Day Off Rough Draft.

I am also trying to fix a plot hole issue with this story.  It was minor but I didn't know I had it until I started writing this story.  My memory with character names is bad.  My memory in general can be iffy.

Day Off.

Beth sighed. “No one has been in today. What is going on?”

“Haven’t you noticed?” She jumped out of her skin as Mr. Gongsel walked towards her. “It is your day off.”

“But how would I know that?”

He snorted. “Maybe by the fact that key parts of the store are missing?”

“Well now that you mention it. . .” Beth had found it a bit odd that she hadn’t been able to find the cash register anywhere nor the storage room. And her work outfit was suspciusly missing. “I had thought the store was just playing a trick on me.”

He slapped her hand with a ruler. “The store doesn’t play tricks on anyone expect those who have wronged it. The reason why these things are missing is you have overworked yourself and the store knows it.”

She rubbed the back of her hand. “Do you always need to be so curel?”

“I am not curel. I just do what I have to. Now you should do what the potion store wants and take a break.”

“But. . .” She looked around. “I haven’t had a break in years. When will I know I came come back?”

“You will know.” He nodded his head. “Trust me. The store will let you know.”

Beth shugged her shoulders. “Well I guess.” She walked towards the door, noticing a crimson vial sitting on the edge of the table. “Hey who let this out?”

Mr. Gongsel shrugged. “If it is stitting there and it grabbed your attention then I am sure it is there for you. You should know by now how things work here in Potion’s R Us.”

“But. . .” She looked at the strange elixir. “I don’t want a strange potion. I don’t even know what it will do.”

“DON’T QUESTION THE WILL OF THE STORE!” She gulped. “You are lucky you get a break and a gift at that. Take it and go!”

“Yes Mr. Gongsel.” She grabbed the crimsion vial. “Have a nice week.”

“I will see you when you return.” He waved as she walked out the door. “And don’t come back until you have enjoyed your full vacation do you here?”

***

Beth slumped down in the seat of her SUV. “Take a vacation? What kind of nosnese is this?” She sighed. “I didn’t even know magical stores could force you into taking a vacation.” She looked over at the glowing vial of crimision liquid sitting on the seat next to her. “And I can’t believe I had to take this with me. But it isn’t like I had much choice.” She sat back. “Last time I tried to disobey the strores will I got fucked for it. I swear if I could go back in time and stop myself from taking that help wanted job. . .”

She moaned. “But maybe a vacation is good. I honestly don’t know that day it is. Working in that potion store has really messed with my sense of reality.” She looked around. “It is nice to know that I am not going to walk into a door and have it be five times as big on the other side. Or have my place of work randomly change locations because the store willed it.

Beth pulled her phone out of the glove department. She left it there as if she risked keeping it on her person she risked losing it in the craziness of the Potion’s R Us store. “Hmm I wonder where I should go. Maybe Dex is still around.” She scratched at her head. “Holy fucking crap. It is almost 2024?” She blinked her eyes. “I swear it was only yesterday when I stepped out of the store to. . . to. . .”

The only things she really remembed doing was stepping out of the store for the giantess’s wedding and birthday party. That had all occurred because a woman named Ashely had wondered into her store one day and they had gotten to talking, espcially when the subject about Sarah had come up. Still Beth just couldn’t believe how much time had past. Mr. Gongsel would have much to answer for later.

“I am going to have to explain a lot to Dex on why I haven’t be around.” She held up the phone to her ear. “I hope he still remembers me. Because it just like yesterday when we went bollwing and I was turned into a giant water balloon.” She giggled. “That was interesting to say the least.”

After a bit there was an answer on the other side of the line. “Hello? Mistress Ashely’s recidne.”

Beth arched an eyebrow. “What? Dex? I know it’s been a long time but don’t you remember me? It’s Beth. Wait you work for that weird woman Ashely?”

Dex suddenly broke out of his monatone voice. “Beth? Hey? I thought it was weird that someone called me on my private line. What happened to you? You vanished off the face of the earth? Right after you had that incident where you swelled up like a giant water balloon. I thought you got embarrashed and moved to another town.”

She laughed. “No of course not. Remember that job I got? I have been working at it for the last. . . umm few years? I honestly can’t believe how much time has past. It is complicated. Look can we talk? Hang out maybe?”

