the story of a girl

Mikayla propped her video camera on its post and zoomed it to film the chair. She pressed the record button and quickly jumped onto the chair.

“This is the documentary of Mikayla’s life… eh… MY life. I figured I’d make a journal or something, but that seemed so old school. SO, instead, I hooked up this here video camera and decided what better way to express myself then to actually see myself and tape it. So, with that said and done… I’m just going to give you a preview of my life, or what you’ve missed for the past 18 years. My parents are divorced… my mom is remarried, and my dad is… dead as far as I’m concerned. I lived with my mom and step-dad, Vince, until this year. I just moved into my apartment. It’s pretty awesome living by yourself. I’m out of high school… and I’m taking a year off. No college for me for a long while. I work in the “Butterball Bakery”… most of my time is spent there. My philosophy on life it not to take things to seriously. So, I decided to make you, the tape, out of boredom and also so I can reflect upon myself. It’s sorta like a story of me”

Mikayla let out a sigh and sat in silence with the tape still running. She didn’t know what else to say or reflect upon, and while thinking about it she thought that the tape idea wasn’t as smooth as she thought it was going to be, but it would have to do. She got up and turned the tape off and sat back down.

“Maybe living alone isn’t so awesome…” she said to nobody as she sat in loneliness

-The next day

“Come on Squiggy… your gonna make me late” Mikayla said as she stomped her feet on the ground while waiting for her ride. Squiggy was Mikayla’s ride to and from work everyday since she didn’t have a car. He was Mikayla’s best friend since grade school. Finally he pulled up and she hopped in the car. “Took you long enough” she mumbled

They pulled up at the bakery and she got out of the car. “See you later” he said as he drove off. Mikayla squinted her eyes and sighed. “Another day of work” she said as she walked in the Bakery. She looked around. The first thing she noticed was the coffee area was a wreck. Sugar particles where everywhere and there was a pool of milk on the counter. She silently cursed to herself because she knew she would be stuck cleaning it up.

“HEY” Annica yelled as she walked out from the back room with a tray of muffins. “It’s just me and you today bud,” she said as she continued to walk.

Mikayla went into the back and punched in. Her shift was 11 to 7. It was a Tuesday, and Tuesdays were always dead so she knew there was going to be nothing to do but pack orders, and clean. She walked back out into the front of the store.

“Anni, how long have you been here?” she asked

“Since 5:30 this morning. Erika just left ten minutes ago… your lucky, she was in a bad mood” she replied

“When is she NOT in a bad mood?”

“Good point… anyway, I broke up with Marco last night”

“Good God Anni, that’s like the 37th time… you know your just gonna get back with him”

“You’re probably right, but I hope your wrong”

The girls basically sat and talked the whole day. Mikayla was in a bad mood because a customer yelled at her for not attending to her right away. It’s not like she wasn’t doing anything else. But the lady threw a fit. Her argument was “YOUR RUNNING A BUSINESS HERE”. Mikayla silently cursed her and got her what she needed. Which was a challah bread. What an ass hole… all that for a challah bread… they aren’t that good anyways…

When it was time to leave, Mikayla punched out and locked up. Annica was already gone because Marco showed up at 10 to 7 and they got into a heated argument. Mikayla told her she could handle everything so Annica and Marco stormed out of the Bakery.

“God Squiggy, your ALWAYS late” she said as she got in the car.

“Well if you don’t like it… walk,” he said with an attitude

“Jesus fucking Christ, what the hell crawled up your ass and died?” she asked, a little taken back by his snippy remark

“Nothing… just a bad day… Cassie broke up with me”

“Whoa… déjà vu…”

“Huh?” he asked

“Annica just broke up with Marco” she replied

The rest of the ride was in silence. He pulled up to her house and dropped her off. “Be here on time tomorrow” she said as she shut the door

“I’ll try” he said, and then drove away

Mikayla played with her camera once more. This time she positioned it at her kitchen table and hit record. She rushed to get to the spot it was focused on.

