“Oh man, she might be upset ‘cause I offered you a job…”

            Jo sat down at the desk, hanging her head and rubbing her eyes, “Ah fuck.”

******

              “Thank god Robert said he’d take my shift this morning,” groaned Lara as she moved around her kitchen, Carmen had crashed on her small couch, and was massaging her neck at the moment.  A persistent kink had taken up residence in her neck and shoulder muscles, and Carmen wanted it gone, just like this buzzing hangover.

            “That is the lumpiest thing I’ve ever slept on,” growled Carmen, her dark eyes filled with mischief.

            “I offered you the bed,” said Lara sweetly, pushing her messy red hair behind her ear, blue eyes blazing at Carmen.

            “And I told you no…,” said Carmen sarcastically, giggling her fingers at Lara, who chuckled at the gesture.

            Lara plated the French toast and handed Carmen the maple syrup, both of them at the stove, Carmen was handling the eggs, making Lara nervous about having someone else in the kitchen with her, and Lara was finishing up the French toast.  “You should…,” began Lara, reaching over and trying to grab the spatula from Carmen.

            Carmen slapped away Lara’s hand, “It’s just eggs, not some sort of high brow contraption of consumption, allow me to make the eggs woman!  It’s not rocket science, cook until no longer running and edible.  Jesus,” growled Carmen.

            Lara laughed, moving around Carmen in the small space, her hips brushing up against Carmen’s, and going to the blender, throwing the last of the blueberries and gave a look towards Carmen.  “Bananas?”

            “I don’t like going bananas, but I like eating them,” quipped Carmen with a grin. 

            “I didn’t know you were so funny, Carmen,” laughed Lara over the sound of the blender working its magic.  Carmen rolled her dark eyes, getting the eggs into the plates and taking them over to the small table by the window as Lara poured the juicy concoction, as Carmen might call it. 

            “You know, this is a cool view?” said Carmen quietly seeing the cars buzzing around under them.