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Hungry
North turned his attention back to his desk, and the pile of invoices. He wished he could put THEM in the desk drawer and forget about them, if only for a shift ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Second Chance
I was voted out, and would like to continue to explore this storyline, so I'm signing up for the second chance. -
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Tru rubbed her eyes and stifled a yawn. She handed Colin his customary pint and put his money in the till. It was early, and Colin was the only customer in the bar when North’s voice appeared from nowhere ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol - Milkshake duck
Tru felt weird walking back into the bar. She had been checked out by the paramedics after the excitement a couple of days ago and given the all-clear. North had even agreed to give her a trial for a couple of hours, so here she was, a few minutes early, and nervous. She nodded to the couple of patrons in the bar, who must be regulars, as she ( Read more... ) -
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The keg took longer to change that he would have liked. The crowd tonight was still light, but he wouldn’t put it past a couple of his regulars to help themselves to a pack of crisps, or seven. He stomped up the stairs, the buzz of voices getting louder with each step. Putting his hand on the top of the bannister, he paused for a moment, looking ( Read more... ) -
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He poked his head through to the front room to check for customers at the bar, and finding none, finally allowed himself to sit down. He took a drink of his water, then moved to serve one of his regulars. The tap spluttered at the end of the pour, and he told his customers that he would be back in a few, once he changed the keg. He had a new ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol - Enemies not friends
She walked in a sort of daze to the pub down the road, her mind on her employment, or lack thereof. She had found this place on her second night in London, purely by accident as she was caught in a sudden shower. It barely looked like a pub, more like someone’s front room that had been converted. It had a polished wood bar in one room, and then the ( Read more... ) -
Impossible
She rubbed her eyes as she looked up from the screen. Impossible. She would never find a job at this rate. And at $50 per day for a bed in a hostel dorm room, she was going to have to find not only another place to live, but a job, any job, to allow her to do just that.
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Living rent free
The klaxon of his alarm woke him. No, wait, that wasn’t HIS alarm. He groaned and rolled over as best he could in the single bed. He knew that there was no way that he could go back to sleep now ( Read more... ) -
Resolution
She almost closed the browser window, but her finger just couldn’t click the mouse ( Read more... )