“Hey, time for Kay TV again. Anyways, today I’m gonna tell you a little bit about Squiggy, and a little bit about Annica, Marco, and Erika… OK, so first is Squiggy. Squiggy is just… Squiggy. He is a total weirdo, but that’s why I love him to death… we’ve been great friends since forever. Lately he has distanced himself because of Cassie, and I’m kinda glad they broke up. His real name is Paul, but everybody calls him Squiggy because his last name is Squigelli” Mikayla looked down at the table, took a sip of her water and then continued “Annica is just somebody I work with. At first I hated her cause she came across as stuck up, but now, since I got to know her, she’s cool. And Marco is her on again off again boyfriend. He’s a jerk and she can do so much better then him, but I will give him points when I say the boy is FIONE. I think that’s the only reason she is with him. He is more like a trophy to her then anything else. AND finally for today we have Erika. She is my boss, and she takes home the cake… Haha… no pun intended… for world’s biggest bitch. She is totally evil. Sometimes she even scares me and I question her humanity. I try to look real close and see if I can spot her horns that she tries to hide in her hair. No luck in my search so far, I’ll inform you if I make any advances in that field. In my book, Erika is a bakery Hitler. But that’s enough about that, and I have to go now… so bye” she finished as she waved and gave a cheesy smile. She rushed to the camera and hit the record button again so it would stop filming.

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“God… shut… SHUT… UP” Mikayla yelled as she searched for her alarm clock with her hand. She finally found it after banging to the dresser a few times. It turned off and her apartment was reduced to silence again. But it was quickly broken when Mikayla got out of bed and went into the bathroom. She took a quick shower, threw her hair up in a bun and put on her work clothes, a navy blue shirt, and khakis. She opened her door and saw Squiggy sitting on her front porch smoking. She smiled and whisked past him while saying “are you gonna drive me to work or sit there like a statue all day.” He jumped up out of his gaze and ran after her.

“Hey, Kay, I’m here on time today!” he said with excitement

“So, babe, how’d the single life been treating you?” she asked

“A LOT better, I feel like this weight has been lifted off my shoulders ever since Cassie left me”

“Dude, she just broke up with you yesterday”

“I know… but it feels… different”

“Well well, we’re here already” she said while getting out of the car. “Later” she said after she blew him a kiss

“Later” he said as he drove away

“HEY” Mikayla yelled as she walked in “Just me and you again?” she asked Annica

“No, Sarah is in the back” she said

“Ohh… cool” she said as she walked behind the counter. She put her water in the refrigerator and went in the back to punch in.

“Hey Sarah, wassup?” she asked

“Nothing” Sarah replied “I get off at 2, I’ve been here all morning”

“Oh, I close again tonight, with Annica I guess”

The girls did the usual while they were there, packed orders, cleaned, and helped customers. It was around 10 after 1 when their lives where about to change for the better.

The bell rang as the customers walked in. Sarah came to the front and let out a gasp. She held up on finger, as to say hold on a minute. She quickly ran to the back and started to jump up and down. Annica and Mikayla looked at her oddly. “What’s wrong with you?” Annica asked

“Nsync… is in… the… bakery” she let out

“OOOOO, they are hot” Annica said. “C’mon, lets go see what they want” she said. The three girls walked to the front of the store. Mikayla quickly eyed Joey, but then moved onto Justin.

“Can I help you?” Annica asked Lance.

“Uh, we’re still… looking” he replied

Chris and JC were over by the coffee area making a wreck. Justin and Joey were pointing at the cookie man and Elmo cupcakes, while lance was playing dad and trying to round the group up.

Justin walked away from the cupcakes, and over to the coffee to Chris. This is when Annica noticed Joey was alone and went in for the kill

“Hey there stud” she said to Joey, who was too amused by the Elmo cupcakes to look up at her

She let out a sigh and picked up the Elmo cupcake. “I can give this to you for free if you give me what I want” she stated

Joey thought to himself that this was to good to be true. A chick and food, all in one deal. Still staring at the Elmo cupcake he blurted out the name of the club that the guys were planning on going to that night

“Not so fast… I also need the hotel you’re staying at” she said while waving the cupcake and holding it a little closer to his face. He told her the information she wanted, and she was satisfied. She handing him the cupcake and thanked him for cooperating.

