"Wanna grab a drink at RJs once we're done closing up?" Kate asked.
Kate was my best friend and coworker, she was also always in the mood to go out after work. RJs was a bar that was literally across the parking lot from our stores front doors, so it was the usual place when someone wanted to go to a bar after work.
"Sorry I can't, rents due on Monday so I gotta make sure I have enough to also survive another week." I said with a sigh. Right now money was tight, I shared a small two bedroom apartment with my 18 year old sister and that meant I was responsible for $900 the first Monday of every month.
"Well then I'll buy!" Kate said excitedly. "It's payday and I don't have to worry about rent at all so now it's settled, you're not getting out of this one Emily Charlotte Dunn! I'll go grab the returns from the front while you shut off all the displays." With this Kate sort of skipped and danced her way to the front of the store before I could mount a reply. Any reply would have been a waste of breath anyways, Kate used my full name and that meant she was not taking no for an answer.
I was in my final year of college and was working part time at a big box electronics store. I'd been working here all four years but recently the company restructured their operating standards and in result I had to go from full to part time. Now I was only getting around twenty hours of work a week and that made things like going out for drinks after work a rare occasion.
About 10 minutes later Kate and I were saying good night to our boss Greg as he unlocked the front doors to let us out. We walked over to Kate's car so she could change out of her work shirt and into something more comfortable. In the normal case with Kate comfortable also meant it would have a very low neckline to show off what she said was her favorite feature. Kate had a set of DD breasts that she knew how to flaunt and use to get her own way with just about any guy and usually any girl.
Besides her chest me and Kate were actually pretty similar. I was 5'5" and she was 5'6", both had well defined curvy waists from staying active in the gym, and we both had wavy hair that came down just past our shoulders. We both were natural brunettes but she liked to layer in some ash blonde highlights.
"Need a shirt?" Kate asked as she was adjusting the top she just pulled over her head.
"You know I don't look good in your tops, My little C cups don't fill out anything you have. Just toss me that hoodie I see there so I don't get asked questions about what TV to buy from some drunk idiot." I replied.
We both laughed as Kate tossed me the hoodie. It was a side effect of the uniform, everyone recognized it and decided that exact moment was to ask you about any electronic needs they may have. Standing in line at the grocery store isn't exactly the optimal time to explain the difference between digital camera models, something most employees learned the hard way.
A few minutes later we were standing at a high top table a few feet away from the bar, it was a Friday night so we were lucky to even get that close. Kate got us two local IPAs and to my surprise two jolly rancher shots.
"What are we celebrating?" I asked, having not expected to be taking any shots tonight.
"That your out tonight and that's the last Friday night we have to work!" Kate said very loudly to be heard over the rumble of the bar.
"Ughh that's not happy news for me" I said. My hours were getting cut again starting next week. Now I'd only be working four hours a night Monday through Thursday. This cut me down to just 16 hours a week now. "I'm gonna need another job to make up for this."
We clinked glasses and downed the shots, even though I didn't like the reason behind the shot I still enjoyed it's sour apple flavour.
"Well cheer up, if you get evicted you can come live with me, I've got enough space for us." Kate said as we both started sipping our beers. Kate was in a totally different world then me financially. Her parents ran a large temp agency that supplied thousands of jobs to companies all across the world. On top of that Kate's dad owned tons of real estate, including the very large apartments Kate lived in rent free.
This may sound like Kate didn't have any pressure but in reality she was staring down four more years of college to get the degrees her parents required before they would hire her on as some sort of executive and eventually give her the entire empire they built.
I was just about done with college and looking forward to finding a decent paying career so I could stop worrying about having enough for rent and start saving for bigger and better things in life.
"What about Liz?" I asked.
"Oh she definitely has a place in my bed?" Liz was my 18 year old sister I split the apartment with. She was just starting college and decided to move the three hours from home and attend the same school as me and Kate.
"Your bed? Don't you mean you're apartments?" I said teasingly. "You can't perv out over my sister everytime she comes up in conversation."
Kate was a lesbian and very open about it, she always joked about getting in my sister's pants and was very flirty around Liz. Liz was gorgeous, she had a kardashian bubble butt and a set of DD breasts like Kate's. Her beauty was just a gift she grew into, never having to commit to working out like me and Kate, she was just built that way.
"There's only two rooms since I made the third room an office so one of you Dunn's is gonna have to sleep with me." Kate said. "You can take turns if you'd like, I'm sure with your management degree you can work out a rotation schedule". Kate joked as we continued to drink.
"Well sorry to ruin you lesbian sex fantasies but we haven't been evicted yet, I just gotta be more frugal and I gotta find another part time job so supplement my income til I graduate in five months" I said. And it was true, I've done the math and I needed to find a second job within the next 2 weeks or next month's rent wasn't going to be possible.
"Well the offer always stands, and I'm serious, whether i get to sleep with a Dumn sister or not you both are welcome at my place" Kate said in a serious tone. She raised her glass as a toast to this.
"Thanks Kate, you're the definition of what a best friend should be" and we clinked glasses and drank.