Trouble In Mind

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Isobel made her way down the stairs, wearing black jeans and a cropped purple turtle neck. Her hair in a messy bun.

"So have you thought of any colleges?" Moira said to her step daughter as she brought her coffee up to her lips.

"No" she dismissed, taking a long gulp of the scolding brown liquid, her life saver. Moira sighed, taking a sip of her own drink,

"Well, you at least need to get a job" she said, "you're 18, Isobel" Moira added in a parental manner,

"I will" the girl said, getting frustrated as she got up, placing her half full coffee cup in the sink. "I'm going out",

"Where?" Moira asked,

"I don't know, I have my phone" she said as she threw on her leather jacket and her heeled boots. Ignoring her step mum as she slammed the front door shut.

It was a little later and she had found herself standing outside the Whyte Worm. Sighing she threw the butt of her cigarette on the floor and walked through the door. Straight to the bar,

"Isobel! Didn't think we were going to see ya till later" Toni said to her red headed friend,

"Erm, yeah- I was actually going to ask you a favour?" The red head asked, causing the girl behind the bar to stop cleaning the glass,

"What sort of favour?" Toni asked, eyes narrowing,

"Nothing illegal" the red head laughed causing her friend to smile, "I was wondering if you could get me a job behind the bar?" She asked, "to get everyone off my back you know- I mean, I know how to pull a pint and have worked in bars before?" Isobel said, more of a question.

"Sure, erm I'll have to talk with Joey, do you have a resume? Not that he'd even look at it, but you know it would look good" Toni added,

"Oh my God, thank you! Yeah, I can get one printed, I guess" the red head smiled at her friend who returned the gesture.

The two girls chatted with one another before Toni had to go clean some tables, "see you later" Toni said,

"Yeah, see you then" the red head replied as she made her way out, turning back to shout "message me when you're finished" Toni replying with a,

"Will do!"

"Isobel" a voice said from behind her, a voice she recognised straight away. Her smirk grew as she turned around to face FP who stood with a cigarette in hand,

"FP." She replied as she strutted towards him,

"What you doing here?" He asked,

"Trying to get a job behind the bar, believe it or not" she replied as she snatched his fag, taking a few drags before handing it back.

"Well good luck with that" FP said, as he watched the girl lift his cigarette to her mouth before passing it back. Her red lipstick marking the filter, the evidence of her mouth touching it.

"Thank you" she chuckled, turning her head to look around, FP still hadn't taken his eyes of her.

An inner monologue repeating in his brain. She was so young, yet from the short time they had spent together he had seen the maturity that radiated off of her. He couldn't deny that he found her very attractive, but his son was only a few years younger than her. That would be weird right?

It's not like they had done anything, astray from the teasing and flirtatious touching. So why was he thinking so much of this girl? She was Benji's daughter for Christ sake-