Lance and Sarah were standing over by the register. “I’ll take a sprinkle cookie,” he said to her. She quickly got it, bagged it, and told him it was on the house, cause, he was LANCE BASS from Nsync for God’s sake.

Lance walked over to the table Joey was sitting at. Sarah moved to the side counter so she could have a better view of them.

JC and Chris then walked up to the register, laughing, both with a large cup of coffee.

“Hey Mikayla” Chris laughed. Mikayla furrowed her brows, and looked at him oddly, as if to say “how do you know my name?”

“The tag” Chris said while pointing to the nametag on her shirt.

“Oh” she stated, “Is that it?” she asked referring to the two coffees

“Yeah” JC stated

“That’ll be two dollars,” Mikayla said

They paid for the coffee and went to sit by Joey and Lance.

Justin moved over to the counter by where Mikayla was standing. He ran his fingers threw his hair and prep talked himself in his head what he was going to say.

“So…” he said as he got closer to her “What’s a pretty girl like you doing in a place like this”

“Um, I get paid to be here” Mikayla answered

“Well…” Justin started, a little confused because his line didn’t work “I’m going out tonight to a club… do you want to come… your friends can come too if you want” he asked

“Sure” she said “Where to?” she asked. He gave her all the information she needed to meet him that night.

The guys stayed in the bakery and goofed around for a while. When they left Mikayla was ranting and raving at the mess that they had made and that she would have to clean up. When they were all done, they sat down and began to talk

“So, Joey gave me the club they are going to and hotel they are staying at” Annica stated proudly

“Justin tried to hit on me… he told me we could go to the club with them tonight” Mikayla said

“I had to pay a dollar for Lance’s stupid sprinkle cookie. You know Erika would KILL me if I gave it away for free. So I wasn’t thinking when I told him it was on the house. HE’S NOT EVEN MY FAVORITE…” Sarah complained

“Look at the bright side Sar, we get to go clubbing with them tonight” Annica shrieked

“I saw you bribe Joey with that Elmo cupcake” Mikayla laughed

“Yeah… you laugh… BUT IT WORKED” Annica shot back

“About tonight guys… this is so AWESOME” Sarah blurted

“Yeah… so awesome” Annica said while going into a daze

Flashy-shaky wave thingies (you know, like in movies when people have fantasies!)

Annica’s Fantasy-

Annica was wearing a red silk blouse, a miniskirt and high heels as she and Joey slowly made their way into her bedroom. “Would you like to screw me?” she seductively asked Joey. She was met by his nod of approval. They got into her bedroom where there was soft music playing and candles on her dresser. She was looking up into his eyes, smiling. Her hand worked its way down to his crotch and begins to fondle his huge swelling bulge. Joey began to sweat. She began to pull up his shirt and kiss his chest. He started to unbutton her blouse and take it off slowly. His hand suddenly jerked spastically and accidentally ripped a hole in her blouse.

More flashy-shaky waves

“WHAT THE HELL MAN” Annica yelled as she jumped up

“WHAT???” Sarah and Mikayla both asked

“Uh… nothing” Annica said, a little embarrassed.

“O………….Kay?” Mikayla said as she gave Annica a weird stare

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Annica and Sarah both reached Mikayla’s apartment at the same time. They walked in the house and sat on the couch. Mikayla was explaining to them her “Kay TV” video experience she was making. She pulled out her camera and made them talk into it. Suddenly the doorbell rang. Mikayla jumped up and got it.

“SQUIGGY” she yelled, a little shocked “What are you doing here?”

“Can’t I drop by and see my best friend? And what’s with the snake print pants, where are you going… and the video camera… what’s going on?? Are you making some kinky porno in there?” he questioned

“NO ya dork” she said while hitting him in the arm “This is my camera, and we are going out to a club tonight”

“We? Who’s we?” he asked

“Me, Sarah, Annica, and Nsync” he said quickly, hoping he wouldn’t notice the last name

“N… who??”

“Nsync” she said with a nervous laugh

“What are you talking about? That boy band?”

“YEAH, they came in the bakery today, if you must know” she said

“Cool… I guess,” he said “Can… I come in maybe?” he asked while still standing on her porch

“Yeah… sure” she said as she grabbed his arm and pulled him inside.

