It was a pretty early morning for Valerie. She hardly ever got up before 10 but today she had to report to work at the coffee shop at 9. She was pretty groggy as she clocked in and grabbed some espresso to wake herself up. "Fucking Christmas songs," she grumbled as the tape playing in the cafe started to repeat.
Things started to look up at 11, when the manager on duty left. She wasn't sure who was coming in, but she hoped it would be Jake. Jake was a little older and recently promoted to manager, and almost every girl working there had a huge crush on him. He was incredibly cute and had a great sense of humor. She was forcing a smile at yet another creepy old man customer who wouldn't stop talking to her. She was sure he was only bothering her because she'd worn her best "tip-getting" shirt, an especially low cut black button up shirt which showed off her cleavage.
As the old man finally walked away with his egg nog latte, Valerie glanced up and saw none other than Jake walking through the front door, tucking in his polo shirt as he sheepishly smiled and apologized for being ten minutes late. Valerie turned to her co-worker, Daryk, and they both made swooning motions as Jake went to the back to get his apron. Daryk also had quite the crush on Jake even though he had a boyfriend, and he always had fun giggling about it with the girls.
The cafe was busy as it usually was around the holidays, so Valerie didn't get much of a chance to talk to Jake. Still, she kept trying to flirt the day away and was pretty sure he was returning the sentiment. It started snowing like crazy and once it had accumulated to about 6 inches, Valerie ran outside to check it out while Jake was having a smoke break.
"I'm freezing my balls off," Jake griped.
"Oh don't be a baby! It feels amazing out here!" Valerie exclaimed, suddenly noticing how the cold made her nipples harder. Or maybe it was being with Jake.
Jake laughed, and Valerie swore he looked at her chest as he asked "Are you SURE you aren't cold?" She blushed and before she could say anything, Jake picked up some snow and threw it at her. It landed right in the V of her shirt.
"AHHH! That was SOOO cold!!!" she screamed, reaching into her shirt to fling out the snow. "That's it... you are going down!" She grabbed a bunch of snow and started running toward Jake. As she reached him, she slipped and fell, spilling snow all over him and pulling him down with her onto the snow. They wrestled for a bit, laughing loudly.
Just then, Daryk came out and interrupted their fun. "Hey guys, I'm so sorry to interrupt, but we're getting really busy in here... can you come back in to help out?" He smirked as he helped them off the ground and went back inside. Valerie brushed off quickly and ran inside, somewhat embarassed that Daryk had caught them.
Things slowed down again as it started to get dark. It was about time for Valerie's shift to end when they got a call from the district manager: the snow was so bad that they were actually going to close early. Valerie offered to stay around and help close up, mostly so she could spend some more time with Jake. Daryk also stayed around to close up, whispering to Valerie, "SOMEONE better keep an eye on you two." Valerie smiled, and really didn't mind that Daryk would be around.
When it was time to close, they looked outside and saw that there was more snow on the ground than they ever remembered seeing at once.
"I'm a little worried about us driving home tonight," Jake said, looking at the way the cars were buried in snow and the street was hardly visible. "I think we should stay here. Besides, I've got a bottle... we could turn this into a little party!" Daryk skipped to the back and brought out the bottle of rum with a huge smile on his face. They started out with a shot, and then Valerie decided it'd be in the Christmas spirit to break out some egg nog so they each got a mug and filled up on rum and eggnog.
"Alright guys, I know we might be staying here but we still have to have this place clean by the morning... we might as well do it before we get too wasted! But we definitely need some tunes, I'm going to put that Christmas stuff back on" Daryk said gaily. Suddenly Valerie didn't mind the music so much, and found herself shaking her ass to "Jingle Bell Rock". She caught Jake watching and shook it for him even harder until he said, "Alright, I gotta do some dishes before I get too distracted!"
Valerie was emptying out some old whipped cream containers when Jake came by with a naughty look in his eye. "Whatcha doing with that whipped cream? Give me a squirt" Jake said as he opened his mouth. Valerie went for it, shooting some of the whipped cream straight into Jake's mouth. It exploded out the sides and got all over his face. "Hey, I didn't ask for it to get all over me! I just wanted a little!" Jake protested through a mouthful of cream.
Valerie laughed at the sight and said, "Well... I could help you get it off." She surprised herself as she stepped forward, licking the whipped cream off Jake's face. "Must be the rum," she thought. She was a little worried now that she'd crossed the line, but Jake didn't pull away.
Just then, Daryk walked in from cleaning the back and saw them. Valerie quickly pulled away and Jake looked like he thought he was in real trouble. He knew he could get fired for touching a subordinate, and Daryk tended to be a gossip about these kind of things.