a couple of minuets later Tempest yawned awake and started to rub sleep from his eyes. He looked a little confused to wake up in his bed but got up and started to get ready for the day, picking up a new little scrap of paper on his desk. He had assumed that Jo had woken up before him and had to get to work. He looked over the note
Hey babe! Wanted to get an earlier start on the day, I'm probably still over in my apartment though if I'm being honest. I'll see you later! ~Jo
The note was written in pretty, cursive writing. It was neatly written in dark blue ink, on a scrap of notebook paper.
He smiled and hopped into the shower, knowing that it was going to be a very busy new years eve.
Joanna had already showered, and was only half dressed as she did her hair and makeup. "Why on earth are my hands shaking so bad?" She complained, setting the eyeliner pen on the counter. Of course, she hadn't slept great, and hadn't eaten yet this morning. So both factors were probably contributing to her shakiness. But she really couldn't figure out why.
Tempest whistled something he had worked on at work as he got dressed, dried his hair and grabbed his keys to head to work. He would see Jo at her place of work later.
Finally, it clicked what she had to go do, so she stood straight and walked into the small kitchen. Making herself a quick breakfast, she made her way back to finish getting ready.
Once she had eaten, and finished getting ready, she headed out the door, texting Tempest as she did. What time are you coming tonight?
We're getting there around 10:30 Tempest sent back before getting into his car and pulled out the parking lot.
But that's so long from now :(
Laughing at her whining, she double checked everything she had, and continued down to the parking lot.
I can't wait to see you love he sent when at a red light and then put his phone away.
Her phone buzzed, but she was already in her car and driving. 'I'll look at it when I get to work.' She told herself, sighing at knowing she was going to have a really long day.
The whole day today was the band getting into practice to play real songs that could be requested at the bar. "Alright guys we need to get these things down and remember the styles. Lexi if there's a female voice part I'm gonna need you to fill it, Gavin don't let the bass take over, I know you've been watching a lot of Davie504 but it's still the background in real life." he called out, trying to prepare them the best he could.
Pulling up to the bar, she glanced at her phone with a smile. "He's too sweet." She smiled, slipping her phone back into her pocket. Getting out, she headed inside to start her day.
The place was rather empty, and stayed that way for a long time. Of course, around 9 o'clock a decent amount of people began showing up to get ready for the evening to come. With a slight nervousness at the amount of people, she swallowed it down and prepared herself to get the dozen orders at once.
Tempest was running around like a madman as he got things together and helped pack things into the van they were using to transport the equipment. "Good, good…no no no we're not gonna take that…What are you doing?…um I mean we can but no." he pulled at his hair a bit as it was nearing the time to leave
Tonight…
Joanna wasn't sure how long she was going to last. It wasn't much the stress, or the work load. It was the people. She knew she should have thought more about working here, when she applied, but at the time she was desperate. Now she was desperate to get out. The way they spoke to her… and looked at her. It made her so incredibly uncomfortable. The side comments they made, scared her for sure. She did her best to ignore them, but jumped when she felt someone's arm around her. "Hey, it's me. You look like a wreck Jo." Jonathan said softly, trying to calm her nerves.
"Deep breath Tempest…it's gonna be fine." Tempest told himself.
"Dude you're gonna make yourself more uneasy by talking to yourself." an angel girl that worked the classic strings told him, Yoon was her name he thought. "Yeah you're right…is everything ready?" he asked her
"Yeah we're ready to head out." Yoon responded
"Alright, guys! Were heading out. Take your personal items too cause we're closing up for the night." Tempest said. They all loaded up and started to make their way over.
on our way Tempest sent to Joanna
"Thanks Jonathan, that helps me so much." She half spat, pulling away from her. She felt her phone buzz, and assumed it was Tempest. So she ignored it when she went back to work.
"Come on Jo, don't be mad. What's bugging you?" He asked, hovering over her while she filled more glasses.
"Nothing. I'm fine, just a little stressed out. You could help by doing your job." She muttered, not actually wanting him to leave her side until Tempest got here. Though he didn't know that.
"Alright, sorry for bothering you." He said before turning to go take more orders of his own.
They didn't run into too much traffic and soon enough they were all outside the bar in the back unpacking the van that they had used to get here, along with one of the work's trucks that he had kindly let things get packed into.
The manager came out, a smile on his face. "You made it!" He bellowed, having two attendants following behind him. "Do y'all need some help?" He asked, signalling them to go help out.
"Oh thank you sir we'd appreciate that." Tempest responded with a smile "So glad we could work out something."
"I am too! The band quit on me for tonight. They got some better gig." He sighed, rolling his eyes. "Thank you guys, Jeremiah and Stacey are here to help when you need it."
"Well thanks again." Tempest told him "Hello there Jeremiah and hi there Stacey could you guys help us get the drums in cause i'd be appreciative if we could get some help with those suckers."
The two of them nodded, and quickly did what he asked with out much word. The two were smiling though, they didn't look miserable at all.
"Thank you kindly." Tempest told them and helped the rest of his workers bring the equipment in.
Both of them nodded politely, before mumbling between themselves as they carried in the drum set. They seemed giggly, and friendly.
Tempest and the others were soon setting up in the space that they had been provided. "Make sure you separate the acoustic and bass guitar or it'll cause some discord in the notes." he reminded them as he set up his keyboard.