“Hello” he said to Sarah and Annica

“Hey Squiggy” they both said. He went over and sat on the chair next to the couch all three of them where on. Suddenly (again…lol) the doorbell rang!

“I got it” Mikayla said quietly as she stood up and walked over to the door

“Hey” she said as she opened it

“Hey” Justin said to her, flashing a cheesy smile “are you ready?” he asked

“Um, yeah… I guess… listen, is it ok if my friend Squi… I mean Paul… comes, I don’t want to just kick him out,” she said while waving her arms around

“Uh… sure” he said

Mikayla yelled to the Sarah, Squiggy, and Annica to hurry up. They all got into the limo that was in front of Mikayla’s apartment complex.

“OoOoOOooOoo a limo” Annica said in awe, she was liking how this night was going so far.

The ride was full of different conversations. Annica was talking to Joey, Mikayla was trying to avoid talking to Justin since he had taken an obvious liking to her. Sarah was chatting with Lance, and Squiggy was talking to Chris and JC. They finally reached the club. They got inside right away. Chris, JC, Lance and Sarah hit the bar. Squiggy, Justin, Joey, Mikayla, and Annica went to the dance floor. At first Mikayla was dancing with Squiggy, but somehow Justin was now dancing with her and Squiggy was with a random blonde. Annica was keeping Joey next to her at all costs and danced as close to him as possible.

“Justin… do you even know my name?” Mikayla asked as she nudged him a little away from her

He scratched his head… “No?” he questioned, as he got closer, figuring she was playing hard to get

“It’s Mikayla,” she said as she smiled and tried to think of something to escape his wrath. “Um… can we go over to the bar?” she asked

“Sure” he said as he smiled. He grabbed her hand and walked over to the bar with her. They sat down next to Chris and JC.

“Hey… KayKay… WASSSSSSSSSSAAAAAAAA” an obvious drunk Chris asked

“Um… nothing” she said with a confused look on her face.

“Cool” he said as he put his hand on her forehead. “Is it hot in here or is it just you?” he asked with a grin

“It’s… just… huh?” she said getting lost in his eyes that were focused directly on her.

“HEY… do you want to be ALONE with me?” Chris asked her

“…Sure” she said, still a little in a daze. Justin gave Chris and evil glare the whole time but figured he’d move on. He turned to Sarah. “Hey, what’s up?” he asked.

“Nothing… kinda bored” she replied

“BORED?? OH NO HUNNY, nobody goes out with me and is BORED,” he said. He grabbed her hand and pulled her out to the dance floor

“HEY… no… I don’t dance,” she said while they were going out there

“Now you do,” Justin said as he wrapped his arms around her waist.

-- w/ Chris and Mikayla

Chris and Mikayla walked out of the club together. He told her they were going for a short walk. The first 10 minutes of the walk was in silence. They were out of range of the club and walking down a dirt road when Chris started to talk.

“How old are you?” Chris asked while scratching his head and wrinkling his nose

“18” she said

“Man… well… you look older,” he said

“Weren’t you just drunk and falling all over the place back in the club?” Mikayla asked, a little confused

“That…THAT is what I call acting” he said while smiling

“So, you aren’t really drunk?” she asked

“Nope… perfectly sober” he said.

“Why did you pretend to be drunk?” she questioned

“Well, aren’t we full of questions?” he asked with a laugh “Why? Cause that’s they only way I could get you out of there with out Justin jumping down my through” he said

She just laughed

“What’s so funny?” he asked

“How did you know I didn’t like Justin and didn’t want to be there with him?”

“Like how I knew your name… you were wearing it, only this time I couldn’t just read it, I had to decode it from your expressions”

“Wow, Chris, you… you are…” she started

“SEXY” he yelled as he threw his arms in the air and did his best supermodel pose

“…weird” she finished

“HEY… TAKE THAT BACK” he said while pointing at her

“NO” she yelled as she stuck out her tongue

“Take it back OR prepare to feel my wrath!” he stated

Mikayla stopped walking and put her hands on her hips “YOUR wrath? That should be interesting,” she said.

