Fishing and Skipping (open to friends and family)
Posted: 19 Mar 2014, 16:01
This was a momentous day! A day to be marked in the calendars and damn near celebrated. The entire family would be rolling over if they knew. Cristiana skipped work! She had been set to go in as per her normal daily ritual. Wake up, take a steaming hot shower so hot the skin nearly boils off the body and you come out looking like a lobster. She had her outfit for work laid out on the bed. Her darling husband had left a cup of the steaming hot brew from the Station Net Cafe sitting on her nightstand. Her eyes stared at the clothes laying there on the bed. A silent mental debate happened in that moment when she looked at them. Ever since returning from Russia she had not taken a day off. The clothes were snatched up to be hung back in the closet. Instead she pushed the business suits aside looking for something more relaxing. She pulled out designer jeans custom tailored to fit her body like a glove. The shirt was a little trickier, the debate was more does she grab one of her husband many tee shirts or one of the Chanel sweaters so soft it teased the skin like lace or satin. The sweater won out.
Without any warning to Becky or the club, she put the phone to vibrate leaving a message on the voice mail she was unavailable to be reached, please leave a message at the tone. Following the beep, she was sure to hear from the people within the club who were lost without her being there on a daily basis. Becky could handle things at the shop; it was both of them who ran it. Lia and Kleo did their part in helping out. Sales were fairly decent, enough to make a meager profit off of it. But she needed a day to relax. She went to a closet in the hall of the building, a closet which wasn't one at all but rather a large room disguised as a closet. In this room there was equipment of all kinds, sporting equipment in case the family ever decided to get together. In the farthest corner, lay the fishing poles of all sizes and shapes. She grabbed the bait lures from the neatly hung arrangement on the wall and the tackle box. The fishing pole she had was specifically meant for her in the vibrant purple. Even the handle was an off hue of lavender slightly darker than the actual shade with its rubbery grip. The gear was already, she made her way out of the building but her memory had failed as to which direction to go. It had taken a few times to make her way toward the boat but she finally made it.
The last time she had been here to the boat, Quoth had been with her. She thought he had come to rescue her from the night of work but truth was he had to have words with her. Unpleasant words that left them both angry; angry enough she didn't go home that night and from the surveillance footage neither had he. Instead the two spent a few days away from one another. It was always her who broke first; he hardly ever apologized to her first. He was stubborn and therefore always in the right, just like she was. Everything he had said to her, he was just as bad about. He had his opinions but never realized how much he hurt her as well. How he cut certain aspects of his life from her then complained that she did the same. He was just as guilty in that as she was but most of her nights were spent working. She didn't want to bore him with the monotonous details of how she stacked bottles behind the bar or took inventory weekly and a few times in between to make sure nothing had gone missing. Or how she did the paperwork from the previous day, making sure each register balanced within the span of five dollars or write up the people who hadn't balanced their drawers. She did that for four separate places; three stores and the club. Every day a new average was added to the charts, examining how the previous year’s sales versus the current year’s sales played. This year two of the three wedding shops were doing better. Enough so that she was thinking about selling the location that was failing and dragging the business as a whole down with it. She hadn't done it yet, but it might happen. Or somehow think of turning it around.
At the boat, the one she purchased for both her and her husband as their private little get away from the world, she cast the line out into the choppy water. Sitting at the edge of the boat in a lounge chair, one that folded into making a straight line and could be tucked into its own duffle bag making it easy to carry she sat with her legs stretched out in front of her. The line was in the water for only moments when the tug came. She reeled in the line for the Carp to be dangling from the line. With a perfectly good manicured hand she took the hook from the fish mouth and tossed him into the water filled bucket big enough to hold a few beside her. Again the cast flung high over head and dropped into the water creating only a few rivets in the wave. She pulled fish after fish, mostly Bass and carp, and tossed them into the bucket beside her.
The tug was harder this time, but not from resistance, from weight. She thought for sure this would be the big one! She let the line go a little then reeled it in slowly. When the head popped out of the water, she chuckled to herself. It looked like Simon’s head, so that is what she named it; Simon. Again, she set the line in the water when her phone went off on vibrate from her jean clad pocket. When the vibrations stopped a second a third and fourth set came through. Work finally realized she wasn't coming in. The first message was from Elaina who manned the bar during the day wondering where she was. The second was from Jacob asking if she would be in soon. The third was from Becky who was called by the staff over at the Metronome Club. Then finally, Becky texted her.
‘Ms. Cristiana, it isn't like you to miss a day of work. The staff is showing grave concern over your well being thinking you are frightfully ill. Where are you? What should I tell them?’
After the tenth call and message combination from the staff of now all the stores and the club, she replied to Becky with one simple line, one group of words that made her intent perfectly clear.
‘Personal day! Tell them to stop bothering me.’
Now, it was this point she missed getting a fish on her line but more so the thought of Becky’s face going over the emotions of seeing that message. First, shock, her face would contort into a gasping O that her mouth formed into. Second her brow would perch inward, creating lines of wrinkles along her forehead in confusion. That brought a smile to the small woman’s lips. She could imagine Becky staring at her phone or dropping it seeing those words splayed across the screen. When she finally recovered the message came through.
‘I will inform them and go after my shift here to the club and give it a once over Ms. Cristiana. Enjoy your night off.’
