. Her phone had been incessantly buzzing all night long, and she ignored each and every text message from Tweedledee and Tweedledum. She had nothing to say. They made their feelings perfectly clear, and she didn’t want friends like that.
She dressed nicely, pulling out her pencil skirt that had caused so much trouble at the coffee shop, and a pale green button down shirt. Flats completed the look, and she even put on a bit of makeup. Today she was going to ask for a raise, and she figured her chances would be better the nicer she looked.
Finally ready for the day, she gathered her purse, her smock, and her keys up before leaving the apartment. Lily held her head high as she walked out to her car and started it. Pulling into the thickening traffic, she turned on the radio, bopping her head to the funky eighties tunes streaming from her speakers.
Parking in a spot at the mall, she took a slow breath as she cut the engine and stepped from the car. Smoothing down her pencil skirt, she focused on her goal and began walking to the front door. Opening it and stepping inside, she continued to the store. Olivia was already there, she had opened, and Lily nodded at her as she ambled into the store.
“Morning, Olivia,” she muttered crisply.
“Morning! You look nice today.” The younger girl grinned brightly, and Lily grinned back.
“Thanks. I’m going to talk to Paul this morning.”
Olivia squealed softly. “Good luck.”
Lily winked as she went into the back of the store. “Thanks, sweetie.”
“Oh, my brother says he’ll take you out on Friday!” Olivia said as she moved into the back of the store. Lily ignored her, figuring she’d catch her later in the day.
Paul was
Lily slammed the door of her apartment and wiped fiercely at her eyes. It’s time for a new Lily. No one is going to say my life sucks anymore. I’ll prove them wrong. All of them. How dare she say I’m a bargain bin reject? Yes, I do get my clothes from the clearance rack at work, so what? They’re perfectly good clothes. Okay, maybe they aren’t this year’s fashions anymore, but who gives a crap? So I didn’t go to college? I had fun. I got to see the world. What have they done? Worked like two dogs, with their noses to the grindstone and they’re stuck-up twits. I’m at least freakin’ fun!
She stomped upstairs and flopped back on her bed. Yes, I would love to be making more money, I’d love to have a newer car, but at the price of being a bitch? No. Tomorrow, I’m going to march right into the boss’s office and ask for a raise. I’m ready to be a manager. Then I’m going to go on this date with Olivia’s brother, and if it doesn’t work out, I’ll meet someone else. It’s not like I’m dead for Pete’s sakes. I have time. I’m only almost thirty. They need to just read their stupid book and leave me alone. Abby went too far tonight, and she can kick rocks with no socks for all I care!
Tearing open the bag of cheese puffs, she jammed one in her mouth and chewed violently. I’m going to prove them all wrong. When I blow out my birthday candles, my life will be different, and I don’t need a damn book to make it that way. Three weeks until my birthday. It’s time for my life to change.
Chapter Seven
Lily’s Getting Into a Groove
The next morning Lily woke bright and early, ready to take on the world. Anger pulsed through her veins as she showered and dressed. Her phone had been incessantly buzzing all night long, and she ignored each and every text message from Tweedledee and Tweedledum. She had nothing to say. They made their feelings perfectly clear, and she didn’t want friends like that.
She dressed nicely, pulling out her pencil skirt that had caused so much trouble at the coffee shop, and a pale green button down shirt. Flats completed the look, and she even put on a bit of makeup. Today she was going to ask for a raise, and she figured her chances would be better the nicer she looked.
Finally ready for the day, she gathered her purse, her smock, and her keys up before leaving the apartment. Lily held her head high as she walked out to her car and started it. Pulling into the thickening traffic, she turned on the radio, bopping her head to the funky eighties tunes streaming from her speakers.
Parking in a spot at the mall, she took a slow breath as she cut the engine and stepped from the car. Smoothing down her pencil skirt, she focused on her goal and began walking to the front door. Opening it and stepping inside, she continued to the store. Olivia was already there, she had opened, and Lily nodded at her as she ambled into the store.
“Morning, Olivia,” she muttered crisply.
“Morning! You look nice today.” The younger girl grinned brightly, and Lily grinned back.
“Thanks. I’m going to talk to Paul this morning.”
Olivia squealed softly. “Good luck.”
Lily winked as she went into the back of the store. “Thanks, sweetie.”
“Oh, my brother says he’ll take you out on Friday!” Olivia said as she moved into the back of the store. Lily ignored her, figuring she’d catch her later in the day.
Paul was
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