On the first day of school, Taylor had spotted Adriana and Juliana
bringing Joseph to kindergarten together and her heart leapt when she
realized that they were partners, not just friends. She’d made her way over
to them, introduced Chloe while they introduced Joseph, and that was that.
Chloe and Joseph ended up being great friends, while Taylor, Adriana, and
Juliana bonded just about instantly as well.
The two women didn’t mind at all when Taylor asked if they’d go
for coffee with her and blurted out something terribly awkward about
having just moved to Austin and not having any friends and being— well—
a lesbian. They understood instantly that Taylor needed them. Adriana had
left everything behind as well, and she knew how hard it could be.
“How’s your job going?” Adriana asked, bringing Taylor’s attention
back from the past once more. She shook her head slowly and glanced at
Chloe. Adriana winced. “Sorry. I didn’t know. What happened?”
“Some jerkus who— well— um— decided to stick his hands into
my business. I told him off and I might have accidentally stepped on his
foot. Hard.” She lowered her voice even though Joseph and Chloe were
oblivious, stuffing chicken into their mouths and ignoring their peas. “My
boss didn’t think it was appropriate and I may—well—I guess I’m looking
for something else as of yesterday.”
“Shoot,” Juliana sighed. “I’m sorry, Taylor. If I know of anyone
hiring, I’ll pass it along.”
“Thanks,” Taylor sighed.
She concentrated on how delicious her chicken was instead of on the
fact that it was the second job she’d lost in as many months. It took her a
month to find her first job— a receptionist position which ended after she
was late one too many mornings in a row because she had to get Chloe to
school herself when she was late for the bus. It had only been three
mornings out of the whole month, but she was still fired.
Within a week, she had been lucky enough to find a server position