“I don’t know. My boss would—”

“Dexter it’s like I have been gone for over two years and I might vanish again for another year or two because of magical nosnese. Please. I want to spend this time with you.”

She could hear him sigh on the other end of the line. “Ok. But if my boss catches us you are some new cleaning lady and you are dealing with the consequences. No if’s ands or buts.”

“Of course.”

“I will text you the address. I will see you soon.”

“Of course.” She sighed as she hung up. “Well at least I will see one friendly face.” Beth started the engine. “Time to go and meet an old friend.”

***

About fifteen minutes later Beth found herself parked outside a lavish mantion. “Holy crap! Dex works here?” She blinked her eyes remembering that she had just been here for a party. “How? How did I not see him before?” She shook her head as she drove down the massive driveway. “I don’t get this at all.”

She spotted Dex right away as she parked her vehicle at the foot of the manstion. “Dex. It has been forever.” She opend the door to her SUV. “Nice suit.”

He laughed as she approached with the strange vial in her hand. “Holy crap. You don’t really look that different. Serious Beth.”

“Well working at a strange magical potion shop will do that to you I guess. What have you been up to in my absence?”

“Follow me inside. We should have the place to ourseves. My boss to the maid out to Lake Michigan for some weird trip. I don’t really want to get into it.”

“Dex I run a potion shop that is alive and can cause anything from turning people into house hold plants to causing their asses to swell beyond imagination. How are you going to top that?”

He blinked his eyes as he opend the door. “Umm. . . my boss tends to punish our maids by expanding their brests and butts.”

Beth laughed as she waked inside. “Tame.”

“Tame? You are different. Last we meet you were freaking out that potion thing or whatever was causing your body to swell up. And now I say what Mistress Ashely is into and you laugh it off like it’s nothing.”

“Well I did have to turn myself into a blueberry once to make a client happy.” Beth moaned. “It was a umm. . .ya. . .”

Dex blinked his eyes. “You. . .” He laughed. “It is good to see you.” He pushed open a door which led to a massive room with a pool in the center. “I thought while the mistress is otherwise occupied we could catch up in here.” He rolled his shoulders. “Besides I don’t really get that much chance to relax.”

She laughed. “How did you end up working here?” She walked into the room, the door shutting behind her. “Last I remember you were nothing but a dead beat.”

“Well after you vanished I had to get my act together. I mean without the crazy lady distracting me what was I going to do?”

“I was distracting you? Last we met you tried to get me to skip out on my new job. And I got punished for it dearly. You know why I was turned into that giant water balloon right?”

He laughed. “You really do work for a magical shop don’t you?”

“Yes and it can be annoying at times.” She sat down in one of the pool side chairs, setting the magical vial next to her. “Oh Beth make sure you don’t piss of the store. Oh Beth you can’t quit otherwise bad things will happen.” She rolled her eyes. “Did I tell you the store can change locations on a whim?”

“Oh god. Is that why you vanished?”

“Yup. One day I just wasn’t in Galensburg anymore.” She sighed. “It is weird. Ok enough about me. What about you!” She pointed at him. “Talk already!” She threw her shirt to the side, letting her breasts soak in the artificial light.

“You don’t wear a bra?”

“I said I want to hear your side of the story. Now talk!”

Dex laughed. “Ok. So after you left I decided to make something of myself. I umm. . . It didn’t go well. I got fired from my pizza gig. And when I say fired I got chased out because they thought I was stealing.” He shook his head. “I ran and ran until I came to the gates of this place. I slipped through the bars, scared that police might be on my tail and dashed inside. Oh was I in for a surprise when Ashely found me. I didn’t get a word in edge wise before she expanded her breasts and demaned to know why I had broke into her home.” He laughed. “I begged her that I would stay. I would do anything. I was desperate. She considered my proposal and asked if I would be her butler. The only condition was I had to do everything she said down to the letter.”

“I thought it would be simple but she had very crazy requests. But Ashely is suppusinaly a nice person despite her kinky atuuide. She will say she has trained me but we have learned to live with each other. And I am happy to call her my friend.”

“That is nice. I am happy to see someone get your act together.”

“Hey! That is rich coming from the magical potion girl.”

Beth snorted. “Very funny. Do I hear your mistress calling.” She laughed as she watched Dex jump to attention. “Oh my god. I was just joking.”