Everyone's got to make a buck however they can when they have bills.
For several years of my college life I worked as a janitor for the school I attended, work most of the night, take classes during the day, who needs sleep. This is one of those jobs were people think nothing of you and you become invisible. But invisible has its advantages and you'd be amazed what you see when people forget your there.
For a stretch of several months I covered the environmental service needs of the campus business college at night on my own. The day to day work didn't really need more than one person and when there were big events extra hands would always be assigned.
One of my tasks was to close the facility at midnight and lock the building down. Usually I gave the building a once over some fifteen minutes before midnight. Locking the doors first then making my rounds this way no one else was getting in while I was sending people out. This way I could give anyone on hand fair warning and get a idea of who was around or things I would need to deal with.
On this particular night some forty minutes or so before closing a young couple came in by the looks of them campus juniors or seniors. The young man was a fairly nondescript blond, corn pole thin and tall. His companion was a cute well proportioned young lady of Asian background. They happened to come in while I was in the lobby checking on the main offices. As they passed me by heading for the stair I informed them off the impending facility closure that would be occurring within the hour. Until I did my lock down rounds that was the last time I gave them any thought.
Quarter to midnight rolled around and I proceeded with my normal nightly routine. The building was five stories and due to its placement on a significant hillside the main level was the thirds. I was at that moment working on the fourth floor so I started form there proceeding down the stairs to the lowest level. Like most nights I encountered at best one or two people. Now when I finished with the first floor I headed for the elevator to go up to the fifth and last floor on my walk though and it occurred to me that I had not see the couple who had come in less than a hour ago. It was possible that they had already left but the only access point they had at this hour that was not locked or a fire door was the main lobby and frankly you tended to notice when it was being used since the second, third (lobby level), and fourth floors were joined by a grand central stair.
Now for the readers' information it is helpful to be aware of the fifth floors layout (the scene of our events). When you come off the elevator you are at the end of a small short east west hallway with the fire stair being at the other end. Midway down this hallway you have a balcony on your left and a large hallway/lounge branching off perpendicular on your right. His area is comfortably laid out with coffee tables and various chairs for lounging and it is flanked on both sides by large specialized classrooms.
As I rode the elevator up to number five I figure the two of them might be up there perhaps on the balcony. Now the elevator is loud when in use accompanied by a distinctive beep when it hits its floor. I was fairly certain if they were there they would hear me coming to evict them.