He gave her an evil smirk “oh really… interesting…” he said. With that he ran towards the park that was coming up ahead of them. “CHRIS” she yelled as she still walked over to the park. She didn’t see where he had ran off to. “CHRIS” she yelled more “C’MON, THIS ISN’T FUNNY…. WHERE ARE YOU” she called out, still alone. She shivered because it was cold out and stood in the silence, waiting for Chris to come back to her. “This isn’t funny,” she mumbled

She felt somebody wrap their arms around her waist. A simple and sweet “boo” was whispered into her ear.

“Chris… you dork” she said as she turned around to face him, breaking his hold of her waist

“Take it back or I’ll leave you for real this time!” he threatened

“OK OK, you’re not a dork!” she said

“What am I?” he asked while folding his arms over his chest

“A musician?” she questioned

“Well… besides the obvious… Wait… can I tell you what you are?” he asked

“You don’t even know me,” she said

“Well, from what I know… you’re an incredibly sexy girl who works in a dingy bakery” he said while laughing at the end of his statement

“Incredibly sexy huh?” she asked with a smile

“Was that guy… are you seeing him or something?” Chris asked

“SQUIGGY? No, NO NO NO, he’s my best friend” she corrected him

“What’s his name?” Chris questioned

“Oh… his name is Paul, but everybody calls him Squiggy” she said

“Cool” he replied

Mikayla shivered again from the coldness. “Ahh, dahling, your cold!” he said as he wrapped his arms over her. “C’mon, lets get back… the guys are probably worrying about us, and Justin is probably having a fit” he said as he started to walk with his arms still wrapped around her. They walked like this the whole time back to the club. When they reached the front Justin, JC, Lance and Sarah where standing out front. Justin saw that Chris had his arms over Mikayla and shot him and death look. Chris instantly took his arms off of her. “WHERE WERE YOU GUYS” Justin questioned

“We went for a walk, chill out dude” Chris said

“It was a pretty long walk,” Sarah said

“C’mon, we’re leaving” JC said

“What about Annica, Joey, and Squiggy?” Mikayla questioned

“Annica and Joey took off, and Squiggy said he’ll find a ride home later” Lance answered

“Took off? To where?” Chris asked

“Either one of their places… who knows” JC said as he began to usher people into the limo that hand pulled up for him

The limo ride was an interesting one. Sarah, Lance, and JC were wrapped up in their own little conversation. Justin was talking to Mikayla. She kept taking glances of Chris, who was staring at her the whole time. Every time she would look at him, he would make kissy faces, or stick his finger down his through. She would laugh every time and Justin would look at her oddly. They finally got to her house and dropped her off.

Mikayla shut the door behind her and let out a loud sigh. She pulled out her trusty video camera.

“HEY AGAIN. Tonight was great, besides when I was with Justin. But the time I spent with Chris was amazing. It was like we had this connection thing that was going on, it was pretty darn cool. I can’t wait to talk to him again. Sorry this was so short, looking forward to sharing the juicy details of Joey and Annica’s night with you when I get them, until then, it’s time to hit the sack.”

She turned the camera off, and changed into her pajamas. As soon as she was about to lie down in her bed, the phone rang.

“Great” she mumbled to herself as she rushed to pick it up

“Hello” she asked while cradling the phone with her cheek and she pulled down the blanket on her bed.

“HELLO” she asked, a little annoyed because she had gotten no answer

“Hey sexy” she heard somebody say.

She sighed “Is this who I think it is?” she asked with a low laugh

“It depends… who do you think it is?” the person asked

“One who goes by the name of Christopher Kirkpatrick” she said with a smile.

“Caught me” Chris said

“Why are you calling, I JUST said goodbye to you”

“I couldn’t help it, and plus I wanted to know what you are doing tomorrow?” he asked

“Well, I have off from work, so my schedule is clear” she replied

“Care to spend the whole day with yours truly?”

“Christopher, are you asking me out on a date?” she said

“Yes?” he questioned

“I would LOVE to go out on a date with you” she said with a smile

“OK… tomorrow then… be ready by 2 in the afternoon” he said “Night”

“Good Night” she said. She hung up the phone and jumped up and down on her bed. After the giddy moment passed, she decided it would be best if she went to sleep.