Before The Angels Fell

Rileys POV

"Riley? Riley? Wake up. Come on, I've got to get back to the bar. Hurry up, get dressed!" Noah said, shaking me.
"No, not yet. Still sleeping" I mumbled into the blanket.
"I thought you wanted to work for me?"
I sighed internally. "Fine. Only cause you're letting me crash here" I said removing the blankets from my face.
"Hurry up! I need to get back! My manager does shit all. I need to be there" Noah stressed.
"Okay, okay, I'm getting up" I said pulling on some jeans.
"Oh, and put this on" he shot, throwing me a black t-shirt.
I put it on quickly and looked down at it. 'The Roof' logo was in the upper left corner in perfect white stitching.
"Looks good on you, let's go" Noah said rushing out the door.
I grabbed my vans and a jacket as I tried to keep up with my new boss. I had a feeling he was highly strung.

Throughout the night Noah showed me the ropes of his bar. How he had a good circle of people that always came here to have fun and how wanted everything done.
It was pretty easy to pick up. Serve drinks and make sure they pay by the end of the night. Noah also said he had bands play on the roof over the weekend and to always be on top of the scheduling.
"What kind of bands usually play here?" I asked as we were cleaning up at the end of the night.
"Umm, mostly local acts, sometimes you get the ones from interstate and they draw a crowd. This is just a place for the ones who have no place. You can quote me on that."
"So deep" I said sarcastically.
"Yeah, well, where I come from there was no place like this. All the people who were a bit different couldn't be a community cause there was no place for us, so I made our own" he said smiling proudly at his bar. "What about you? Where do you stand in the world?" He asked.
"Ummm, I don't know. I went through school and college like a ghost, no one knew I was there, but I chose to be like that."
"Why?"
"... Just... It's hard to explain. I just didn't want to be known. Moving here is probably the best decision I've ever made."
"What about your likes and dislikes? You may not of had a life, but you have personality" he joked.
I laughed at his coyness. "Well let's see... I love sleep, dancing and performing. I love music and bands, I'm obsessed with this band called Black Veil Brides. They just released their second album and it is amazing!" I gushed. "But I also do other stuff, like, I'm super organised... Usually. I actually really enjoyed my time at college. My degree taught me a lot of things that I can apply to any job situation" I said composing myself.
"Well, you know what? I like you already. You're already better than half the people here. Listen, I'll give you tomorrow off so you can figure out your living situation and we'll go from there. Sound good?"
"Who is this nice? I must have done something really good to get this" I said smiling.
"Hey! Are you bringing the charity home?" One for the other staff members asked. He was just as tall as Noah, but slightly smaller build and had dark red floppy hair.
"Eli, be nice" Noah warned.
"Charity? Noah, I'm hardly a charity case. I have money, I just haven't had the chance to do anything with it" I said.
"Eli is just being a dick. He's actually my roommate though" he informed me.
"What?! You didn't tell me this! Now I feel like I'm intruding."
"You're not, trust me. Usually Eli goes out half the time and the other half he comes home smashed."
"Is there... Something between you too? I sense some jealousy" I smirked.
"Okay, you got me. Me and Eli are bisexual and sometimes we..."
"Oh God, don't you guys know not to mix business and pleasure?"
"I know, we're horrible. It's not something we talk about... With anyone, so keep your mouth shut."
"I promise" I laughed.
"Well, I think we're pretty much done here. I'm gonna see if Eli is done so we can head off."
"Okay. I need more sleep anyways" I complained.
Noah laughed at me as he turned off all the lights and went to grab his stuff from the office.

It was past three o'clock by the time we all got home. As soon as I walked in the door I kicked off my shoes and collapsed onto the couch. I didn't notice Eli in the kitchen as I walked in.
"Already acting like you own the place" he said sarcastically.
"Actually no. I would love to go find my own place, but I literally got here yesterday. I'm going to look tomorrow. Not that's it's any of your concern" I said sitting up on the couch to look at him.
"So why'd you come to LA?" He said rolling his eyes.
"Well, I won't sugar coat it for you cause I feel like being honest. My dad killed himself after all the misery he put me through, so I left. Vegas was never for me anyways" I said shrugging.
Eli looked taken aback. He definitely didn't expect me to say that.
"So now will you leave me alone? I never asked Noah to let me stay here."
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't be such a dick to you" he said looking apologetic.
"No you shouldn't. but it's okay. I'm imposing on your space. I'll be out soon."
"Well, why don't I help you look tomorrow? I've go the day off too. If you want the company...?"
"Umm, sure. If you got nothing better to do" I said shrugging again.
"Cool, I'll wake you then" he said waling towards the bedroom.
"Not too early!" I called to him, but I just heard him laugh.

Notes

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