She intended on doing just that. Fingers pushed the still damp locks over her shoulder knowing that in this low of a chair they would be touching the floor of the dock. It was very rare she wore her hair down and free, not tightly compact into the bun, today was definitely a hair down kind of day.
Her gut told her that Becky was now texting everyone in the free world that Crissy had taken a day off of work. She must be ill. Maybe she was wounded so badly she was getting away from everyone until the wounds healed or whatever else Becky’s vivid imagination could come up with. Imagine their surprise when they seen her sitting on the edge of the dock with the line in the water doing….. nothing but enjoying the night!
Without any warning to Becky or the club, she put the phone to vibrate leaving a message on the voice mail she was unavailable to be reached, please leave a message at the tone. Following the beep, she was sure to hear from the people within the club who were lost without her being there on a daily basis. Becky could handle things at the shop; it was both of them who ran it. Lia and Kleo did their part in helping out. Sales were fairly decent, enough to make a meager profit off of it. But she needed a day to relax. She went to a closet in the hall of the building, a closet which wasn't one at all but rather a large room disguised as a closet. In this room there was equipment of all kinds, sporting equipment in case the family ever decided to get together. In the farthest corner, lay the fishing poles of all sizes and shapes. She grabbed the bait lures from the neatly hung arrangement on the wall and the tackle box. The fishing pole she had was specifically meant for her in the vibrant purple. Even the handle was an off hue of lavender slightly darker than the actual shade with its rubbery grip. The gear was already, she made her way out of the building but her memory had failed as to which direction to go. It had taken a few times to make her way toward the boat but she finally made it.
The last time she had been here to the boat, Quoth had been with her. She thought he had come to rescue her from the night of work but truth was he had to have words with her. Unpleasant words that left them both angry; angry enough she didn't go home that night and from the surveillance footage neither had he. Instead the two spent a few days away from one another. It was always her who broke first; he hardly ever apologized to her first. He was stubborn and therefore always in the right, just like she was. Everything he had said to her, he was just as bad about. He had his opinions but never realized how much he hurt her as well. How he cut certain aspects of his life from her then complained that she did the same. He was just as guilty in that as she was but most of her nights were spent working. She didn't want to bore him with the monotonous details of how she stacked bottles behind the bar or took inventory weekly and a few times in between to make sure nothing had gone missing. Or how she did the paperwork from the previous day, making sure each register balanced within the span of five dollars or write up the people who hadn't balanced their drawers. She did that for four separate places; three stores and the club. Every day a new average was added to the charts, examining how the previous year’s sales versus the current year’s sales played. This year two of the three wedding shops were doing better. Enough so that she was thinking about selling the location that was failing and dragging the business as a whole down with it. She hadn't done it yet, but it might happen. Or somehow think of turning it around.
At the boat, the one she purchased for both her and her husband as their private little get away from the world, she cast the line out into the choppy water. Sitting at the edge of the boat in a lounge chair, one that folded into making a straight line and could be tucked into its own duffle bag making it easy to carry she sat with her legs stretched out in front of her. The line was in the water for only moments when the tug came. She reeled in the line for the Carp to be dangling from the line. With a perfectly good manicured hand she took the hook from the fish mouth and tossed him into the water filled bucket big enough to hold a few beside her. Again the cast flung high over head and dropped into the water creating only a few rivets in the wave. She pulled fish after fish, mostly Bass and carp, and tossed them into the bucket beside her.
The tug was harder this time, but not from resistance, from weight. She thought for sure this would be the big one! She let the line go a little then reeled it in slowly. When the head popped out of the water, she chuckled to herself. It looked like Simon’s head, so that is what she named it; Simon. Again, she set the line in the water when her phone went off on vibrate from her jean clad pocket. When the vibrations stopped a second a third and fourth set came through. Work finally realized she wasn't coming in. The first message was from Elaina who manned the bar during the day wondering where she was. The second was from Jacob asking if she would be in soon. The third was from Becky who was called by the staff over at the Metronome Club. Then finally, Becky texted her.
‘Ms. Cristiana, it isn't like you to miss a day of work. The staff is showing grave concern over your well being thinking you are frightfully ill. Where are you? What should I tell them?’
After the tenth call and message combination from the staff of now all the stores and the club, she replied to Becky with one simple line, one group of words that made her intent perfectly clear.
‘Personal day! Tell them to stop bothering me.’
Now, it was this point she missed getting a fish on her line but more so the thought of Becky’s face going over the emotions of seeing that message. First, shock, her face would contort into a gasping O that her mouth formed into. Second her brow would perch inward, creating lines of wrinkles along her forehead in confusion. That brought a smile to the small woman’s lips. She could imagine Becky staring at her phone or dropping it seeing those words splayed across the screen. When she finally recovered the message came through.
‘I will inform them and go after my shift here to the club and give it a once over Ms. Cristiana. Enjoy your night off.’
She intended on doing just that. Fingers pushed the still damp locks over her shoulder knowing that in this low of a chair they would be touching the floor of the dock. It was very rare she wore her hair down and free, not tightly compact into the bun, today was definitely a hair down kind of day.
Her gut told her that Becky was now texting everyone in the free world that Crissy had taken a day off of work. She must be ill. Maybe she was wounded so badly she was getting away from everyone until the wounds healed or whatever else Becky’s vivid imagination could come up with. Imagine their surprise when they seen her sitting on the edge of the dock with the line in the water doing….. nothing but enjoying the night!