She almost laughed out.
Spencer: "Okay." I shocked both of us with that answer. But, I mean, maybe I can start with wooing Ashley by buying her dinner once and a while. I can't keep relying on my friends to take care of me.
Janitor Amie: "You want a job?!" Her deep, coarse voice rumbled through the silent night and I allowed a smile.
Spencer: "Frankly...I'm broke. My girlfriend is actually paying for me to go here..." I trailed off when it hit me again that Ashley and I are no longer together. What if I can't get her back? Fresh tears made an appearance and I couldn't stop the sobs. "Janitor Amie!" I cried. "What if I can't get her back?! What if it doesn't work?!" I stumbled forward and wrapped my arms around the stunned janitor and cried hard against her red flannel shirt that smelled slightly like manure. "What if it's not enough?! I mean, I mean, Gage, Jess, and I came up with some ideas but what if she sleeps with someone else and she starts dating them and then I really do lose her and then I really do have to go back to Ohio and I'd never see Gage, or Jess, or Sara, or Kelly again and I can't lose my family, I can't lose my family again cause Ashley is amazing and I love her and she's perfect and she so easily and effortlessly pieced me back together like it was nothing and here I am trying so hard to find ways to just like get her to like me and I'm coming up with nothing and Gage says write a song and Jess says I should sing it and for crying out loud, Janitor Amie and can't do that stuff!" With some effort, Janitor Amie pried me off of her and steadied my shaking shoulders with her hands.
Janitor Amie: "Start tomorrow. Meet me here two hours before your first class." She patted my shoulder aggressively and quickly made her leave. I stood there with my arms pathetically hanging out my sides as I sniffled away my tears. Wait...TWO HOURS BEFORE classes?!
Yep...that's right. I got up at freaking three thirty in the morning to meet with Janitor Amie. I was the last one in bed the previous night and the first one up this morning. But you know what, this I was pleased about. It meant that I didn't have to have that awkward moment with Ashley when we got up. Especially since she haunted my dreams.
Janitor Amie proceeded to kick my ass. I thought, hey two hours isn't long enough for us to do anything. Perhaps she'll just show me the tool shed, where the mops live, where she buys her stone-washed jeans without using a time machine. But oh no, no, instead she had me literally running back and forth around the freaking campus!
To the rugby field bagging muddy leaves, to the fourth floor bathroom to clean up the vomit some freshman left for me after her waffles? I don't know what the hell I cleaned up! To the cafe to mop spilled milk...and yes, I actually cried because I got up at three thirty in the morning to bust my ass and I still had twelve hours of classes to attend followed by moooooore Janitor Amie fun!
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