Alice or Aly as she liked to be called was sitting in a dark corner of the bar with a book open in front of her. Her hair fell down in a curtain around her face as she read. She liked showing up early for her shift, just to sit, read and enjoy the atmosphere.<br/>Aly loved her job, and the people she worked with, it introduced her to a new side of living, something she never saw from her "proper" family who she considered to be uptight and snobbish.<br/><br/>She looked up and saw some of her coworkers crowded together chatting and laughing together. She smiled as she watched them, then watched as her superior Mari walked away to help customers.  She looked down to her tiny wrist where her watch with a rabbit on it ticked away the seconds.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Almost time for work</span>She thought to herself.<br/><br/>She closed her book and gathered her things as she headed towards the office.