Jane was early to the store. Since Covid had locked things down, she found it better, typically, to show up early. It meant she could leave early if she got the cash done. Not that there was anything to do at home, or a real reason to go home, but since everything was online or curbside and over the phone things were just busy, and a week of running all over the place, a girl gets tired.
She was surprised she didn't see the bundles of newspapers outside the store. Unlocking the door, she found that the alarm was off and the papers had been brought inside. The lights were still off - maybe their delivery guy had come and gone already? He normally came later in the day. Maybe the boss? The basement door was open, and Jane walked to the top of the stairs where she heard something that made her stop dead.
"Oooh, oooh, fuck! Fuck, fuck me!"
Jane leaned her head in, hoping to hear more. There was some grunting, some moaning, a loud slap.
"Fuck, fuck, Alison, I'm gonna cum, baby!"
Chris? Jane knew his voice anywhere. Alison? Alison!? She'd worked here for a couple of years but she never, ever thought Chris and Alison would be hooking up. Chris and Jane had cooled things off once the lockdown started - neither wanted to risk infecting the other one... even though they worked together, they weren't you know, fucking. Not that they hadn't hooked up every so often. Not that Jane hadn't gone to visit Chris's dad once... no, twice, since she fucked him that one night that she slept over there. She wouldn't forget the look on his face the first time she showed up unannounced. It took her a while to screw up the courage to do it, but she went to his house wearing nothing under her red peacoat. Well nothing but a garter and a bodice. They didn't even make it into the house - Chris's dad had her bent over on the porch and gave it to her hard. She was still leaking cum on the transit on the way home. She noticed people noticing but she didn't care. She felt good. The second time they got as far as the kitchen before Jane couldn't behave herself anymore and sucked his cock and swallowed his huge load. He had some viagra and they spent the rest of the afternoon fucking.
But Alison? She had a boyfriend!
"MMmmm fuck, cum in me!" Alison moaned. There was some more grunting and the unmistakable sound of Chris slapping Alison's ass. Jane heard a chair slide on the floor and it sounded like they were done. She tip-toed back to the front of the store so they wouldn't notice her snooping, then she waited a few minutes before loudly walking back to the stairs.
"Hey," Jane called down the stairs.
"Hey," Chris called back. It sounded like he was in the office.
"Is it just you here?" Jane asked, putting her bag down and taking off her coat.
"No, Alison's here, too. She's in the bathroom, she just got here."
"Uh-huh."
Chris rolled back in the chair in the office so he could see Jane. "Uh-huh." He rolled back to the desk, out of sight.
"Nothing."
There was a flush from the bathroom, and Alison came out. "Oh hey Jane."
Jane smiled. Alison grabbed her coffee and went upstairs. Jane though she noticed a little limp in her step, maybe a slight wince. Jane mulled.
"I'm just about done cash, if you want to take the cash tray up."
"You been here long?" Jane asked. She walked into the doorway to the office now so she could see Chris. Well the back of his head as he crunched numbers.
"Yeah a little while. Long enough to get this done."
"You leaving early today?"
"I don't have to - I know you like to, you're here early. I don't care."
"Is Alison leaving early?"
"I don't know, you'd have to ask her? We can't all leave early, I honestly don't care."
"Mmmhmm. I'm going to make tea. I'll see you up there."
"Mmmhmm," Chris parroted back.
***
The day, as usual, was a busy one. Since the lockdown, the store felt like it had been busier than ever before. Not in the fun, good way that is would get busy around the holidays, but a bad, joyless busy that before hadn't existed. Orders would pile up, get picked as quickly as possible, processed, and kicked out the door or put in unruly piles awaiting customers to pick them up. By noon it had felt like they'd been there a week. And the phones were ringing. Constantly.
Jane went on break, grateful for the chance to get off the floor and off her feet.
Chris came down about 20 minutes after Jane's break started.
"Hi," Jane said, looking up from her book.
"Hey," Chris went to the printer to get a print out of some special orders, and grabbed the stickers he'd printed.
"Backrub?" Jane smiled.
Jane didn't have to ask twice. She knew Chris wouldn't hesitate. Any reason to touch her, any reason to maybe slide his hands down her top and give her tits a squeeze...
Chris, true to form, obeyed. Moments later, Jane had her eyes closed, enjoying the feeling of Chris's hands on her.
"So..." she ventured, "what were you and Alison up to this morning?"
