Free Laughing Fate by Roxy Emilia Means Page A

high sea adventures and pirating was interrupted by the loud roar of Godzilla.   She fumbled around with one hand to turn off her alarm clock, disgusted at the ungodly hour. Her vacation was over; it was time to get back to work. Puck stumbled in to the kitchen eager for her cup of coffee, maybe today it should be a pot of coffee? Today she went to work at seven at the liquor store (which many parents dubbed the licorice store for their children since it did sell comic books and candy) and cared for annoying customers until three. She then went home and showered and then showed up at the diner to waitress from five till nine at night.
    Of the two jobs, Puck liked the Diner best because she worked with her quirky friend Sandy Brown. She had curly strawberry blond hair that was usually pulled back in a pony tail. She was slim, with a welcoming smile for everyone and a wise ass smirk for her friends. She was Puck’s closest friend in Sunny cove and so working for Sandy’s Diner was never a burden. They had been friends since middle high school, and squabbled like sisters.
    While working at the diner that night, Puck told her friend all about her adventures the past few days. “So then Potter and Perri forced me to show my belly ring! Thank God they didn’t ask to see the Mr. Penguin! That fella is a shy guy!"
    "Maybe Potter wants to see it..." suggested Sandy with a sly grin. Sandy was also a very dirty woman. She liked nothing better than to rib Puck about guys. Sandy was the only person alive that knew a little about Puck’s hang up with guys, and being Sandy, had decided that the best cure for Puck was to throw guys her way.
    Puck’s face scrunched up and she wrinkled her nose for good measure. “Believe me; no one wants to meet Mr. Penguin. ‘Sides, this is Potter we are talking about, there’s no way I would let him meet my penguin friend!  We are kind of becoming friends though…do you think that’s weird?  Did you know he’s scared of seagulls? Funniest thing I ever saw. Just a sec, I got to go yell at a customer. Stupid lady, can’t she see we’re talking?"
    Sandy would definitely like to think that Puck was kidding, but no she wasn’t. She did indeed go up to that lady and yell at her for no reason other than she had interrupted Puck’s gossiping time with Sandy. After kicking the offensive customer out of the diner, Puck returned to Sandy and continued to gossip about various subjects.
    "Oh! At the Liquor Store the craziest thing happened! A stranger walked in, he was acting kind of jumpy, and suspicious. So Big Al walks up to him and started to intimidate him a little. Turns out he was all high on meth and was planning on robbing us! It was great! It was like watching TV, but in real life. Such an adrenaline rush," Puck told Sandy while wiping down a dirty table.
    Sandy smiled wide at a customer, filled up his coffee and slipped the kid a free cookie. Then she walked over to Puck and shook her head. "You are the only person stupid enough to have gotten a high off that. You’re crazy! You could have died!"
    "But Sandy, seriously, you almost die as many times as me and you stop being afraid. How many times do I have to tell you? I’m Puck, I can’t die," she joked as she took the free cookie from the child’s hand and threw it away. It was an ongoing thing at work. Sandy gave something for free because she was a nice warm hearted person. Puck...well, she wasn’t, so she would try her best to foil Sandy’s free gifts. It had turned into a contest between them. Most days Sandy won, because she was devious, and the owner of the diner.
    Puck turned to scowl at a young man sitting in a booth yelling, "Miss? Miss? I haven’t ordered yet? Why are you clearing my table?"
    "Look, dude! If I feel like clearing your table, I will. What are you going to do about it? Stop coming here? Great! That will be one less annoying customer for me to pretend to like. So how about you sit there patiently and I’ll