At Work

When I got to the shop, the first thing I noticed was that it was too crowded.

When Peter and I had come here for the first time, when he had introduced the first shopkeeper whom I believed to be higher than the other one, it had been in the evening. There hadn't been many people buying and selling in the big store then. Yet I had thought them many, I had thought I would be able to cope, having made the calculations in my head.

I scoffed at myself now, at my mundane brain.

Would I survive here? I found myself asking myself, taking in the bustling and shuffling of plenty feet.

"Dora! Over here!"

I sharply turned toward the caller, relief tampering my nerves when I saw that it had been the first shopkeeper who was jovial, who Peter had introduced me to. Mr. Francis.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Francis." I greeted, when I got to him.

"Good afternoon, Dora. How was school today?" He asked with a small smile on his face.