I was driving again. My temp job wasn't calling me, and I needed the money for rent. The pandemic kept all the work slow, but my rent hadn't stopped. A female driver could make a nice income picking up fares for single ladies.
The notification came for a pickup of Cyndi at the Century club at 1:30 AM, and I went. I covered my face with my mask, and pulled up to the curb of the club. I rolled down the window.
She stuck her maskless face in the window. "Hi, are you Lena?" I bristled, because I'd been trying to maintain my social distance discipline. I couldn't get sick.
"That's me!" I said. My brow furrowed as my need for cash conflicted with my desire for health. I hesitated, and said, "come on, get in!"
She was pretty, of course. Pretty girls get away with everything. She had a sharp, angular nose and blonde hair styled high & tight with a fade. She got into the front seat, and I sighed. What were the chances she was already infected with COVID? "West end, right?"
"Right!" She giggled.
"Can I ask a favor? Could you take off your mask? I'm just a little anxious, with everything that's going on with the virus, and I'd feel more comfortable if I could see your face. It's kind of creepy, right?" You ever meet someone, and you can't decide if you want to fuck or strangle them? That was this bitch.
I grumbled, but my landlord was ready to dump my shit on the curb if he didn't get paid. I lifted my mask over my head, tucked it around the gear shift, and pulled away from the curb.
Cyndi started chattering away, telling me the whole story of her night and how she had just gone to the club with friends and this fat guy from work kept trying to dance with her and kiss her, even though she knew he had a wife and a kid on the way. She kept trying to avoid him, and dance with her friends, but he found her again and again, and finally she called me.
She crossed her legs while she talked, and her pink dress rose to her upper thigh. I tried not to look. I wasn't going to hit on her, I was just going to drive. She wasn't worth getting in trouble for, especially because she had probably already given me COVID.